* This weekly summary *
We talked about the Frankfurt school critique in the popularisation of new media and different opinion of Mcluhan and Williams this week. Especially at thursday, we learned the difference between Mcluhan's opinion and Williams's. From that, central culture and popular culture are discussed, after that I thought where the interactive art is in art now and where the interactive art must be in art.
* This weekly my comment *
1. The return of the Frankfurt school critique in the popularisation of new media.
In the Greek Ages, governors said the word to civilians. That is, the way of communication in those days is one-way. In the 18c and 19c, there are three groups which are artists, viewers and theorists but they are small groups. In the early 20c, Frankfurt school emerged and insisted these groups had been bigger than the past. So popular culture started to emerge.
At this point in time, I think we can't divide those groups. viewers(users) can be artists. I can't see the boundaries of those groups.
2. The status of Mcluhan and Williams.
Mcluhan and Williams had different theory about the media. Mcluhan persisted New media change everything. That is, he saw the media is active. On the other hand, Williams said the medium is only the part of our culture and he saw the media is passive.
Mcluhan said the medium is the message. This phrase means medium is more important than any "meaning" or "content" that the medium conveys. McLuhan proposed that media themselves, not the content they carry, should be the focus of study, he said that a medium affects the society in which it plays a role not by the content delivered over the medium, but by the characteristics of the medium itself. There are many opinions about this Mcluhan's saying.
Also, we talked about the central culture and popular culture. Why is the central culture in center? Is popular culture really low art and central culture really beautiful art?
Only limited people understand and like central culture but most people like popular culture. Central culture has been protected by the upper classes and people study easily. On the other hand, popular culture of the public has been handed down by oral tradition.
These days, interactive art is being known well to the public but people thought interactive art is the low part of art. I think people understand that way because people can't encounter interactive art a lot. Thus, I think we have to get near to public with the interactive art more frequently.
2007년 11월 28일 수요일
2007년 11월 21일 수요일
12th weekly classes (Tue20, Thu22 Nov) - Summary and Comment after class about "dissatisfaction with old media and the discursive construction"
* This weekly summary *
We discussed people who were dissatisfied with old media and the reason they were dissatisfied. Also, we learned about discourse and the discursive construction of new media in this week.
People who were dissatisfied with old media casted some questions and we talked about the questions.
* This weekly my comment *
1. The question that people who were dissatisfied with old media presented
Jaron Lanier we already talked in VR class said mission number one is to kill TV. Actually, many people present dissatisfaction about the contents and physical things when watching TV. Also, TV is used to propaganda of political authority and people can't choose, people only get the information by one direction. To solve these problems, people need to construct discourse and improve new media.
2. The discursive construction of new media
Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. In this part, our new media needs to be constructed by people's discourse. Victor Burgin said object, theory, meaning has been formed through these discourses. These days, visual culture which includes visual contents like still images and videos is being formed thorough this discourse.
We discussed people who were dissatisfied with old media and the reason they were dissatisfied. Also, we learned about discourse and the discursive construction of new media in this week.
People who were dissatisfied with old media casted some questions and we talked about the questions.
* This weekly my comment *
1. The question that people who were dissatisfied with old media presented
Jaron Lanier we already talked in VR class said mission number one is to kill TV. Actually, many people present dissatisfaction about the contents and physical things when watching TV. Also, TV is used to propaganda of political authority and people can't choose, people only get the information by one direction. To solve these problems, people need to construct discourse and improve new media.
2. The discursive construction of new media
Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. In this part, our new media needs to be constructed by people's discourse. Victor Burgin said object, theory, meaning has been formed through these discourses. These days, visual culture which includes visual contents like still images and videos is being formed thorough this discourse.
2007년 11월 14일 수요일
11th weekly classes (Tue13, Thu15 Nov) - Summary and Comment after class about "the middle ages and a sense of deja vu"
* This weekly summary *
We learned about history of new media overall. In the last class, we took the concept of teleology and modernist. In this week's class, We went back to the middle ages and the former. We listened to thoughts of various scholars. Deja vu is also mentioned and we talked about the memory from deja vu.
* This weekly my comment *
1. the return of the middle ages and the former!
Kevin Robins said that it is important to look into history to understand present digital culture. And we could see the history of movie and game from the view of Homo Ludens. From it, People saw the spectacle of panorama. After that, we went back further and met sophists of rhetoric. They taught how to speech to audience well. They did good work what enlighten many civilians but people finally recognized they had only the skill pretending the good person.
I think the middle ages started from 4C when Christian religion was chosen as a state religion by Rome empire and are finished at the Renaissance. At that time, because the center of world is god, it can't help but activity of human be shrinked.
2. A sense of deja vu
Deja vu is based on memory. But our memory is not believable and the content of memory is different according to the main body. Today, computer also does a role of people's memory part. But computer is only nomadic, it doesn't give any cultural impact.
I also have a memory that was different between my memory and another person's memory about identical situation. Therefore, nobody is right and nobody is wrong, so we need to respect each other's thoughts.
We learned about history of new media overall. In the last class, we took the concept of teleology and modernist. In this week's class, We went back to the middle ages and the former. We listened to thoughts of various scholars. Deja vu is also mentioned and we talked about the memory from deja vu.
* This weekly my comment *
1. the return of the middle ages and the former!
Kevin Robins said that it is important to look into history to understand present digital culture. And we could see the history of movie and game from the view of Homo Ludens. From it, People saw the spectacle of panorama. After that, we went back further and met sophists of rhetoric. They taught how to speech to audience well. They did good work what enlighten many civilians but people finally recognized they had only the skill pretending the good person.
I think the middle ages started from 4C when Christian religion was chosen as a state religion by Rome empire and are finished at the Renaissance. At that time, because the center of world is god, it can't help but activity of human be shrinked.
2. A sense of deja vu
Deja vu is based on memory. But our memory is not believable and the content of memory is different according to the main body. Today, computer also does a role of people's memory part. But computer is only nomadic, it doesn't give any cultural impact.
I also have a memory that was different between my memory and another person's memory about identical situation. Therefore, nobody is right and nobody is wrong, so we need to respect each other's thoughts.
2007년 11월 11일 일요일
10th weekly classes (Tue6, Thu8 Nov) - Summary and Comment after class about "what kind of history?"
* This weekly summary *
We are going to learn about history of new media for next two weeks. This week is first week. We learned teleological accounts of new media and modernist concept of progress. We checked various opinions of several scholars about new media teleology. And at thursday, We concentrated on the modernist concept about new media.
* This weekly my comment *
1. Teleological accounts of new media
Teleology is philosophical concept. This is in antagonism to mechanism. Teleology is the philosophical opinion what all things in the world are controlled by purpose. The author of this book says all inventions like fax machine through satellite and mobile phone are instruments for use.
Jay Bloter and Richard Grusin introduced Remediation which is composed of im-mediacy and hyper-mediacy.
It is very hard to understand teleology. Several philosophers(Spinoza, Descartes) denied every teleologies. Generally Science field rejects teleology and explains a truth and a rule objectively.
2. New media and the modernist concept of progress.
Picasso is a modernist and Duchamp is a person in avant-garde. Modernist and avant-garde is different. Modernist still respects tradition but avant-garde do not respect tradition.
I was interested in the part of pictorialists. They worked to make a photo look like a picture because No one approved their work. But now Photography is a part of art. I think picture and photography is very different. They have been developed and will have been developing very differently.
We are going to learn about history of new media for next two weeks. This week is first week. We learned teleological accounts of new media and modernist concept of progress. We checked various opinions of several scholars about new media teleology. And at thursday, We concentrated on the modernist concept about new media.
* This weekly my comment *
1. Teleological accounts of new media
Teleology is philosophical concept. This is in antagonism to mechanism. Teleology is the philosophical opinion what all things in the world are controlled by purpose. The author of this book says all inventions like fax machine through satellite and mobile phone are instruments for use.
Jay Bloter and Richard Grusin introduced Remediation which is composed of im-mediacy and hyper-mediacy.
It is very hard to understand teleology. Several philosophers(Spinoza, Descartes) denied every teleologies. Generally Science field rejects teleology and explains a truth and a rule objectively.
2. New media and the modernist concept of progress.
Picasso is a modernist and Duchamp is a person in avant-garde. Modernist and avant-garde is different. Modernist still respects tradition but avant-garde do not respect tradition.
I was interested in the part of pictorialists. They worked to make a photo look like a picture because No one approved their work. But now Photography is a part of art. I think picture and photography is very different. They have been developed and will have been developing very differently.
2007년 11월 1일 목요일
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.
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.
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