Questions for week 2
1) Why was the period at the turn of the 20th century so important?
- There was an explosion of technological development at which gave rise to new a wide range of ideas and technologies. The biggest contributions were from the two sides of the war.
1) Why was the period at the turn of the 20th century so important?
- There was an explosion of technological development at which gave rise to new a wide range of ideas and technologies. The biggest contributions were from the two sides of the war.
2) What aspects of the Dada art movement are important from the point of view of the rise of the computers and digital visual media? (for example Marcel Duchamp's "readymades"?)
- These were loose political artists that contributed to art by using things that were normal objects in everyday life, and putting a spin on it. It seem to be used to create only shock value and a response really.
3) Name one aspect that links "The Man with a Movie Camera" with digital media according to Lev Manovich (ReadingsB)
3) Name one aspect that links "The Man with a Movie Camera" with digital media according to Lev Manovich (ReadingsB)
- One aspect on the link of between, ‘The Man with a Movie Camera.” And digital media is when he tested the limits of human vision with his Kino eye research, by tying the camera on top of cars and building, and superimposing these images together while slowing and speeding up the frame rates. This resulted in a “database of new interface operations which together aim to go beyond a simple human navigation through a physical space.” mark in cinema.
4) What was 'constructivism'?
4) What was 'constructivism'?
- An art revolution that theorized as ‘constructing’ the world around yourself.
5) What does Lev Manovich suggest are the 'three levels' of "The Man with a Movie Camera"?
He believed that new media concluded a hierarchy of levels as do Vertov’s film.
-One level is the story of a cameraman filming material for the film.
-The second level is the shots of an audience watching the finished film in a movie theater.
-The third level of this film, which consists from footage recorded in Moscow, Kiev and Riga and is arranged according to a progression of one day: waking up — work — leisure activities.”
6) Who first developed the idea of "Cybernetics"?
-Norbert Weiner
7) In "Computer Lib" Ted Nelson describes Hypertext as "Non ___________" writing
7) In "Computer Lib" Ted Nelson describes Hypertext as "Non ___________" writing
-Non-Sequential Writing
8) (Lecture) why were transistors, even though 100 times smaller than vacuum tubes considered impractical for building computers in the 1960s?
8) (Lecture) why were transistors, even though 100 times smaller than vacuum tubes considered impractical for building computers in the 1960s?
-At the time, it was impossible to wire all the transistors and components, aka the tyranny of numbers.
9) What was the name of the first commercial available computer (kit)?
9) What was the name of the first commercial available computer (kit)?
-The Altair 8800, in which it did absolutely nothing.
10.) In your own words: What are things going to look like in 20 years from now in the average living room in terms of digital visual media? What types of digital media will your kids be using around 2030?
-Answer emailed to David as specified.
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