Readings From Malraux’s Imaginary Museum to the Virtual Museum This article highlights the changing significance of artworks in the space of a museum, when the space is transformed from a physical space to a virtual one. In a less social, more focused environment, the works become something more heavily analyzed while losing the social environmentContinue reading “week 9”
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week 8
The Library of Babel The description of this library as an infinite space that contains all the possibilities of every sequence of information in the universe reminded me a lot of the library in the tv series The Magicians. As the universe continuously expands and develops, there is a library that is constantly writing booksContinue reading “week 8”
week 7
Readings Key Concepts of Museology There isn’t much discourse I can have about this text, however I would like to paraphrase and quote a few of my favorite lines about each of the key concepts as a reference for me during the rest of this course. Collection: Not the content but rather how the containerContinue reading “week 7”
week 6
Readings Museum4punkt0 This text brings up a lot of interesting applications of AR technologies and digitalization being applied to real world art exhibits. It made me think of a lot of different inquiries, such as, how necessary is the digitalization of museums? As well as, how can we incorporate this digitalization fairly given that thereContinue reading “week 6”
week 5
Readings The Poetics of Augmented Space The main issue of this text is the discussion of how the augmented spaces permitted by new media allow for a more dynamic dispersal of information and content. The customization of this content allows for companies and advertisements to reach a greater audience through the tailoring to one’s lifeContinue reading “week 5”
week 4
Readings Artifacts and the Meaning of Things This article provided a very intuitive insight on our identification with the material objects in our life. It mentions that out of all the material objects that permeate reality, it is difficult to distinguish between a natural world and an artificial one. In response, I would like toContinue reading “week 4”
week 2
Readings The Ultimate Display This article is fairly interesting in how it questions the current level of interaction that we have with computers. How our controlling of their systems and processes is typically limited to just what we type and click on. I guess it truly is possible that any part of our body hasContinue reading “week 2”
week 3
Readings The Rhetoric of Video Games I think the examination of the rhetoric of different video games is a very important conversation as the rhetoric that they inherently have can be utilized as an educational force. However, when examining the rhetoric, we must take note what is intentionally expressed and what is unintentionally expressed throughoutContinue reading “week 3”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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