User:Mxrwho/Documentation or My Work Diary: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
|Today I learned that Kodak had cows in Chicago that ate grass rich in silver which resulted in the production of a gelatin used for the production of highly light-sensitive photographic paper. I am going to research DIY film-making methods (and maybe projectors too). It seems like a good material to work with (and on) and maybe I can combine it with the some post-digital processes, which we also talked about today. | |Today I learned that Kodak had cows in Chicago that ate grass rich in silver which resulted in the production of a gelatin used for the production of highly light-sensitive photographic paper. I am going to research DIY film-making methods (and maybe projectors too). It seems like a good material to work with (and on) and maybe I can combine it with the some post-digital processes, which we also talked about today. | ||
Within the scope of post-digital processes, it was also interesting to play with the cassette player and to contemplate what comprises post-digital art and how technologies can be combined. | Within the scope of post-digital processes, it was also interesting to play with the cassette player and to contemplate what comprises post-digital art and how technologies can be combined. | ||
Thoughts on "Sound Memory": I had to choose a field recording from a world map. I immediately went to the place I grew up, out of curiosity. I found two sound files: One was bird singing and the sound of water, and the other waves and wind. The second one was much closer to my house. I chose that one. Reading the description for my metadata recording, I noticed that I read half of it in Greek. It made much more sense. My memory was improvisational and generic: By generic I mean that it was not a specific memory but a memory of my whole life, a memory of any other day, but any other day in a past that is getting distant. I wasn't planning for a nostalgic homesickness and I was surprised by the result. A bit lyrical but the combination of sounds is interesting. I will probably mix the three files into one, maybe even make a little video for it (hopefully with some contrasting imagery, to take the piece even further). | |||
| || || | | || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
Revision as of 22:34, 18 September 2023
| 18/09 | 19/09 | 20/09 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today I learned that Kodak had cows in Chicago that ate grass rich in silver which resulted in the production of a gelatin used for the production of highly light-sensitive photographic paper. I am going to research DIY film-making methods (and maybe projectors too). It seems like a good material to work with (and on) and maybe I can combine it with the some post-digital processes, which we also talked about today.
Within the scope of post-digital processes, it was also interesting to play with the cassette player and to contemplate what comprises post-digital art and how technologies can be combined. Thoughts on "Sound Memory": I had to choose a field recording from a world map. I immediately went to the place I grew up, out of curiosity. I found two sound files: One was bird singing and the sound of water, and the other waves and wind. The second one was much closer to my house. I chose that one. Reading the description for my metadata recording, I noticed that I read half of it in Greek. It made much more sense. My memory was improvisational and generic: By generic I mean that it was not a specific memory but a memory of my whole life, a memory of any other day, but any other day in a past that is getting distant. I wasn't planning for a nostalgic homesickness and I was surprised by the result. A bit lyrical but the combination of sounds is interesting. I will probably mix the three files into one, maybe even make a little video for it (hopefully with some contrasting imagery, to take the piece even further). |
|||
| 25/09 | 26/09 | 27/09 | |