FINAL PROJECT

note: This is a general guideline. Beyond these suggestions, I encourage you to find the best way for you to share what you learned, enjoyed, and are leaving our class with.

Introduction

In this course we have analyzed the relations between images, art, technology and society and the ways in which they pose radical questions to our understanding of the world, reality and our human condition at the turn of the 21st century.

Every week you have been asked to created a visual response to each of these topics. This final project is meant to offer a general view or final response to the topics of the class.

Goals

The goal of this project is to invite a overarching reflection on the topics and questions addressed in this course. It will represent a summary of your own views, the ideas that captured your imagination, or simply put, some of the thoughts that emerged from our encounters throughout the term

Assignment

Create a visual work that conveys your ideas and responses to the questions examined in our course.

This work is mainly a compilation of your weekly projects but will also incorporate other elements that will allow you to further elaborate on your ideas: class notes, comments, or views that have emerged from our discussions.

Questions

The key questions you should address are:

  • What is an image?
  • What is a digital image?
  • What is art?
  • The role of art in society
  • The role of imagination. What are the implications/responsibility for artists?
  • Technology and humanity: What is technology? What is humanity/ What makes us human? How are Technology and humanity connected?

You are not expected to provide a definitive answer to any of these. As we have seen, there are many dissenting and seemingly valid views. The intention is to comment on the many references from class and elaborate your own vision:

How will our relation to technology further develop?

Format

There is no preferred format: you can create a set of Newhive expressions, a video work, a power point presentation, or a pdf file.

Presentations and due dates

Presentations will take place in the last two weeks of classes. After your presentation you can improve your work to include the suggestions and ideas resulting from the discussion. The due date is the first Thursday after the last class

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    1. ***EDITED PROJECT***
      Please only click on the link below! This link will take you to the first page which are my thoughts on images, humanity and technology. Each heading on this page is linked to a different newhive piece so please click on each title “image”, “humanity”, and “technology” to view the piece that is related to that particular topic!

      http://newhive.com/bridget/final-project

    1. I updated my page… AE is really not friendly for beginners at all. I tried to render it several times just for getting a video with both images and sounds and they are all takes me like 3 hours.

  14. ***EDITED PROJECT***
    Please only click on the link below! This link will take you to the first page which are my thoughts on images, humanity and technology. Each heading on this page is linked to a different newhive piece so please click on each title “image”, “humanity”, and “technology” to view the piece that is related to that particular topic!

    http://newhive.com/bridget/final-project

  16. My final projects consists of 3 Newhive Expressions, with the themes of Images, Humanity and Technology.
    They consist of personal notes and class material that we have covered in class.
    I have made it so that YELLOW TEXT will open a new window to display the relevant homework assignment.

    http://newhive.com/jey/image
    http://newhive.com/jey/humanity
    http://newhive.com/jey/technology

    In addition, here is my Newhive as a reference for other weekly assignments that were not involved in the Newhives.

    Thank you!

  21. https://vimeo.com/212658414

    Humanity, we can never learn to be satisfied with what we have now and we are always trying to improve. Our curiosity and imagination is what made it possible for us to always obtain new knowledge and utilizing that knowledge to create new ideas, art, and technology.

    Even today, with the development of AI, we know that they could become a serious threats to humanity, however, we persist. Our curiosity and imagination drive our pursuits into the unknown.

    When I was working on my project, two stories came to my mind. One is the story of Icarus. A story about a man named Icarus, who died from getting too close to the sun with his wax wing. The other one is the Tower of Babel where people attempted to build a tower that’s tall enough to reach heaven. This upset God and as result He made human speak different languages and it had brought division amongst humanity.

    If we keep on developing and advancing technology, will we continue to reap the benefits? Will we see ourselves subjected to the consequences of our curiosity, similar to the fore mentioned stories?

  22. ** Trying to post again as it said my comment was awaiting moderation. Originally posted on April 6, 2017 at 10:47 pm,”

    My final projects consists of 3 Newhive Expressions, with the themes of Images, Humanity and Technology.
    They consist of personal notes and class material that we have covered in class.
    I have made it so that YELLOW TEXT will open a new window to display the relevant homework assignment.

    http://newhive.com/jey/image
    http://newhive.com/jey/humanity
    http://newhive.com/jey/technology

    In addition, here is my Newhive as a reference for other weekly assignments that were not involved in the Newhives.

    Thank you!

  23. Hi! Dear classmates, here’s my final project/visual essay, the title is “The World as One” – please watch with the volumes on 🙂
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    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7nmXJzofJ2ObWtqSDFKUHNMZzA
    I can’t seem to upload the high quality version, try this link? https://vimeo.com/213310596
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    (the transcript of the voiceover text can be viewed here:
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-r35bzdQsvJesw1ffXypJHVEssoGPic8nPlUHwOQk2E/edit?usp=sharing)
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    I hope you’re all having a fantastic end-of-the-term time, good luck on all your exams!

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