12 April meeting
Cesar talks about his writing process:
reading and taking notes
organise the notes
write fragmented paragraphs
Adam asks about free writing
(just write your ideas without censoring them). Then find references to support ideas
Dan’s topic is changing again…
dropping third cinema (Battle of Algiers etc) - not enough knowledge to use effectively
more reading on machinima, tactical media
This is about machinima and political efficacy (especially antimilitarist machinima as tactical media)
Particular idea: detournemont and recouperation
Machinima resonates with discourses of networks and decentralised power. Coopting tools and textual forms of video games and cinema against the military entertainment complex. Risk of re-absorption.
PISSING IN THE WIND: Detournement and recouperation in counter-hegemonic war machinima
Blow-back; resistance;
Describe dual action of appropriation of tools and forms
Adam has been writing
Mutual appreciation of players associated with value creation
distinctiveness of the avatar
in MMOs accessories will decorate avatars; some may have functions (strength)
spectacle performance paradigm (active audience; use YouTube to show off performance)
Sebastian
brought in piece on Internet filter
