User:Flo/Final presentation

Year 1

Special Issues

13: WOR(L)DS FOR THE FUTURE

An in depth overview on Issue 13 can be seen here.

14: I Don't Know Where We're Going, But...

An in depth overview on Issue 14 can be seen here.

Setting up a local hotspot

Together with Federico and Camilo we worked as the technical team on setting up the hotspots with RPI's.

Guestbooks

For issue 15 For every hotspot (5) I've created a digital guestbook.

15: Radio Implicancies

Final episode LP

Screenshot from Research on Silicon

Screenshot from HTML page

An in depth overview on Issue 15 can be seen here.

Annotating in HTML & CSS

In the second issue I started to combine annotations together with the use of HTML & CSS. This playful way of blogging process simultaneously trained basic skills of website making.

After tryouts with real life echo under a bridge & in a staircase, images to sound via Audacity and AI algorithms I've created three tracks. 1: Melodic song with SonicPi, using loops that looped in a different speed. 2: A satirical meditation soundscape with references to daily life encounters with "The Cloud" and another meditational audio piece referring to resources in computing and the periodic table of elements.

The research on "The Cloud" & elements in computing touched upon my interest in environmental issues. Amidst multi pandemics when studying partly resulted in an ever growing daily screentime. My daily encounter with computers for designing and communication made me question the hidden materiality of computing.

Year 2

Thesis: Understanding the materiality and the invisible environmental impact of self-publishing

Open Call

Release

Sobremesa

Wider syntax

Languages

When starting XPUB I was aware of the coding aspect inside the curriculum, however when we learned things such as creating a PDF through Python, flask and other non visual tools inside programming I questioned the possibilities for my own practice. Honestly, it took a while when I started understanding the use and possibilities of these tools. After trying out with various languages in coding, the search for a snippet of code became easier. Delving fora from sometimes 10 years a go helped me a lot in creating all the tryout websites and the guestbooks. Slowly starting to understand how different languages speak and speak together.

Languages encountered

HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, PHP, API, Flask, Terminal, Lua (TIC80) & Twine.

Sharing

Understanding Open Source principles

During my bachelors study, where the only lessons we had were in Indesign & Photoshop, creating a monopoly in design in comparison to the tools we learned during XPUB made me think about the big influences in the way how we use tools of designing itself.