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Blog Prompt: Havidol

Blog Prompt: Havidol

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Discuss your reaction to "Havidol" by artist Justine Cooper.

http://havidol.com

What do you think Dysphoric Social Attention Consumption Deficit Anxiety Disorder is? What is the artist Justine Cooper critiquing? Why do you believe she has created such a convincingly real web site - and how does that impact her message?

Blog Prompt: The Carp and the Seagull

Blog Prompt: The Carp and the Seagull

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Discuss your reaction to "The Carp and the Seagull" by Evan Boehm. This site uses WebGL and will need to be viewed in Chrome:

http://www.greengoldenly.com/carpandseagull/video.html

 Why do you think the artist has created work that relies on the viewer in order to move the narrative forward? In what way is this same inclination reflected in his video installation, "Looking At a Horse"?

https://vimeo.com/75345839

Project One Research

The issue or component of the future I would like to focus on is the limitation of the human body; I would like to explore the possibility of cyborgs becoming a regular part of society.

According to an article on Phys.org, Professor Maciej Henneberg and Dr Aurthur Saniotis from the University of Adelaide, discuss their book The Dynamic Human, and the realm of possibilities that could emerge from morphing human bodies and artificial computer technology.

“While they believe that future humans will more readily combine their own organic material with technology, the authors caution that such enhancements must not ignore humans' highly complex biology,” the article states. “Among the future directions highlighted by the book is the wide range of mind and body enhancements potentially available to humans – from cybernetic implants that could connect our brains directly to computers, to nanotechnology, and a variety of medical prosthetics,” the article continues.

Cyborg technology would allow humans to replace parts that no longer function as they need to – failing organs, broken bones, disease, and brain damage could all be repaired or replaced, allowing the human race to push their limits and advance as a society.

"We are becoming increasingly dependent on such devices and it can become easy to think of the body as a kind of machine with parts that need replacing. Of course, the body is not a machine but an evolutionary organism of enormous complexity. The human mind is not a logical machine, it is a product of organic interactions. That complexity should not be underestimated," Dr. Saniotis claims.

By allowing cyborgs to become part of our culture, we are allowing the human mind to expand its knowledge of the world, which could lead to advancements in better human life and a better understanding of our world.

Ellis, David. “Cyborgs closer to reality in future stages of human evolution”. Phys.org. 27 May. 2016. Web. January 17. 2017. <https://phys.org/news/2016-05-cyborgs-closer-reality-future-stages.html>

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Project 1 Proposal

I thought I had posted this before surgery, but apparently I didn't (sorry!).  Here is my proposal:

For my project, I want to focus on the consequences (both good and bad) of social media.  As a communication and design art technology double major with a minor in digital media, I have a strong interest in how media will impact our lives in the short and long term.  The promising and strong side of having and using social media is that you can learn so much about the people around you, you can express yourself more easily, you can feel a sense of satisfaction and confidence and more.  The hurtful and negative side of having and using social media is that one can easily become addicted to using it, people can learn about you and use it to their advantage (which can be a pro and a con), you lose some privacy in what you do when you post and use geotags and more. Media growth and use of media can have a good and bad impact on a person’s everyday life, and I want to create a site that shows both of these sides and impacts.