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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Choices – Episode 6 – DiCaprio Island

    Episode 6 of the brand new series from Dead Medium Productions and Dublin City FM. First broadcast 11th June, 2014. Natalie’s bullying finally culminates in a complete mental breakdown for Ainesh. Humiliated and desperate, Ainesh locks himself inside a classroom and refuses to come out. Inside he creates a sock puppet utopia. Committed instantly, Ainesh… Read more

  • ‘Of Mongooses and Men’ – Episode 5 – The Gareth Stack Show: Live

    Your monthly dose of lowbrow comedy and middlebrow culture with Gareth Stack, hosted by Andrew Booth. This episodes first guest was Tom Rowley of Storymap.ie, a website that lets you find and create stories to accompany your trip to Dublin. We were also joined by Dublin indie folk harmonisers Mongoose, who lent their dulcet chorus… Read more

  • Growing Up Digital – Episode 2 – Mad Scientists of Music

    Episode two explores the video game backgrounds of a variety of Irish experimental musicians – how video game culture and ready access to technology influenced their love of music and their aesthetic sensibilities. Chiptune music in particular reappropriates not only the machinery, but also the distinctive sounds of computer games of the 1980’s, and this… Read more

  • Choices – Episode 5 – The 7th Seal

    Episode 5 of the brand new series from Dead Medium Productions and Dublin City FM. First broadcast 4th June, 2014. An encounter group led by Sean becomes deeply personal. Ainesh seeks help from his therapist. He finds his therapist is going out of business due to a glut of newly trained psychotherapists. Ainesh takes on… Read more

  • Threat Detection – Episode 20 – Character in Videogames

    Download: Threat Detection – Episode 20 Does character matter? A vessel for the player to travel through the story. An enigma in his/her self. Often times an empty receptacle for containing player projections. How can it be conveyed in interactive media? Characters can often be more than their general perspective of first and third person… Read more

  • Learning How to Listen – Episode 1 – Mad Scientists of Music

    Episode one explores how circuit benders, hackers and artists are building teaching and education into their practice. This is a culture as much about sharing as making, and all the artists interviewed run classes and workshops (often at no charge). Children and adults alike attend the ‘maker fairs’ and hacklabs where circuit benders share tips… Read more