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

  • Today I wrote a letter

    It’s been a very long time since I sat down to write a letter. On paper. Without the aid of a spell-check, or the need…

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  • Death to the selfie stick

    Today I had the pleasure of attending the RMIT nonfictionLab‘s symposium on interactive documentary. A great many interesting talks were given, and I’m hoping to…

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  • The Unexpected Awesome of Birdman

    I’m still reeling from Birdman. And I probably will be reeling for some time. It’s definitely a film you need to see more than once, I…

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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and ‘othering’

    I booted up Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare lastnight, for the first time since its release. I remember enjoying playing through the single-player campaign (I’ve…

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  • New things

    A big couple of months, hence the lack of updates. I’ve taken up a new position as Lecturer in Media at RMIT University. Yes, RMIT…

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