The final symposium for Networked Media focused on protocol and the issues of technology and social etiquette. The conversation itself was pulled between theory based learning and application, making points on such references like TAFE, workplace exchanges and IP addresses. While Adrian discussed the readings and the connections he drew, there was a distinct shift […]
During this week’s symposium, there was an underlining concept to destroy the physical and reproduce meaning as meaning. With technology changing beneath our fingertips, the question lies between media and how we control, curate, produce and connect to it. While the focus in the conversation was fixed on databases and the aesthetics surrounding the stream, it was […]
Investing time into what you create is nothing unless you receive feedback or review. Work in progress is a behaviour and unmistaken sign of growth, I mean, even The World Wide Web was once a WIP by a computer jock. Presently, the symposium seemed to scatter across these ideas in planning our future assignment and the […]
Stepping back to earlier this week, the symposium led me to question a few things. Firstly, what does it truly mean for things to be connected? Does this connection effect the relationships they resonate? What is the relevance between yourself and writing? When there’s no middle, end or beginning, what matters most? What matters less? […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
