Conor Bateman
@norbateman.co
video making / film programming
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My cyberpunk video collage RESET is now on display in Singapore at ArtScience Museum as part of the exhibition Another World is Possible, which runs until 22 Feb.
It was single channel at ACMI in 2024, but for this exhibition it's been fractured and placed onto a heap of screens, which is fitting.
It was single channel at ACMI in 2024, but for this exhibition it's been fractured and placed onto a heap of screens, which is fitting.
January 28, 2026 at 12:43 AM
My cyberpunk video collage RESET is now on display in Singapore at ArtScience Museum as part of the exhibition Another World is Possible, which runs until 22 Feb.
It was single channel at ACMI in 2024, but for this exhibition it's been fractured and placed onto a heap of screens, which is fitting.
It was single channel at ACMI in 2024, but for this exhibition it's been fractured and placed onto a heap of screens, which is fitting.
@jacobgeller.com have you read Lisa Tuttle's novella My Death? I finished playing Returnal this week and watched your video - this book is very much within the wheelhouse of that game thematically
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 AM
@jacobgeller.com have you read Lisa Tuttle's novella My Death? I finished playing Returnal this week and watched your video - this book is very much within the wheelhouse of that game thematically
The ten best books I read this year.
December 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The ten best books I read this year.
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i think if you use genai for anything, even writing an email, you're both a moron and a huge baby, and i dont want to play your video game as a result. its not that hard!
As the backlash to generative AI in video games continues to pick up steam heading into 2026, it'll be fascinating to see what is considered "made with generative AI." Can a dev team say they're not using AI if they're writing design docs with Copilot or using chatGPT to make schedules and budgets?
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i think if you use genai for anything, even writing an email, you're both a moron and a huge baby, and i dont want to play your video game as a result. its not that hard!
here's where I'm at ytd
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
here's where I'm at ytd
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I had to capture the intro to GP mode because it's just. this is how you fucking DO it
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I had to capture the intro to GP mode because it's just. this is how you fucking DO it
I recently copped some HD 600s at half price and the most notable 'oh god these are great' moment so far has been listening to the latest Stereolab double a-side
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I recently copped some HD 600s at half price and the most notable 'oh god these are great' moment so far has been listening to the latest Stereolab double a-side
really enjoying the new CV Vision album, it's like scanning through stations late at night, pausing intermittently to catch a fuzzy psych rock track: cvvision.bandcamp.com/album/releas...
Release The Beast, by CV Vision
14 track album
cvvision.bandcamp.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
really enjoying the new CV Vision album, it's like scanning through stations late at night, pausing intermittently to catch a fuzzy psych rock track: cvvision.bandcamp.com/album/releas...
well read - you've correctly identified a situation
you're well read - you've read a lot of books
well red - an Englishman describing a fire extinguisher
you're well read - you've read a lot of books
well red - an Englishman describing a fire extinguisher
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
well read - you've correctly identified a situation
you're well read - you've read a lot of books
well red - an Englishman describing a fire extinguisher
you're well read - you've read a lot of books
well red - an Englishman describing a fire extinguisher
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The second LaserDisc Rip today is rarer than the first, and also is by Japanese City Pop artist Tats Yamashita.
Early 90s. New York City. Real people. A single day documented from morning to midnight. Christmas comes early this year:
Christmas in New York.
archive.org/details/chri...
Early 90s. New York City. Real people. A single day documented from morning to midnight. Christmas comes early this year:
Christmas in New York.
archive.org/details/chri...
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The second LaserDisc Rip today is rarer than the first, and also is by Japanese City Pop artist Tats Yamashita.
Early 90s. New York City. Real people. A single day documented from morning to midnight. Christmas comes early this year:
Christmas in New York.
archive.org/details/chri...
Early 90s. New York City. Real people. A single day documented from morning to midnight. Christmas comes early this year:
Christmas in New York.
archive.org/details/chri...
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The first LaserDisc upload today: a video art City Pop love letter to the American Southwest. A collaboration between two Japanese pop artists in the 1980s.
Tatsuro Yamashita & Eizin Suzuki: Southward Bound, translated and captured on a Domesday Duplicator.
archive.org/details/tats...
Tatsuro Yamashita & Eizin Suzuki: Southward Bound, translated and captured on a Domesday Duplicator.
archive.org/details/tats...
October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The first LaserDisc upload today: a video art City Pop love letter to the American Southwest. A collaboration between two Japanese pop artists in the 1980s.
Tatsuro Yamashita & Eizin Suzuki: Southward Bound, translated and captured on a Domesday Duplicator.
archive.org/details/tats...
Tatsuro Yamashita & Eizin Suzuki: Southward Bound, translated and captured on a Domesday Duplicator.
archive.org/details/tats...
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I wrote about my five days in Israeli prison for the LRB. Remember with every paragraph that this is the cosseted version of the experience; it is infinitely worse for Palestinians www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Naoise Dolan | ‘You’re here now’
The steel handcuffs the Israeli guard locked on me were ‘Tri-Max Made in England’. Clanking mine to the beat, I sang...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I wrote about my five days in Israeli prison for the LRB. Remember with every paragraph that this is the cosseted version of the experience; it is infinitely worse for Palestinians www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
my related belief is that the c-format paperback should be outlawed
My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
my related belief is that the c-format paperback should be outlawed
smashed through Easy Delivery Co. this week, impeccable vibe, great arcade rally-style handling
September 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
smashed through Easy Delivery Co. this week, impeccable vibe, great arcade rally-style handling
My new video work, gameObject Permanence, is now on display in Melbourne as part of the massive @acmimuseum.bsky.social exhibition Game Worlds, curated by @astroblob.bsky.social + Bethan Johnson: www.acmi.net.au/works/125360...
September 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
My new video work, gameObject Permanence, is now on display in Melbourne as part of the massive @acmimuseum.bsky.social exhibition Game Worlds, curated by @astroblob.bsky.social + Bethan Johnson: www.acmi.net.au/works/125360...
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Game Worlds opens this Thursday. An insane sentence to type out.
September 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Game Worlds opens this Thursday. An insane sentence to type out.
the recent 'songs in reverse' episode of pop.soil is proving to be a very cathartic sunday night listen: www.nts.live/shows/lyra-p...
pop.soil: in reverse 26th August 2025
Playing Electronica, Experimental, Modern Classical, Minimalism. pop.soil is Lyra Pramuk’s bimonthly series exploring catharsis, transformation, and healing through sonic storytelling.
www.nts.live
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
the recent 'songs in reverse' episode of pop.soil is proving to be a very cathartic sunday night listen: www.nts.live/shows/lyra-p...
saw rRoxymore play at the Royal Exhibition Building tonight. entrancing stuff, though it did occur to me that you could describe some of the sound as an ambient dub take on Max Richter's Blue Notebooks
August 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
saw rRoxymore play at the Royal Exhibition Building tonight. entrancing stuff, though it did occur to me that you could describe some of the sound as an ambient dub take on Max Richter's Blue Notebooks
you know what they say, one LSD: dream emulator day a day keeps the doctor away
August 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
you know what they say, one LSD: dream emulator day a day keeps the doctor away
this afternoon I took myself to Docklands (cursed) to check out a secondhand bookshop (wonderfully chaotic)
August 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
this afternoon I took myself to Docklands (cursed) to check out a secondhand bookshop (wonderfully chaotic)
@seanseanson.bsky.social have you ever delved into the PS1 VHS promos sent to VJs? this one in particular captured such an incredible vibe, and sent me down many rabbitholes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QOK...
PlayStation UK 1997 promo VHS
YouTube video by Tired Old Hack
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July 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
@seanseanson.bsky.social have you ever delved into the PS1 VHS promos sent to VJs? this one in particular captured such an incredible vibe, and sent me down many rabbitholes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QOK...
finally sent this in, probably wavered the most on which Mondo Rock track to select
July 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
finally sent this in, probably wavered the most on which Mondo Rock track to select
today's attention pipeline: ps1 emulation rabbithole -> gran turismo soundtrack songs with no official release -> this fantastic DJ Flux mix from 2000
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n00L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n00L...
DJ Flux - Live In Los Angeles
YouTube video by Cryptic Jungle
www.youtube.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
today's attention pipeline: ps1 emulation rabbithole -> gran turismo soundtrack songs with no official release -> this fantastic DJ Flux mix from 2000
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n00L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n00L...