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
Guestbooks
15: Radio Implicancies
An in depth overview on Issue 15 can be seen here.
Annotating in HTML & CSS
For the last 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.
Sharing
Understanding Open Source principles
When thinking about my bachelors study, where the only lessons we had were in Indesign & Photoshop, creating a monopoly in design.
Leaving traces
Guestbooks, interaction, stratum, communication