Throughout the timeline of this course, one main idea or notion that has arched throughout my study of digital art and new media, has been that of hypertext. Or rather the ways in which (as discussed originally by Borges) the Internet represents a new way of comprehension. Instead of the linear layout of a book, the Internet is one of “forking paths” that weaves and links in any number of ways. It has been this notion, too, that has been behind the most captivating demos of this course. For example, I did not realize how narrow a camera lens until I saw the demo of the new panoramic lens for the iphone—much how this notion of linking via hypertext greatly expended and augmented the ways in which we see factual content. Similarly the whole notion of augmented reality is that of expansion and a reimagining of how it is we interact with certain content. So much of the material in this course has asked me to reconsider, how it is that I think about the information, visuals, and data of the world around me and so much of the knowledge I acquired in this course has come from this key reconsideration of my assumptions in regards to the digital world.
Some Final links:
I just read about Eric Rosenthal—imagineer at Disney and designer of the Times Sq studio which hosts ABC’S Good Morning America and other programs. He is possibly most famous for his 26-year professional relationship with ABC. He also is a professor at NYU and has a favorite hobby of ducking into the bathroom whenever he sees me coming (Just kidding, he has no idea who I am).
Finally, I did some research on the term, “Post-digital”, which is meant to relate to our forever changing relationship with “digital technologies and art forms” the following articles will give insight as to where things are going and how it is we will change certain technological frontiers within this post-digital age.
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