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Our group decided to create an atmosphere with a film installation. We liked the idea of projecting images on the surface of a bridge on campus. We had imagined different surfaces evolving from the original through film editing. This particular concept, we felt, would work better at night. As we explored the idea further, it…
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The last decade has seen the consumer electronics at their cheapest yet. This means creative tools are at their cheapest yet. We can now create and share with ease. So what does this mean for media art and the people who seek to create. Firstly, the ubiquity of technology, computers and other means to…
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Media should be described as to how it relates to you. I think it is too easy to fall into the trap over over analysis and strange extrapolation. Symbolism, metaphor and subtlety undoubtedly play a role in creative expression, but I think it is far more important to understand a work of art how it…
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Humans have an inherent tendency towards creative media. Creation is central to our existence. From cave paintings and primitive sculptor to photography and virtual environments; it’s in our blood. We all consume, most of us create and we have all been a part of the evolution of creative media. The art that was only to…
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Media art allows us to explore the dull in a different light. It is a means for us to find meaning in what we expose ourselves to daily. A derive journey can be an example of creating a completely unique experience out of the banal and familiar. Derive journeys utilize a specific visual cue within…
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The greatest factor in terms of perceiving media is that of personal experience. An individual’s sex, age, gender and demographic culminate as an experiential filter for perceiving their version of the world and, especially, the media. We interact with the world through our individually designed looking glass of experience. It is then the general consensus…
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For the second segment of the space project we were asked to take a journey for the sake of taking a journey. I chose to take a journey around the suburb of Bundoora following only the colour of maroon. Here is a photographed documentation of my journey: My crimson adventure started at a mail box…
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For the first part of the Space project, we were asked to take a blind shot of an interesting place in our home. This is a photo taken from under my bed: Upon looking at this photo I was simply bewildered by the amount of dust under my sleeping situation. That thick layer of dust…
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For this assignment I chose to create an experimental sound work. For my experimental sounds, I focused on the simple household luxuries of tea and coffee. I wanted to somehow highlight the sonic differences between the two beverages, starting out initially with how the respective liquids boiled. I found that the sound of coffee percolating was…
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Our first assignment for the subject ‘Exporting Media Arts’ was an image project consisting of three parts. We were asked to complete tasks relating to drawing, Photoshop and emulation. Below you will find an account of what I have come up with and how I got there. Drawing For this part of the assignment we…