Assignment 23/2: Video

 

Because videos can be online and asynchronous, they can be shared all over the world and at any time of day or night. By using videos to reach a larger audience than ever before, educational institutions can gain significant autonomy. There are numerous advantages to using videos in an educational setting. Their portability and versatility make them useful to students, teachers, and educational institutions at all levels, whether elementary, high school, or higher.

When compared to print materials alone, videos provide a more engaging sensory experience. Learners get to see and hear the concept being taught, and they can process it in the same way that they process their daily interactions.

Assignment 16/2: Scanography

 

I had a lot of fun exploring scanography. Even though we use scan machines often to photocopy documents, I never thought scan machines could be an art tool. I am fascinated by this form of art since we are using the materials in our daily life to create artwork. It is more connected with reality. For example, in my work, I chose to use a banana to create the first series. And in my second series, I used magazines, a fridge magnet, a metro card, a cap. People don't need to be tech-savvy to engage in the art-making process. Therefore, scanography can reach out to a wider range of users to enjoy making art. 

Here is the intro to my experiment 

The 1st series: A banana 

Material: banana

I scanned four pictures of a banana while eating it. My point is that although scanography presents the static state of objects, a series of different static states can depict a process.

The 2nd Series: New York City

Material: magazines, a fridge magnet, a metro card, a cap

I scanned some items to represent the images of new york city in my mind, like the new yorker magazines, which stand for the culture of this city, and the metro card, which stands for the busy city life all day round.

Assignment 9/2: Creative explorations of sound

🎧  Summer in My Room

I enjoy this assignment which allows us to creatively use sound to express something. I am a music lover but never tried to make audio using different kinds of sounds. I do feel the power of sounds to help us in storytelling. Even though there is no image at all, the sounds expand the space for listeners to drive their imagination beyond boundlessness. It is just like the ink painting, which consists of black and white, The black is the material, and the white is the space for recreation by audiences.

I created an audio called Summer in My Room. I recorded the sound of washing machines, opening a coke, pouring coke in a cup, wind chimes in my environment. Then, I used audacity to combine them, adjust the volume, apply fade in/out and echo sound effects. The final product matches the image representing summer in my mind. 

Assignment 3/2: Personal Learning Objectives

 

My personal learning obejctives are

▫️ To apply some new media and technologies into practice 

▫️ To understand the technology used in art education from a critical perspective

▫️ To understand the affordances and constraints of different media 

▫️ To research on an artist who has been placed in the intersection of new media art, learning and technology

▫️ To understand artistic practices powered by VR/AR technologies 

Assignment 3/2: On/off Experience

 

This detech experience has proven to be a difficult task for me. According to the iPhone use statistics, I use my phone for approximately 7 hours every day on average. It's an incredible statistic because it accounts for over half of the waking time. I was initially uncomfortable when I turned off my digital gadget, but the discomfort quickly faded as I focused on other things. Detech is an excellent method to focus on oneself, in my opinion. Digital technology, such as social media, can sometimes lead to traps in which people become trapped in a vicious cycle of energy use. When you exercise while deteching, you may be conscious of your physical body. While deteching, you can be mindful of your feelings by conversing with others or reading a book.

I opted to play LEGO during the time I was away from my digital gadgets. I finished the project as seen in the image above. I was completely absorbed in the game and did not notice the passage of time while playing LEGO. Instead of the emptiness that I had while I was on social media, it turned out to be a satisfying experience during which I felt a feeling of accomplishment.

Assignment 3/2: Digital Collage

 

The digital collage seen above was made with Adobe Photoshop. Digital collage, in my opinion, is an intriguing way to communicate thoughts and ideas. When compared to text, graphical images can be more informative and appealing. It's beneficial to convey certain abstract concepts and thoughts. The audience may immerse themselves in thinking about the meaning behind the works when witnessing the mix of diverse graphics. The beauty of digital collage is that it allows producers to create new meanings by combining clips from other images or paintings that already have significance.

The internet and online technologies are used to fuel Digital Collage as a creative expression. The internet offers a wealth of resources to creators. I used the internet to look out the statistics I needed for work and came up with a bunch of high-quality visuals. There are also several tools available to assist designers in the processing of visuals. I used Photoshop, for example, to trim photographs and apply effects to graphics.