Alan N. Shapiro
media theory,
science fiction theory,
future design research
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Re-Thinking Science, by Alan N. Shapiro
Influenced by Heidegger’s “The Question Concerning Technology”, Adorno and Horkheimer’s Dialectic of Enlightenment, and Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s epic science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, I believe that we have come to the end of the long era of technology being conceived and developed as a tool for the ‘domination of nature’.
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Building Robots, by Alan N. Shapiro
These are my “lecture notes” for my lecture at the Art University in Linz, Austria on June 21, 2011. In the first part, I presented the idea of beginning a multidisciplinary and “humanities informatics” approach to the development of robots-slash-androids, going beyond the mechanical engineering approach to ASIMO that Honda has taken so far.
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International Flusser Lecture, by Alan N. Shapiro
On July 10, 2012, I gave the International Flusser Lecture at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Related to this lecture, a small book by me in German will be published in the International Flusser Lecture series by the Walther Koenig Verlag.
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Towards a Unified Existential Science of Humans and Androids, by Alan N. Shapiro
Presented with the reality, which is at the same time still half-fictional, of bringing robots or androids into our social world, I believe that we are being offered the gift of an opportunity for humanity to grow and develop, to untangle the knots binding us to our current stagnation, to improve our lives.
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Seminar on the Future of Reading and Learning at the Offenbach Arts and Design University
At our meeting on January 24 we will cover the folowing topics: 1. Talk about McLuhan, “The Medium is the Massage” 2. Talk about the media theory of Vilem Flusser 3. Student presentations of their ideas for their design projects 4. Website design – relation of editorial content and format.
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Art and Design in the Age of New Media and New Technologies, by Alan N. Shapiro
On January 16th, 2013, I gave a lecture at the Bath Spa University, Bath School of Art and Design, in Bath, UK. What are the main trends in the history of New Media Art? How have artworks evolved through the application of digital technologies, computer graphics, virtual reality environments, robotics and biotechnology?
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“Software of the Future” on Tour, by Alan N. Shapiro
I leave on Saturday for an 8-day tour in Berlin and Potsdam. These events are about “the software of the future,” a software that will be made by artists and designers, not by techies and engineers. It is about a new kind of programming by artists.
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“Mad Men” and the Sociology of Advertising Consumer Culture, by Venecia Suriel de Häusler
Mad Men is a complex TV show in which topics like gender, race relations, alcoholism and chain smoking, as well as homosexuality in 1960s American society are depicted. However, the main topic of the series revolves around the strategies of advertising. Through the years, the advertising industry has promoted mass consumption.
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“Lost”: eine Typisierung der weiblichen Hauptcharaktere, von Melissa Maier
Im September 2004 wurde die 1. Staffel der US TV-Serie LOST erstmals im amerikanischen Fernsehen ausgestrahlt. Diese Staffel ist sehr wichtig für das weitere Verständnis der Serie, da LOST zunehmend mit wiederkehrenden Symbolen und Elementen arbeitet und den Zuschauer mit vielen offenen Fragen konfrontiert, die erst im weiteren Verlauf der Serie beantwortet werden.
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Macht- und Hierarchieverhältnisse am Beispiel von „The Wire“, von Jaška Klocke
Im folgenden Essay möchte ich den Versuch unternehmen, auf unterschiedliche Machtstrukturen in der ersten Staffel der US amerikanischen Fernsehserie The Wire, die von 2002 bis 2008 im Privatsender HBO („Home Box Office“) ausgestrahlt wurde, einzugehen und diese miteinander zu vergleichen.
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“The Wire” and Luhmann’s Systems Theory, by Yara Scholtis
This essay will examine the television series The Wire from a sociological point of view. There have not only been entire university seminars taught on sociological themes in The Wire, but there have also been plenty of books, essays, etc., published which focus on various topics of the TV show that are of sociological nature.
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“Lost”: Der Pilotfilm, Symbole und wiederkehrende Themen, von Vanessa Berkler
Die TV-Serie Lost startete im Jahr 2004 und endete im Jahr 2010 nach sechs Staffeln. Inhalt ist der Flugzeugabsturz des Oceanic Flight 815, bei dem 48 Überlebende auf einer einsamen, geheimnisvollen Insel stranden. Schon der Pilotfilm gleicht durch seine Komplexität und seinen Detailreichtum einem spannenden, aufwendigen Film.
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“Lost” und Literatur, von Concetta Altmaier
In der US-amerikanischen Fernsehserie Lost(1) finden sich zahlreiche Verweise auf literarische Texte, die sich durch direkte Zitate oder inhaltliche Parallelen feststellen lassen. Aufgrund der Qualität und Quantität dieser Referenzen scheint Lost im Vergleich zu anderen Serien eine besondere Rolle einzunehmen.
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Reality and Simulation in “The Prisoner,” by Caroline Fuchs
Number 6 is being held hostage in “The Village” for only one reason: to answer the question why did he resign. But Number 6 did not resign for personal gain (to sell the valuable information he has) but for personal reasons, rebels against his prison and refuses to cooperate.
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“Out of thin air” – Mask and Representation in “Mad Men,” by Marten Weise
The TV Show Mad Men, first broadcast in July 2007, has received a lot of positive critique and has been awarded many well-known prizes. In three consecutive years (2007, 2008 and 2009) it won the Golden Globe for The Best Television Series in the category Drama. It investigates many different topics on a televisual level.
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