~ Détournement & Spectacle ~

This week we discussed the concepts of simulation, simulacra, hyperreality, spectacle, and societies of control. We talked about what goes into a mediated and controlled reality and whether or not it can be resisted. The most significant take away for me this week was solidifying how much modern reality is mediated by images and how...

DA Checkpoint – Evaluating & Moving Forward BETA BCM112

Quarantine Wellness & my TikTok account @Ok_Kelsea isn't working out how I initially planned; but I've learnt so much along the way. In this video I discuss the initial background for my project, the observations I've been able to make so far, show you some of the process I've gone through to get to the...

Monograms – VCD101 W8

The practise of using a Monogram has changed over time, suiting the needs and creative processes of the specific contexts/times they are used in. A Monogram normally consists of a few a person's initials - sometimes one or more letters intertwined. Monograms appeared on coins, embroidered onto household linens, clothing and more as early as...

~ From Chaos to Coherence ~ Framing & Schema

This week I played around iterating & framing the interview I posted last week to experiment with how the packaging of information can change the message. I would have liked to have explore triggering associative chains a bit more, but this remediation lent itself to be a bit more obscure - still making you question...

~ Meemee’s, War, 4chan & Red Lights ~ Distributed Media

https://soundcloud.com/kelsea-latham-924883639/meme-warfare-interview-meggen-pigram This week I had the honour (no pun intended) to get the perspectives of current Honours student Meggen Pigram on Meme Warfare and the power of distributed media. This 5 minute stream of consciousness podcast gives insight into the complexity of schema and the reality of how Memes can infiltrate our minds and control...

Ellen Lupton – VCD101 W6

"Think more, design less"Ellen Lupton Quality over quantityI think this quote can be interpreted in a number of ways, different days I read it differently - putting emphasis on different words and taking from it what I need. In this stage of my design process, it is an encouragement to consider the elements on the...

~ Produsage & Networked Participation ~

[Week 5] Internet paradigm I: Networked Participation and Collective Intelligence With a change of medium always comes a change in scale, so as we encountered a shift from analog to digital content we see change in the flow of content across platforms. With this we can also track a shift from passive consumers to active participants...

Designers & Reflection – VCD101 W4

RESEARCH: Paula Scher Born 6 October 1948. An American graphic designer, painter and art educator in design: From the Windows 8 to Tiffany & Co logo's, Paula Scher is a huge name in the graphic design field. She is internationally known for her work and has been awarded more than 300 awards by several international...

~ The Internet Paradigm ~

The Medium is the Message II: The Logic of Digital Production and the Network Economy This week we are challenged to consider another shift in emergent media, whilst keeping McLuhan's message in mind ~ Productions lines - Industrial vs Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxowsxv4Ems Internet aesthetics challenge traditional approaches to almost every existing model. Vaporwave, glitch art, hacking, modding,...