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====8 ONLINE VIDEO AESTHETICS OR THE ART OF WATCHING DATABASES==== | |||
:We no longer watch films or TV; we watch databases. | |||
:snack culture of the multitasking prosumer: watch a clip and move on | |||
:what dose it mean that our attention is guided by database systems? | |||
:searching vs finding (why has searchability become become such an essential organizing principle) | |||
:?? why do we encourage a personal relationship with the relational databse? Are we really in dialogue with the Machine? | |||
:Are there editors in the background recommending the "most popular videos"? | |||
:Cultual awareness of how algorithms function is still a long way off | |||
:Italian artist Albert Figurt, Notre Dame Cathedral | |||
:Beyond the often moralistic critique of gadget fetishism and the praise of technology-free watching, we need to upgrade and focus our "ways of seeing"(Jon Berger) and ways of describing the composition of our contemporary culture | |||
====After the Fall of the Grand Narrative==== |
Revision as of 13:30, 25 March 2015
NETWORKS WITHOUT A CAUSE 2001
Geert Lovink
P134-145
8 ONLINE VIDEO AESTHETICS OR THE ART OF WATCHING DATABASES
- We no longer watch films or TV; we watch databases.
- snack culture of the multitasking prosumer: watch a clip and move on
- what dose it mean that our attention is guided by database systems?
- searching vs finding (why has searchability become become such an essential organizing principle)
- ?? why do we encourage a personal relationship with the relational databse? Are we really in dialogue with the Machine?
- Are there editors in the background recommending the "most popular videos"?
- Cultual awareness of how algorithms function is still a long way off
- Italian artist Albert Figurt, Notre Dame Cathedral
- Beyond the often moralistic critique of gadget fetishism and the praise of technology-free watching, we need to upgrade and focus our "ways of seeing"(Jon Berger) and ways of describing the composition of our contemporary culture