Erkki Huhtamo: A Media Archaeology of Networked Visual Culture

The James Gallery @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

From Topos to Virus: A Media Archaeology of Networked Visual Culture Erkki Huhtamo Apr 9, 2014, 6:30pm The James Gallery The Internet is a viral image disseminator-generator. Its enormous, nearly instantaneous “traffic” of imagery is in a state of constant flux. This is a major challenge for visual cultural analysis. We don’t have effective tools …

Poverty, YouTube and Representation

The James Gallery @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Poverty, YouTube and Representation: A Conversation Cheap and accessible digital technologies have changed how we tell stories and voice opinions in public, as well as who gets heard. Yet many people fighting to move out of poverty don’t share stories online—some don’t have access, and even if they do, may be so used to being …