Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
What is a Multimedia Author
According to Foucault, an author is someone who writes something of his own. Foucault uses different wording, but the message he sends is that an author is someone who writes something from his own creativity, if that is still possible. A multimedia author is someone who can write with the new technology available to him. That is to say that, through his own creativity, a multimedia author can take something that has already been said, or something original, and create a new form of writing from it.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Project Proposal
When a person creates a piece of art for the internet, whether it is an image, story, or song, where does the inspiration come from? There are so few original ideas in this day and age that it is hard to believe that the artist got the inspiration solely from inside himself. If we continue with this generalization that most web-based art is, in some form, taken from another work of art how are we to know where it came from. Art on the internet can be so broad and open-ended; left much more to reader/viewer interpretation than many other medias that it is hard to see the originating idea. Therefore, it would be interesting to know what the artist has seen or read in order to begin work, how they change or use the work to suit their purposes, and how technology is used to further their goals.
Sites similar to PostSecret are sites where the reader will never know who wrote the text because the people, by the title, are kept secret. Such sites will always intrigue us, but we will never know what inspired them to send in their secrets, outside of seeing their secrets on the internet. Sites concerning fanfiction are also interesting because the reader can always know what inspired the text. In this form of web-literature the author is incredibly important, but their unknown desires for their characters and plots are irrelevant. In this way, the originator of the work becomes an outsider, just like the reader.
While those sites are interesting, what is more interesting is looking into sites and literature that can change the original work so much that it is unrecognizable. One such style of literature is done by YHCHI at http://www.yhchang.com/. This author can take a piece of literature and so drastically change the way in which the reader internalizes it that, unless the reader knows the piece of work very well, he will never know. Another example is a piece of work by Lance Olsen and Tim Guthrie titled 10:01, which is based on a novel, albeit loosely. If I had not read that it was based on a novel I never would have known. On the same web-site as 10:01 there are many other writers who use obvious inspirations, and not-so-obvious inspirations, but the point is that they are getting their information from somewhere outside the internet.
These examples provide insight into the purpose of this project. Where are these ideas coming from, how are they being changed, and in what way is technology being used to further these goals. It would appear that many of these artists are getting their ideas from works outside the internet, even if it is on the internet now. There are innumerable ways that they have been changed, as well as innumerable ways in which technology is being used to change and create for them.
Chang, Young-hae. Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries. http://www.yhchang.com/. 9/15/09
http://collection.eliterature.org/1/
Carpenter, J.R. The Cape.http://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/carpenter__the_cape.html. 9/15/09
Pressman, Jessica. The Strategy of Digital Modernism: Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries' Dakota. Project Muse. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/summary/v054/54.2.pressman.html.
9/15/09
Sites similar to PostSecret are sites where the reader will never know who wrote the text because the people, by the title, are kept secret. Such sites will always intrigue us, but we will never know what inspired them to send in their secrets, outside of seeing their secrets on the internet. Sites concerning fanfiction are also interesting because the reader can always know what inspired the text. In this form of web-literature the author is incredibly important, but their unknown desires for their characters and plots are irrelevant. In this way, the originator of the work becomes an outsider, just like the reader.
While those sites are interesting, what is more interesting is looking into sites and literature that can change the original work so much that it is unrecognizable. One such style of literature is done by YHCHI at http://www.yhchang.com/. This author can take a piece of literature and so drastically change the way in which the reader internalizes it that, unless the reader knows the piece of work very well, he will never know. Another example is a piece of work by Lance Olsen and Tim Guthrie titled 10:01, which is based on a novel, albeit loosely. If I had not read that it was based on a novel I never would have known. On the same web-site as 10:01 there are many other writers who use obvious inspirations, and not-so-obvious inspirations, but the point is that they are getting their information from somewhere outside the internet.
These examples provide insight into the purpose of this project. Where are these ideas coming from, how are they being changed, and in what way is technology being used to further these goals. It would appear that many of these artists are getting their ideas from works outside the internet, even if it is on the internet now. There are innumerable ways that they have been changed, as well as innumerable ways in which technology is being used to change and create for them.
Chang, Young-hae. Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries. http://www.yhchang.com/. 9/15/09
http://collection.eliterature.org/1/
Carpenter, J.R. The Cape.http://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/carpenter__the_cape.html. 9/15/09
Pressman, Jessica. The Strategy of Digital Modernism: Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries' Dakota. Project Muse. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/summary/v054/54.2.pressman.html.
9/15/09
Monday, September 7, 2009
Project Draft
This project will focus on the person who writes the web information, and where it can be accessed from there. This generalization of the project was reached after reading the other ideas that people in group 3 had. Going outward from this idea, it would be interesting to research where the inspiration for web-based art comes from. Also, it would interesting to look into how the web is used to translate ideas into art forms that affect the viewer in similar ways to novels, movies, paintings or photographs. What has the artist seen or read to begin work, how do they change or use the work to suit their purposes, and how is technology used to further their goals?
The sort of information an author uses is very important in this project. Fanfiction is a perfect example; the author takes a movie or story that he likes and adds on to it according to how he thinks is should continue. Another example is www.yhchang.com, or YHCHI. YHCHI is an online author who takes information, and doesn’t add on to it, but changes the style so the story is changed and fits the media type. While fanfiction adds on to the story, YHCHI can alter the story so much that, if the reader does not know the original work by heart, he could very well never know where the idea came from. In these instances it becomes hard to pinpoint an original author.
These are just two examples of what is out there concerning web-based art, and the affect it can have on both original pieces or work and fans. It would be wrong to assume that all art on the internet is purposely based on outside work, but there can be no doubt that more is out there. In this new art style it almost seems that the original author has become obsolete, but these styles would not exist without an originating source. So, where is the source, how does it change, and how is it used to affect the readers/viewers?
http://www.yhchang.com/
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v054/54.2.pressman.html
http://www.tattoodesign.com/tattoo_pictures_gallery/index.html
http://media.www.carolinianonline.com/media/storage/paper301/news/2006/03/28/Life/Web-Junkie.Postsecret.Art.Or.Therapy-1750628.shtml
The sort of information an author uses is very important in this project. Fanfiction is a perfect example; the author takes a movie or story that he likes and adds on to it according to how he thinks is should continue. Another example is www.yhchang.com, or YHCHI. YHCHI is an online author who takes information, and doesn’t add on to it, but changes the style so the story is changed and fits the media type. While fanfiction adds on to the story, YHCHI can alter the story so much that, if the reader does not know the original work by heart, he could very well never know where the idea came from. In these instances it becomes hard to pinpoint an original author.
These are just two examples of what is out there concerning web-based art, and the affect it can have on both original pieces or work and fans. It would be wrong to assume that all art on the internet is purposely based on outside work, but there can be no doubt that more is out there. In this new art style it almost seems that the original author has become obsolete, but these styles would not exist without an originating source. So, where is the source, how does it change, and how is it used to affect the readers/viewers?
http://www.yhchang.com/
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v054/54.2.pressman.html
http://www.tattoodesign.com/tattoo_pictures_gallery/index.html
http://media.www.carolinianonline.com/media/storage/paper301/news/2006/03/28/Life/Web-Junkie.Postsecret.Art.Or.Therapy-1750628.shtml
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tuesdays Blog
These readings have helped me to look at the class research project in a new way. The purpose of the essay will not be to prove anything as in science or math, but to make a point. We as a class will be putting in our ideas, which have been enhanced by internet sites and web pages, and coming up with an essay.
It seems safe to assume that, as a class, the fact that there is nothing new on the internet has been accepted, but interesting ideas can still come from it. It will be interesting to see the different directions that people go in, and how that affects the work that we do.
It seems safe to assume that, as a class, the fact that there is nothing new on the internet has been accepted, but interesting ideas can still come from it. It will be interesting to see the different directions that people go in, and how that affects the work that we do.
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