the OBSCENE machine: More Uncanny Valley Ersatz Humans!

Monday, May 23, 2011

More Uncanny Valley Ersatz Humans!

Posted by Memo Nericcio at 8:59 PM

Email This BlogThis!Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest

No comments:

History of the Obscene Machine Cyberhive...

The Obscene Machine is an ever-evolving "ARTkive" chronicling cultural studies advancements in something I call the "ersatz human"--broadly understood, it is a series of links to stories that document the history of human self-fashioning, from ancient "primitive" totems and fetiches, to contemporary digital avatars and dolls.

In other times, this blog has served as a community exchange vehicle for my students at San Diego State University. In Fall 2011, The Obscene Machine was a cultural studies seminar at San Diego State University entitled TECHNOSEXUALITIES--the course is led by head cyborg Professor William A. Nericcio. Previously, it was the host cyberHIVE for a Spring 2011 undergraduate English 220 seminar: Robotic, Erotic, Electric: Televisual Nightmares, Seductive Hallucinations, and Naked Pscyhes in Literature, Film, Art, and the Web.

Know, also, that this blog had earlier incarnations and aspirations: The Obscene Machine began its life as an online supplement both to English 493, a literature and film undergraduate class at San Diego State University, and English 725, an Ethnic American cultural studies graduate seminar--both were directed in the Spring of 2007 by the aforementioned Dr. Nericcio and the posts associated with those two classes remain online here as an ersatz gallery and a living memorial.

These mirrored courses, both experimental, fuse an interrogation of Ethnic American critical theory with a more general probing of "fictional humans"--hence the term "Ethnic Mannequins" as a subtitle for the graduate seminar and its coincident obsessions with cyborgs, novels, stereotypes, and film. Both courses may be interpreted as supplements, if not revisions, to Tex[t]-Mex (UT Press, 2007) book and precursors to Eyegiene.

The Robot Running this Site...

William Anthony Nericcio is the Director of MALAS, the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences at San Diego State University. When not shepherding brilliant graduate student devotees of cultural studies, Nericcio also hangs his hat as a Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Chicana/o Studies, and serves on the faculty of the Center for Latin American Studies. Utterly more than is necessary to know can be found in his perplexing, image-laced online autobiography and a complete digital index of his web-based shenanigans is located here. Lastly, can also see a graphic design portfolio by Guillermo Nericcio García, his, er, 'cousin,' at memogr@phics designcasa.

Blog Archive

► 2016 (1)
- ► April (1)

► 2015 (2)
- ► August (1)
- ► April (1)

► 2014 (1)
- ► February (1)

► 2013 (2)
- ► September (1)
- ► May (1)

► 2012 (9)
- ► September (1)
- ► August (1)
- ► July (1)
- ► June (2)
- ► May (3)
- ► March (1)

▼ 2011 (185)
- ► December (2)
- ► October (3)
- ► September (29)
- ► August (22)
- ► July (3)
- ► June (9)
- ▼ May (28)
- ► April (29)
- ► March (29)
- ► February (28)
- ► January (3)

► 2010 (33)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (2)
- ► September (4)
- ► August (5)
- ► July (3)
- ► June (3)
- ► May (5)
- ► April (2)
- ► March (4)
- ► February (2)
- ► January (1)

► 2009 (31)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (1)
- ► October (5)
- ► September (1)
- ► August (1)
- ► July (1)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (2)
- ► February (5)
- ► January (7)

► 2008 (45)
- ► December (1)
- ► November (1)
- ► October (4)
- ► September (2)
- ► August (10)
- ► July (11)
- ► June (7)
- ► May (4)
- ► April (1)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (2)

► 2007 (95)
- ► December (3)
- ► October (5)
- ► September (4)
- ► August (4)
- ► May (7)
- ► April (18)
- ► March (24)
- ► February (10)
- ► January (20)

► 2006 (2)
- ► December (2)

Labels

60 minutes (1)
African (2)
african american (1)
african american mannequin (1)
african american ventriloquist doll (1)
African-American (2)
again with the comics (2)
album (1)
alma (1)
amy monzon (1)
an eye for annai (1)
anderson cooper (1)
android (1)
Animation (2)
animatronics (1)
Anthony Francisco Schepperd (1)
art (2)
asaf hanuka (1)
Asian Americans (1)
automation (1)
automaton (1)
automatons (1)
banksy (1)
Barbie (6)
batman (1)
bbtv (1)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (1)
bizarrecaucasianbestiary (1)
black ventriloquist doll (1)
blockhead (1)
Blue Velvet (1)
boingboing (2)
boingboing.net (4)
bonk (2)
books (1)
brain (1)
brainpickings (1)
brian despain (1)
buñuel (1)
caucasian bestiary (4)
censorship (1)
chris marker (1)
cindy gallop (1)
comic books (3)
companions (1)
cover (1)
critical theory (1)
csi (1)
cultural studies (1)
cyborg (1)
cyborgs (1)
daft punk (1)
dali (1)
dan clowes (1)
dan rodrigues (1)
dance (1)
David Lynch (1)
dawg (1)
dentists (1)
dezeen (1)
digital ersatz humans (1)
Dolls (5)
dom verzosa (1)
doppelgänger (1)
double life of veronique (1)
dustin hoffman (1)
electric (1)
eliza (1)
embodied aethetics (1)
engl220 (1)
eros (1)
erotica (1)
ersatz erotic stimulus (2)
ersatz human (15)
ersatz humans (24)
ersatz meerkats (1)
ersatz Mexicans (3)
Erykah Badu (1)
ethnic americans (1)
Eugenio Recuenco (1)
eyeborg (1)
eyegiene (4)
fashion (1)
fashion models (1)
fashioning humans (1)
father of the robot (1)
Fernando Vincente (1)
Filippa Hamilton (1)
final (1)
finals (1)
fine art (1)
flaneur (1)
Frantz Fanon (1)
gaming (1)
ghost world (1)
haunting (1)
history of ersatz humans (2)
human dolls (1)
human simulacra (1)
humanoid (1)
identity (1)
illustration (1)
insurance (1)
ira levin (1)
Iran (1)
japan (2)
Jessica Rabbit (1)
Jim Ricker (1)
jon klassen (1)
kafka (3)
kudos to Gabriel Cutrufello for the post (1)
kurt vonnegut (2)
lady gaga (1)
Latina representation (1)
laurence olivier (1)
literature (1)
logistics (1)
london (1)
machine (1)
MALAS (1)
mannequin (3)
mannequins (2)
marathon man (1)
maria bychkova (1)
mark dery (2)
mark twain (2)
mary roach (3)
mchank (1)
mechanical wives (1)
meerkats (1)
metamorphosis (2)
mexican americans (1)
Michael Buchmiller (2)
mike mignola (1)
mind (1)
models (1)
modernism (1)
Music Video (2)
myriam gurba (2)
narrative (1)
nericcio (1)
noir (1)
nytimes (1)
oil painting (1)
orthodontic research (1)
oyster dreams (1)
partner (1)
Peculiar (1)
Photoshop (1)
portal (1)
portal 2 (1)
prosthetics (1)
psyche (1)
puppets (1)
race (1)
Ralph Lauren (1)
ramones (1)
relationships (1)
remote control sexuality (2)
research (1)
robot (3)
robot movies (2)
robotics (4)
Robots (16)
Sacher Von Masoch (1)
sander gilman (1)
Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra (2)
scary robots (2)
sdsu (1)
self (1)
sentience (1)
setting (1)
shelves (1)
sikoryak (1)
skinny (1)
soul (1)
source (1)
Speedy Gonzales (1)
spitalfields (1)
spo (1)
steampunk (1)
stepford wives (1)
STO (1)
street art (1)
surrealism (1)
Tânia Falcão (1)
technosexualities (2)
ten bells pub (1)
the ersatz human (7)
the eye (1)
the figurines (1)
the hold steady (1)
the obscene machine (1)
the uncanny valley (2)
the who (1)
ucsd (1)
uncanny (1)
uncanny valley (4)
valve (1)
vermeer (1)
video games (1)
video games as literature (1)
virtual humans (1)
visual culture (1)
vonnegut (1)
wax (1)
wax figure (1)
women (1)

blog portfolio

Memo Nericcio
William A. Nericcio

Picture Window theme. Theme images by MrPlumo. Powered by Blogger.

Monday, May 23, 2011

More Uncanny Valley Ersatz Humans!

No comments:

Post a Comment