Albert Figurt is an independent researcher, videoartisan, multi-instrumentalist and Fulbright Scholar who recently completed his visiting fellowship at MIT's Trope Tank. He has numerous works and contributions available online, including creating the music video for Lupe Fiasco's PRECIOUS THINGS (https://youtu.be/ygUCRN65avY). He discusses his unique video artistry and path, and provides deep insight into how desktops and virtual & real frames are utilized in modern day culture and narratives.

++ Topics ++
00:00 - How to """Frame™""" this Video-Podcast?
02:51 - The Paranoid Double-Check
11:27 - Personal Trajectories
15:25 - What about School[ing]?
20:08 - Everyone is a Genius [as a Child]
23:30 - The Long and Winding Road to MIT
32:29 - 6 Months of Research in Situ
37:58 - From Screen/shotting to Screen/casting
41:05 - The Alternative History of Screencast Moviemaking
48:57 - Retroduction
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52:43 - A Printed Surprise
1:00:37 - Home is Where..
1:06:10 - Playing with the Visual Aspect of Words
1:12:35 - Utopian vs Dystopian Rooms
1:16:10 - Windows, Frames & Mirrors (Oh My)
1:18:42 - Brief Interlude about the Use of Language(s)
1:20:34 - Uncertain Framing in Desktop Cinema
1:27:56 - From Home Invasion to Desktop Invasion
1:31:21 - Frame-within-Frame Strategies
1:35:30 - The Disrupting Value of Printed Material (Constellation of Ideas)
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1:39:04 - Video Maelström!
1:50:04 - Alla Prossima

++ Relevant LinkZ ++
(Some of) Albert's Videos: https://www.vimeo.com/albertfigurt
(Some of) Albert's Music: https://www.soundcloud.com/thedeux
Albert's Research Blog: https://www.networkcultures.org/desktopia

++ Para/Academic LinkZ ++
Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam): https://www.networkcultures.org
'Retroduction' word entry: https://www.shorturl.at/bIOZ8
Self-Splintering Music Videos: https://www.shorturl.at/FL039

++ Video References ++
desk-talkZ: https://www.vimeo.com/showcase/8696919
desktopian happeningZ: https://www.vimeo.com/showcase/9784373
Newest Desktopian/Audiovisual project: https://youtu.be/ygUCRN65avY

Thumbnail Image by Ricky “Scarapocchio” Amabìli: https://twitter.com/mooligames