75 Posts from February 2018

Open Participants 2018, The Network

Inside the #NetNarr Alchemy Lab: An Open Invitation to Collaborate

dogtrax on February 18, 2018February 18, 2018

A group of us who are in the Wide and Wild Open Community of Networked Narratives decided we want to put into practice the elements of those networks and narratives with a collaborative transmedia project. Transmedia concepts involve various forms of digital media, and digital platforms, connected together into one larger story thread. We’re calling this project “MediaJumpers”, and our tagline is “Every Object Tells a Story.” We’re using the concept of the magical “Alchemy Lab” as the setting for […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

On Selfies

Justin G. on February 18, 2018February 19, 2018

My Daily Digital Alchemies: @netnarr #dda157 pic.twitter.com/sBcYNJqhh4 — Justin George (@Justinsightfuls) February 18, 2018 @netnarr #dda158 pic.twitter.com/sZZUIV0kXs — Justin George (@Justinsightfuls) February 18, 2018 On Selfies After doing some quick maths, I’ve concluded that the average number of selfies I have taken per year average around 3.5. Compare that to some people, where 3.5 is the daily average. No, it’s not necessarily either one of us that’s doing something wrong, but rather that both represent opposite ends of the spectrum […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Reflections of Us

helterskelliter on February 17, 2018February 18, 2018

What the Professors did not know when they turned the whole world into a glass eye is what would reflect back. See, they made the eyes out of mirrored glass. Covered spires and lampposts, windows and concrete with tiny, shiny eyes–always watching, always showing. Without pupils or irises, they seem to follow you, act out your life in their little sclera screens for you. Beads of silver beneath moonlight–darkness the only safe place, now. Reflected back, we saw how small and easy we […]

Open Participants 2018, The Network

Demystifying Doodles

NomadWarMachine on February 17, 2018February 17, 2018

I’ve been thinking a lot about creative processes recently – about how, if all one sees is the end product, it’s easy to assume that the creator produced it effortlessly. This morning, as I was doodling a happy birthday message for Susan, I was thinking about this again. Now, I don’t pretend that my doodles are works of creative genius, but I’ve picked up little tricks so that I can do them quickly, and not get bogged down in the […]

Open Participants 2018, The Network

Video Annotation: Emilio Vavarella and the Art of the Digital

dogtrax on February 17, 2018February 17, 2018

A Networked Narratives hangout last week with digital artist Emilio Vavarella provided some keen insights into how an artist might use digital tools and technology to make statements on the connected world. I popped the video of the interview into Vialogues so I could watch at my leisure and add comments/ questions/ observations as I went along. Emilio has done some pretty interesting art endeavors and museum installations, including: The Captcha Project, which critiqued the concept of human labor in […]

Open Participants 2018, The Network

The Fragmented Me (Exploring Selfies in an UnSelfie World)

dogtrax on February 16, 2018February 16, 2018

We’re exploring the art and act of Selfies in Networked Narratives, as Mia Zamora and Hannah Kelley are researching the impact of selfies and plan to curate a public art exhibit under the banner of #SelfieUnselfie in Norway. Both are on Fulbright Scholarships right now and focused on digital literacies (I think). Take a look/listen to their project and their invitation: True story: an hour after watching that video by Mia and Hannah and thinking about the idea of the […]

Open Participants 2018, The Network

#NetNarr: More Poems to Network By

dogtrax on February 14, 2018

In my move to not lose too many of the small poems and wanderings I am doing for the Networked Narratives daily prompts, I am trying to curate my digital work into video collections (although I know it all gets collected at the Arganee site, too). The above video is the latest round of pieces. And down below is the first round of pieces. Peace (keep it safe), Kevin

Open Participants 2018, The Network

Selfie Unselfie Project

Wendy Taleo on February 14, 2018February 14, 2018

Unselfie Title: Who am I looking at?I question my selfWhat is my normalHow can I portray the digital versionWhat happens to my embodimentWhere is my fingerprintI am unique and trackableIs my eye in contact with youWhere is your replyDo I look at myselfDo I look at the future viewers(That posthuman lens)One last glimpseWhere are my hands, wrist, elbow, ankle1 minute / 8 shots / choose one / upload / download /New postInsert image / Write / Preview / Edit / […]

Open Participants 2018, The Network

Slice of Life: A Meme Walks Into the Classroom

dogtrax on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018

(This is for the Slice of Life challenge, hosted by Two Writing Teachers. We write on Tuesdays about the small moments in the larger perspective … or is that the larger perspective in the smaller moments? You write, too.) Most mornings, we have a Circle of Power and Respect in our sixth grade classroom. It’s a version of Morning Meeting, aimed more for older students. At this point in the year, I have my students lead all aspects of our morning. One […]

Announcements, Netnarr in 2018

Week 5.0: Looking into (and out from) the Selfie

Alan Levine on February 12, 2018January 17, 2019

Like meme images we studied last week selfies are something we probably do not need to explain to you. They are a form of public media expression that has evolved into a thing of their own because of networked social media, and to many, a genre of digital art.

The Network

Eponymous Topic and the Internet

Katherine on February 12, 2018

So, as you can see, this NetNarr blog is called The Wunderkammer. You can also see that some of my work for the NetNarr class (like my DDAs and one of my entries into the Digital Art Referencium) has involved the same term and concept. <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”><a href=”https://twitter.com/netnarr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@netnarr</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/dda150?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#dda150</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/netnarr?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#netnarr</a> A raccoon skull (and other goodies) from my wunderkammer. <a href=”https://t.co/9V7MLi9ktw”>pic.twitter.com/9V7MLi9ktw</a></p>— Katherine Marzinsky (@KMarzinsky) <a href=”https://twitter.com/KMarzinsky/status/963217158917455878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>February 13, 2018</a></blockquote> https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The wunderkammer (wonder room), or cabinet […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Eponymous Topic and the Internet

Katherine on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

So, as you can see, this NetNarr blog is called The Wunderkammer. You can also see that some of my work for the NetNarr class (like my DDAs and one of my entries into the Digital Art Referencium) has involved the same term and concept. <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”><a href=”https://twitter.com/netnarr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@netnarr</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/dda150?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#dda150</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/netnarr?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#netnarr</a> A raccoon skull (and other goodies) from my wunderkammer. <a href=”https://t.co/9V7MLi9ktw”>pic.twitter.com/9V7MLi9ktw</a></p>— Katherine Marzinsky (@KMarzinsky) <a href=”https://twitter.com/KMarzinsky/status/963217158917455878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>February 13, 2018</a></blockquote> https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The wunderkammer (wonder room), or cabinet […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

If You Like it, Then You Should Make a Meme of It!

Stephanie Jones on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

I LOVE Beyonce! And I am even more excited that I get to use Beyonce in this blog post! This is actually one of my favorite memes. Now, I made this one but there is a picture of a meme in my class that says, "If you want a grade then you shoulda put your name on it." I actually have a bulletin board full of different meme sayings. I don't know why I didn't think of it before now. Okay, I […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Memes and Selfies

Marissa on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

I love that this class recognizes the importance of something as seemingly-silly as memes in the overall narrative that is digital culture in the 21st century. Memes are very important because, as I mentioned in class, they're a form of communication that we tend to take for granted. For example, I mentioned The Meme Bible, a gift I bought for my friends (10/10 recc, by the way, buy it immediately #notspon). When I looked through the activity book, I realized that […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Memes and Selfies

Marissa on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

I love that this class recognizes the importance of something as seemingly-silly as memes in the overall narrative that is digital culture in the 21st century. Memes are very important because, as I mentioned in class, they're a form of communication that we tend to take for granted. For example, I mentioned The Meme Bible, a gift I bought for my friends (10/10 recc, by the way, buy it immediately #notspon). When I looked through the activity book, I realized that […]