creative tech maker + thinker. senior lecturer, media (@RMIT). now: AI and creativity. then: material media-making and media genres.
Naarm, Australia
Joined June 2023
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I’m convening a seminar next week called AI, Art & Storytelling: From Generation to Agency, to explore what AI — generative and agentic — means for narrative, delegation, counterfactuality, and human expression. Mon 22 June, 4:30-6pm AEST, 8:30-10am CET. admscentre.org.au/event/ai-a…
My article “A media-materialist method for interpreting generative AI images” is now published online in Convergence. This piece represents the foundation for my genAI work over the last 2-3 years. Four layers – data, model, interface, prompt. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Oh hello. I know I’ve been quiet, but it’s been a head down bum up kind of start to the year. Having said that, I’ve managed to set up a remotely accessible AI suite, vibe coded a family album browser, and install and trial a tiny AI agent on a ESP32 board. So a few blogs soon!
I was interviewed about embracing the broken aspects of AI rather than fixing them. Discussed: class experiments, Slopocene futures, glitched assistants, corrupting and hallucinating with AI for critical thinking. #AIliteracy #GenAI speculativefriction.substack…
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'Confronting the Climate Crisis'—edited by @binnsy and Rebecca Najdowski—examines how activism, media, and creative practices shape our understanding of the climate crisis. bit.ly/4lAnsR4
ALT Confronting the Climate Crisis
💠 New blog post: On Clearframe—the anti-productivity productivity method I accidentally on-purpose co-hallucinated/created with generative AI clockworkpenguin.net/2025/05…
When do we stop hiding in our offices, pointing at and whispering about generative AI tools, and start just including them in the larger category of ‘technology’?
clockworkpenguin.net/2025/04…
⛓️💥 New blog post: How I broke Claude. Messing around with sophisticated language models; prompting nonrepresentational outputs; creative technical engagements with AI to generate alternative practices and narratives. clockworkpenguin.net/2025/03…
when you have a nice silent, chill, focused vibe going with the two other patrons of the cafe and then SOME GUY comes in and spoils everything
Vale Fredric Jameson. Signatures of the Visible, The Political Unconscious, and Archaeologies of the Future changed how I saw the world.
Come work with me! And the rest of the wonderful RMIT Media team. We teach a dynamic blend of theory and practice in our studios, often with emergent curriculum; our research covers media, cinema, philosophy, audience, creative practice and plenty more. rmit.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/R…
🧵 I’ll probably write about this in longer form at some stage, BUT… I finished two film projects this week. One, a micro-film made entirely from AI media, was an experiment and sample work for my students.
I’ve tried a bunch of creative outlets over the past few years, but working with AV media again—working with what is still called, accurately or not, for better or worse—film, caused me to remember how much I love it.
✍️ New blog post: On Procreate and AI -- Companies ignore technological advancement at their peril. But should they opt in or out? clockworkpenguin.net/2024/08…
It always blows my mind how quickly semesters pass once teaching is underway. Already a quarter of the way through things: insane.
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Screen studies folks, hope to see you this week at this @SSAAANZ regional hub at @RMIT to celebrate the launch of Simon Troon's new book through an eco-cinema discussion panel featuring stellar scholars like @belinda_smaill, @melaniejashe & @binnsy. 👇👇 events.humanitix.com/melbour…
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Material Media-Making in the Digital Age is out in paperback!
This book by Daniel Binns (@binnsy) offers professionals, scholars and students alike the chance to re-think how they engage with new media #technology, about #media and its place in the world
intellectbooks.com/material-…
