Voices Episode 2: Christian Olesen on Film Sound, Soundscapes and the ‘Listener’s Rights’

Scott Rodgers

Mediapolis Now, no. 2, vol. 7June 29, 2022<June 30, 2022

Voices Episode 2: Christian Olesen on Film Sound, Soundscapes and the ‘Listener’s Rights’

Scott Rodgers

In the latest episode of our Voices podcast series, Christian Olesen discusses with Scott Rodgers the kinds of environments and atmospheres made possible in and through film sound, and the broader practices, politics, and ethics of sonic appropriation.

no. 5, Roundtables, vol. 6December 13, 2021<December 15, 2021

Permanent Precarity: Transient Spaces and Horrific Indebtedness in the Midwest

Adam Ochonicky

Adam Ochonicky explores the relationship between mobility and precarity in the Midwestern spaces of It Follows.

no. 5, Roundtables, vol. 6November 22, 2021<November 22, 2021

Envisioning Precarity in the American Midwest: RoboCop (1987) and the Horror of Vacancy

Adam Ochonicky

Tracing the history of uninhabitable homes in the horror genre, Adam Ochonicky connects RoboCop's narrative of precarious housing to media images of the Midwest as a blank or vacant space.