“Professionally our methods of transmitting and reviewing the results of research are generations old and by now are totally inadequate for their purpose. If the aggregate time spent in writing scholarly works and in reading them could be evaluated, the ratio between these amounts of time might well be startling. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought, even in restricted fields, by close and continuous reading might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much month’s efforts could be produced on call.” - Vannevar Bush “As We May Think”
This passage got me thinking about the amount of reading we are assigned in our classes. Now this is just an opinion, but sometimes I feel as though my collective classes assign so much reading that I do not have the time to process the information. I would much rather have less readings assigned, time to ponder them, be assigned an analytical response and discussion on the readings. Maybe this is just something that I have to get used to as a university student, but I’m not certain that this is the best possible method for training young minds to think and formulate actions to create change.
Maybe there is something that the technological arts can do to create some better way for information exchange.
Trying to find an interesting project to blog about I stumbled upon this website that advertised this exibit. I’m not one of the proponents for the increased usage of cell phones, but I know that we as users dont really have the choice. Cell phones are quickly becoming personal computers and communication devices as well as art platforms.
So here is the information I found at this website:
Cellphonia
Mission
Cellphonia explores the social, technological, and creative possibilities of cell phones with bias to encourage new applications for cultural growth.
Projects
Cellphonia: WET (2007) is a cellphone interactive sound/video installation at NIME 2007. Visitors will experience a 6-minute looping vocals of naiads lamenting the loss of the world’s fresh water with projected video accompaniment. Telephone +1 212-937-7725 to add you voice to the performance.
Cellphonia: In The News (2006) is a locative-based karaoke opera cued and performed by the cell phone with lyrics daily RSS newsfeeds which generate both the score and moving images, available anytime anywhere small groups gather, and also allowing outside users to contribute as a remote chorus. - details -
Conferences
June 6-10, 2007 - NIME 2007 - Cellphonia: WET
The Seventh International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, New York, NY
August 7-13, 2006 - ISEA 2006 - Cellphonia: In The News
ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge & the Thirteenth International Symposium of Electronic Art, San Jose, CA
March 2-3, 2006 - Mobile Music Technology - Cellphonia: Work-in-Progress
3rd International Mobile Music Workshop, Brighton UK
Support
Cellphonia was awarded grants from NYSCA (2005) and the Experiemental Televsion Center (2006).
After the class discussion on Tuesday, I figured it was time to put one of the locative projects to the test. So Thursday, I took off down the 5 freeway and participated in the Invisible 5 project. I just have to say that it was one of the most humbling and eye opening experiences of my life. During the 6 1/2 hour trip, I listened to many stories of heartbreak, misfortune, struggle, strength, and courage. The residents of the towns along the 5 freeway struggle with poverty and little education. Yet they are able to band together and stop corporate greed, governmental corruption, and political racisim. It was eye opening to hear these stories because some of them happened in my own backyard. I strongly reccomend that anybody who drives down the 5 freeway to participate in the Invisble 5 project, because it may affect someone you know or yourself someday.
sonic city is beautiful. Their measurement of feeling such as luminosity and wave of sound, were clear that other people can also participate in. It would be more interesting If I can hear the orchestra from far away like in the middle of icy wind in the Alaska or North Pole from those eskimo people while I can make my own orchestra. For example, I am cleaning my window, and making my own orchestra using their GPS instrument, and I can hear the sound from far away. I also want to put GPS on those letters that are thrown away, and what people were doing before. I like the piece of “finding home”. it is used to extend feeling in order to feel secure in a dangerous place. It reminds me of “the catcher in the rye”, the girl with gps is more aware to be in a real world to continue her life with more confidence and comfortableness in her own way. I want GPS for my own too so that I can be more aware of my skin, food, time, money, daydream, and every little intention and stupid “want”. I want to use GPS so that I can keep updating about my self in a certain extend.
In the vast technological world we live in, we find ourselves continually in contact through our technology. Because of the texting capabilities of the cell phone people can be constanlty informed with the latest news, sports, and gosip. Texting can also be a means for political change. As seen in the Philippines, texting was able to usurp a corrupt politican and bring the promise of change, with a simple device that everyone uses. Cell phones have the power to make everyone’s voice heard in a society. If people in the United States were as charged as the people in the Philippines, then we could elicit stronger changes as our previous generations did in the civil charges of the 1960’s.
As I read the part about texting it got me thinking about just how much I see people texting around me. I don’t think its as bad as in the Phillippinesbut I do see it around. I only think its disrespectful when people do in class. I mean unless its something you really need to know it should wait tell you get out of class.
Check this out. pretty interesting. Its a google earth project to document Ecological Research on the Ancient Bristlecone Pines. Save the Trees!
There are many small particles that comes like a wind from the universe, and we are exposing to those small universe wind all the time. I wonder if it is possible to put GPS on those small particles of the wind. I wonder if it does make any difference between the relationship of living on the earth and rocket, and livings and universe wind. I wonder how you can interact with the echo in the universe so that I can make some music based on those echoes.
Responding to the readings for this week I really liked learning about the geocaching games. I had never heard of such games before, but now that I know about them I am going to have to look into more. It just seems like you could do so much with this kind of games. I look forward to trying this out.
Letterboxing also sounds like a fun thing to do. With either one of them sounding like a good time. I cant wait to start working on this in class.
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