Photos and music: a constant journey
Photography and music. They’re two things that are sometimes only combined after they’re made. In a tacky slideshow perhaps… But Clinton Davey argues that photos are not just images, and music is not just sounds….
Alliances and Monuments
When Facebook has started to celebrate my friendships in weird slideshows causing retina seizures, I opened the bottom drawer to grab an old ugly postcard with singing kittens. Maximum noise out of a little loudspeaker,…
Photo Gallery: Streets of Paris, France
As a tribute to the city of Paris, we present you this gallery of street photos of the city of Paris. Robert Neurath visited the city before the disastrous fire in the Notre Dame in…
The Right to Stay Offline
After Mike Ushakov’s favourite writer Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, he read one of his interviews and discovers the freedom of remaining offline.
Photo Gallery: Street photos, New York City
A gallery of original new photos by Robert Neurath, taken in New York City in March 2019.
The Internet and Me (part 3)
Thinking again about those unsolicited catalogues, it reminds me of all the furore over featured ads on Facebook when they were first introduced and how strong the reaction was. It seemed to me that people felt betrayed by what they had been sold as the dream of the internet…
Words in the middle of the world
That books mean love to me was something that was clear from the moment I could read. I read all the books in the library and any books that I brought with me on holiday…
The Internet and Me (part 2)
Of course, everything is context and it has been interesting for me to note from personal experience over recent years that digital doom-mongering and calling for regular detoxing are propounded not necessarily by older generations but by those who have grown up with digital life as a constant…
Uncover songs: Moddi shows relevance of covers
Cover songs, were they ever a novelty? Every band and artist I know has dabbled in doing an acoustic version of a classic song by another artist. Covering a quiet song in a loud way…
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