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

Operation Tech Revival, Part 1

February 22, 2024

Part 1: A little history, a soupçon of memories I had planned this week to post something very different, but in light of the way…
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Godzilla: King of the Franchises

February 14, 2024

If you like what’s going on here at The Clockwork Penguin, if you appreciate the cut of my particular jib, as it were, buy me…
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Swings X Roundabouts

February 6, 2024

Originally I was going to post some condensed form of this to socials, but I thought some may be interested in an extended ramble and/or…
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This algorithmic moment

February 1, 2024

So much of what I’m being fed at the moment concerns the recent wave of AI. While we are seeing something of a plateauing of…
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Push the button for a sweet treat

January 29, 2024

I had grand plans of posting something about Godzilla today, but that will have to wait for these delightful rats. These tiny furry folx learned…
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