idc lab: media

Social Network- extra credit

Rachel — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:30:08 +0000

I waited a while to see the Social Network, because I am a little nervous to see the scope of Facebook’s prowess. I, myself, have deleted my page a few times, untagged myself in photos, and adjusted privacy setting so that my family and co-workers don’t see all.
I was slightly disappointed that the storyline was exagerated, but all in all made for a great film. It showed the ways in which a friendship (s) are made public and without human contact in a hauntingly real manner. A little frightening to watch because it is one the the very first movies to present the psychological power and pull to the internet. Its extremely real- and a little painful to watch being a frequent Facebook user.

Project VOICE

Rachel — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:20:01 +0000

Project VOICE is one my favorite things that I’ve come across this semester. I think I may have posted about one of the artists involved in this project earlier in the semester, the Project VOICE is about working with children to express themselves through the simplest media possible- their own voice. The basis of this idea is that spoken word is becoming a sort of lost art and that self expression through speech is rudimentary in curiosity and growth.
This is theie website:

http://www.project-voice.net/

and this is my favorite (of yet) piece by spoken-word artist Sarah Kay:

Illustration Movie

Rachel — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:59:39 +0000

I’m taking an illustration class and as part of the final project, a Movie project was sprung on us (during the finals week!). I used pieces of my Sound Project and my new knowledge of Final Cut Pro to put this together. It’s a little rough but it was last minute and I’d never have been able to pull this together without this Media class-!! The song is CocoRosie-Haitian Love Song and my sound project comes in at about 11 seconds at 40% volume.

Sound Project

Rachel — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:54:13 +0000

Here is the soundcloud link to my media sound project. I chose to work with mass communication and play with the idea of the ‘mass’ and who that refers to. In this situation, I played with sounds that had been saved over Halloween weekend with a group of French filmmakes following a one-man band titled Birds are Alive.
The title was inspiring to me, as was his heavy, simple music. The name, I’m told, was derived from the feeling that as long as birds (an austere animal) are alive, the world is going to be OK.
This piece is a collection of interviews, party sounds, cell phones, and a charming Frenchman formatted to give the feeling of drunkenness. Towards the end I have included my roommates’ voice repeating Birds are Alive, Our Hearts are Alive.

LINKS

Melissa — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:20:18 +0000

To my gender and sexuality video:

To my sound project:

To my website:

webspace.newschool.edu/~trevm280

Sound Project

Tun Tun — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:11:15 +0000

This is the link to my sound project: http://soundcloud.com/medialab2010/tun-tun-sound-project

Technology Map Project

Tun Tun — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:07:44 +0000

Gender and Sexuality video

Tun Tun — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:03:15 +0000

my link to the video :http://vimeo.com/17892718

My video is about how there is a choice in terms of sexuality.

review

Melissa — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:44:06 +0000

Nikol- Great utilization and interaction between the pages. Formed a great story and very visual.

Ashley- I loved the photos- especially in the inspiration tab. It would’ve been nice to have more of a story line, maybe some words or sentences- even abstract ones- to sort of guide you through your thoughts

Erica- Incredible graphics- great composition.

Epiphany- really amazing guide through your thoughts. Perfect balance of text and image- definitely gave a great overall picture.

Urvika- very graphic, amazing graphics. Maybe more text, quotes, words, ideas on your opinions about identity.

Tun tun- I loved the photos. Maybe use more text to show your opinion of identity via a story line of photos or text.

Annie- amazing graphics somehow your story line of your art, your family, the Chinese symbols and your baby photos work as a composition and communicate your idea of identity differently than the other students have

Elisa- Graphics are cool and falling images are unique but I struggle to connect it with your concept of identity.

Sadi- great website- very humorous, very involved and honest and extremely enjoyable to experience!

Jami- even though there was no text- your graphics were very interesting and personal and gave a strong enough impression of your concept of identity that it all felt relative. I really enjoyed it!

Soujin- very beautiful and engaging,

Avery- Very well done and I enjoyed reading through your text

Angie- very interesting- a sort of satire about identity I think! I think it’s great!

David- very conceptual – could be interpreted many different ways.

Rachel- graphics were great

Extracurricular: The Social Network

Epiphany — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:44:52 +0000

I chose to see The Social Network because as an avid Facebook user, I was interested in its creation myth. Just as a standard critique, I found the movie to be underwhelming and clearly over dramatized and exaggerated.

In the movie, it was interesting to see how the result of one bad relationship, the internet genius Mark Zuckerberg created this massive part of contemporary media. I also liked how the movie showed just how much the use of technology and media can turn into a tool of revenge. I often refer to the internet as a distant thing that I separate myself from. It’s something I use but not something I define or defines me. In The Social Network, it was eye-opening to observe how this virtual reality created so much drama in real lives.

The movie really exemplified the internet as the new standard instrument in how we represent ourselves and how we perceive others.

by Epiphany