Art Film Talk

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Art Film Talk #25 John Herman, Gravityland

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

John Herman is the multi-hyphenate artist and media maker behind the new episodic web show, Gravityland. The show consists of weekly episodes, viewer responses, a blog, music videos, and a comic book, which are all related in fascinating ways. I spoke with John about episode 6 which was written by the viewers, the reaction to the show so far, and some of the surprises along the way. Do interactions between makers and viewers like this point to the future of episodic entertainment, especially on the web? The Art Film Talk theme music was composed by Colin Owens.

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Art Film Talk #24 Shay David, Kaltura

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Shay David is a scholar and entrepreneur who has specialized in collaborative and open-source communication systems. He is currently Chief Technology Officer of Kaltura, a collaborative media start-up self-described as YouTube meets Wikipedia. Shay earned his PhD at Cornell with a dissertation on open systems and democratic culture. He and his co-founders Ron Yekutiel and Michal Tsur are influenced by Social Constructivism, Actor-network theory, and the ideas Yochai Benkler describes in his book, The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. I interviewed Shay on December 11th in New York at the Web Video Summit where he spoke on a panel, "What's Coming Next: From High Definition to Cameraphones, Viewer Interaction and Built in Social Exchange." Do the interactions users are capable of with Kaltura point to the future of filmmaking, especially documentary filmmaking? The Art Film Talk theme music was composed by Colin Owens.

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Art Film Talk #16 Steve Garfield, Video Blogging

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

David Tames talks with Video Blogger Steve Garfield about podcasting and the future of participatory media from a practical perspective. Includes promo for Podcamp Boston 2006 to be held September 9th and 10th at Bunker Hill Community College. Video Blogging provides a new form of media access that independent filmmakers can experiment with.