Jesse Drew
Description: Jesse Drew is a video-maker, multimedia artist and professor of Cinema and Digital Media at UC Davis. His work spans all across the world, with a central message of advocating for public access to media arts production and distribution. In this episode we talk about the media past, present and future, and its importance in our society. Additionally we speak about the value of understanding the technologies we interact with on a daily basis and developing an intentionality in our relationship with them.
Websites: Jesse Drew
Publications:
A Social History of Contemporary Democratic Media
Resources:
Cinema and Digital Media Major
Courses:
CDM 136/TCS 115: Electronics for Artists
TCS 155: Introduction to Documentary Studies
TCS 112: New Radio Features & Documentary
Show Notes:
[0:55] Intro, background and how he got interested in cinema and digital media
[7:05] What is the Guerrilla Television movement?
[9:45] What is technoculture?
[11:30] How do you define media and electronic media?
[13:00] Why is it important to understand the history of technology?
[23:45] How do you compare social media’s cultural impact to that of traditional media during the Vietnam War era?
[30:30] Censorship in media
[32:50] What technology should people understand to move forward in an informed manner?
[45:40] How podcasts can help counter short attention spans?
[47:35] Is there a new counter-culture movement resurging?
[52:40] What is communication from below?
[56:00] What are your opinions on blockchain’s decentralized model?
[1:01:10] What does our relationship with technology tell us about our collective identity?
[1:04:30] How does understanding the engineering of technology allow us to better utilize the medium?
[1:07:35] How does punk rock influence DIY (do it yourself) culture?
[1:14:30] What is your movie Open Country?
[1:22:50] Any parting words of advice for students?