Here we go again, Jackie is about to ramble about art and visual diaries…This reading definitely calls for it though, talking about the relationships between artists and technology, and the things technology can offer. One particular quote grabbed me:

“Whoever works with a computer on a daily basis, at least for a few years, will soon realize that his own computer resembles more and more to its owner. You share everything with your computer: your time (often even for 13 hours a day), your space (desktop), your culture (bookmarks), your personal relationships (e-mails), your memories (photo archives), your ideas, your projects, etc. To sum up, a computer, with the passing of time, ends up looking like its owner’s brain.”

This goes for a lot of things I find, not only with a persons computer based on how they use the internet, but I think over time if you spend enough time doing something it will emulate your own personal style. For example, our blogs do this. This also goes for artwork, journals, photo albums, houses, and yes, of course, because I’m Jackie I have to bring this up, visual diaries.

On Friday I attended my former high school’s art exhibition with some friends, to see what our younger friends have been doing, what the year 12 students came up with, and to offer our wisdom as past art students. When I saw the works, before reading the names, I was able to recognise whose work it was, and the style of their visual diaries (which were also on display) really did reflect their own personalities and style. They included things that they were interested in, and arranged things in a style that made sense to them. I can see myself using this same method when using this blog and my computer, it does reflect me (although I cant choose a desktop image at the moment because my computer is being a dope.)