Dr Geraint D’Arcy
@gedarcy.bsky.social
Lecturer in film, television, media, theatre, scenography, comics, performance, design and combos of the above.
Author of “Critical Approaches to TV and film set design” (2018) and “Mise en scéne, Acting and Space in Comics” (2020)
Author of “Critical Approaches to TV and film set design” (2018) and “Mise en scéne, Acting and Space in Comics” (2020)
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Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain, published 8 January 2026
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October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain, published 8 January 2026
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/magic-ray...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/magic-ray...
Says he’s joking, but satire rarely cuts this cleanly. These are brilliant.
1 like=1 controversial comics opinion.
June 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Says he’s joking, but satire rarely cuts this cleanly. These are brilliant.
Great thread on early TV history.
OTD in early British television:
On 3 April 1933 the BBC’s 30-line producer Eustace Robb, who had been overseeing transmissions since the previous summer, mounted his most expansive musical production to date.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
On 3 April 1933 the BBC’s 30-line producer Eustace Robb, who had been overseeing transmissions since the previous summer, mounted his most expansive musical production to date.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 3 April 1933 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: On 3 April 1933 the BBC’s 30-line producer Eustace Robb, who had been overseeing transmissions since the previous summer, mounted his most expansive musical production to date. Tran...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Great thread on early TV history.
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This video is absolutely fantastic, breaks down every single nonsense argument on GenAi made by GenAi advocates, and does so in such a succinct way! Plus its always a joy to watch people work on their craft! Watch asap because it’s spot on!
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THE AI 'ARTISTS' ARE MAD AT ME
YouTube video by LavenderTowne
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April 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This video is absolutely fantastic, breaks down every single nonsense argument on GenAi made by GenAi advocates, and does so in such a succinct way! Plus its always a joy to watch people work on their craft! Watch asap because it’s spot on!
youtu.be/1L3DaREo1sQ?...
youtu.be/1L3DaREo1sQ?...
Performance Research has wisely migrated here! Get following the most respected performance research journal in UK academia.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Performance Research has wisely migrated here! Get following the most respected performance research journal in UK academia.
bsky.app/profile/thep...
bsky.app/profile/thep...
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My 2nd year digital media class did a session on AI with me yesterday. I set them a creative task to compare AI with their own practice. The verdict was damning “AI is essentially slop”. Robust critical thinking in place at concrete towers. Well, among the students for sure
March 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My 2nd year digital media class did a session on AI with me yesterday. I set them a creative task to compare AI with their own practice. The verdict was damning “AI is essentially slop”. Robust critical thinking in place at concrete towers. Well, among the students for sure
Join us on Thursday 27th February, for an evening with Nick Hornby, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter and award-winning author.
Nick will also be signing books after the event.
www.uealive.com/programme/ni...
#Norfolk #Events #Industry #ScreenTalks #Norwich #screenwriter #author #film #tv
Nick will also be signing books after the event.
www.uealive.com/programme/ni...
#Norfolk #Events #Industry #ScreenTalks #Norwich #screenwriter #author #film #tv
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Join us on Thursday 27th February, for an evening with Nick Hornby, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter and award-winning author.
Nick will also be signing books after the event.
www.uealive.com/programme/ni...
#Norfolk #Events #Industry #ScreenTalks #Norwich #screenwriter #author #film #tv
Nick will also be signing books after the event.
www.uealive.com/programme/ni...
#Norfolk #Events #Industry #ScreenTalks #Norwich #screenwriter #author #film #tv
It begins. When the landlords catch on we might see some National Intervention. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lampeter: University education at Wales' oldest campus ends - BBC News
There has been more than 200 years of academia in Lampeter, but humanities courses are moving away.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It begins. When the landlords catch on we might see some National Intervention. www.bbc.com/news/article...
With the passing of David Lynch the world has got significantly more mundane banal and shit, to be honest. And it wasn’t doing well as it was.
January 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
With the passing of David Lynch the world has got significantly more mundane banal and shit, to be honest. And it wasn’t doing well as it was.
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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
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OTD in early British television: on Monday 21 December 1936, an experiment in transmitting television to a theatre saw a broadcast of T.S. Eliot's 'Murder in the Cathedral' watched in the auditorium of the Duchess Theatre.
Précis below, blog post here:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Précis below, blog post here:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 21 December 1936 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: On the evening of Monday 21 December 1936 extracts from from the current stage production T.S. Eliot's religious drama Murder in the Cathedral were played for a third time at Alexan...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 7:26 AM
OTD in early British television: on Monday 21 December 1936, an experiment in transmitting television to a theatre saw a broadcast of T.S. Eliot's 'Murder in the Cathedral' watched in the auditorium of the Duchess Theatre.
Précis below, blog post here:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Précis below, blog post here:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
The Joint International Conference of Bande Dessinées, Graphic Novels and Comics
Call for Papers
The Taste of Comics
Brussels, Belgium
Tuesday 24 June – Wednesday 25 June 2025 (online)
Monday 30 June – Friday 4 July 2025 (in-person)
internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
Call for Papers
The Taste of Comics
Brussels, Belgium
Tuesday 24 June – Wednesday 25 June 2025 (online)
Monday 30 June – Friday 4 July 2025 (in-person)
internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
The International Graphic Novel & Comics Conference - International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference
call for papers for international graphic novel and comics academic conference comics and technologies university of east anglia norwich 2024
internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:26 AM
The Joint International Conference of Bande Dessinées, Graphic Novels and Comics
Call for Papers
The Taste of Comics
Brussels, Belgium
Tuesday 24 June – Wednesday 25 June 2025 (online)
Monday 30 June – Friday 4 July 2025 (in-person)
internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
Call for Papers
The Taste of Comics
Brussels, Belgium
Tuesday 24 June – Wednesday 25 June 2025 (online)
Monday 30 June – Friday 4 July 2025 (in-person)
internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
AI = Artificial Insouciance.
There, you can have that for free.
There, you can have that for free.
December 2, 2024 at 8:04 AM
AI = Artificial Insouciance.
There, you can have that for free.
There, you can have that for free.
This.
It’s speaking a language it doesn’t understand. We have all indirectly learned a visual language of composition, color, design, etc. Ai doesn’t understand this visual language and just regurgitates what it is fed. It’s essentially incoherent translations of another language but for art
I don't like AI art...not the way that it was created...not the non-consensual datasets or the exorbitant use of power and water...but the art itself. I don't like it. I have thoughts about why. If you feel the same...what do you think are the reasons?
October 22, 2024 at 6:19 PM
This.
I’m in a podcast and so is COLIN FROM PRESSGANG! Super-important paradigm shifting work with Joel Jessup and Chris Regan at Just The Thing podcast. www.buzzsprout.com/1990618/epis...
Slipstream with Geraint D'Arcy (and special guest Paul Reynolds) - Just The Thing
Joel and Chris are joined by Geraint D'Arcy, Associate Professor and Head of Media at UEA, where the three originally met as students in the late 90s. Geraint was also the star of Chris and Joel's sho...
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October 16, 2024 at 6:30 AM
I’m in a podcast and so is COLIN FROM PRESSGANG! Super-important paradigm shifting work with Joel Jessup and Chris Regan at Just The Thing podcast. www.buzzsprout.com/1990618/epis...
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Anyone in need of some cover or character work? Rent is due and we're quite short! Any shares appreciated
October 4, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Anyone in need of some cover or character work? Rent is due and we're quite short! Any shares appreciated
Went to Paris saw lots of comics. Did some (erm) flaneûry (?) with Simon Grennan and Roger Sabin.
October 5, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Went to Paris saw lots of comics. Did some (erm) flaneûry (?) with Simon Grennan and Roger Sabin.
Get following. @thespaceshipper.bsky.social scholarship of all things AD, PD and concept for Sci Fi is absolutely excellent.
Hello, I've made a second Starter Pack, or rather a companion to the first. This new one is dedicated to artists: designer, concept, illustrator, storyboarder, cartoonist, cover, comics, movies, games...
If we want Bsky to be the future, we need to recreate a community. 🖖
go.bsky.app/JxjHtBf
If we want Bsky to be the future, we need to recreate a community. 🖖
go.bsky.app/JxjHtBf
September 30, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Get following. @thespaceshipper.bsky.social scholarship of all things AD, PD and concept for Sci Fi is absolutely excellent.
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Hello, I've made a second Starter Pack, or rather a companion to the first. This new one is dedicated to artists: designer, concept, illustrator, storyboarder, cartoonist, cover, comics, movies, games...
If we want Bsky to be the future, we need to recreate a community. 🖖
go.bsky.app/JxjHtBf
If we want Bsky to be the future, we need to recreate a community. 🖖
go.bsky.app/JxjHtBf
September 29, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Hello, I've made a second Starter Pack, or rather a companion to the first. This new one is dedicated to artists: designer, concept, illustrator, storyboarder, cartoonist, cover, comics, movies, games...
If we want Bsky to be the future, we need to recreate a community. 🖖
go.bsky.app/JxjHtBf
If we want Bsky to be the future, we need to recreate a community. 🖖
go.bsky.app/JxjHtBf
When I preseted at a TV set Design conference in Westminster I met Sarah Harding . She had some death slugs from S4e7 episode of #TheExpanse that she directed. They were brilliant and I thought I’d have a go at recreating them youtu.be/f0Qsl9PzZDg?... #screamingfirehawks #scratchbuild #filmandtv
Expanse Death Slug build!
YouTube video by Geraint D'Arcy
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September 13, 2024 at 4:17 PM
When I preseted at a TV set Design conference in Westminster I met Sarah Harding . She had some death slugs from S4e7 episode of #TheExpanse that she directed. They were brilliant and I thought I’d have a go at recreating them youtu.be/f0Qsl9PzZDg?... #screamingfirehawks #scratchbuild #filmandtv
I did a thing for the conversation.
Five wonderful and weird comics to read if you love Umbrella Academy
The wacky and weird hyper-violent series is coming to a close but there is so much more to fill the gap it leaves.
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August 8, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I did a thing for the conversation.
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Townsen Hicks M, et al. ChatGTP is bullshit. Ethics Inf Technol 2024; 26:38.
Just, you know, in case you need to cite it somewhere
Just, you know, in case you need to cite it somewhere
Can we just admire the title (and sentiment) of this new journal article for a minute link.springer.com/article/10.1...
ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology
Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist...
link.springer.com
June 15, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Townsen Hicks M, et al. ChatGTP is bullshit. Ethics Inf Technol 2024; 26:38.
Just, you know, in case you need to cite it somewhere
Just, you know, in case you need to cite it somewhere
A reminder that the IGNCC 2024 CFP deadline is coming up. Due date is 15th December. The conference is 10-12 July 2024 at UEA.
Be great to see you there. Spread the word.
More details: internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
#comicbooks #comics #comicstudies #popculture #graphicnovel
Be great to see you there. Spread the word.
More details: internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
#comicbooks #comics #comicstudies #popculture #graphicnovel
The International Graphic Novel & Comics Conference - International Graphic Novel and Comics Confere...
call for papers for international graphic novel and comics academic conference comics and technologies university of east anglia norwich 2024
internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
November 28, 2023 at 5:04 PM
A reminder that the IGNCC 2024 CFP deadline is coming up. Due date is 15th December. The conference is 10-12 July 2024 at UEA.
Be great to see you there. Spread the word.
More details: internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
#comicbooks #comics #comicstudies #popculture #graphicnovel
Be great to see you there. Spread the word.
More details: internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com
#comicbooks #comics #comicstudies #popculture #graphicnovel
Delivering a 2hour crash course in theatre design tomorrow. Aiming to scrape a poor+ / rough - .
November 16, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Delivering a 2hour crash course in theatre design tomorrow. Aiming to scrape a poor+ / rough - .
I love it when during marking, when the bottom of the list appears on the bottom of the screen.
November 16, 2023 at 9:35 AM
I love it when during marking, when the bottom of the list appears on the bottom of the screen.