Images have been with us since the beginning of times. They are reservoirs of our memories, emotions, successes, failures, dreams….
But what is behind this drive of creating images?
What is the true nature of our relation to them?
Do we create images? Do they create us?
How to create an image, What is involved in this act?
What are the forms images can take?
What is the relation between images and the real?
What is an image?
What is real?
Homework
“image of image” photoshop artwork
2 layers:
one the background is the photo I have taken last year in Beckenried.
the ps pattern is the one moon surrounding cloud I have created in photoshop.
I combine the two in different opacity
https://drive.google.com/open?id=11Cb4ssHAIGGeHM6CpNQMmV-Llr1R4vUo
It is interesting to think about the relationship between an image and the real in today’s online and technological world. People see images everyday, but as technology continues to develop it becomes harder to know if an image is authentic (ie. it shows something real, something genuine) or if an image is dishonest (ie. it is manipulated or staged). It is important to be media literate in a time where fake news and manipulation is so dominant because it allows us to evaluate and analyze the information we are being fed by ourselves and become dependent on our own skill. Having the ability to critically think and assess what we see will enable us to not get trapped in the digital lies we are constantly surrounded by.
The following link allows you to test your own ability to determine if something is real or fake, give it a go!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-27/fake-news-part-one/10308638