Calendars:Networked Media Calendar/Networked Media Calendar/05-02-2020 -Event 1

LB1: 10:00 - 17:00 RW&RM Steve in the new space

Today we will follow up on the research plan we made last month.

1) Meet as a group at 10:00 and plan the day

2) 10:30 Split into research groups (of three); review progress and set achievable aims for the day.

3) 11:30 individual tutorials with Steve, individual work and group work (see 1)

4) 16:00 review the day's work and set achievable aims for the next session.

Readers: Steve’s notes

Dismantling the patriarchy

The structure works well. A clear overall theme and also a personal approach taken to the subject. In most cases the method of applying an established theory (Mulvey, Butler, De Beauvoir, Bola to a piece of media (Jonze [her], Potter [Orlando] Post Molone [Circles]) was used. This ‘intertextuality’ is a good strategy because a) it extends the discussion beyond the text itself and b) brings in a personal perspective- it is, after all, the writers choice. So my take-away is very positive because you have shown you are able to develop a context for the texts you chose and, most importantly, you are able to make a relation to the things that motivate your work.

On the reciprocal influence between images and society

This is a very general title, the content is actually more specific. The very strong element is that the group were reading together, thinking things through together and ; it is great to see an insistence in relating to your own work in this. You are developing a mode of annotation which is very useful. Your choice to draw your own conclusion at the end is also very useful. I think you have set forward a structure, a series of annotation methods and a system of publication that can be carried forward. Good practice.

Interconnectivity

Again, there is a strong motivation to speak from your own points of view. It is great to see this outlined in your various texts. You chose to use keywords as a way to structure the texts and find common interests. This method (the decisions about how the piece will be made) produces a particular result. The graphic map in the text is helpful in giving an overview of what is in the text and also as a way of seeing how the different aspects relate. Although each of you outline your subject of interest in the text. The key word system might be described as a ‘writing machine’ (Hayles). This means that the text is structured by a series of parameters which are established at the start.

Note: You may have been told during your career that to write from a personal point of view is not ‘academic’. When you are engaged in practice-based research the personal mode of address is actually essential. In this because in this form of research you are producing knowledge _ you are making something which can be discussed on its own terms and in relation to other things. The best result for you, as an artist not just for this course, will be to make a close reading of your own work. To be able to discuss your personal motivations, the context from which your work arose and to make your own connections with other texts and artworks.

12:00 muxingye Chen

12:30

14:00 anh

14:30

15:00 Annalisa

15:30 Thy

16:00 meet as group

16:30 Lea