Paperweight Radio: The Ghosts of Visual & Material Culture (Pilot)

Paperweight Radio

The pilot radio show of Paperweight: A Newspaper of Visual and Material Culture, broadcast on ResonanceFM, is themed on one of our favourite topics, Ghosts. This episode features discussions with the design historian Paul Atkinson on vapourware; the parageographer James Thurgill on haunted places; the collector and curator Brad Feuerhelm on occult photography; and ninteenth century literature and culture scholar Clare Pettitt on the nineteenth century telegraphic imaginary. To see the images and objects under discussion in this show, visit our tumblr Paperweight Newspaper. Hosted by Juliette Kristensen, this episode was first broadcast on Friday 15 March, 2013. It was produced by Juliette Kristensen and Chris Dixon.