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(Essay) Sonic Technology and Community: Hip Hop and Vocaloid Culture
May 19, 2025
The advancement of technology frequently causes moral panic amongst society, alienating technology in a way where we imagine it is something beyond human. Music, however, has historically been a medium for people to bond over. In the 1970s-80s USA, hip pop culture thrived as artists were inspired by sound system…
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(Essay) How Do Japanese Artists Combat Historical Amnesia Surrounding Imperial Japan?
May 19, 2025
“Last year nothing happened. The year before nothing happened. And the year before that nothing happened.” This is the sentiment that many people who have lived in a postwar era can relate to, especially Japanese people living through the post-WWII era who were dealing with both the traumas of war…
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Camcorder Childhood
January 15, 2025
Read on The Gargoyle, volume 70, issue 7
Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun (2022) opens with a shot of a man. The quality of the shot is terrible as the camerawork is skewed and shaking. During this shot, we hear a girl’s voice, grainy and slightly distorted. It’s nothing like the 4K…
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