In September, Deb traveled to KU Leuven to give the opening keynote at a conference on Intersectionality in the Digital Humanities. Her focus was twofold, asking: What can we learn about intersectionality from working with our data and relatedly, What can we learn from intersectionality to understand our data better The presentation was principally concerned […]
Like the movies we study, Kinomatics has been traversing the globe lately. In May, Deb presented our most recent research that uses our “big data” set of cinema showtimes to reconceptualise film transfers between nations in terms of reciprocity rather than unilateral trade dominance. You can see the slides of Deb’s presentation. Or you can […]
In February, 2016 Vejune Zemaityte delivered a poster presentation at Higher Degree by Research Summer School for the Faculty of Arts and Education held at Deakin University’s Geelong Waterfront campus. This presentation marked just over a year of her PhD study. Here June explains her poster in order to to walk you through her kinomatics […]
A capacity audience at the Deakin University Melbourne City Centre attended our end of year kinomatics symposium on December 4: Culture….Data → Meaning We would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in what proved to be a jam packed day. Speakers on the day included Colin Arrowsmith, Bronwyn Coate, Ben Eltham, Alex Gionfriddo, […]
Join us for a showcase of work produced by the Kinomatics research group that explores different aspects of the industrial geometry of culture. The first Kinomatics Symposium will highlight work undertaken in relation to the spatial and temporal dimensions of international film flow and also in relation to Australian live music gigs. The implications for […]
Not ones to avoid a debate Deb and Bron have returned to the fray with another article on cinema ticket pricing, this time looking at how cinema ticket prices in Australia have increased in recent years and how the Aussie experience of price hikes compares to price increases internationally. Drawing on evidence sourced from Screen […]
1. Could you describe your background and how you came to work with the kinomatics group? I was born and raised in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. However, I left Northern Europe when I was 19 years old and spent my last four years completing a Bachelor’s degree in the Netherlands and California. Already […]
The Kinomatics project has made it into the media this past few weeks. A story in Brussels news outlet Brussel Nieuws has picked up the impressive performance of Brussels in our Cinema Cities index. You can see the original article here: http://www.brusselnieuws.be/nl/nieuws/brussel-zevende-cinemastad An English translation is here: http://www.bloomilicious.be/tag/kinomatics/ And closer to home The Conversation […]
Here at Kinomatics we’ve been thrilled by the response to a recent article in The Conversation by Bronwyn Coate and Deb Verhoeven on the issue of movie ticket pricing in Australia. The article summarises our response to the justifications for a price hike given by some of the leading figures in the exhibition business including Graham […]
What is Songification? You may already know about data sonification. Its a technique that’s been successfully used to assist the vision impaired for some time. Its even possible to “listen” to your DNA in the form of a unique sound file. What you may not have heard of is “songification” (yep, there’s ‘g’ in there – […]
