- Augmented Reality: I can say that this has been something rather influential this semester for a number of reasons. For one, I'd never heard of it. I may have been exposed to it previously somewhere or other, but my experience with it has definitely blown up this past semester. I find augmented reality particularly interesting because to me, it really seems like a next-step of sorts, as far as introducing digital media into a new dimension or plane goes: the physical. Or at least, what we consider to to be the physical plane.
- Data visualization: Again, not something that I'd been explicitly familiar with prior to this semester. Of course I'd seen many visual representations of data before, but actually going out of my way to examine new and innovative ways in which different kinds of data is being depicted in comparison to others has definitely proven interesting. With all the data that we're generating, and all the ways that we have to show it, I think it's especially interesting to think about data visualization as an art form.
- Ken Perlin: As mentioned in an earlier post, I especially appreciated Ken's lecture because he really seems to live the rule of "if you're not doing something you love...". Particularly, what resonated with me as far as the content of his lecture goes, was the idea of being able to manipulate things such as animations in real-time, deviating from the sort of standard of a linear grind to get something done.
Relational Aesthetics:
http://www.amazon.com/Relational-Aesthetics-Nicolas-Bourriaud/dp/2840660601
Relational Aesthetics, deals with the idea of something being interactive, and as such the question comes up of why we as people are so attracted to that with which we can interact. Holler plays very much with this idea in his exhibit, and admits to go out of his way not only to examine how and why people interact with things, but more importantly, to see how he can modify what is being interacted with, and the non-conventional results that are bound to occur. By non-conventional, i mean that he focuses on taking regular reactions and feelings that the exhibit-goers might have, and try and either amplify or distort them in various ways, hopefully making even the person question hi or her own reactions.
Relational Aesthetics, deals with the idea of something being interactive, and as such the question comes up of why we as people are so attracted to that with which we can interact. Holler plays very much with this idea in his exhibit, and admits to go out of his way not only to examine how and why people interact with things, but more importantly, to see how he can modify what is being interacted with, and the non-conventional results that are bound to occur. By non-conventional, i mean that he focuses on taking regular reactions and feelings that the exhibit-goers might have, and try and either amplify or distort them in various ways, hopefully making even the person question hi or her own reactions.
Eric Rosenthal:
I must say, what stands out to me the most about Mr. Rosenthal, the one definitive factor, is his history as the vice-president at Disney imagineering. Having an aunt that works as an administrator at one of the disney resorts, always going on about how they're working on this or that crazy new and innovative ride, this seems to paint quite the picture in and of itself. Judging by the webpage, he seems to know his stuff when it comes not only to being somewhat technically savvy, but practically and aesthetically innovative as well.
Post-Digital:
http://postdigi.wordpress.com/
Post-digital seems too deal with a sort of regression back into being human, so to speak. In a day and age where we rely as much as we do in ever-improving technology, it is interesting to think that people have begun to consider it as becoming to be something bad. This is to say, in my opinion at least, post-digital isnt necessarily something to be considered as a regression, but more as a progression in terms of acknowledging our reliance on technology, and potentially using this as a gateway not necessarily to renounce all technology as we know it, but to begin to gain a better understanding of just how we crutch ourselves sometimes, and how we can continue to use tech in a way such that we don't end up being helpless when something that's been long-automated would need to be done manually. Shortly, I see this as a way of stepping back, acknowledging a weakness, and using that insure a fail-safe.
Post-digital seems too deal with a sort of regression back into being human, so to speak. In a day and age where we rely as much as we do in ever-improving technology, it is interesting to think that people have begun to consider it as becoming to be something bad. This is to say, in my opinion at least, post-digital isnt necessarily something to be considered as a regression, but more as a progression in terms of acknowledging our reliance on technology, and potentially using this as a gateway not necessarily to renounce all technology as we know it, but to begin to gain a better understanding of just how we crutch ourselves sometimes, and how we can continue to use tech in a way such that we don't end up being helpless when something that's been long-automated would need to be done manually. Shortly, I see this as a way of stepping back, acknowledging a weakness, and using that insure a fail-safe.
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