Professor Huhtamo’s Cabinet of Media Archaeology


“Professor Huhtamo’s Cabinet of Media Archaeology” is a series about little known but influential media machines. It was recently posted for media education at any level and for anyone interested in media archaeology and the early history of the moving image.

Erkki Huhtamo is a Professor at the departments of Design & Media Arts, and Film, Television, and Digital Media at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). All devices are from his personal collection. New episodes will be added twice a year. They are produced as educational collaborations with undergraduate students at the Department of Design & Media Arts, School of Arts and Architecture, UCLA.

If you are on the west coast, Erkki Huhtamo will give a lecture at the Free Radicals: Evolving Perspectives on the Convergence of Art & Science symposium, July 8-9, 2017, at the ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena. The symposium will be held at the LA Times Auditorium, 1700 Lida Street. The event is organized by the Pasadena Arts Council with the Williamson Gallery at ArtCenter College of Design. Admission is free for Prof. Huhtamo’s lecture July 8 at 11:00 a.m.

For more information, read The Magic Lantern (newsletter of the Magic Lantern Society of Great Britain) (Ripon, North Yorkshire, England: Magic Lantern Society of Great Britain), Firestone Library (F) Oversize TR505 .M338q. Back issues: Graphic Arts Collection Q-000070