I think Ancestry.com is a good example of autobotography. It lists all of your relatives and you can add more people that haven’t been added yet. It uses a central server with all of this information to create a kind of biography about people’s family. If you’re the one adding the connections, it becomes more […]
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Autobotography Example – Ancestry.com Leave a comment
Tools Leave a comment
Tools: 3 sheets of plywood, timber for support, chalkboard paint, spray paint, power drill, screws and chalk. We screwed the 2x4s onto the backs of the plywood to keep them together, and created a hook that we hooked over the wall so the wind wouldn’t blow the wall away. We painted the entire thing with […]
Peer List Leave a comment
Peer List: Intended for college students on campus that walk by the wall on their way to/from class/dorms. I wanted to make people think. Time goes by so quickly, and nobody really stops and just takes time for themselves anymore. They’re all trying to study through the night to ace the test or work on […]
Research Leave a comment
Research: beforeidie.cc is a website that has pictures of Before I Die walls from all over the world. It’s how I got the idea, and even showed how to make the actual wall. I saw it on StumbleUpon last year, and it would pop up again every once in a while, the last time being […]
Format Leave a comment
Format: A large 8 x 12 foot wall painted with chalkboard paint. People can write on the wall what they want to do before they die. The video will have a slideshow of still pictures with music in the background.
Content Leave a comment
Content: The phrase “BEFORE I DIE, I WANT TO…” and 36 lines for input from the audience. Very simplistic, the audience creates the art. I then take the things that people write and create a video out of it using Ren’Py, a visual novel game creation software. The video will have music playing in the […]
Autobotography Intent 1 – Before I Die Wall Leave a comment
It’s a large black chalkboard hung on a wall behind Neville Hall. People can walk by and write what they want to do before they die with the chalk that’s laying on the ground next to it. This will help get people thinking about what they want to do before they die, and hopefully go […]
Intent Review: Sidewalks Get Their Say Too Leave a comment
I think this idea is good in that people are very likely to see the messages you are writing/questions you are asking them. A lot of people look at the ground when they walk, and everyone has to walk somewhere on campus. The only problem I see with it is that chalk is very temporary. […]
Intent Review: New Media Switching It Up Leave a comment
This is an interesting concept. It’s always hard to describe what New Media is when someone asks me, and I think this idea could show that visually. The only question I have is that will people be able to read the different descriptions? If it changes every few seconds, it could be hard to read […]
Intent Review – Renovating Mainstreet Leave a comment
MaineStreet has always been confusing for me, so I think this would be a great idea. Going around and asking people individually what they would like changed could take a lot of time, but you do get more information that way. I imagine there would be some conflicting opinions on certain aspects of the website, […]
Video Games and Computer Holding Power Leave a comment
Games are the product of someone’s imagination, but they put you in the reality of the game character itself rather than the people who made the game. Nevertheless, this is a different reality than your own. Your identity can be shaped through the actions you take in a game by a sort of conditioning. Take […]
Edge of Art – Chapter 1 Leave a comment
I thought the website that had the counter with the little black squares was really cool. It doesn’t look like it would take a long time to fill the entire thing with black squares, but it really adds up the more squares you have. 10298 years is a long time for such a small clock. […]
Yes Men Leave a comment
I thought the Yes Men were very funny. That was probably one of my favorite things in the class this year. These guys go out and do ridiculous things, like pretend to be a corporate business man on national TV. I could never do that, for fear of going to jail or being sued or […]
Edge of Art – Introduction Leave a comment
I don’t think the internet has really made art any less prominent in our culture. It’s created new ways to make art. Not the internet, specifically, but technology. You can draw digitally now, edit photos and videos. Before this technology, you could paint, yes, you could sculpt, sure, but the computer has taken those to […]
Movie Response – Nike Ground Leave a comment
I wasn’t sure what the video had to do with hacktivism during the first minute or so, but then I got really interested in it. Nike changed the name of Karlsplatz to Nikesplatz, and I don’t think it’s surprising that people didn’t like it. This is a good representation of what large corporations are doing […]
Hacktivism Approach 1 – Wall of Color Leave a comment
Hacktivist Project – LulzSec Leave a comment
LulzSec was a group of six (possibly more) people similar to Anonymous, who hacked websites and gathered information that was supposed to remain secret. The reason I say “was” is that they are in hiding now for fear of other hackers and the authorities. They were exposed by other hackers after getting into a “war” […]
Hacktivist Project – Anonymous Leave a comment
I am extremely interested in Anonymous. They can be ruthless, cruel, and I’m pretty sure they can access any information they want on the internet. At the same time, they are working hard towards keeping our internet free, attacking websites and governments that support bills like SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. When working together, they are […]
Hacktivist Project – Wikileaks Leave a comment
http://www.projectworldawareness.com/2010/09/wikileaks-and-hacktivist-culture/ That website talks about Wikileaks and the controversy behind it. I think it’s interesting because of the fact that the governments are so aggressive when dealing with leaked information. At the bottom of the page, it says “…it’s public data…it belongs in the public domain…information should be free…if it’s out in the open…it […]
Hacktivism Intent 3 – Wall of Color Leave a comment
It will be a webpage that allows anybody to edit it. There is no need to sign up/register for the site, and it’s very easy to edit. There will be a text box in the middle of the page that users can type in. The page will take what the user inputs and convert it […]
Hacktivism Intent 2 – Songs for the Mood Leave a comment
A webpage that creates music based on the user’s mood. There will be a survey for the reader to fill out, and depending on the answers, the page will choose one of several types of songs and play one for the user. It will be based on a points system, i.e.: answer 1 = happy […]
Hacktivism Intent 1 – Chaos Page Leave a comment
A webpage that interacts with the user in a variety of ways depending on the input of the user. It can use anything from lines to pictures and video, to colors, numbers, and words in return. The user might input a math problem, and the webpage will respond with a math-related video or other random […]
A Cyborg Manifesto Leave a comment
What is a cyborg, or rather why is thinking about cyborgs useful for exploring identity? Is identity single? Dualistic? Paradoxical? What roll does gender play in cyborg identity vs conventional cultural identity? – Give two examples of cyborgs in books, comics, games, or films you have seen. Describe the cyborg, explain its role in the […]
Edge of Art – Ch. 3 Leave a comment
What are some of the reasons for a surge in digital autobiographical production from “home pages” to “wearcams”? – People feel that there is an imbalance between ordinary citizens and organizations and institutions that use cameras. It plays around with the ideas that people tend to behave more when they know that they’re on camera […]
Edge of Art – Ch. 4 Leave a comment
Describe the difference between political design and hacktivist art. Use an example of each and describe how that work fits the category of design or art. – Political design is used to wield power. Hacktivist artists don’t want the power that politicians do, they want to change or create for the better, not for the […]
Theater of the Opressed Leave a comment
I’ve never been terribly good at metaphors, so it was a bit confusing for me, but I did find it interesting that this person ran for government in Brazil as an “act of theatre”, and actually was elected. It really could be basically a play that breaks the fourth wall by allowing the audience to […]
The Story of Stuff Leave a comment
I think this movie captures the most important points when it comes to consumerism and what the government is doing with big businesses. I watched this last semester in NMD203, and at the time, I had never thought about how some stuff can have such a low cost. Externalizing the costs does keep the prices […]
NMD206 Movie – Phone Phreaks Leave a comment
I really enjoyed watching the movie. A very important point was brought up about halfway through, when the definition of “theft” was questioned. It was said that the crime had to be done for money, and also it had to deprive the original owner of their property. Both of these were argued against, because it […]
Sarah Van Gelder – How Occupy Wall Street Changes Everything Leave a comment
1. What is changed by the Occupy movement? – The level of awareness has been changed by the Occupy movement. Sure, people always knew that there were rich people. They knew that there was a large gap between them (the middle class) and all of those CEOs, magnates, corporate big shots. But the Occupy movement […]
Eli Pariser – The World Needs You to See it With Fresh Eyes Leave a comment
This article shows that a lot of the organizations and systems that are active or in use today are made by mistake or by a small group of people just doing what they think is right. Eli Pariser launched an online petition based on what he felt he was obligated to do as an American, […]
Vin Crosbie – What is New Media? Leave a comment
What are the three transportation media? What is the difference between a transport medium and a transport vehicle? – The three transportation media are land, water, and sky. The difference between a transport medium and a transport vehicle is that a transportation medium is a way to be transported, i.e. land, air, or water. A […]