ON FOLLOWING AND BREAKING INSTRUCTION by Aditya H. Martodiharjo Date: Fri, 23 October 2026 Time: 9 – 10.30PM Location: SAM, Level 1, The Engine Room Admission: SGD $10 (Ticketed) The presentation of expanded cinema performances often depends heavily on the presence of the artist themselves. In situations where the artist is unable to accompany the …
Category Archives: manual making
Documentation from UK Le Grice exhibition
Recently we had the pleasure to contribute to the DNA:AND exhibition at Velarde Gallery in England. The gallery has kindly sent a few photos for our records. Here is the media release about TLC’s work for the exhibition.
A draft manual about making manuals…
We recently received an email requesting advice on how to make a users manual for the re-enactment of a historical artwork. here are a few notes…
Re-enactment, Users Manuals and DNA Storage: methods for media art preservation
Here’s a paper that we recently presented in Meanjin Brisbane for the 2024 ISEA conference (International Symposium on Electronic Art). We presented as part of the 4th Summit on Media Art Archiving. It’s called “Re-enactment, Users Manuals and DNA Storage: methods for media art preservation”, co-authored by Louise Curham, Lucas Ihlein, Raja Appuswamy. About the …
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What scholars of manuals have to say
As we finalise an article about the manual for Horror Film 1 and the potential to use DNA as a storage medium for the manual versions and additional components, we have gone looking for literature about manuals. I (Louise) have learnt that making procedures is called ‘procedural discourse’. David Farkas writes about this back in …