For my final project for digital studies I decided to write some music. I wasn't sure exactly how much to write or what to write about but I wanted to keep 2 things in mind while I was working on this project: I wanted to make up for some of the work I turned in late by doing something big, but at the same time I tried that in a different class and it didn't go well. So I wanted to do something big but I also wanted to do something small and...
I do think games can be an effective tool for social change, in more than one way. I think games can seriously impact how people look at and understand the world, just like books and movies can, and sometimes even more so, since you as the player controlling the game often feel a stronger connection to what is happening in the game. Bad News Illustrates how people in the digital age can often become disconnected from their actions. In the game...
3 Gifs I made in response to the social network movie. Not one of my favorite movies, I spent more time scrutinizing the characters and the writing than I did considering the impact of social media or the story itself. some scene's did stick out to me though, I thought they were giffable enough.
The is a truly miraculous thing, it began as a network which established a like between different computers, and now its more like a network which links countless systems together. The development of transportation technology like planes, trains, and automobiles shortened the distance between each of us, but the internet essentially erased that distance. With that being said its basically just a communication system, but it is a communication...
Misinformation, Disinformation, False information, Lies, whatever you want to call it is essentially the same thing, spreading information that is not true as though it were. Since 2016 and the election of Donald Trump we have seen considerably more examples of "fake news" conspiracy theories and misinformation, in part because groups which promote these conspiracy theories were supported or emboldened by Trump, and in part because there were...
Tough week, tough semester, tough year. Its difficult for me to put my feelings into words, and I think that this tends to cause me more suffering so I am really gonna try and vocalize them this time. The final project for this class brought out a lot of feelings for me, both positive and negative; it was exciting to work with more digital media, it was painful having to reassess my past and my experiences with art and music, it was difficult...
This semester has been really tough, I've said this every semester since my freshman year (perhaps because covid hit that year) but this semester has been my toughest semester yet. I would not be surprised if I failed half my classes, which sucks, But I feel as though I learned a lot about myself over the last 14 or so weeks, and I've learned a lot about what I want to do with all the weeks I've got left. So to commemorate this I wanted all of...
For my word cloud I used the text from Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, and placed it in the shape of a computer. Little brother tells the story of a high schooler and this peers living in a society plagued with hyper surveillance and paranoia, and how these teenagers choose to fight back against the oppression of their government. The book centers around technology, and how it can be both a blessing and a curse, so I thought it would be fitting...
For my final project I would like to do a combination visual and audio assignment. The premise of the project is basically to create portraits and accompanying music in order to tell a story without words. I plan to make a series of digital paintings and musical compositions and pairing them to create different stories, which I may explain further if I feel context is need, however part of the fun of a story is the different ways in which it is...
As time goes on, less and less analogue technology is being employed by the masses, however this isn't simply an issue of the new replacing the old, nor is it simply an issue of convenience (although convenience is a factor). Analogue technology, while it does have its advantages, has many more failures, failures which are not easy to rectify. Digital technology on the other hand is accessible, it is sustainable, and it is constantly improving,...
