Retro Media

Undergraduate / Graduate

Retro Media is a hands-on studio exploring the offline tools, technologies, and media-making systems that shaped visual culture before streaming and algorithmic feeds took over. We will experiment with legacy formats, from VHS and cassette tapes to early digital cameras, analog video mixers, and obsolete software, to understand how their quirks, limits, and textures influence today's nostalgic revivals including vaporwave and lo-fi digital aesthetics. The course blends creative play with historical insight and gives you space to make new work with old tools.