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 …
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 …
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 …
A History of Ferrania
Ferrania, originally the Italian company Società Italiana Prodotti Esplodenti (SIPE), began in 1882 as a factory that produced nitrocellulose-based explosive powders. When demand for this powder decreased following the “Red Terror” in Soviet Russia, the factory turned toward producing celluloid, Read More …
Reflections on the Analog Anthropocene: ‘Oppenheimer’
On July 21st, I went to see Christopher Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer in IMAX at the Michigan Science Center. The film is a fast-paced set of interwoven narratives that tell the story of historical figure J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of Read More …
Introducing the Analog Anthropocene Project
What is the Anthropocene? The Anthropocene is a new (albeit unofficial) term for the geological epoch in which we are currently living. The previous epoch, the Holocene, spanned over 12,000 years, but with the dawn of the Anthropocene, we have Read More …