An investigation into ubiquitous stock imagery used to depict cyberspace, technology and the 1980s. I examine the pop culture of the 80s, the influence of technology, certain cities, and synthwave.

🔗LINKS:

📰 Useful articles on the subject:

https://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources/80s-font.aspx

https://medium.com/@cywjoel/outrun-the-aesthetic-deconstructed-dbd3cd8679b7

https://wearethemutants.com/2017/02/16/vanishing-point-how-the-light-grid-defined-1980s-futurism/

https://indieground.net/blog/80s-grid-history/

📕 Michel Tcherevkoff's book: https://archive.org/details/tcherevkoffimage0000tche/page/n151/mode/2up

🎥The Rise of the Synths documentary website: https://theriseofthesynths.com/

🎥My documentary, Follow the Stickers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6Q4uOLIY4

📼The 77-Year-Old Giga-Chad Boomer who loves GIFs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9SO7cZU_nM

👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATT

You can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocs

Here's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/

💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?

Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com

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A summary of the month of January 2025 told via unseen snippets of mundane video in an audio collage that I narrate. Yeah, it's an odd one, but give it a chance.

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My Roosevelt documentary: https://youtu.be/uxyP0ue681A

👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATT

You can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocs

Here's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/

💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?

Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com

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Professor Andy Phippen talks about about his 20 years of experience in the world of online harms. We talk about the effectiveness of prohibition, the online safety act, harm reduction, and what young people actually say about their internet usage when you take the time to ask them.

🔗LINKS:

The news story about the grooming victim in Wiltshire who was told by the police that he had done something illegal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrdz0qegg3o)

Andy's book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-80286-7

My newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/

Substack’s nazi problem: https://www.platformer.news/substack-nazi-push-notification/

👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATT

You can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocs

Here's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/

💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?

Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com

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