September 07, 2008
Entry 1: Negotiating Space
Clearly (given plus or minus a hundred percent vision obscurity), this is my first entry. As of yet, I am a bit uncertain about this site but it shall be my project-within-a-project, I think. I'll play with it and develop it until, ideally, by term end I'll have it blended, rather than contrasting with the actual project.
Speaking of, my tentative direction for my project is attachment, materialism and physicality. During our September 2nd class, we pondered into a discussion on productive-efficiency as opposed to aesthetic-effectiveness. Not to suggest that they are entirely separate, of course, but my curiosity is exactly where a digital, paperless, pure thought sort of ideal is pushing us towards, and to examine what sort of feelings are pushing against that ideal. References will include various sources stretching from dypstopian literature such as 'Brave New World' or 'Fight Club', to reading up on more recent cultural trends, such as Steampunk or (as was put) the Digital Natives of this generation. From my limited pondering, there may also be some inclusion of Buddhist texts, due to possible correlations (or distinct difference) between the pure thought digitality and Zen.
Shall resume and develop as needed.
Posted by mikage at September 7, 2008 04:04 PM