Monthly Archives for September 2016
HSF: Assignment 3
This is a quick write up of some of my thoughts and research on Red Hook: Frame the why – as people, particularly urbanites, we’re becoming more distanced from our natural environment. But in reality it’s not that far away and … Continue reading
HSF: Circuitous
I recently found out about Francoise Schein’s project in Soho (1985) – mapping the subways lines. A meditation on connectivity, layers of networks in our lives. This rings true today even more so. So I thought of an update, remix/revision … Continue reading
Understanding Networks: Traceroute Tones
Rather than visually illustrate the paths that packets take, I decided to use sound to reflect on the journey and slow down the time to understand each stop that information makes along the network. Found inspiration in modem dial-up sounds. … Continue reading
DIY-VR: Reflection/Mundanity
I spent time this weekend playing around with the Ricoh Theta, understanding it as a photographic tool with both possibilities and limitations. For one – if you don’t have a monopod, clamp or a surface to place the theta,you’re going … Continue reading
Learning Machines: Encoder
For our first assignment we were asked to create an encoder – something that would take a string and shorten the amount of data in the string, from Wikipedia: For example, consider a screen containing plain black text on a … Continue reading
HSF: Assignment 1
Research inspiring storyteller or project and prepare a blog post and presentation for next class on how they’ve changed or influenced storytelling or their field. When thinking back on storytellers and projects that had a profound influence on my person, … Continue reading