Douglas Dodds
@douglasdodds.bsky.social
Independent curator, formerly at the V&A. All things digital - especially computer art, digital art, algorithmic art, generative art, etc. Plus museums, libraries, digital humanities, Charles Dickens, Laurence Sterne and more.
www.douglasdodds.org
www.douglasdodds.org
Colourising classic photos is a travesty, especially in a serious newspaper. Today’s Observer has a review of the latest Tennyson bio, with an uncredited colour photo of the poet, “photographed in 1869”. The original is by Julia Margaret Cameron, of course, and it’s in black & white.
October 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Colourising classic photos is a travesty, especially in a serious newspaper. Today’s Observer has a review of the latest Tennyson bio, with an uncredited colour photo of the poet, “photographed in 1869”. The original is by Julia Margaret Cameron, of course, and it’s in black & white.
Great to catch up with Adrian Wilson, Kim Mannes-Abbott and Micha Riss at the British Art Fair today. Adrian and his colleagues are doing a fantastic job of promoting the importance of the Quantel Paintbox in the history of digital art! @quantelpaintbox.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Great to catch up with Adrian Wilson, Kim Mannes-Abbott and Micha Riss at the British Art Fair today. Adrian and his colleagues are doing a fantastic job of promoting the importance of the Quantel Paintbox in the history of digital art! @quantelpaintbox.bsky.social
Kelly - Bronze - well done!
July 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kelly - Bronze - well done!
Wonderful visit to V&A East Storehouse - an amazing project that really transforms public access to the Museum's stored collections. It's great to see some old favourites back on display too.
Huge congratulations to everyone involved in making all of this happen - quite an achievement!
Huge congratulations to everyone involved in making all of this happen - quite an achievement!
May 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Wonderful visit to V&A East Storehouse - an amazing project that really transforms public access to the Museum's stored collections. It's great to see some old favourites back on display too.
Huge congratulations to everyone involved in making all of this happen - quite an achievement!
Huge congratulations to everyone involved in making all of this happen - quite an achievement!
On #VEDay80, remembering my father Albert Dodds (right), a sergeant in the British Army's Pioneer Corps. He was evacuated from France 3 weeks after Dunkirk, then took part in the Sicily, Salerno & Normandy landings. Most of his company was at Lüneburg in May 1945, when the Nazi forces surrendered.
May 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
On #VEDay80, remembering my father Albert Dodds (right), a sergeant in the British Army's Pioneer Corps. He was evacuated from France 3 weeks after Dunkirk, then took part in the Sicily, Salerno & Normandy landings. Most of his company was at Lüneburg in May 1945, when the Nazi forces surrendered.
Another beautiful art deco pool ticked off my to-do list! This is Mounts Baths, Northampton - a water-filled cathedral for swimming worshippers
April 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Another beautiful art deco pool ticked off my to-do list! This is Mounts Baths, Northampton - a water-filled cathedral for swimming worshippers
Currently on a much-delayed train, stuck at Newark with this advert outside. Brilliant marketing by LNER - “Days that live on forever.”
April 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Currently on a much-delayed train, stuck at Newark with this advert outside. Brilliant marketing by LNER - “Days that live on forever.”
More recent acquisitions - “computer ink plots” by Swedish artists Beck & Jung (Holger Bäckström 1939-1997 and Bo Ljungberg 1939-2007). The originals were produced on a colour inkjet plotter at Lund University in the early 1980s.
February 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
More recent acquisitions - “computer ink plots” by Swedish artists Beck & Jung (Holger Bäckström 1939-1997 and Bo Ljungberg 1939-2007). The originals were produced on a colour inkjet plotter at Lund University in the early 1980s.
Well, Pinksky is looking increasingly promising as an alternative to Instagram. It picks up the photos I’ve already posted on Bluesky, including older ones I’d imported from Twitter. No need to sign up separately either!
January 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Well, Pinksky is looking increasingly promising as an alternative to Instagram. It picks up the photos I’ve already posted on Bluesky, including older ones I’d imported from Twitter. No need to sign up separately either!
Sissinghurst was looking stunning today, and with very few visitors too!
January 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Sissinghurst was looking stunning today, and with very few visitors too!
Great memo from Dennis Cox, Sussex University’s Librarian in 1967, complaining about inadequate ventilation and the number of students asleep in the new Library.
“I would prefer not to belleve this is entirely due to the dissipated life these undergraduates are supposed to lead in Brighton.”
“I would prefer not to belleve this is entirely due to the dissipated life these undergraduates are supposed to lead in Brighton.”
December 31, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Great memo from Dennis Cox, Sussex University’s Librarian in 1967, complaining about inadequate ventilation and the number of students asleep in the new Library.
“I would prefer not to belleve this is entirely due to the dissipated life these undergraduates are supposed to lead in Brighton.”
“I would prefer not to belleve this is entirely due to the dissipated life these undergraduates are supposed to lead in Brighton.”
Wonderful see so many old friends in the Tate’s Electric Dreams show - plus some new acquaintances too. Edward Ihnatowicz, Frieder Nake, Harold Cohen, Mary Martin and so many others…!
November 30, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Wonderful see so many old friends in the Tate’s Electric Dreams show - plus some new acquaintances too. Edward Ihnatowicz, Frieder Nake, Harold Cohen, Mary Martin and so many others…!
Great to catch digital artist Rebecca Allen at Tate Modern last night, talking about early works such as Girl Lifts Skirt and iconic computer-generated animations with Kraftwerk.
November 30, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Great to catch digital artist Rebecca Allen at Tate Modern last night, talking about early works such as Girl Lifts Skirt and iconic computer-generated animations with Kraftwerk.
Just discovered Skircle! This is apparently based on 507 interactions with 283 people over the past 343 days
@skircle.bsky.social
@skircle.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Just discovered Skircle! This is apparently based on 507 interactions with 283 people over the past 343 days
@skircle.bsky.social
@skircle.bsky.social
Thrilled to see Barbara Nessim’s Color Veil is highlighted in LACMA’s Digital Witness exhibition. The V&A has a copy of this cibachrome print too!
November 23, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Thrilled to see Barbara Nessim’s Color Veil is highlighted in LACMA’s Digital Witness exhibition. The V&A has a copy of this cibachrome print too!
This might be of interest- bought on eBay recently, after I recognised the building and worked out who the owner was. It’s in Lewes, East Sussex.
November 20, 2024 at 4:37 PM
This might be of interest- bought on eBay recently, after I recognised the building and worked out who the owner was. It’s in Lewes, East Sussex.
Sapling of the day perhaps. Here’s a grown up!
November 14, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Sapling of the day perhaps. Here’s a grown up!
Here’s the painting and label from the highly-recommended Edinburgh show. As others have said, it includes the view from Lavery’s studio window in South Kensington, during an aerial battle in 1917.
October 6, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Here’s the painting and label from the highly-recommended Edinburgh show. As others have said, it includes the view from Lavery’s studio window in South Kensington, during an aerial battle in 1917.
Huge thanks to Peter Bauman (Aka Monk Antony) at Le Random www.lerandom.art for chatting to me about collecting and valuing digital art. The podcast is now available on:
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Youtube t.co/zodzqbrogn (audio only)
Apple t.co/sM1XgMbtDS
Spotify t.co/mjXhRcLFuh
Youtube t.co/zodzqbrogn (audio only)
October 1, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Huge thanks to Peter Bauman (Aka Monk Antony) at Le Random www.lerandom.art for chatting to me about collecting and valuing digital art. The podcast is now available on:
Apple t.co/sM1XgMbtDS
Spotify t.co/mjXhRcLFuh
Youtube t.co/zodzqbrogn (audio only)
Apple t.co/sM1XgMbtDS
Spotify t.co/mjXhRcLFuh
Youtube t.co/zodzqbrogn (audio only)
General Register House, Edinburgh , started in 1774 to designs by Robert Adam - 250 years ago and still in use today. It’s also stuffed full of records for some of my ancestors, and not for good reasons. Jury trials, prison registers and poor law records, sadly, but it’s amazing they’ve survived!
September 28, 2024 at 7:33 PM
General Register House, Edinburgh , started in 1774 to designs by Robert Adam - 250 years ago and still in use today. It’s also stuffed full of records for some of my ancestors, and not for good reasons. Jury trials, prison registers and poor law records, sadly, but it’s amazing they’ve survived!
Imagine playing snooker in that outfit
July 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Imagine playing snooker in that outfit
Rishi Sunak doing his Norman Wisdom impression
May 22, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Rishi Sunak doing his Norman Wisdom impression
How about the Postman Pat Videogames?!
February 17, 2024 at 9:23 PM
How about the Postman Pat Videogames?!
Dropped in to see a few old friends in Edinburgh earlier today - always a pleasure to meet up with them again! #allanramsay #allanramsayartist #scottishnationalportraitgallery #edinburgh #portraitpainting
February 16, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Dropped in to see a few old friends in Edinburgh earlier today - always a pleasure to meet up with them again! #allanramsay #allanramsayartist #scottishnationalportraitgallery #edinburgh #portraitpainting
Wonderful renovation project at Wakehurst Place, with huge artwork by Catherine Nelson and an impressive forest of scaffolding inside!
February 12, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Wonderful renovation project at Wakehurst Place, with huge artwork by Catherine Nelson and an impressive forest of scaffolding inside!