Last up is our keynote presentation by Christina Agapakis, an extremely interdisciplinary synthetic biologist working to build more creative and human futures for biotechnology. Can't make it in person? Join us virtually with a virtual pass: https://grayareafestival.io

Scholar, author, and professor Shane Denson @shanedenson.bsky.social, is up now discussing the tension between technology’s drive toward perfection and the embodied realities of glitch, detour, and breakdown Can't make it in person? Join us virtually with a virtual pass: https://grayareafestival.io

Today (9/13 at 1pm), I'll be talking about "Bodies, Codes, and Hodological Space" at Gray Area Festival in SF!

"She hate me!" @shanedenson.bsky.social's new monograph on BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is the first in @leverpress.bsky.social's film/minutes series, giving you a minute-by-minute look at the film and its context. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Out now! Bride of Frankenstein [film|minutes]

Check out the interactive version of my book -- apps for Mac and Windows (doi.org/10.25740/qj4...) -- or grab a text pack and load it into the film|minutes video|graphic workstation (doi.org/10.25740/xq3...)

Bride of Frankenstein [film|minutes] — Out now in print, open-access ebook, and special videographic/interactive editions! My book on James Whale's 1935 masterpiece Bride of Frankenstein, the inaugural volume in Lever Press's new film|minutes book series, is out now! The book offers a…

Whether AI or not, Trump is a world historic figure because he has an unparalleled sense for meme-ability. It is why he announced his tariffs on memeable tablets and included a penguin island. Conspiracism, too, is memeing. Its taking a template and overcoding it over and over with new meanings.

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN by @shanedenson.bsky.social is now available! As the inaugural volume of the film|minutes series, this book offers a minute-by-minute analysis of James Whale's 1935 masterpiece Bride of Frankenstein. Start reading here: buff.ly/U96DFVI

SHE'S ALIVE! That's right, Shane's minute-by-minute analysis of Bride of Frankenstein, the first in our film|minutes series, is out today! You can order a copy or read/download the open access version RIGHT NOW.

“To the Maxx: Bodies, Codes, and Hodological Space” — talk at Gray Area Festival, September 13, 2025 On Saturday, September 13 (1pm), I'll be giving a talk titled "To the Maxx: Bodies, Codes, and Hodological Space" at this year's Gray Area Festival. The talk explores the tension between…

My new book is out this week!

Waiting to get new tires put on, Evie and I have an hour to kill. She really likes the grass in front of the California Cryobank. 🥶 🤣 #siliconvalley

Not short, but clarifying with a zinger at the end: “The speciesist poverty that Heidegger ascribes to animals is probably also at least a little bit unfair toward birds, but it might be just right for machines.” bsky.app/profile/shan...

I am particularly passionate about Ebdi's work but this gallery is fabulous and the concept for the show is so up my alley. I can't go, will other people show up so I can line vicariously through you?

This Saturday, Aug 16 (4-8pm), is the Phase 2 opening of Non/phenomenalities!!! Lots of surprises are in store! Panel discussion at 6pm! 120710 Gallery in Berkeley!!!

Non/phenomenalities -- 120710 Gallery, Berkeley -- Phase 2 opening on August 16 (4-8pm)!

Pics from the Opening of Non/Phenomenalities (Phase 1), 120710 Gallery, July 26, 2025 We had an awesome opening for Phase 1 of Non/phenomenalities at 120710 Gallery this past Saturday. Looking forward to the Phase 2 opening on August 16!!!

I’m at the gallery. I’m at the construction site. I’m at the combination gallery and construction site.

Opening Saturday, 7/26, 4-8pm in Berkeley!!! You have no idea... 😱

Opening this Saturday at 120710 Gallery in Berkeley! It's going to be absolutely (non)phenomenal!!!

In the introduction (in the app), I suggest this might be "a Nietzschean typewriter for the videographic age." Immodest? You decide!

28 YEARS LATER.

Version 1.0 is now out! I added a wordcount display above the text editor. Don't know why I didn't think to do so earlier! You can always get the latest version through the DOI: doi.org/10.25740/xq3...

Part of an ongoing conversation between @mbfazi.bsky.social and me on AI/LLMs as "synthetic media" -- more to come!

Looking forward to installing this collaborative work with @karindenson.bsky.social !!

Looking forward to installing this collaborative work with @karindenson.bsky.social !!

In the early 90s, I had to write an examination of the first 3 minutes of Mel Gibson's Hamlet. Pulled the VCR to my futon & spent 20 hours leaning forward to rewind the tape as I scribbled my notes onto a steno pad. If you'd told me this tool would come along one day, I'd have thought you were god.

Excited to be a part of this year's Gray Area Festival at @grayarea.org in SF, alongside an amazing lineup of artists and speakers!

A wonderful new research/writing/thinking tool for moving image work. Bravo

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Twelve PhD positions (E13, 65%, 48 months) in our new interdisciplinary @dfg.de research training program "Aesthetics of Democracy" @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt. Application deadline November 14, 2025. Program start April 1, 2026. Drop me a note if you need further info.

This looks very useful for film analysis - link is down in thread.

This is so cool!!

Am I the only one just learning that “Chief People Officer” is a real title? It’s like Boaty McBoatface. No wonder Trump is president…

Part of an ongoing conversation between @mbfazi.bsky.social and me on AI/LLMs as "synthetic media" -- more to come!

I have learned so much in the process of curating this show! And I am still learning! I have always respected curators, but now I have a much better understanding of how much work goes into it. Luckily, this is such a great group of people to work with!

Interessante! E gratuito!

Check out the workstation Lever Press author @shanedenson.bsky.social created for the film|minutes series! A combination video player and text editor, this software is designed for close analysis of videos in scholarly research. Check it out below:

This is an amazing idea, I can't wait to try it out!

Introducing the film|minutes video|graphic workstation I made a piece of software! It’s called the film|minutes video|graphic workstation. It’s pretty niche but cool if you want to take notes or do very close readings of films/videos. It's a combination video player and text editor designed for…

this is a kinda clumsy version of something I've wanted for Youtube no less than 100 times in the past. - tutorials and demos where the action is short (e.g. learning a drumming section) and you want to lock in - video game guide content where you play alongside the relevant loop - cats

Definitely using this! Thanks @shanedenson.bsky.social

Inaugural conference! Media Theory at the Coach House November 7-8, 2025 Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto Keynote speakers: Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford) Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia) Abstracts due: June 30. CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/

journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/ph... Shane Denson: New Article: "On the Very Idea of a (Synthetic) Conceptual Scheme" -- Out now in Philosophy and Digitality (link in comments)

Sneak peek at a little exhibition I am co-curating this summer with artist Brett Amory at 120710 Gallery in Berkeley. More info soon!

Out Now: Power Shift: Keywords for a New Politics of Energy I am happy to have a short piece on the "Digital" among the 101 keywords in this exciting new volume, Power Shift: Keywords for a New Politics of Energy, edited by Imre Szeman and Jennifer Wenzel. The book brings together scholars,…

New Article: “On the Very Idea of a (Synthetic) Conceptual Scheme” — Out now in Philosophy and Digitality My article "On the Very Idea of a (Synthetic) Conceptual Scheme" has just been published in the open access journal Philosophy & Digitality, in a special issue on "LLMs and the Patterns of…