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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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The Purpose Of A System Is What It Does
“The purpose of a system is what it does”– Stafford Beer “If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.”– Phil Zimmerman The proximate motivation of AI driven companies like Claude, Open AI, and Google is disruption: Silicon Valley slang for bankrupting incumbents by creating software platforms and skirting the law. Classically, this has played… Read more
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Chaotic Thoughts About Order
“The law demands that we atoneWhen we take things we do not ownBut leaves the lords and ladies fineWho take things that are yours and mine.” “Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch whose poverty is the spectre of genius! Moloch whose fate is a cloud… Read more
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Love Will Come Rushing
New music video for the lovely Leila Jane. Directed by myself, shot by the best cam-op in the business Ismael Diarra. Read more
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New work for Goal Global
New work for Irish charity @goal_global, celebrating the nationwide #goalmile campaign. Shot around Ireland in @thephoenixpark , @ballyhale_shamrocks , @trinitycomp1 , and @naomh_conaill_gaa_club Ballymun sections shot by @izzysaurus.rex.9 Read more
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Al Jazeera shoot
I recently had the pleasure of shooting many of the Irish sections of the Al Jazeera programme ‘The Listening Post’. I haven’t done enough ENG shooting in the past and it was a challenge to say the least, battling DaVinci Resolve’s rendering glitches attempting to convert the UHD footage in time for broadcast. I shoot… Read more
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Seeking Animator for Funding Application
Hey all, we’re looking to collaborate with a talented animator to help create animated sections for our short film ‘The Babysitter’ (produced by Shoot Cut Grade / Edge3X Studios). Principle photography was completed earlier this year, and we’re looking for the right person bring on board, as part of our application for funding under the… Read more
Gareth Stack 