9th weekly classes (Tue30, Thu1 Nov) - Summary and Comment after class about "Change and Continuity"

* This weekly summary *

We learned characteristics of new media over the last several weeks. In this week, We studied change and continuity between old media and new media. Before the class, We watched the movie ' Scanner darkly'. After the class at thursday, We listened to the lecture of Roger Palmer who is professor of Leeds University, and he is a photo artist.

* This weekly my comment *

1. 'Scanner darkly'
This movie is just not with it, I feel the movie is peculiar. They actually filmed and covered cartoon elements. Why did they make the film unreal? I think cinema audiences may not feel the resistance when they put the experimental image that they can't put in the real film.

2. Measuring newness
People view new media at the extremes of revolution and business as practical use. The first opinion is revolutionary and academic. The revolutionary thing is important in academic world. They chase the change. The second opinion is that new media need to be seen by a part of the business. In business, it is important to earn prompt profits. Because of that, we can not change rapidly and revolutionary. Thus, Continuity is important in second opinion and new media need to have the continuity with the old media. The new media which don't have continuity will be dead although the new media have a stunning technology.
I thought the old media is important part of new media. People hate a sudden change thus I think it is important to know the old media well.

3. Lecture of Roger Palmer about his photo works
He wants to represent the understanding, the part we can not understand and misunderstanding. He visited the region where cultures collide. In there, He tried to know how we can understand their culture and spaces. Thus titles of his photos is just the name of the region not the concrete one.
I saw many photos he had taken. Photos that hide view by frame and took the fragmented language was impressive.