{"id":72,"date":"2018-04-18T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T23:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/?p=72"},"modified":"2018-04-18T16:01:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T23:01:36","slug":"loop-an-interactive-visual-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/2018\/04\/18\/loop-an-interactive-visual-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Loop: An interactive visual essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/files\/2018\/04\/30725047_10157277801278154_498252893946642432_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1526\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/files\/2018\/04\/30725047_10157277801278154_498252893946642432_n.png 1526w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/files\/2018\/04\/30725047_10157277801278154_498252893946642432_n-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/files\/2018\/04\/30725047_10157277801278154_498252893946642432_n-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/files\/2018\/04\/30725047_10157277801278154_498252893946642432_n-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/files\/2018\/04\/30725047_10157277801278154_498252893946642432_n-624x352.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1526px) 100vw, 1526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Loop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is system of files that cycles a user endlessly from file to file to file. Inspired by concepts from Kittler and Vismann, the piece explores the construct of the digital file as a media of storage, transmission, and administration. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Loop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also plays with the underlying recursivity in media, a nod towards Kittler\u2019s digital binary and Horkheimer and Adorno\u2019s idea of media sameness. Its interactive form, while presenting a sense of autonomy, is ultimately a futile act through the constraints of a looped system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Download for <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/files\/2018\/04\/Loop-1.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mac<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/files\/2018\/04\/Loop.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Angela Leung and Rosanna Chung<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loop is system of files that cycles a user endlessly from file to file to file. Inspired by concepts from Kittler and Vismann, the piece explores the construct of the digital file as a media of storage, transmission, and administration. Loop also plays with the underlying recursivity in media, a nod towards Kittler\u2019s digital binary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mediasiteprojects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}