Walking out of the ‘Lectorial’ and onto the streets of Melbourne’s CBD, our task at hand was to both notice and record all the differing forms of mediated interactions that take place from all different facets.
Critically engaging with the gargantuan amounts of Media that permeate into our lives enabled the group to noticed various forms of mediated communications that would otherwise slip idly by. Using a combination of the senses we were able to distinguish the various forms of Media and place them into specialised categories, identifiable by their proximity to us as we began to notice them.
| UP HIGH | ON THE GROUND |
| · Billboard Advertisements
· Electronic Clocks · Electronic Billboards · Banners |
· Public Policy Ads
· Homeless Persons Sign · Gorilla Graffiti |
| MID-GROUND | BACK-GROUND |
| · Car Horn
· Tibetan Protest · Telephone Box |
· Pedestrian Crossing Signal
· Bicycle Bell · Smells / Food |
| FOREGROUND | IN OUR HANDS |
| · Graffiti
· Road Works Signs · Print Media (Newspaper / Magazine) · ATM |
· Phone
· Flyer |
Of all the mediated interactions that we witnessed, none was more apparent than the group of Tibetan protestors situated on the steps of the state library. They’re messages
were spread by a multitude of different media mediums including auditory interactions (both personal and group oriented) an visual interactions through the use of banners and flyers.
The Tibetan protestors may have been the most apparent, however they werenot the only form of mediated interactions the we noticed and captured while walking down Swanson Street.
It was only when I was reflecting upon the process of actively ‘noticing’ all the different forms of mediated interactions that we encounter on a daily basis, that I was truly able to fathom the sheer amount that each person would be exposed to. With active eyes and ears, I notice that I was able to pick up on the most subtle forms of media that otherwise would go unnoticed.
– donandsherri