At the Analog Anthropocene opening exhibit, one of the emergent themes was the tactile nature of analog objects. Our exhibit features photography, and we loved seeing guests gaze at the beautiful photographs taken by our talented collaborating photographers. But we Read More …
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A soundtrack for the Analog Anthropocene
By Kevin Laam At our May 16, 2024 exhibit opening, English professor (Oakland University) and DJ extraordinaire Kevin Laam curated a soundtrack based on his interpretation of the Analog Anthropocene. His vinyl collection anchored the evening’s dance party, which was Read More …
Destruction, Beauty, and Vines
Take a minute and just look at the picture above. Don’t let yourself think just yet. Simply look. Let your eyes roam over the lines, the curves, the angles. Begin to start noticing shapes: the triangular roof, the rectangular windows, Read More …
Crawford Lake and the photos-that-weren’t
Do you know that feeling when a lightbulb goes on, geographically speaking, and an abstract locale suddenly takes its place on your mental map? Like when I read Middlesex before moving to Detroit. Even though the metro city is a Read More …
Journal Entry #15: Detroit November 15, 2100
The following short story is inspired by Julie Julison’s photographs. I take a step forward as the rubble rolls under my stiff shoes. Cracks mar the surface of the path as I force myself on my daily walk through what’s Read More …
The Cavalcade: The Digital, the Analog, and the Obsolete
Odds are, you’re reading this blog post on your phone or laptop. When did you last update its operating system? When was the last time you replaced it with a newer model? A month ago? A year? Five? More? The Read More …
The Anthropogenic Web
A grid. A network. A convergence of lines. A web? At first glance, this image immediately inspires movement. I admit that the term movement is quite broad, but this image brings aspects of movement into play that then inspire larger Read More …
Ferrania in Detroit
From Italy’s Maritime Mountains to Motown: Ferrania in Detroit Ferrania, which is the name of a tiny village, a factory, and a brand, is located in Italy’s maritime Alps in the region of Liguria. You get to Ferrania by taking Read More …
Poem: To Peer Through a Lens
The following poem is inspired by Jack Cronin’s photograph. This poem seeks to engage in and explore ideas on analog, nature, ways of looking, and the Anthropocene. It is intended to be read alongside the photograph featured both above and Read More …
Reflections on the Analog Anthropocene: ‘Barbie’
In a nod to 2001: A Space Odyssey, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie opens on an apparently primordial desert landscape, where a few bored-looking girls play with porcelain babies as a narrator describes the history of dolls in voice-over. A shadow falls Read More …