If anyone is wondering where my notes are for class, I have decided to organize them privately then post them publicly at the end of the semester. Nothing against any of yall, it just is an easier system for me
I know we didn’t have a weekly challenge due but I actually made another short video work commenting on the chart discussed in weekly assignment 10! I took inspiration from the mention of “phubbing” someone and the big flashing videos discussing technology and it lead me to understand technology (in this instance) as an endless being with no clear end. If anyone wants to take a look, here is the link!
The Image I chose is a photo of myself and my girlfriend taken before we were together. It was taken in our first year in university, around the time when we had first met each other. The picture itself shows myself and her walking down a street at night with heavy rain coming down. Both of us are walking side by side away from the camera, each with one arm around one another. This photo is especially important to me because I feel it symbolizes a relationship between two people that was always there from the beginning. Since we weren’t together for this photo, I think it’s amazing to be able to look back on a moment captured in time and say to yourself “I guess it was meant to be”. Even if we cant predict the future, I think its awesome to have something in the back of your head that implies that you always knew what was going to happen, even if you didn’t expect it. I know this sounds really sappy, very time i’m with her, I always feel content and happy, and this picture proved to me that those emotions were always there. Nowadays we’ve been together for a while, and I have plenty of other great memories and photos that look much nicer (quality wise) , but this one will always stick in my mind as one of my favorites.
Hello everyone! My name is Roman Stepanik and I am new to your class! I’ll be meeting you all tomorrow but I thought I would throw this up beforehand. I haven’t quite figured out hive yet so here is a link to my APPLE project!
After reading this article, I found myself considering what I thought an image is. Although I am not a big fan of attempting to define art for the sake of analytical understanding, Mr. Cramerotti’s new definition for an image is very insightful. In terms of defining an image, I would agree that an image is absorbed more as a universal language than anything else. The idea of “the photographic” allows an image to occupy all corners of human interactions, allowing for an almost free interpretation when viewing and creating an image. Furthermore, the discussion between and within groups surrounding images or sets thereof further validates this classification. In this sense, a picture IS worth 1000 words if not more.
One passage that really stood out to me was the fact that photographs can be printed and passed from hand to hand, reproduced in books, newspapers and magazines, projected in galleries, community centers and public spaces, broadcast on television, streamed online or even processed by software that translate audio and sonic impulse in images, reveals that photography is clearly a matter of dissemination, and not of genre”. This passage/ paragraph in the article really shows the progression humanity has taken towards producing and absorbing images. With new mediums for photographs and images popping up everywhere, it is easy to see that the “classic” way to define an image is very restrictive to how an image enters our frame of understanding.
When observing image sharing sites like Facebook and Instagram, it is easy to see that the way images are created and shared has changed dramatically, even differing site to site. Somewhat unlike Instagram, Facebook contains any image you could ever want to find under the sun. Posters can either be groups or individuals, and after long term use, the images that you can see are curated to your current and ongoing interests. On both sites, the amount of online support for an image goes a long way, as the more “likes” an image receives, the “better” it is. In terms of personal posts, it appears posters seek to be “liked”, posting images of themselves or other things that boost their standing within their community. By doing this, these images lose their appeal very quickly in my opinion. If everyone is trying to doctor and manipulate their images to show their best side, then nobody has a best side.
Another question I would like to pose is: why are we attempting to define an image in the first place? As Cramerotti discussed in his piece, images have become ambiguous in nature, occupying space and time. If this is the case, what’s the point of defining it? Is it that we as humans are afraid of the unknown, or that we are trying to define a self-made creation that has become bigger than ourselves? Is it possible to accept that an image is undefinable?
Something else I noticed:
This paragraph was in the piece:
“Non c’è più “l’esterno”al visibiledal momento in cuisiamo costituitida esso. Mi rendo conto di essererecalcitrante su questo punto.Tuttavia,potrebbe essere possibile chel’immagine elo spettatore siano incastratiin un rapporto infinitamente reciproco?”
Translated:
There is no more “outside” to the visibiledal moment in cuisiamo constituted it. I realize that I am responsible for this point. However, could it be possible for the image and the viewer to be embedded in an infinitely reciprocal relationship?
Just a really quick and bad translation (thanks google) but I thought it was interesting.
I created a video but it looks like the hive stuff still isn’t working so I’ll just link to my google drive. When listening to the song, I felt calm, collected, warm, and for some reason lonely. Judging from the comments posted on the linked video version of the song, there was a strong connection with love and time. The song effected people differently, as it did for me on multiple listenings. To me the song is more about the unpredictability of love and life, so I tried to capture that with this video.
Im so sorry to anyone reading this but since I cataloged my notes in google drive, I lose all of the formatting when I move it over to this comment section: I compiled them all in a folder organized by date – the titles are on each set of notes! ( or at least I hope they are)
Here is a drive link to my project for our weekly media assignment. There isn’t a comment strain available for me to post :/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EdLRoxKx66SPqCXkKeOmix9rLHywtVyz/view?usp=sharing
Weekly Assignment 10 ^
If anyone is wondering where my notes are for class, I have decided to organize them privately then post them publicly at the end of the semester. Nothing against any of yall, it just is an easier system for me
I know we didn’t have a weekly challenge due but I actually made another short video work commenting on the chart discussed in weekly assignment 10! I took inspiration from the mention of “phubbing” someone and the big flashing videos discussing technology and it lead me to understand technology (in this instance) as an endless being with no clear end. If anyone wants to take a look, here is the link!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n1MmMBABO-7NY0PwxJwHB6ccmeotxrUW/view?usp=sharing
Based on weekly challenge 10
Weekly assignment 1:
The Image I chose is a photo of myself and my girlfriend taken before we were together. It was taken in our first year in university, around the time when we had first met each other. The picture itself shows myself and her walking down a street at night with heavy rain coming down. Both of us are walking side by side away from the camera, each with one arm around one another. This photo is especially important to me because I feel it symbolizes a relationship between two people that was always there from the beginning. Since we weren’t together for this photo, I think it’s amazing to be able to look back on a moment captured in time and say to yourself “I guess it was meant to be”. Even if we cant predict the future, I think its awesome to have something in the back of your head that implies that you always knew what was going to happen, even if you didn’t expect it. I know this sounds really sappy, very time i’m with her, I always feel content and happy, and this picture proved to me that those emotions were always there. Nowadays we’ve been together for a while, and I have plenty of other great memories and photos that look much nicer (quality wise) , but this one will always stick in my mind as one of my favorites.
weekly assignment 3
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hFy6huqq0MkhpDRjQT2xFugFkUKwDi9JvDyOOO6uzyI/edit?usp=sharing
Hello everyone! My name is Roman Stepanik and I am new to your class! I’ll be meeting you all tomorrow but I thought I would throw this up beforehand. I haven’t quite figured out hive yet so here is a link to my APPLE project!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13KvGmtiR1zsW4uwjQEWfEyLw6aB0YY5H-iwn70jb2n0/edit?usp=sharing
weekly assignment 2 ^
Weekly Assignment 4:
After reading this article, I found myself considering what I thought an image is. Although I am not a big fan of attempting to define art for the sake of analytical understanding, Mr. Cramerotti’s new definition for an image is very insightful. In terms of defining an image, I would agree that an image is absorbed more as a universal language than anything else. The idea of “the photographic” allows an image to occupy all corners of human interactions, allowing for an almost free interpretation when viewing and creating an image. Furthermore, the discussion between and within groups surrounding images or sets thereof further validates this classification. In this sense, a picture IS worth 1000 words if not more.
One passage that really stood out to me was the fact that photographs can be printed and passed from hand to hand, reproduced in books, newspapers and magazines, projected in galleries, community centers and public spaces, broadcast on television, streamed online or even processed by software that translate audio and sonic impulse in images, reveals that photography is clearly a matter of dissemination, and not of genre”. This passage/ paragraph in the article really shows the progression humanity has taken towards producing and absorbing images. With new mediums for photographs and images popping up everywhere, it is easy to see that the “classic” way to define an image is very restrictive to how an image enters our frame of understanding.
When observing image sharing sites like Facebook and Instagram, it is easy to see that the way images are created and shared has changed dramatically, even differing site to site. Somewhat unlike Instagram, Facebook contains any image you could ever want to find under the sun. Posters can either be groups or individuals, and after long term use, the images that you can see are curated to your current and ongoing interests. On both sites, the amount of online support for an image goes a long way, as the more “likes” an image receives, the “better” it is. In terms of personal posts, it appears posters seek to be “liked”, posting images of themselves or other things that boost their standing within their community. By doing this, these images lose their appeal very quickly in my opinion. If everyone is trying to doctor and manipulate their images to show their best side, then nobody has a best side.
Another question I would like to pose is: why are we attempting to define an image in the first place? As Cramerotti discussed in his piece, images have become ambiguous in nature, occupying space and time. If this is the case, what’s the point of defining it? Is it that we as humans are afraid of the unknown, or that we are trying to define a self-made creation that has become bigger than ourselves? Is it possible to accept that an image is undefinable?
Something else I noticed:
This paragraph was in the piece:
“Non c’è più “l’esterno”al visibiledal momento in cuisiamo costituitida esso. Mi rendo conto di essererecalcitrante su questo punto.Tuttavia,potrebbe essere possibile chel’immagine elo spettatore siano incastratiin un rapporto infinitamente reciproco?”
Translated:
There is no more “outside” to the visibiledal moment in cuisiamo constituted it. I realize that I am responsible for this point. However, could it be possible for the image and the viewer to be embedded in an infinitely reciprocal relationship?
Just a really quick and bad translation (thanks google) but I thought it was interesting.
weekly challenge 5:
I created a video but it looks like the hive stuff still isn’t working so I’ll just link to my google drive. When listening to the song, I felt calm, collected, warm, and for some reason lonely. Judging from the comments posted on the linked video version of the song, there was a strong connection with love and time. The song effected people differently, as it did for me on multiple listenings. To me the song is more about the unpredictability of love and life, so I tried to capture that with this video.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yd97WrzwCpR_7rdiRi9MRdO1j87XBWFO/view?usp=sharing
I had a short discussion with Heidi on the submission page but I cant find a way to transfer it over here
Weekly Challenge 6 – Mid term reflections
Katherine Frein & Roman Stepanik joint project and portrait of the other person
https://1drv.ms/o/s!AjdQThqL_A-VmWZiFjGN2zKtcNTj
Weekly Challenge 9:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aLaWaapN4bL-kyspFLJtCNqHv0VOgU91/view?usp=sharing
Im so sorry to anyone reading this but since I cataloged my notes in google drive, I lose all of the formatting when I move it over to this comment section: I compiled them all in a folder organized by date – the titles are on each set of notes! ( or at least I hope they are)
Here’s my “notebook” – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17uanljOX3Rk807KJ81cLirYyG4h621VH?usp=sharing
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AjdQThqL_A-VmWZiFjGN2zKtcNTj – Final discussion posted on Onenote