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Dance Video Project Final…

Project # 3

This site  has brief information on meditation and different ways to meditate.

Assignment # 5, Responce to Chapter Three

What are the major themes in digital art?

The major themes in digital art include artificial life and intelligence, telepresence, telematics, and telerobotics, body and identity, data visualization and mapping, text and narrative environment, gaming, and tactical media, activism, and hacktivism.  All of these themes are created by a digital meduim rather than a traditional medium.

Artificial life definitely blurrs the line between humans and machine.  The assimilation of the two also adds an interesting relationship between them.  According to NorbWiener, communication, control, and feedback are essential concepts in both organisms and systems.  perhaps, the most interesting part of artificial life is when and interaction is made possible between humans and machines that act as organisms.  Austrian Artist, Christa Sommerere and Laurent Misnonneau did exactly that.  They created virtual creatues that humans can interact with in a water filled glass pool.

Telematics can be defined as a combination of computers and telecommunications.  It explores the ides of global consciousness.  The Internet is a telepresence environment that enables people to be present all over the world.  Telerobotics such as web cameras allow us to share live views in the Internet.  This brings up the question of privacy, surveillance, and voyeurism.  Technological advances such as telepresence, telematics, and telerobotics made such invasive activities easier and faster.

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Poster Upgrade

So, I took some of my classmates advice and changed my poster.  All black and white except the rainbow ring.  I think this one look much better, thanks everyone for your comments in class.

It’s Better to be Gay than Grumpy!!!!!!

 I choose to create an ad poster supporting gay rights and specifically supporting gay marriage.  In the background are symbols for gay and lesbian marriage.  The focal point of the poster is the couple holding hands, which shows the union of two people.  I did not distinguish male or female characteristics in the hands to keep the mystery alive.  Are they two men holding hands or two women holding hands, I don’t know.  The point is that love comes in many forms, people might not understand it but I choose to accept it.  Banning same sex marriage is discriminating.  Since when did it become a bad thing to be in love and be in a marriage.  Like it say’s in the title ” It’s Better to be Gay then Grumpy.”