Rough Draft Checklist (including final deadlines)

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Due posted on this blog by 5pm Monday, April 27th:

  • the work (image(s), link(s) to a video and/or link(s) to code-based work, or. this can be unfinished but should be something you can finish within a week
  • the work’s title
  • artist statement (see below) [SENIORS ONLY]
  • a representative image , 1080×1080 pixels (if you could only use one image this is the one)
  • a personal URL you will include in submission (optional) [SENIORS ONLY]
  • social media account links (optional) [SENIORS ONLY]

Before class on Wednesday, April 29th [SENIORS ONLY]:

Before May 4th end of day [SENIORS]:

Before May 4th end of day [JUNIORS]:

  • post your final project on the blog (e.g., video link, images, link to code, etc.)
  • post your title for that project on the blog
  • post a representative image

About the artist statement [SENIORS ONLY]–> I ended up removing the artist statement requirement from the syllabus post COVID, but now see it’s requested for the exhibition. Here is my quick guide to writing a statement:

  • ask yourself: what is your subject? IOW, what do you make work about? For me, this would be something like “the cultural effects of software.”
  • what is one or more question(s) you ask with your work? for example, mine would be something like: “how does an interface that foregrounds our friend count change conceptions of friendship?” Another could be: “Who benefits when a software system can understand how we feel?”
  • what mediums do you use? I use code, video, sound.
  • who might be interested? everyday users of software

Once you have some answers assembled, turn it into a quick statement such as this example for me:

“As an artist I focus on the cultural effects of software. How does an interface that foregrounds our friend count change conceptions of friendship? Who benefits when a software system can understand how we feel? To investigate these questions I use code, video, and sound to enable everyday users of software to reconsider their relationship to technology.”

Draft something for next week’s class (Apr 29) that we can look at.

Final project

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Survey results:

I interviewed some people to see what’s their opinion and feelings about their social media state change. Here are the questions I asked them:

  1. What’s it like to watch your fans grow?
  2. How does this affect self-perception/self-perception (self-esteem)?
  3. With more people following you online, do you think you have more friends in real life? Will you feel lonelier? / and not lonely)
  4. Does it feel like an addiction?
  5. How do you think the change of social status (rising fans) on online platforms has changed your life?
  6. What do you think of these platforms where you have a lot of followers? For leisure? Hobbies? Business?)

When people received a lot of “likes” or positive comments on social media platforms, they will feel more recognized by others and more confident. It’s common for people to have the feeling of addiction. When someone else’s “like state” is unstable, they will be afraid to see their dynamic state. They will get anxious when their fans are dropping. Compare to the off-line social, anxiety from social media platforms is renewed every second or minute.

With the development of fans, the idea of using social platforms as a career will arise, but most people will find it’s difficult and give up.

Final Project

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A video that complies videos and photos of articles and press conferences that discuss how the global pandemic is being handled in the United States. It starts from federal government and then moves down to my own personal community and the people that are affected by it.

Link to final project!!

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This was so much fun to do – a lot of hard work – but fun and so worth it for the final product. (We had a minor hiccup piecing it together since we had to export stuff to each other, but it’s almost 100% correct!) Also voice acting was interesting?? Haha! Not that it was anything dramatic but I’ve never done it before for characters – it was fun! 🙂 It was also just so nice to work on this project with Priyankka. I really enjoyed this semester with everyone and am sorry it ended this way, but we’ll all get through this together and come out stronger! Have a nice summer everyone! 🙂