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Feeled Recordings: An Embodied Exploration of Archival Ephemera

“You can lose yourself in folds of time such as these.”
response to Les Levine

“1/2 VHS Video Series” mock up, designed by Robert Flack, 1986

In the digital age, our embodied experiences with media are becoming increasingly homogeneous. The lack of variety in touch and texture offered by smooth screens has rearranged and limited our sensory relationship to the media with which we interact. These rapid technological shifts have resulted in a push back: a renewed interest in full-spectrum sensations and in-person relations,

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