By assuming a precise engagement, we limit the shape, reasoning and discussion of technology. As a non-neutral force, technology within the symposium was stripped back, becoming an involved and interconnected part of bias development and purpose. Like Bec, I too feel the saturation of theories is reaching a breaking point, particularly when trying to breakdown […]
Early in the semester I had researched Technological Determinism and discussed the interaction between culture and technology. Whilst it was a short five minute presentation for my class Histories and Technology, the introduction to this speech- I feel- is extremely relevant when setting up the discussion of Potts Murphie and his look on theoretical frameworks. So […]
Friday was like any day in the office at SpeakerTV. News segments, reviews, filtering through content and pushing it out. I was forwarded a press release in regards to St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival and, to my surprise, was delighted to find out that one of my favourite musicians Mac DeMarco had gone out of his […]
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Questioning semantics, the realism of online privacy and the deliverance of content to create a presence, the symposium was a steady debate on the how, rather than the […]
Over the last few weeks, hypertext and the physical limitations of a book have developed across all blogs. From oppositional opinions, afflictions and new founded knowledge, the questions presented in the symposiums have fuelled discussions; driving individuals to question and even argue opinions surrounding technology. While hypertext can be presented as a privileged form of […]
Dreampop/R&B sweethearts The Harpoons teamed up with fellow Melbournian and musician Becky Sui Zhen to deliver a dreamy video for their official track Can We Work This Out. Full of gradients and glitch beats, the video is a sensitive sketch of the groups soul sound and aesthetic. The Harpoons are due to release their debut album […]
As writers we do not write all the time, but our technical relationship to the writing space is always with us.’ Understanding writing as a technology is like understanding a historical culture; it only is relevant in a technical state of mind, each standardised and different in sentiments, growth and discipline. Sophisticated in the explanation […]
Being a student within RMIT, it’s compulsory to achieve 80 hours or more in a workplace attachment. The outcome and idea behind this prerequisite in Media is simple; more experience equates to more opportunities. A few weeks ago I found myself reading the email and the structure of the attachment guidelines. I skimmed over the […]
Text is changeless, but unlike time that is suggestively nonlinear, the possibility of a kaleidoscope book is restricted by linearity and it’s fixations. If such a book were to exist and wholesomely respond ‘to you moods, your whims, your latest fetish’s’, where would the author lie? How would you know when you had completed the book? If […]
Hypertext is a multilinear shapeshifter. It expands. It deepens. It interconnects. Is it untapped in potential? Maybe. Is it critical for information technology? Of course. Focusing on the structure of hypertext, Landow feverishly breaks down the structure of hypertextual links and the possibilities it serves. Narrowing down the expanding passage of information, three useful questions […]
