From the presentation one of the reoccurring statements was
a collaborative effort used to make the projects. Did it really make it better?
At first the experiments showed a flow of transit or activity, creating a
flowing web of light almost like one of those maps simulated when looking down
at earth from outer space. Light signifies our presence and patterns of travel,
and these pieces of art make the conceptualization of a huge system easier.
Under the digital light, our nature is perceived to be an algorithm which a
computer could easily calculate and interpret. Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen’s
chess playing machine shows that it isn’t entirely true, because there legless
man that sat in the box and controlled the other chess player.
This may point
to our culture’s acceptance of the machine’s wonder and not take into
consideration our own wonders. The sheep and the dollar bills, as well of
singing computer (Daisy Bell) go to prove that our different interpretations can
come into a cohesive whole. Digital age and our cultures come together and
overlap using these experiments as back up of the data. Daisy Bell for example received
feedback from the different countries of which most were good, while others
were not. It took out the boundaries that could have happened from within the
cultures, aside from that the language (English) although not spoken wasn’t
necessary for all of them. If you wanted to draw a sheep that only takes the
knowledge of knowing what a sheep is and how you want to interpret that.
These
experiments all had a get together message in some way. The experiments exist
to try and combine our humanity in an attempt to create a bigger picture. This
is how the interface works; the data that comes in is connected through the
personal and social relevancy. Making ourselves more human is another way of
saying that humanity should be more about telling our amazing story.
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