The Clockwork Penguin

Daniel Binns is a media theorist and filmmaker tinkering with the weird edges of technology, storytelling, and screen culture. He is the author of Material Media-Making in the Digital Age and currently writes about posthuman poetics, glitchy machines, and speculative media worlds.



The Archives

  • r and/or r

    This was totally going to be ‘the place’ to keep up with my goings-on while I was away from work. Or, more likely, a place…

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  • Look inside

    While abroad in January, I was invited to a premiere screening of De Humani Corporis Fabrica, a pretty harrowing slice-of-life documentary set in a French…

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  • What makes good academic writing?

    I’m often asked by students for samples of writing that align with what’s required for assessment tasks. This semester is no different, so I actually…

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  • Shift Lock #3: A sales pitch for the tepid take

    After ‘abandoning’ the blog part of this site in early 2022, I embarked on a foolish newsletter endeavour called Shift Lock. It was fun and/or…

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  • Shift Lock #2: Numbers and nodes

    After ‘abandoning’ the blog part of this site in early 2022, I embarked on a foolish newsletter endeavour called Shift Lock. It was fun and/or…

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