Class was very entertaining today since we were picking our groups for our project, and finding out our topics for the project. It was entertaining since it took so long, hahaha. I finally go paired into the collapse of energy with a wonderful group of ladies, so i gathered in the 10 minutes i was talking with them, and i believe that this presentation will go smoothly and successful. Have a good break folks
Friday, March 21, 2008
Minute Paper 3/20
Media (3-20-08)
After a long way of voting for the best two topics we finally came to
the bottom line of the exciting and challenging project ahead of us.
Even though media is not my comfort but to work in a group by gathering
information I guess its going to be okay. When our group started
brainstorming we focused on the bigger picture which confused everybody
but then when we asked Stuart our group kind get the narrow idea of how
our scenario will looks like. Our future is the collapsed scenario of
the media. We exchange our email so that during spring break we will
send each other our ideas of how our scenario is going to be and put
things together into a complete collapsed futures of the media. Like I
mentioned above this project is going to be challenging for me and at
the same time, fun and exciting. Hope everyone a safe and sound spring
break. Looking forward to release the hotness in this project.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Minute Paper 3/20
And soooo it begins..
well today's class marks the start of our project of future studies. I'm definitely looking forward to getting this thing rolling and I can't wait to see the ideas the other groups have came up with. I was surprised to see the vast amount of topics that the two classes came up with! 38 different topics! lol damn..it was quite funny too on how we had a short list..and a short short list. The final 9 or 8 was made up with some very important topics but the final two were fine choices I think. I'm hoping that the project will go through smoothly and also have a big impact on those it will effect. have a great spring break everyone!
minute paper 3-20
Today in class we republicly elected 2 issues energy and media. Originally i felt i got stuck with media, however, after a quick clarification with stuart, i think i got a pretty good grasp on this collapse theory of the media. About the readings, i felt that Lasn was the type of guy who would put a death threat on my gas guzzling SUV, or be associated with the bombing of an abortion clinic. Ramos was an advocate of a more subtle and less radical approach to culture shock, and did not promote a "by any means necessary" mentality. I feel that keeping it clean, just and moral is necessary in order to keep clear of the guerilla warfare that Ramos promotes.
minute paper [20 mar]
today we brainstormed topics for our projects and voted on the two that we wanted to work with. there were tons of ideas as the class is so diverse. it took a while to vote, in the end media and energy were our two issues; they are both such broad topics that you really can't go wrong.
it was great to finally meet in our groups. i'm looking forward to getting this project started!
MIN PAPER 3/21/08
Again the future is something that is unknown but making predictions helps others draw away from unwanted outcomes of the future. with our new projects i think we should be able explain all of possible futures. The magnitude of different ideas is a little difficult but thats the reason why we get more than on class session. choosing those futures was hillarious watching everybody agree and disagree. hahahaha crazyyyyyyy
topic received... wahoo
alright... i am pretty stoked on this project. its fun involving new people to our set of active minds! hopefully over break we'll all have time to do some researching about our topics. also, i can't believe that i was assigned collapse. i have had post collapse scenarios every single time we have had a futures project to work on. i was even given the collapse post-hurricane postcard at the beginning of the semester. i am pretty sure i am doomed. thats just a thought. good luck info-hunting everyone!
Minute Paper 3/20
I must admit that I was more than a little sad that we removed population from the list even though it was four votes in the lead, but I guess that’s the way it goes. Anyways, I’m glad that the guidelines are set and the groups are decided so that we can focus on our projects. I do have one question though Stuart, are we mostly being graded on how our art projects come out or how we present our art in public?
Oh, and as a side note to Michelle and Hannah, wow I can’t believe how stupid I’ve been for taking that route out of school, five seconds after talking to you I broke out laughing at myself, so thanks for pointing out that I was seriously wasting my time =)
Mark Alexander
Andrew's Minute Paper 3/20
One important question that was asked in class that it seemed was sort of dismissed by the instructors today was a question as to who our intended audience was. The question as to whether we were aiming for on campus or broader for this project when it came to voting for topics seemed to be brushed aside. However, I feel that it was an important question, because one of the most fundamental concepts of advertising, which is what we are doing in a fashion, is to know your target consumer. From that both our product and method should be determined. Fortunately, the class chose to vote for topics of more universal enough for the broader audience, but still leaving the option of a more focused approach.
On a similar vein, there was the Ramos reading for class. In much the same way, futures studies and information need to follow that same advertising model, of trying to adapt the commercial for the target consumer, as it were. We must avoid being like some of the articles relating to the futures, in which it is viewed from an entirely clinical viewpoint.
minute paper 3/20
Class today was pretty amusing. From deciding on topics to consolidating and eliminating (I'm pretty mad about SEX being consolidated and then wrongfully taken off the list) it was a funny process. Finally, we got to see who we would be working with. I'm excited to start the project and turn some heads around campus.
Minute Paper 3/20
Today's class was necessary but really boring. I do not care what the domain for the project is so I was not interested in voting or making suggestions. I think we should've spent more time on brain-storming with our groups rather than taking that much time to find two topics. I'm sure not everyone feels the same way, but I would be fine with being assigned a domain because I think it is easier. It saves time if we are given the situation because then we do not have to figure out what exactly we want to do with this broad topic. After we figure out our exact topic, then we have to figure out exactly what direction we want to go in. This all takes time that we do not really have. Well I hope our group can be productive over the break and when we come back so we are ready for Thursday and I hope the same for all of the other groups
Future Artifact (Take Two)
Sorry I guess my first picture was from an unexceptable source so here is my revision:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APvW1OELo-k
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
3/18/08
On Wednesday, We went over the concepts and project we talked about in many previous classes. Stuart retold the stories of all those amazing experiences polisci class conducted at Chinatown. Which got some awes and concerns. It's perfectly understandable if somebody has concerns about that kind of experiments because It could actually cause more trouble then what we actually expect to have. However It's all good because It's really carefully thought out and try to minimize the damage. I'm looking forward to get this thing started when I comeback from Spring Break.
minute paper
yesterday was pretty much a review of what we have already been doing, as well as an introduction to the upcoming project. I really like the idea of arifacts from the future, these artifacts make it easier for us to realize or make real these potential futures, by having a tangible piece of evidence "from the future" then photographing it "in time and place" it makes the future a part of history thus much easier to swallow as if a true fact.
Minute Paper 3/18
I don't know why i didn't do this right after class yesterday, but i didn't and i'm doing it now. Class yesterday was pretty boring since we went over things that we've gone over before, but i'm still lost on what we are really doing for our project. I guess that we will find out thursday probably and hopefully i can think of something good to do for it.
i never realized how many psych majors we have in our class. do they
tell everyone in the psych department to head on over to the polisci
department? maybe the psych dep is pawning off students... just a
theory.
i am really excited about the project we are working on because it
will be great to get another new point of view from the design majors
of community members in the pacific new media class. i am curious if
we are going to pick our own groups or if they will be assigned to us.
either way it should be fun. i hope that we can come up with some
really fresh ideas to actually install or distribute. not only are we
getting a chance to express our political opinions through potentially
beautiful means, but we also get to actually show people. i feel like
great art of all kinds is made everywhere all the time but either the
makers don't share it or the viewers don't get a chance to see or
experience it.
anyways, this project will hopefully be a mind expanding experience.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Andrew's Minute Paper 3/18
In a way, I find I have trouble finding anything worthwhile to mention regarding class today because, for the most part, it was a review for us (while new for the art students). However, I did find that actually meeting the group and taking the first step in the project in the process acted as a sort of catalyst for ideas for the project. As we re-watched the videos, I started thinking about presentational and conceptual ideas from some of the examples that could be incorporated into the project. What probably stood out most in my mind was the sheer variety of approaches. Would a brochure or pamphlet from a future scenario be best, or an image, or an artifact?
Another thing that I hadn't really noticed before, but that also got me think, was that there has been a kind of focus on the negative futures, giving me a goal of presenting a positive future for this project.
Minute paper [18 mar]
It was great to finally get more information on what we will be doing for our project with the art students. Going over some of the examples of "artifacts" in class today refreshed my memory on how important it is to stimulate ideas so that people start seriously thinking about the future. I am really looking forward to getting together on Thursday so further discuss this project. I think that it will be a fun, new way to put our ideas into messages that could potentially have an impact on the community.
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Minute paper(3-18-08)
Today's class we finally combined with the art class and listening to
the introduction gave the insights of some interesting background by
means of the different major from each individual in the art class. I
think the whole future jamming project is going to be exciting, fun and
helpful for both classes. I agreed with what you say that the art class
has their own part in contributing to the project and our class has our
view of what the project will come out. With the combination of two
strong classes, the ideas in formulating and putting out the project
will achieve successfully. It is also an innovative and distinctive way
to learn from the art class and vice versa. I am looking forward to
start the project and gather ideas for this intellectual scheme. We
also reviewed all the videos about the future and the art class gets to
see some of the examples of the future project you have been working on
already. I also think that this project will be a reasonable view of
what we've been always talked about in class on future jamming, since
we are going to make our own futurist project. It's going to be an
enjoyable hands-on experience for me.
03.18.08
i really enjoy hearing about all of the the projects
that the futures program has come up with; they are
all so creative and unique. it's going to be very
intertesting to see how our futures artifact
assignment plays out. i'm still totally unsure of the
exact details of the project, and so im a little
nervous. i think it's going to be quite a challenge to
come up with a novel idea that communicates a possible
future to the general public. i definitely want to
have some degree of impact on the community but i have
no idea what kind of message i want to convey or how
to do so. i hope we are given more direction on
thursday so that we are able to brainstorm over spring
break.
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Minute Paper 3/18
Today was pretty much just a review of many of the concepts we have studied throughout the semester and meeting the art students we will be collaborating with. So overall there isn’t to much to report on today’s class, but I can say that I’m looking forward to finding out how everyone and everything will be arranged and seeing and hearing the different ideas that will come out of this project.
Mark Alexander
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minute paper 3/18
It was nice to finally get to see some of the students we will be working with on our future artifact project. I think that seeing some of the videos again with the rest of the art class helped me to come up with some ideas and get a little bit more excited about the project as a whole. Im really looking forward to the next class where we start collaborating.
Better futures artifacts...
1. “On Target” Video Game Urinal
6. Transparent Toaster
5. Origami DVD Player
4. Self Cooling Beer Can
Theres more at http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-strangest-gadgets-of-the-future
if you're interested.
Minute paper for March 18, 2008
Today's class was basically an introduction to our final project with the art students where we are to create a futures artifact through art, whether it be digital, performance, etc. Pretty much the class started off where we introduced ourselves, then it went into just watching and seeing some of the futures projects we've seen before and getting a deeper explanation of it all. The news clip at the end was pretty confusing because it was a real news station showing a hoax as though it were real, and I didn't really understand until the end. I'd like my groups project to get to the extent where people who don't really understand what we're doing are exposed to it, just so I can see their reactions, and because it creates more of an impact. I hope people have some great ideas...because I haven't come up with any! However, I'm excited to get to work!
Minute paper 3/18
So today's class was pretty much a recap for our class on the upcoming
project we will be doing with the art class. I look forward to this
project with great enthusiasm because of the fact that we are given this
opportunity to express our visions of the future through the form of
art. I can't wait to see what kinds of things will be created at the
end of this experiment!
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one minute paper 3/18
In todays class it was sort of a review for the politcal science students because we had already seem most of the stuff that was being talked about. I think that this project is going to be very interesting and the only thing that i am having trouble with is what to do it on. I really have no ideas i am not really the creative type person, so that is good that i will be paired up w a bunch of artistic and creative people to help me. I think once i recieve a topic i will be able to very well on this project.
minute paper
Today we were introduced to the design class that we will be working
with. I believe that it will be a great collaboration. What we saw
today was remarkable, that how could they get that out there like that,
with out a big budget affair. I thought it was cool , because i think
little gestures tend to effect people more. THey do not push it on
people or scare them as much, so they are then more open to what it is
about. Over all the ideas were great, and simply yet so effective.
minutemen march1808
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future pics?
an artist's depiction of a futuristic industrialized area.
(http://emze.deviantart.com/art/futuristic-industrial-area-60411970)
an artists tweaked image, in his futuristic attempt, they edited an enormous tower and a street leading to it...(http://snogo.deviantart.com/art/COLLAB-THE-MONOLITH-26640374).
Future artifact
The image i found is about a contact lens that is internet capable. I found this interesting because computers these days are getting smaller and smaller and this articles says that you are able to search the web through your contact lens.
http://www.samiviitamaki.com/2008/01/24/the-future-is-already-here/
http://www.wfs.org/M-A2008_Visions.pdf
ok sorry i posted so many links but i think this one is more along the lines of what we are looking for... in the picture it shows people sitting next to each other but communicating through virtual reality type headsets. perhaps the seemingly strange shape of the headsets isn't quite how i would picture it... but the general idea of real human disconnect is pretty clearly expressed. it seems as though people don't actually need any social skills to be socially successful recently (not that i have very many years to compare today to)... also, when people can meet online or through their virtual reality, they basically get to make themselves into what ever they'd like. our profiles on social networking sites like myspace and facebook, or the tags that represents us in blogging worlds are just single ideas of ourselves. in a sense, our created identity that we use to communicate to others around us is separating us from each other. the constant texting, emailing, and facebooking gives a sense of intimacy that we may be looking for while we sit across from each other at a table with our heads down at our own cell phones. do we love our gadgets, computers, and websites more than we spend real time with our friends and family?
Future Artifact: Cutting Board Digital Scale
We have a high tech cutting board with a marked area for weighing your ingredients as you cut them. In a totally futuristic style, the weight is written for you in electronic red ink right on the cutting board. This is a useful product for the advanced chef, or someone cooking those more difficult recipes that call for a level of precision beyond a pinch and a dash. The board is 10 inches x 15 inches and measures weight in grams.
http://openthefuture.com/2007/01/make_your_own_artifacts_from_t.html
this is a newspaper from the new york times in the year 2016, it attempts to define this concept of singularity, or the point at which our technology exceeds our ability to comprehend it. this scenario is analogous to the terminators, judgement day and rise of the machnes, or the point at which machines start thinking for themselves and make their own decisions. The article says that this day is still a few decades away if it occurs at all
Monday, March 17, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FS2TiK3AI
i think this kind of thing may be already happening...? i guess this one isn't as ridiculous or far off... but still really cool.
ok last try if its not shown just click
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Future Artifact
http://www.scifi.com/eureka/madeineureka/products/household/#vmw
All I was able to find was actually from some of the advertisements for the show Eureka, on SciFi, from their website. It is from a series of fake advertisements for non-existent products, all falling into the category of 'futuristic'. However, it does present an interesting future artifact, a window in which one can see whatever one desires to see, essentially removing the view/location element to property, limiting it instead to practical considerations, such as the convenience of the location, and so forth.
Andrew
ordering pizza in the future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lVTDY75mlA&feature=related
This video is so convincing! The way things are going, it won't be long before this scenario becomes a reality. I certainly wouldn't like anyone, much less my pizza guy, to know my personal information without my permission! It takes away your freedom, your individuality. :(
Artifacts from the future
Sorry, the first one didn't come out right, but here's the right one. These are two different artifacts from the future. The video from youtube below this picture is the very convincing and controversial scenario of how the future in 2009 the depiction of the Japanese artifacts from the future should be. What should've happen and what should've not happen?
http://www.youtube.com/v/kKQx9mfj2bU&hl=en
ruta f.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
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