re: The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet

Initially when reading this article, I thought that the difference the author was trying to establish between the web and the internet was, in his own words, a "trivial distinction" - but he says it is not, and I am now inclined to agree as well.

Of course it is inevitable that capitalism will worm its way into every facet of society that is possible - that's just how the structure of our capitalist society is. In most cases people are willing to pay more for the guise of convenience. Maybe in this instance it isn't quite a guise; certain apps can certainly make life easier by way of their instant access, so one doesn't have to go searching for it; "the screen comes to them, they don’t have to go to the screen."
But at the same time, half of the fun of the internet used to be just that - the searching, the randomness, the stumbling across something via way of casting out this wide net and seeing where it took you. With an app for every function, the randomness is eliminated, and if you want to stumble across something, well there is an app for that too. (Not that I'm taking a shot at Stumble Upon; I love that particular service.)

imovie assignment: liminal spaces

"The in-between place, the dead air pause, in between thought and action."



This video is essentially about liminality - all of the in between places in life. The transitional places not only between physical spaces, but between thoughts or even vocalized communications.  No matter where the person in the video is they are in between something, being neither here nor there. Even when they find a bright and flashy electronic party, they find them self wishing for "organic cures" as opposed to the likely chemical distraction.
Afterwards, they come out of it, zooming out and emerging on the path for an oubliette. (noun, french; a little place of forgetting. A small, windowless room where someone is locked away, forgotten, left to go mad.)

It is also supposed to be a comment on perspective and perception. At some points in the video, it is intentional that you are not sure exactly what you're looking at until the point of view is shifted, which is frequently how I find real life to be as well.

"Thoughts seem to stumble out of my mouth
I can't seem to stop and talk to them
Fear tries, to pierce the armor of truth
Hollow point sniper hyperbole

I can't, seem
To follow a pendulum
And there must be organic cures for me
Report to base
Instrumental Case
Here's the map to my oubliette"

Source footage:

Hollowpoint Sniper Hyperbole by USS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpmC3tVfK2g

Liminality of twilight 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yMVU3lY-ZM

Liminal Spaces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hv00ds6MP8

About Me ...

My name is Cassandra. I'm 22 years old, and currently attending York University in Toronto where I am a Communication Studies major.

The reason I am enrolled in the course "The Electronic Landscape" is because I have a background in photoshop and html from the college program I completed at Seneca@York (Corporate Media Production) and this was one of the few hands-on courses that was available to me. I wish to keep up to date with my new media skills and hope that this class will enable me to do so.

I am not terribly familiar with trends or artists in the field of new media and expect that I will learn lots. Broadening my understanding of this particular area will hopefully contribute to my career in event production and make me more knowledgeable about different mediums I can work with.

Visual Representation - Lab 1

The above image was comprised using the three following images:

The eye represents the way in which I see the world, and the positive and diverse outlook I try to maintain. (And I may just have a soft spot for rainbows.)

When I googled the word "communication" (as I am a communication studies major) one of the first images I saw was that which says it is a Mayan symbol for communication. I had never seen it before and it struck me as interesting and I really liked the symmetry. 

The third image was found when I looked for images of fire. Of all the pictures of fire that I was met with, I chose to work with this one because the dragon is my Eastern zodiac symbol corresponding to the year I was born (1988), and the fire is my Western zodiac element (I'm a Leo) - so this image was a culmination of both of those in a sense. And wings are just pretty nifty in general.