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Dreaming of Cyborgs
Thoughts on the generative AI apocalypse.
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Bryan Tan
Art and Self-Expression
Are they the same thing?
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Bryan Tan

December 2023

My 2023 in Books
#4 of an annual reading list. Modernity and Pre-Modernity
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Bryan Tan
Observations in Poland
Personal reflections on culture & stories from Ukrainian exiles.
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Bryan Tan

July 2023

A look at the first page of Simulacra and Simulation
The dense first page of the Baudrillard classic of Matrix fame captures perfectly our modern social ails. But can it cure them?
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Bryan Tan

June 2023

The Pride-giver
The Devil appeared by night and asked me...
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Bryan Tan

May 2023

Maggie and the Monster
A behind the scenes look at the lighting and camera work of a short film I worked on as cinematographer.
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Bryan Tan
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Generative AI Art Cannot Save The Movies
It will be no more inspiring to watch an AI generated film than it will be to watch an air cannon fire basketballs into a hoop.
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Bryan Tan
05 - Twenty - A film that asks us to remember the year we'd rather forget.
A highlight from the Atlanta Film Festival, 2023
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Bryan Tan
Impersonal Patterns of Living Start from the Ground Up
Modern life as perpetual transition:
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March 2023

Introducing She Watches Blindly
My homegrown feature film premiers next month at Atlanta Film Festival, 2023
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Stop Stealing Like an Artist
You are not a thief. You are participating in an artistic tradition.
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Bryan Tan
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