This semester has been an amazing experience. So here are the light-bulb moments:
1. My first project: “Self Portrait: Naive and I know it.” For me, each piece of this assignment was a piece of myself that had just been building up, waiting to burst forth onto some kind of medium, and I finally had that opportunity, so I wasn’t going to waste it by doing something that wasn’t worthwhile or meaningful to myself.
2. “John Cage: The Art of Noticing.” Looking at John Cage’s work in class and then later at home, I felt inspired to try and experiment not just with content but the way in which I present my content, that is the very essence of the medium itself, as each story has and needs a different aura and therefore aesthetic feel to it, and therefore should be presented in a different way (kind of like a Wes Anderson movie).
3. “Integrating Theory and Practice: Editing.” I’ve always been incredibly intrigued by the practice of editing and yet at the same time stifled by the theory and ideas behind it as well. For me, listening to Liam Ward’s guest lecture and then going and exploring the idea’s of editing really helped, and inspired me with tying the concepts and practical nature of editing together.
4. “Zoom H2N Sound Recorder Practice.” This semester (especially the first and second projects) have for some reason fostered a fascination within me surrounding sound and the creation of deep and complex, layered soundscapes. This workshop activity really showed me the versatility of sound recording and the use of sound as a creative outlet.
5. “The Remix and the Glitch: Breaking Things Since 1930(ish).” This lectorial was especially intriguing for me. I found the readings incredibly provocative and interesting to read, and I wrote a lot about it in my blog post for the week. It was very interesting hearing about the new wave of art coming from computers and the internet, and it inspired me.