In introduction to this media studio, this week’s reading The textility of making by Tim Ingold was a bit dense and confusing to me at times. However an idea I found in the readings which I could connect to one of the class activities was how when makers are creating  they are responding to a material or something. This  brought me back to when we were told to video anything  and make a 2-3 minute edit from it. Initially I did not know what my video was going to be about so naturally  I recorded anything I found interesting on campus being the response to my surroundings. Then I found myself subconciously categorising this footage in groups and brought this common theme to life in the video edit.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FC7327dvZeZcVClNPaCvUVehL5H_JyXS/view?usp=share_link

The link above is to the video I made for the class activity based around the idea of people withing their comfort zones at RMIT university whether it be they are by themselves or with their group of friends.

Thinking of media platforms and technology as hierarchies was a class concpet I found to relate to my everyday life. Since for myself I find video making to be one of my most used form of creating, I place the computer and camera I have as the most important to then potentially release on social media platforms, placing phones lower in hierarchy. However this can differ for someone who makes music who may place a heavy importance on the type of speakers or studio equipment they create with to then thinking about the streaming platforms or concert spaces they can use to share their music.

References: Tim I (2011) “The textility of making” Being Alive, Taylor & Francis Group, p.219 – 228, doi: 10.4324/9780203818336-28