Thursday, November 30, 2006

I) The authentic Daniel Paddock is a constantly growing boy from a small town, who's experiences and travels through a wide spectrum of environments has molded him into what he is today. Half Brasilian, half Scotch-Irish, raised in California, he thrives off of interest and emotion.

II) The way the the world sees Daniel Paddock is a middle class, white, over-weight party boy in college. He is easy to get along with due to his kind heart and humor.

III) For the authentic me, there are several media available such as film, television, web, and mobile media. All of them spark an interest in me and are available to me because of my social status. The media available to the "me", as the world sees me, is the same. I thought I would see a big difference between the media coverage for me and the media coverage for the authentic me, but I was surprised to see none. I might not fully understand what is being asked.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Pixel by Pixel / Frederic Durieu
http://www.lecielestbleu.com/media/pixelbypixelframe.htm

The digital artwork I decided to study was "Pixel by Pixel" by Frederic Durieu. The first thing I noticed about the artwork was its interactivity. I had opened the site without touching the mouse, and consequently there was a cirular object spinning. Random sounds played in the background creating a bit a confusion. I reread the title of the work, pixel by pixel, then decided i would try to move the mouse over a different pixel. Sure enough the movement of the mouse changed the circle in the middle of the screen into a gyrating explosion of light. The sounds also changed with each area of the screen I moved over. The movement of the viewer created a new art piece.
"Pixel by Pixel" is hypermediated in the sense that there's the medium between the viewer and the lights on screen, medium between the viewer and the sounds created, as well as the medium of the computer between the viewer and the art piece. The experience created from the hypermediacy and interactivity is one of both control and chaos. You are able to control the art piece, however what is created is a mess of images and sound that seems to overwhelm the eyes and ears. I found this piece very interesting, however the sound was too much to bare sometimes. I found the piece more enjoyable with the sound muted so that I could solely enjoy the amazing visual parade created from my movements.