Kerri's presentation on internet, film, and media was probably the most applicable class session to my major. As a DIVAS major, interactivity between artist and user, as well as between different artistic mediums, are important topics of discussion. It's exciting to be apart of something so culturally relevant and groundbreaking. Every skill I'm learning right now is going to equip me with endurance and innovation to create the science fiction future we've hoped for all along. Robots, complex databases, and saving the world were only dreams of yesterday, but now we've built our superpowers. We're living science non-fiction.
With final project well underway, I've had to conceptualize many projects, based on the integration of various media forms. Particularly applicable to Monday's lecture is my Web Design final project. I'm using various containers comprised of Iframes in order to create a varying visual representation of something that's important to me--drums. Each container will have photographs that will change when clicked. There will also be audio. Each click will result in a different audio loop, creating a similar effect to the interactive orchestra that was demonstrated in class. Except I'm not capable of such a complex interface yet! I don't know how to use Flash yet, but am excited to take a couple classes in the fall specifically focused on multimedia for the web. I do use After Effects extensively in my coursework and I found its applications to web media very compelling.
What's in the future for web media? Film? Any art form? The digital age has so many exciting and unknown things on the horizon that will seem elementary when we look back 20 years from now. The information age is overwhelming, but I can't help but be a part of it.
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