An ethnographic look at Youtube
Michael Wesch professor of digital anthropology at Kansas State university presenting an amazingly comprehensive, optimstic and insightful look at the youtube community.
Perhaps the most interesting concept that emerges out of this is the idea of “context collapse” - Wesch coined this term when he examined with his students the experience of recording a first you tube “vlog”, and the difficulty this poses:
“an infinite number of contexts collapsing upon one another into that single moment of recording. The images, actions, and words captured by the lens at any moment can be transported to anywhere on the planet and preserved (the performer must assume) for all time. The little glass lens becomes the gateway to a blackhole sucking all of time and space – virtually all possible contexts – in upon itself.”
According to Wesch this experience of actively communicating with an unknown audience, a context less conversation creates a state of heightened self awareness and possibly space reflection (did I say optimistic?).
A very interesting concept that could be expanded to think about how we deal and cope with many of the situation we face (and will face) in our increasingly connected/public/private lives.
Its an hour long but well worth it:
naked reports part 1
I’ve been very Lucky to have my summer placement at one of London’s leading media agencies Naked Communication.
Watch this space for updates from the front lines.
thanks mom!
I’m proud to say we have won an award for “Future Diggers” our project for the London Festival of architecture.
The Fetsival’s judging panel decided that our project was the most successful out of this years entries in revealing a chosen site in London in a new and informing way. I’m very happy this project was received so well - thanks to my great team mates Helmut Feder, Georgina Chimarrides, Giulia Sala, and my mom without whom I will probably not be here to receive this award.
Future Diggers @ LFA 2008
Finally after more then 6 months of work, and about 150 changes to the initial concept “Future Diggers” has come to life.
Its been a fantastic weekend - and the responses were amazing. Much learned…and had lots of fun! Here’s the album and a detailed explanation of the process.
rebranding gibraltar // project summary
Ah Gibraltar. The fine food, the sandy beaches, the simple luxury of champagne and oysters on a sail boat in the Mediterranean sun. The gorgeous women, the scent of all that’s fine and rare, the summer breeze sings through palm trees in the boulevard . Well ,not quite.