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Age of the Image

Age of the Image Started on 27th September 2021. 4 Episodes. BBC Four BBC Episode 1 explores the notion of science and technology influencing art. In particular, the idea of space-time and how it is incorporated into photography and painting. Critically, films made it possible to incorporate these 4 dimensions into a piece of art. However, challenges existed since the beginning when Holywood artists created the continuity method. Episode 2 explores the relationship between image and power. It starts by analysing how two german women used their image and films to benefit from its powerful influences. One was exploring gender issues, the other bringing Nazi propaganda into mainstream movies. It talks about comics and how Jewish immigrants into the US exploted the media to include their perspectives of Nazism. Episode 3 explores the use that mases gave to image making. From the early times when people used the brownie, all the way to how celebrities explote images this episode is a...

Chemistry: A volatile history

Chemistry: A volatile history Seen on the 22 September 2021, 3 episodes. BBC4 Episode one. Alchemist, Paracelsus. Robert Boyle and the Royal Society Episode two. Lavoisier and the establishement of chemistry, chemical weight and how to organize elements. Mendeley and the achievement of the periodic table. Episode three. Are ther more elements? Plastic and other synthetic compounds. Radioactivity and the development of syntethic elements. Ended September 27th 2021. BBC