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Assignment #2: Meditations on Craft Craft is a term that has been used for centuries and has evolved over time. Craft can be viewed and interpreted in many ways, for example craft can be referred to as a technique or skill used to create something such as glassblowing. It can also refer to the physical act of making something by hand, such as pottery and woodworking. British scholar Richard Sennett argues that craft.. Read More
I chose the word CREATIVITY I represented creativity by creating a mini ‘explosion’ of craft. I started off by drawing a big cloud/bubble and tried to fill it with colourful organised chaos, using all sorts of crafty items. All of the pieces used reminded me of my childhood, making and creating art pieces for fun, freely expressing myself with no responsibility, simply creating.
This week consisted of a convergence of weeks 2 and 3 due to missing class last Thursday, in Tuesday’s class we delved into AI creation in which we used playgroundAI to create some AI-generated images, these were some of my favourites: PLAYGROUND AI pdf It’s crazy because in the past week especially I have noticed conversations surrounding AI everywhere. Friends have been using tools such as chatGPT for assignment assistance as well as.. Read More
We started this week’s class by creating a timeline of different forms of media from the beginning of our lives to now. We discussed different products we owned, games we played, things we watched and related to each other as specific niche memories were mentioned. This brought about the phenomena of nostalgia, which we then delve into more as we watched Johnny Harris’ YouTube video “The Nostalgia Theory”. A part that really resonated.. Read More
the oldest photo in my camera roll – June 2016 random photo along the timeline – 12 August 2018 first dress rehearsal for USA tour was a time in my life when I was so happy Jessie, Beccy and Lily look so young and little in the photo reminds me of USA tour in general how happy we all were living my best life, doing what I love with my best friends I.. Read More
This week was the first week back at uni and an introduction to what the studio ‘real media’ is going to look like. Starting off the first class by putting our phones in envelopes and making or at least attempting to make some origami was a really nice way of switching off from our devices and doing something practical with our hands and doing something creative away from the ‘digital’. Our next.. Read More
What media do you use every day? (technologies and platforms & what you use them for) Instagram – entertainment TikTok – entertainment Google – interest, questions Spotify – pleasure Messenger – communication with others Facebook – friends updates, Depop – scrolling, fashion, fun, shopping Email – updates, organisation Google Calendar – schedule, organisation Photos (*?) – memories, editing, pleasure Put a star next to offline media / real world Choose 3 and do.. Read More