Wasting Time on the Internet Chapter 8

To preface, this article pertaining to the presidential elections was a very fascinating story and was following this for a while because I found that being able to elect someone like Donald Trump caused sites 4chan celebrate it as some kind of feat for our country. Typically, forums on 4chan share ideas that are commonly all over the place or spontaneous like posts and threads from other social media sites such as Twitter. With Goldsmith in Chapter 8, he goes on to preach that we are generally are vessels of righteousness and that through social media, we are generally affected by things such as “meme culture”. This whole meme culture can also serve as a catalyst for other terms as a “zoomer”, which is generally considered a meme but taken seriously through other forms of media such as the news. When considering the rapid proliferation of younger adults and this new wave of ideas that contradict the generation before, it is important to consider the overall nature of change that is to undergo in America. It is honestly really astonishing whenever there are stories such as this because although extremely ambiguous the public should be, how the modernization of society is evolving should not be undermined.

Emergent Media: Hot Take

Through social literacy, hot takes have entered the digital world and is still understandably new. Even though this is the case, developing a solid claim about events that are considered relatively new. By definition, a hot take is a noun that entails strong and typically fortified commentary about a recent event, generally to attract publicity. Getting attention and formulating a thesis is generally difficult due to how whimsical and witty you are and most times it boils down to how novel you are to the story or news. For the topic of this take, I am going to be going over Alfred State College, and then developing a strong claim based on recent events.

One example of a hot take includes a take by some who is potentially going to Alfred State 4 years ago:

This individual was able to expressed their absolute boredom by mentioning that they are visiting Alfred State College and that they are avoiding that by tweeting. This sort of commentary not only sways the viewer with a different point of view, but gives us a type of commentary based on recent experiences. Analyzing this take further, we as the audience are able to gather that Alfred State College is boring.

Our second take, which is surprisingly much older, is able to share the same sentiments as the first take. The tricky part about this take is that the audience is not informed with why this person is not applying to Alfred State. In turn, we are left open to interpretations. Nonetheless, this post is still hot take worthy.

These takes makes it easier to support the overall claim that Alfred State is not generally a place for everyone.

Alfred State College caters more to finance and their administration than it does to the well-being of their own alumni.

Not to take away from this take, but it is a solid representation of the stigma presented by the college as well as how the college presents itself over the years. In conclusion, a hot take is consistent and can be considered as an opinion in digital literacy.

Wasting Time on the Internet Chapter 3

Our browsing history may become a new way for us to catalog our likes, our dislikes, and everything in between. For us currently, technology has become a way to signify more of our personality traits and then be able to regurgitate it all back to us in waves or phases. In my personal experience, the whole idea of keeping an archive or an algorithm falls purely on sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Youtube has this interesting way of pulling us in and feeding us what we enjoy as opposed to what we want to see mainly due to what our interests are. Now on to the more archival ideal of the chapter and how it is beneficial for us to archive things as well as preserving them as history. For instance, we remember the past and we document it through video, photographs, even drawings. These factors pretty much serve as a catalyst for many experiences and opportunities in life. One suck photo I like a lot and that is the one I took in high school at Dylan’s Candy Bar in Manhattan.

Chapter 2 Blog

It is interesting when Goldsmith compares our day and age to a zombie-like apocalyptic wasteland. Mainly due to the fact that we are in somewhat of a wasteland already whenever we graze upon the topic of technology and how without it, we suffer a great deal without it occupying our time. In other words, technology might be the reason why we crave looking at our devices and is the best comparison when describing what we are as a society today. Brainless zombies, wanting nothing but to starve for one thing and one thing only. Goldsmith clarifies that embracing something disjunctive is far more powerful than taking something to face, or just attempting to construct something of value through picking up only the smaller pieces and pointing them towards something larger. Conveying Goldsmith’s views and the way he perceives the prevalence of cultural artifacts gives me the idea that we should treat old pieces as more of a disjunction and treat it as more of an organic way of framing the medium.

Emergent Media: “Wasting Time on the Internet” Chapter 1

In “Wasting Time on the Internet”, the first chapter describes the exploration of keeping one busy and grazes upon the idea of literally wasting time. In this chapter The Social Network, that the author subjects the people to boredom and would have to find their own way to keep themselves busy, which corresponds to the whole idea that people are more connected to their devices than once thought. In my own experience in wasting time without my precious technology, I would usually do a lot of miscellaneous things and would be more social than I usually am. Frankly, there is meaning to taking away our technology because it provides the person with a sense of freedom, as they put their entire life onto one device or maybe two. In that experience, however, there was a sense of accomplishment mostly without technology and that impact is much more powerful that we wouldn’t have to rely on these devices to do so. Goldsmith conducted actual research when trying to generate something random when taking people’s devices away. The outcome though, was to make sure that nobody knew what they were doing or how to occupy themselves, and that pretty much reflects on my experience when away from technology, unaware and lost with no sense of direction.

Writing for Emergent Media: Introduction

In Kenneth Goldsmith’s “Wasting Time on the Internet” presents the reader with a bridge between living in society and behind the screen with technology and thereafter. Based on personal experience, I thought this textbook would just be another piece of writing where one author goes on a rant about what media today means as well as how we think as artists is wrong. However, upon looking back at the experiences the author describes, I am able to agree with some of the experiences presented. For instance, with Facebook and how we would always be tuned in to their devices, especially our phones to be precise. When we use our phones, we are immersed into a different plan of living, so when we waste time, we are also creating a form of culture or subculture that poses a sort of question based on values reflected today. When looking back on that theory, it’s safe to branch off on the idea that the way we interact with technology will infinitely change the way we interact with one another. Back to the idea of Facebook and Goldsmith’s experience in social media can be related to my own and how both form a sort of indifferent experience. Based on my own experiences, I use Twitter regularly and find myself trapped under some sort of inner society where you feel like everyone is wasting time, but in actuality everyone has a life even outside of posting multiple times a day.

Color Test and Theory

An easy way to remember ‘ROYHBIV’ is to think of Roy G. Biv. However, a way to remember this concept is to think of React Or You Have Bad Illustrative Vision. This pertains to the artists requirement to interpret or react in the presence of color, or else they’d end up interpreting what they see incorrectly.

In the topic of color blindness, a few other celebrities are color considered colorblind. Brennan Mejia and Neil Harbisson.

Logically, a person who is colorblind is prohibited from piloting due to the fact that they’ll be seeing flashing lights of distinct colors such as red and green. Much like what you’d see on a Boeing or on a private jet.

Also in the topic of color blindness, I’ve decided to investigate my own vision and make sure that there are no abnormalities when perceiving color.

My first test was on https://enchroma.com where I ended up taking two tests which both ended up to be normal color vision

The second attempt ended up with the same result.

My third color test was on https://www.xrite.com where I took a color hue test, which resulted in perfect chromatic vision or no abnormalities in the way I perceive color.

 

17 Days Exhibit Write-up

 

 

Hertog Nadler 

Nation for Two

Running time: 15:16

In this trailer featured by Nadler, it portrays different scenes of nature and clips, which all have distinct colors. There is a sense of pull and strong sense of setting within the film. What works well is the essence of stop motion that is put into place to then demonstrate movement.

Rachela Abbate

“Earth’s Move (What happens when you breathe)”

Running time: 2:33

In this piece of work Abbate uses pure sound and ambience to get around to the viewer. Not only that, but Abbate uses geometric shapes and fluid movement of those shapes.

 

Vav Vavrek

Video Calibration

Running Time: 25:09

I was told about Vav’s work prior to seeing this, but seeing his design process and how he accomplishes this through video glitching is something I look forward to learning more about. Overall, this piece made me feel an overall rush, as if I’m going through several phases at once while being dazed.

 

 

Alina Vasilchenko

The Dying Pigeon

RT: 3:33

In this short film about a bird and his life, the setting and overall progression are two important factors of the composition. Despite it being a short film, I did feel a sense of loss and conflict while I watched it. The bells at some point in the video really added to the conflict and overall progression of the film. The bells might often provoke fear or tension. Overall, my interpretation of the video makes me believe that we need to accept even the little things that we miss in our daily life.

Salvatore Insana

Crocevia (Crossroads)

RT: 8:14

As Insana plays with sound and video, the artist was able to play with these assets in order to create a design that evokes formation and progression. Using those bright blue lights and blighted colors, I felt a hint of alienation and dispersion at the same time.

 

Christopher Kojzar

A Walk Alone

RT: 9:11

When the artist decided to should a lens’s 360 degree view, I didn’t expect it to look so fascinating. The artist warps perspective and implodes it into a composition that can be comprehensive but at the same time can be very difficult to grasp a an idea towards the area around where these scenes take place.

 

Kathryn Cellerini Moore

Poppies Will Put Her to Sleep

RT: 3:58

Putting the concept of material value into play in a short film like this, I couldn’t really grasp a idea as to how this will be used to show elements and principles. Looking closer at this, I see that some clips within this film portray a somber setting and using colors to make it seem set in stone or indefinitely a longer film than it should

 

Draga Jovanovic

The wind here is always soothing

RT: 8:27

The narration within this film is very daunting, though I feel a sense of impulsivity. What could of been which had not been previously delivered. The overlapping in the film overrides my mind to feel a certain way and do certain things that I feel are out of reach. This also makes me feel as if I’m missing something which should’ve also been dealt with before.

Martine Frossard

Thirty Masks

RT: 1:17

Taking me a while to process the animation and design put into said animation, but I will say that the overall composition feels like a medley of what is considered good three dimensional animation. This was overall extremely pleasing to watch in terms of how well this design turned out.

 

Eija Temiseva

And Suddenly- You Realize

RT: 2:32

The extraordinary use of exposure at some portion of the video as well as the animation put into this video make the movement within this film run smoother than it should. It flows so freely and off to personify lucidity and makes me feel as if I were in a dream. Amazing work and storytelling overall in term of layers and things that are pictured within the negative space of some figures.

 

Ulf Lundin

5-9

RT: 27:18

In this piece, it reminds me of a famous piece of artwork which depicts some sort of gathering in an isolated facility that is surrounded by rocks and takes place on the side of a mountain. This makes a me feel a sense of isolation and resolve even. The overall progression in the workplace gives off a sort of industrial feel, as if there were supposed to be some sort of entanglement of sorts.

 

Patricio Ballesteros Ledesma

Carnival

RT: 3:01

I appreciate this artist’s use of vibrant and exotic color as well as how its achieved on a black background. The overall movement of these spheres that flutter around the composition work well with the beat of the music that accompanies the design. This makes me feel very pumped over nothing and gets me exhilarated to see how this flow will vary.

 

Todd Arsenault 

Important Notice

RT: 5:02

The overall jumbled composition of his creates a sort of emphasis on the whole idea of a medley. Using different body parts to form these mutilated beings on a black background helps create this sort of setting ad vintage behavior. Tis composition as a whole makes me extremely uneasy and puts me at a general discomfort.

Pioty Piasta

Piorun Stanislaw from Brudnow

RT: 4:00

In Piasta’s composition, the narration in the video works extremely well with the natural light put into the video. It’s interesting because the video reminds me of a run down household of what should’ve been in its glory.

 

David Webber

Letter I 

RT: 2:01 

This composition personifies a flashy vibration of different colors and shades. For instance, certain areas where large blots of black and red are shown within the composition. Like most of the artists shown, they portray art that leaves the viewer in a type of daze. This artist is no exception, where the color choice is bold and twisted.

Sarah Paulsen 

Passenger

RT: 5:20

In this piece, the artist uses individual materials in order to portray form and movement with these forms. Though I didn’t get the change to hear the audio, I did get the chance to see the video and I will say that it was extremely satisfying to watch. The overall journey and storytelling shown in this composition is solid

Maria Molina Peiro

DIGITAL TRAUMA (And the Crystal Image)

RT: 8:00

In this composition, the artist decides to portray a visually stimulating image by using waves and distortion throughout the composition. Not only that, but the artist decides to evoke an uneasy tone and establish the fluidity of the design through waves and glitchy areas.

 

 

La Jetée Analysis Questions

Sketchbook Assignment 2

In our sketchbooks, our main focus was to interpret Sol LeWitt and his creative process. With our interpretations, we are supposed to follow a recipe and follow directions closely. Then, we are supposed to make our own recipe and create a design based on that recipe we made.