User:Mxrwho/Documentation or My Work Diary

What I learned today and how I used it

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).	Radio Worm broadcast: Experimental and collaborative play with sounds. For me two things were of particular importance: (a) Seeing the natural flow of work between the three caretakers, and (as always) the jamming aspect, also while "reading" with music in the background. I have created pieces from found material in the past (collaging elements from texts), but never before in a performative manner. I would enjoy doing it more often. I must listen to the recording to get the impression of the listener. Being in a studio is always rewarding. A nice introduction to our server and its commands.	Collective annotation. What we did as a group was more of a constructive reading of the text and from there we chose to annotate the points we thought were important, controversial, outdated or relevant to our current experience. Thus, our annotations were collectively curated and agreed upon. Regarding the context, we managed to approach the structure of society as something prevalent all around us from architecture to the way we view the self and we extended Deleuze's thought and metaphors to the shape our society has taken today. Code and Deleuze's still raw idea of its importance were also mentioned during our discussion. The protocol was set on the basis of what felt natural to all of us as a process.
25/09	26/09	27/09