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[Nettime-bold] New issue of Immediacy is now on-line |
The new issue of Immediacy (http://www.newschool.edu/mediastudies/immediacy/), the web publication of Media Studies Department of The Newschool University, is now on-line. The new issue, (Volume 2 Number 2, 2000) titled "In The Mix 2000", features the following selected student works of the past year: - "To Dream, To Die: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut" by Roy Brand (article) This paper examines issues concerning social criticism, the industry of fantasy, and the psychology of the view through a detailed interpretation of Stanley Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut. - "Nausea: Nauseating Mortality or American Media" by Leili Gueranfar (streaming audio) A peek into what could have been the awakening, alienation, and death of American artist David Wojnarowicz. - "125th Street Drama" by Manuel Lopez (streaming audio) Narrated in a documentary style, this "audio-fiction" portrays the collective agitation in a Harlem condominium after one of the residents has mysteriously disappeared. - "Wildman on the ChessBoard" by Maria Lovett (streaming video) Wildman on the Chessboard is a short documentary film about a homeless chess player in Washington Square Park and the significant relationship between people and experiences in everyday life. - "Rhythm A La Turka" by Omer Ali Kazma (streaming video) Two men seemingly obsessed with language use repetition, rhythm, and rhyme to conceal and sometimes reveal meaning in a peculiar competition. - "Prime Time '99: The Absent Black Narrative" by Tabanitha McDaniel (article) This essay focuses on Fall 1999 when the dearth of Black representation on television became a hot issue. McDaniel examines the socio-political implications of an absent Black narrative and proposes solutions for a truly multicultural viewing experience. - "TV Ratings: Of Myth and Reality" by Radhika Nanda (article) Nanda demystifies the circulation of commodities in the cultural universe of television in an essay that critically questions the basis of sophisticated techniques used to harness the intangible and unreprentative nature of television viewing behavior. - "Symphony East - West" by John Plenge (streaming audio) An audio collage combining Asian and Middle Eastern music traditions with Western classical and pop instruments. - "Media Elision" by Carol Wilder (article) "Media Elision" asks the question: Have we witnessed a complete genre meltdown in the past thirty years? Have we accomplished a complete blurring between fact and fiction, politics and entertainment? And if this is the case, what does it mean for mediated culture? - "And now happiness …" by Tung Wang Wu (streaming video) Tung's second film, And now happiness explores the filmmaker's complicated relationship with his mother as a way of understanding his hatred from her point-of-view. - "Sign of Times: The Promise of Prosperity" by Eric Zechman (article) Both the mainstream media and U.S. politicians continue to proclaim that these are the best of times. Eric Zechman wonders how the average American experiences this prosperity and what is the significance of the overwhelming popularity of the television game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Please visit Immediacy web site for more: http://www.newschool.edu/mediastudies/immediacy/ or mail to: immediacy@usa.net Immediacy Editorial Collective ---------------------------------------------------------- IMMEDIACY is an on-line discussion forum for Media, Arts and Culture sponsored by The New School University Media Studies Department. e-mail: immediacy@usa.net phone: 1.212.229.8903 ---------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold