Infinite Lists: Experiment 1 – Practical List

Experiment 1 – Practical List

 

Heading in to my first class of ‘infinite lists’, I was very sceptical and curious to understand the whole understanding of what a list truly is. Inevitably, a list can be of anything from an object to the listing of the top 10 current songs. According to the in-class discussion, ironically, we listed the different sorts of lists as such as music charts, ingredients etc. In my group, we discussed how the importance of Spotify and listing emerge as the music platform provides different genres and categories of music for the user, which in hindsight can act as a much better listening experience for the user as music for a specific mood/genre etc – are already set up into a list of songs.

According to one of the readings, Twenlow (2003 p. 2), states that in the current world that we are living in, we are surrounded by an overload of information and technology, in which some ways can be a tad overwhelming. Nowadays, people want to take shortcuts and faster routes to save their precious time. Lists can be used as a shortcut to reach an end goal, minimizing and reducing massive chunks of information from something and making it all the easier to read and digest. I completely agree with this information as personally, I would generally skip chunks of writing on an article and instead read all the important listed information that are compressed into one of many dot points, thus associating the importance of lists in my everyday living and how lists are simply a bridge from one point to another (Spoon feeding us with easier and compressed info, which is much convenient if you don’t like reading).

Furthermore, Twenlow adds “Many artists have used lists in their work. They fall into two main categories”. A function in the reading states that lists can be seen as a collection of items juxtaposed from one another – I argue that this can be considered a quality as it can allow the viewer to really dig deep into the list of photographs and try to find an understanding and how they all connect with one another. With that being said, this week’s mode of listing talked about practical lists, also known as a list of things that come handy for us, a list that we already have, and which is more likely a physical substance. With my media artefact, I insisted on capturing 6 different photos that symbolizes my everyday essentials. By doing so, I made sure that all 6 images were somehow interconnected, and therefore with my limited adobe premiere pro experience, my small brain used the ‘monochrome’ black and white effect to emphasize darker and crispier shadows within each photograph to create a distinct likeness.

Lastly, according to peer feedback, my media is a tad grainy, which was sort of difficult to overcome with taking photos in a near dark and grim room, leaving me advice to rather find better lit up areas to achieve a much crispier shot. Furthermore, I thought it was best to add a more ‘poetic’ vibe to my media piece by adding text on my photographs, rather than having a bland and raw image on screen.

References:

Twenlow, A 2003, Lists: Essay – VERTICAL WRITING, Eye Magazine Ltd., United Kingdom, London.

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