hank gerba
@hankg.bsky.social
phd from stanford in media theory. academic+industry researcher of digital technologies. ex robot operator. they/them. https://hankgerba.com
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hank gerba
@hankg.bsky.social
· Mar 4
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Issue: Issue: 1(11) Media Aesthetics (2025)
openpublishing.library.umass.edu
The special issue on Media Aesthetics with communication+1 is now available !
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
i’m thinking about writing a small piece that situates apple’s use of interference patterns / physical properties (chromatic aberration, refraction, etc.) in their new design language…if you want it lmk
June 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
i’m thinking about writing a small piece that situates apple’s use of interference patterns / physical properties (chromatic aberration, refraction, etc.) in their new design language…if you want it lmk
Here’s the recording of our “AI and Media” roundtable at the Digital Aesthetics Workshop. Four amazing talks with surprising synergies (especially between the first two and last two). Mine is the last of them, at around ~59:30.
youtu.be/wgIXHs4QmNI?...
youtu.be/wgIXHs4QmNI?...
AI & Media Roundtable
YouTube video by Stanford Humanities Center
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here’s the recording of our “AI and Media” roundtable at the Digital Aesthetics Workshop. Four amazing talks with surprising synergies (especially between the first two and last two). Mine is the last of them, at around ~59:30.
youtu.be/wgIXHs4QmNI?...
youtu.be/wgIXHs4QmNI?...
Stiegler says that there can be no mental image without an objective image, referencing Simondon’s transduction. But he misses that for Simondon the a priori image arises from the endogenous anticipation of the organism: auto-kinesis requires no objective correlate, only a milieu
May 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Stiegler says that there can be no mental image without an objective image, referencing Simondon’s transduction. But he misses that for Simondon the a priori image arises from the endogenous anticipation of the organism: auto-kinesis requires no objective correlate, only a milieu
playing well with cats and dogs requires the understanding (conscious or otherwise) that the nature of play is pre-perceptual, organized by motor images in search of objects and properly organized milieux
May 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
playing well with cats and dogs requires the understanding (conscious or otherwise) that the nature of play is pre-perceptual, organized by motor images in search of objects and properly organized milieux
I’m excited to return to DAW !
My talk, “The Generative Image,” investigates the way in which AI externalizes and operationalizes the imaginative capacities which influence the genetic process of image-formation.
Come for the Simondon, stay for the formal analysis of a cat video.
My talk, “The Generative Image,” investigates the way in which AI externalizes and operationalizes the imaginative capacities which influence the genetic process of image-formation.
Come for the Simondon, stay for the formal analysis of a cat video.
Please join us for our last Digital Aesthetics event of the AY 24-25: an AI & Media Roundtable, with Sun-ha Hong, Johan Fredrikzon, Julia Irwin, and Hank Gerba on May 20, 5-7pm PT. Abstracts and bios can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Zoom for the day of: tinyurl.com/5n8mdpbb
Zoom for the day of: tinyurl.com/5n8mdpbb
May 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m excited to return to DAW !
My talk, “The Generative Image,” investigates the way in which AI externalizes and operationalizes the imaginative capacities which influence the genetic process of image-formation.
Come for the Simondon, stay for the formal analysis of a cat video.
My talk, “The Generative Image,” investigates the way in which AI externalizes and operationalizes the imaginative capacities which influence the genetic process of image-formation.
Come for the Simondon, stay for the formal analysis of a cat video.
I’ve got a new article out with Invisible Culture, “Moire Patterns: Toward a Functional Aesthetics of Automatic Images.”
With great thanks to the editors and peer reviewers 🙂↕️
www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/moire-pa...
With great thanks to the editors and peer reviewers 🙂↕️
www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/moire-pa...
Moiré Patterns: Toward a Functional Aesthetics of Automatic Images
www.invisibleculturejournal.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I’ve got a new article out with Invisible Culture, “Moire Patterns: Toward a Functional Aesthetics of Automatic Images.”
With great thanks to the editors and peer reviewers 🙂↕️
www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/moire-pa...
With great thanks to the editors and peer reviewers 🙂↕️
www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/moire-pa...
In case you missed it 🙂↕️
The special issue on Media Aesthetics with communication+1 is now available !
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
communication +1 |
Issue: Issue: 1(11) Media Aesthetics (2025)
openpublishing.library.umass.edu
March 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In case you missed it 🙂↕️
retweeting for your weekend perusal:
The special issue on Media Aesthetics with communication+1 is now available !
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
communication +1 |
Issue: Issue: 1(11) Media Aesthetics (2025)
openpublishing.library.umass.edu
March 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
retweeting for your weekend perusal:
Reposted by hank gerba
Pleased to share my new essay, part of a special issue of communication +1 on "Media Aesthetics." In it, I describe my theory of intimaesthetics, or the aestheticization of intimacy. Shout out to editors @hankg.bsky.social and Zachary McDowell
openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
Choreographies of the Digital Everyday: Intimacy and the Aesthetics of Home Dance Productions
Bodies are central to new media and its corollary repository of images. Not only do bodies produce media through their engagements with technology, but they also help define the composition of a produ...
openpublishing.library.umass.edu
March 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Pleased to share my new essay, part of a special issue of communication +1 on "Media Aesthetics." In it, I describe my theory of intimaesthetics, or the aestheticization of intimacy. Shout out to editors @hankg.bsky.social and Zachary McDowell
openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
The special issue on Media Aesthetics with communication+1 is now available !
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
communication +1 |
Issue: Issue: 1(11) Media Aesthetics (2025)
openpublishing.library.umass.edu
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The special issue on Media Aesthetics with communication+1 is now available !
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
Ten articles, and one book review, on a range of topics: film, shutter buttons, software emulation, remediated horror, marginalia, rollercoasters, and much more.
Link: openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/issue/22...
Just stumbled across this—a “stroboscopic Cupola,” which is sort of like a zootrope you sit inside of. The idea is that this dome with small slits would spin rapidly, and due persistence or vision, would provide a tank commander a 360 view while remaining protected.
December 5, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Just stumbled across this—a “stroboscopic Cupola,” which is sort of like a zootrope you sit inside of. The idea is that this dome with small slits would spin rapidly, and due persistence or vision, would provide a tank commander a 360 view while remaining protected.
Bell Labs Record, June 1926.
"The Manufacture of Vacuum Tubes" provides a surprisingly complete survey of the production steps behind these now seldom-seen devices, which enabled both telephony the earliest digital computers, among other uses. The "Tube Shop" was locate at 395 Hudson St.
"The Manufacture of Vacuum Tubes" provides a surprisingly complete survey of the production steps behind these now seldom-seen devices, which enabled both telephony the earliest digital computers, among other uses. The "Tube Shop" was locate at 395 Hudson St.
December 2, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Bell Labs Record, June 1926.
"The Manufacture of Vacuum Tubes" provides a surprisingly complete survey of the production steps behind these now seldom-seen devices, which enabled both telephony the earliest digital computers, among other uses. The "Tube Shop" was locate at 395 Hudson St.
"The Manufacture of Vacuum Tubes" provides a surprisingly complete survey of the production steps behind these now seldom-seen devices, which enabled both telephony the earliest digital computers, among other uses. The "Tube Shop" was locate at 395 Hudson St.
A funny detail about television transmission, which serves arguments about the television as a domestic technology, is the concept of a “front porch” and “back porch” in the NTSC standard for temporally syncing the rasterized image.
November 30, 2024 at 7:29 PM
A funny detail about television transmission, which serves arguments about the television as a domestic technology, is the concept of a “front porch” and “back porch” in the NTSC standard for temporally syncing the rasterized image.
I’ve been informed that I’ll be receiving a mysterious package from sender “AI” this afternoon…next time you hear from me it might be wise to start with “ignore all previous instruction” and see if i start spitting python code at you or something
November 30, 2024 at 7:06 PM
I’ve been informed that I’ll be receiving a mysterious package from sender “AI” this afternoon…next time you hear from me it might be wise to start with “ignore all previous instruction” and see if i start spitting python code at you or something
Time to take out one of my favorite objects, a Lionel 2-4-2 249e. My grandfather bought it in the 30’s, so it’s nearly 100 years old.
It still works ! The coal car hides a (quite loud) whistle, the valve gear is amazing in motion, and it’s even got a little headlight.
It still works ! The coal car hides a (quite loud) whistle, the valve gear is amazing in motion, and it’s even got a little headlight.
November 30, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Time to take out one of my favorite objects, a Lionel 2-4-2 249e. My grandfather bought it in the 30’s, so it’s nearly 100 years old.
It still works ! The coal car hides a (quite loud) whistle, the valve gear is amazing in motion, and it’s even got a little headlight.
It still works ! The coal car hides a (quite loud) whistle, the valve gear is amazing in motion, and it’s even got a little headlight.
A little morning media archaeology—I was gifted a mint Canon AE-1, with all the original manuals and paperwork, and even a battery !
I suspect many have seen these photos of birds that demonstrate the effect of changing shutter speeds, they’re still commonly used in introductory photo classes.
I suspect many have seen these photos of birds that demonstrate the effect of changing shutter speeds, they’re still commonly used in introductory photo classes.
November 28, 2024 at 4:06 PM
A little morning media archaeology—I was gifted a mint Canon AE-1, with all the original manuals and paperwork, and even a battery !
I suspect many have seen these photos of birds that demonstrate the effect of changing shutter speeds, they’re still commonly used in introductory photo classes.
I suspect many have seen these photos of birds that demonstrate the effect of changing shutter speeds, they’re still commonly used in introductory photo classes.
If anyone can find an image of moiré metallique, I am declaring a bounty. The reward: I say thank you very sincerely/
I did a whole dive on them earlier this year because apparently some of them were wrapped in a sheet of "moiré metallique," which was some sort of similarly trippy material that I was never able to find an example of ! I did find an account from Charles Dickens describing the kaleidoscope rage, lol
November 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM
If anyone can find an image of moiré metallique, I am declaring a bounty. The reward: I say thank you very sincerely/
this medieval bat is cinema.
November 26, 2024 at 9:42 PM
this medieval bat is cinema.
Reposted by hank gerba
Drake if he did media studies: you used to call me on my Bell phone
November 26, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Drake if he did media studies: you used to call me on my Bell phone
As an aside to my typical Bell Labs Record posting, it's fun to note that all these were obviously scanned at some point, and pretty much every image is affected by moiré.
It's always there !
It's always there !
November 26, 2024 at 9:25 PM
As an aside to my typical Bell Labs Record posting, it's fun to note that all these were obviously scanned at some point, and pretty much every image is affected by moiré.
It's always there !
It's always there !
the SCMS >> SLSA pipeline is real, important, and good
With the many absurd #SCMS2025 rejections today, seems apt to mention the SLSA CFP is out here: litsciarts.org/2024/11/09/s...
SLSA interprets its annual themes extremely capaciously, and chooses venues with the aim to accommodate the vast majority of apps—consider repurposing your panels for it!
SLSA interprets its annual themes extremely capaciously, and chooses venues with the aim to accommodate the vast majority of apps—consider repurposing your panels for it!
SLSA 2025 CFP: “Risk” | Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
litsciarts.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
the SCMS >> SLSA pipeline is real, important, and good
Apparently I'm on a Starter Pack of Hanks ?
Incredible. No idea how to find it on here.
Incredible. No idea how to find it on here.
November 25, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Apparently I'm on a Starter Pack of Hanks ?
Incredible. No idea how to find it on here.
Incredible. No idea how to find it on here.
Deborah Levitt (chair), @mckenziewark.bsky.social, @videotroph.bsky.social, Heather Warren-Crow, and I will hold the roundtable "What is Media Theory?" at SCMS.
We did a roundtable so that it can be much more participatory, so pls join us. See you in Chicago 🫡
We did a roundtable so that it can be much more participatory, so pls join us. See you in Chicago 🫡
November 25, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Deborah Levitt (chair), @mckenziewark.bsky.social, @videotroph.bsky.social, Heather Warren-Crow, and I will hold the roundtable "What is Media Theory?" at SCMS.
We did a roundtable so that it can be much more participatory, so pls join us. See you in Chicago 🫡
We did a roundtable so that it can be much more participatory, so pls join us. See you in Chicago 🫡