The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
Media as a way of communicating has been around since the stone ages but for as long as I have been around the one constant has been writing implements such as pens and pencils. One of my first memories was of ink blotted fingers as I was always a messy
Check
When writing my latest blogpost for Cloth in Common I came across the site of a museum in Antwerp I once visited, Museum Planing-Moretus. A printing office and house of more than 400 years old. I realized that fake news, perversion of the truth, explaining the facts differently, etc, is
“FAKTES” (facts vs. fakes)
Doerte-Ina Liebing “FAKTES” (facts vs. fakes) 40″x40″ hand dyed cotton, printing, machine quilting In our media age, it is wonderful that we can contact each other, connect with another, exchange information quickly and pass on knowledge immediately. The use of digital media brings us a plethora of advantages that we
Media Magical World
September 28 2020 Mikiko Takase My father bought a TV for my sick and elderly grandmother in 1960. She exclaimed, “There is some small person inside that box.” Now, years later, I am part of a generation that has lived with media for a long time, but still struggles to
Coming Together
Meeting by Zoom
Media centuries ago
A few years ago I visited Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp. A beautifully restored house and printing house. They present the printing process from start to finish. A huge collection of manuscripts, lead type of fonts, woodcut printing blocks, very old printing presses, all situated in a magnificent property. A place
How did I use media for my trip?
My Cloth in Common works are based on my trip from New Zealand to Canada and the USA in 2019. How lucky was I to do this last year and not 2020? Anyway, when we received the prompt of Media for this round I wondered how I would apply this
Defining media
I’m still trying to decide how I want to define the word “media” before I can even begin to start on my media response piece–I guess I need to get on that! My first mental response was media=TV, newspaper, magazines and other such stuff. The dictionary has a lot of
Judgement and selection
In this age where I live, a huge amount of information is poured out through various media. In particular, mobile media is a medium that provides quick and convenient access to information. That’s why many people around the world do things, share information, and promote friendship within mobile media. It
The Fourth Branch
Media is our prompt. My undergraduate degree is in journalism, and at one point I actually worked as a journalist. Those were the days! My first internship was at the ABC affiliate in Topeka, Kansas which had the only computerized news room in the area. Can you image? Photographers carried
Investigative Journalism
The prompt “Media” is very fitting for our current times. I believe that independent media are a necessary cornerstone of a functioning democracy. Of course, no media is truly independent and impartial, but some are better than others in this aspect. The byline of the Washington Post newspaper is “Democracy
No green without water
Due to all kind of climate issues, the role of water is more and more important in the world. Sea levels are rising and as a result of that more and more soil is salinizing. In some areas in the world fresh water is becoming scarce. But fresh water is