91 Posts from March 2019

Kean University 2019, The Network

It’s One Thing to Talk About Accepting the FAIL…

Alan Levine aka CogDog on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

The whole notion of learning from failure is a motivational speaker industry. And it’s been part of my messaging, just recently for a talk to education students at the University of Regina. I often start technology talks with a promise that the technology will likely fail: If it does fail, then I met my expectations. If it doesn’t then I have exceeded them. Still sounds cliché, yes. But I firmly believe in the value of messing up in front, be […]

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#NetNarr Week 9: The Art and Message of The GIF

Alan Levine on March 26, 2019April 15, 2019

Conceived as means to send video-like content over extremely limited bandwidth of the late 1908s internet, the Animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) has evolved from tiny pixelated cartoonish media to evocative art at the same time becoming a primary way to extend the virality in social media of memes to ones that move.

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Net Art

janetrmaison on March 26, 2019

The studio visit with Alex Saum was nice. I have never heard of her or even her Art she has on YouTube. Watching her video and listing to her speak about her Art was something new to me. I am so in the dark when it comes to different kind of arts. I didn’t even know that art like that do exist. its cool and interesting to see how she uses digital art and Spanish to communicate to the world. […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

Net Art

janetrmaison on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

The studio visit with Alex Saum was nice. I have never heard of her or even her Art she has on YouTube. Watching her video and listing to her speak about her Art was something new to me. I am so in the dark when it comes to different kind of arts. I didn’t even know that art like that do exist. its cool and interesting to see how she uses digital art and Spanish to communicate to the world. […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

[Fieldguide] Article Review on: The Hidden Costs of Identity Theft

karelnavyblue on March 26, 2019April 1, 2019

URL Link to website: https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/the-hidden-costs-of-identity-theft/ The web article of “The Hidden Costs of Identity Theft,” by Ellen Sirull, is one that talks in good detail about the negative impact that identity theft has on its victims. This include the negative effects on their emotional state, financial status, and personal or private information. The article also references the organization of ITRC (Identity Theft Resource Center), as it is one that has recently gotten itself involved with this issue of identity […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

short, sweet, and (kinda) artsy

masooch94 on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019

Hello hello. Looks like this week we progressed from memes to Art. Net art. Digital art. Electronic art. I’m not gonna lie, this will probably be a relatively short post this week, mainly because we didn’t really have a Big Project to work on over the week. So here I am, with a few DDAs and an anecdote about digital art and electronic literature. here u go uwu Let’s get started. So in class last week we had a lovely chat […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

Memes to Net Art- Week 8

Leighann Soto on March 25, 2019

We are finally looking into some "brightness" on the internet. We looked at some Net Art last week and was also provided with some links that we can browse our selves. Some pretty good stuff!I am still having trouble figuring out what the "Field Guide" is all about and what I should be researching....The studio session with Alex Saum went well. There was some questions asked about what inspired her to be where she is? It was pretty interesting to […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

field guide attempt 0.4

masooch94 on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019

Before I get into anything, I just wanna say that yes, I am sort of neglecting the field guide prompt for this week’s post. I just… It’s not often that you find a pure beam of wholesome light on the internet and I just Need to share it with y’all. This morning (or maybe it was yesterday,,, the days are blurring in that way that only mid-semester days can,,,) in my Daily News Twitter scrolling, between a text meme and […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

Scadoo Into Net Art!

lillians02 on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019

"Art is in various forms. Take your pick." -Lilly S. We are halfway through the semester, and I am glad to say that I have learned about art and digital alchemy more than I expected to. I never thought I would take a class like this since I am unfamiliar with a topic as … Continue reading Scadoo Into Net Art! →

Kean University 2019, The Network

Color Your Way Through the Darkness {Fieldguide}

lillians02 on March 24, 2019April 2, 2019

This week for my fieldguide review, I decided to look at the art of Charles Csuri. We spoke about him in class, and I thought his idea of morphing images (overlaying and blending of visuals) was interesting. Csuri did this to form new images. In class, we reviewed his piece called "The Hummingbird." As I … Continue reading Color Your Way Through the Darkness {Fieldguide} →

Kean University 2019, The Network

Net Art & Self-Representation~

helterskelliter on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019

Hey ^.^ welcome back to my dark little corner of the web~ So, this week we explored the wonderful and burgeoning world of net art. Know Your Meme This is “born-digital” art that is created for and designed to be experienced online in a digital environment. That digital component is what delineates this kind of art from trad art. In many ways, this kind of art is liberated from the exhibition context of the museum in that the Internet becomes […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

Week 8

ambitiousisshe on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019

Another week filled with confusion. By now I thought I would have more understanding but now I feel like I’m barely getting by. This being my last semester I feel completely overwhelemed because I don’t understand what’s going on in this class. Maybe my interest level isn’t there because I just don’t get it at this point. I’m trying my hardest to understand what this class is all about but as the weeks go by nothing changes an I’m still […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

Exploring Net Art~

helterskelliter on March 23, 2019March 23, 2019

Hello~ This week, we’ve begun to explore the emerging and fascinating world of Net Art. In order to help familiarize us with more of the purview of this field, we were asked to explore the works of different artists and collectives. (Heck yeah!) I chose to explore the net art works of three very different people(?). Each work drew me to it for varied reasons. Mostly, I’m interested in how online spaces intersect with practices of identity construction so I […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

Detoxing in the Name of Field Guide

twodonutsmakeinfinity on March 23, 2019March 23, 2019

This particular Field Guide post is going to be very brief (and quick on my part) since I’ll be mentioning a website that I found for another project in another class. In short, I had to conduct a digital detox project, basically staying away from the internet for 24 hours, and write about how it went. For the write-up, I searched for a source to use as a reference point, and I stumbled upon an article called 9 Positive Benefits […]

Kean University 2019, The Network

From the Dark Room to the Pixelated Light

twodonutsmakeinfinity on March 23, 2019March 23, 2019

Say “cheese”! *snap* How is that for a start? Too predictable? Let’s make a game out of it and count how many people actually start their blog posts this way, or at least mention “cheese” at some point. The final number could be the amount of cheese samples we bring into the class on final day… maybe? I don’t know what I’m talking about, really. It seems that at times I merely fill space by talking “nonsense”. Oh, well. Speaking […]