Craving the mid semester break so I can get back to drawing and meandering around the city. However, I won’t be able to look at my pencils and inks without thinking of them as technological tools. On an irrelevant mental note, I think I’ll rearrange my bedroom space and buy more plants. Here’s a little succulent […]
On leaving the symposium, one question seemed to linger in my mind. When understanding and discussing art, culture and technology, can we fully unpack the semiotics and distinctions that underline these terms? Through Betty’s Nelson-esque interpretation and Adrian’s persistent deconstruction, the questions of hypertext and untapped potential reminded me of my own musings, caught up […]
If there’s anything I’ve learned so far from hypertext, it’s that the promotion of simplicity is rather complicated, particularly as simplicity isn’t an idea learnt institutionally. The two hopes of simplifying our lives and making information accessible is indeed a distant hope. Whimsical as it may seem, Nelson addresses his hopes preceding multiple systems and discussions […]
A collective memory, an awareness, an absence of linearity. The symposium projected thoughts, ideas and opinions that broke down the relevancy of questions that were discussed and constructed in my tutorial. Pitched to the cohort, there was a distinct difference when breaking down these questions. For one, when discussing such ideas of hypertext and predictability, […]
Basic HTML coding is a little like magic. With the right kind of words, in the write kind of format, something beautiful happens in the process that just may surprise you. Whilst I have had a little experience with encoding and personalising my Tumblr CSS, the site HTML Dog has everything you need when encoding […]
A little folksy, a whole lot of lo-fi. Michael Cera has humbly released a casual album via Bandcamp called True That. With a total of 18 tracks, the largely instrumental album will have you whirling about your bedroom in a pool of funky indie howls, piano bursts and sleepy acoustic chords. Listen to a few […]
Perplexed by the discussion, one fact (or inconsistency) remained clear. As we may think, we limit. Validity is fluid. From an age where facts and publications were systematically linear, the shift to an unlimited writing space has deepened our understanding of ideas and made us accustomed to the simplicity of tasks. Whilst the activity of experimental […]
There’s something about FKA twigs that conjures up images of reinvention in an industry brimming with countless alternative artists. Enigmatic and genre-bending, 26-year-old Tahliah Barnett delivers an outsiders perspective to create a multi-textured record that’s both oracular, infectious and strong in vision. Whilst her mystique remains undimmed in Preface, there’s an immediate aura around LP1 that’s […]
It’s been a big month or two for music releases. From Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence to Australian rapper Allday’s Startup Cult, just about all corners of the world have new music is seeping through the pores of the internet. Favourable tracks that didn’t make the below mentions include Hundred Waters’ “Murmurs“, Angus and Julia Stone’s […]
A month or two ago I found myself reporting an image on Instagram for the first time. It wasn’t explicit content, it was mine. The user had blatantly passed the image off as their own, their caption entitled along the lines of ‘just waiting in the hallway‘ or something of a similar phrase. They had garnered […]
