Norms in the Age of Intelligent Machines: Bodies, Knowledge, Governmentality — Dec. 4 & 5 at Stanford Norms in the Age of Intelligent Machines -- a two-day conference organized by Shane Denson, Armen Khatchatourov, and Johan Fredrikzon and sponsored by the France-Stanford Center for…

The book will be published by @leverpress.bsky.social in print and Diamond Open Access as part of their new Film|Minutes series. The brilliant @shanedenson.bsky.social wrote the first volume for the series on BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, available here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Next volume in the film|minutes series: @danhf.bsky.social on Texas Chain Saw Massacre!!!

Woah! An actually good and insightful review of my book on Amazon!

“The Bride of Frankenstein Minute-by-Minute” — Monday Night Seminar at the Coach House, Centre for Culture and Technology, Toronto, Nov. 10 Rounding out my trip to Canada, I'll be giving a talk about my recent book on Bride of Frankenstein at the University of Toronto's Centre for Culture and…

“Non/phenomenalities: A Hodological Laboratory for Unstable Times” — Artist Talk with Karin Denson at Western Film & Art Festival, London, Ontario, Nov. 9, 2025 On Nov. 9, 2025, Karin Denson and I will give an artist talk, titled "Non/phenomenalities: A Hodological Laboratory for Unstable Times,"…

“AI as Existential(ist) Risk and Aesthetic Opportunity” — Keynote at Media Theory Conference 2025 in Toronto, Nov. 7-8 I'm excited to be giving one of the keynotes at the Media Theory Conference 2025 at the Centre for Culture and Technology in Toronto. On Nov. 8, I'll give a talk titled "AI as…

Happy Halloween! My book on BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN--which is FREE for Kindle--is currently #1 in Movie & Video History & Criticism on Amazon!

👻 Happy Halloween! What better time to discover the inaugural volume in Lever Press's film|minutes book series?: 'Bride of Frankenstein' by @shanedenson.bsky.social dissects the 1935 classic through sound, technology, and time itself minute-by-minute.🎃 🍿 bit.ly/3JzEdPr @leverpress.bsky.social

Celebrate Halloween at Gray Area with a screening of The Bride of Frankenstein and the launch of Shane Denson's (@shanedenson.bsky.social) new book on the Bride of Frankenstein! 📅 October 30 | 6:30 PM 🎟Tix: grayarea.org/event/bride-...

“Making Politics: Commemoration, Resistance, and Play” — Joseph DeLappe at Digital Aesthetics Workshop, Oct. 22, 2025 With apologies for the late announcement, the Digital Aesthetics Workshop is delighted to welcome our first speaker of the 2025-26 academic year! Joseph DeLappe will present on…

Book Launch and Film Screening — Bride of Frankenstein at Gray Area, October 30, 2025 I'm excited to announce a book launch event for my new book on Bride of Frankenstein, followed by a screening of the 1935 film, on Oct. 30, 2025 at Gray Area in San Francisco! Doors open at 6:30pm, and the event…

Art & Artifice: Or, What AI Means for Aesthetics — John Fekete Distinguished Lecture, Trent University, November 6, 2025 Screenshot I am honored to be delivering this year's John Fekete Distinguished Lecture at Trent University. On November 6, 2025, I will speak about my current book project, Art…

The Future of Reality — UCLA/Hammer Museum, Oct 24-25, 2025 Screenshot I'm excited to be a part of this event on the Future of Reality at UCLA and the Hammer Museum October 24-25. More info here.

Installation at GearBox Gallery, Oakland — opening Nov. 1! I'm excited to announce that GlitchesAreLikeWildAnimals! -- BOVINE, part of a larger series of collaborations between me and Karin Denson, will be installed at GearBox Gallery in Oakland. The opening is Saturday, November 1 (1-4pm), and it…

The film|minutes video|graphic workstation is a tool for reading AND writing minute-by-minute analyses of moving-image media. (Thread)

My book on Bride of Frankenstein is available for $0.00 -- yes, free -- for Kindle

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…

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...)

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...