Block 1 (Mika): Dhruvi Acharya - what once was, still is, bit isn't,
2016
-thematically and aesthetically transforming a space (sacred, intimate, uncanny coziness.)
-symbols of comfort but something is….. off
-uncompromising set of decisions regarding outcome (color, shape, info)
-desire to explore and know more, read what’s on the walls
-aware of the hand
Block 2 (Lily): Tony Oursler
- “telecommunications, narrative
evolution, conspiracy, social media, facial recognition, mysticism”
- light as medium and/or emphasizer
-breaking out of square template
-painting with shape, silhouette, light, object, mirror, projection
-fractured/collaged subject
-warped nd humanistic
Block 3 (Miriamne): “The Internet is Rotting”
- how to use internet in radical/creative way
- given devices and conditioned to use them as much as possible but expected to adhere to internet decorum and rules But Why
- Bit Rot- Douglass Coupland
- how archival is the internet for real?
- disintegration and screen and information
- CORECORE
-"Before today’s internet, the primary way to preserve something for the ages was to consign it to writing—first on stone, then parchment, then papyrus, then 20-pound acid-free paper, then a tape drive, floppy disk, or hard-drive platter—and store the result in a temple or library: a building designed to guard it against rot, theft, war, and natural disaster."
- sourcing as glue
no filing library