Over the last few months, I have been struggling through the thought process on a few projects. Projects that were not selected by choice – but rather through the necessity of my program. At first, I thought that it would pass quickly; they were small projects so they really should not be that much ofContinue reading “Searching for Inspiration: Remembering the Drive”
Category Archives: Thinking
Reading; Narrative, Film Analysis & Dead Links
As anyone who has read this blog over the last few months, or know me at all really, know that I have been lamenting over my inability (or mental block) to do film analysis. In so many ways, it is not very different than the analysis of a text, image or game even. One bookContinue reading “Reading; Narrative, Film Analysis & Dead Links”
Thesis Methodology: Seminar Notes/Personal Synthesis
I have to give a (max) 30 minute oral presentation on my ‘methodology’ for my thesis in my doctoral seminar. The instructions were relatively loose – stemming from a guest speaker we had at the beginning of the semester. The following comes from my notes of that particular seminar. There are four primary questions that need toContinue reading “Thesis Methodology: Seminar Notes/Personal Synthesis”
Reading Commentaries and/or Justifications
In my “reading” section, I have had the same three books up for quite some time. In my attempt to justify this lenghty reading time frame, I figured I would chat out some of the reasons why it’s going so slow. I started reading The Virtual Window in October on the plane home from AoIR.Continue reading “Reading Commentaries and/or Justifications”
Elasticity of Time: Films & Games
I am taking a course that is taught jointly with the Sorbonne Paris 3 (as I mentioned in an earlier post) and we have been given our (only) assignment for the course. There are four sections of the course covering different topics. We are to pick one of the four topics and write a paperContinue reading “Elasticity of Time: Films & Games”
Hi, my name is …
Over the last few months, I have been in various positions that I had to explain what it is that I “do”. Sometimes I have had 10 minutes to tell those around me what my research ‘focus’ is, where I am coming from, and where I am (hoping?) to go; but at other times, itContinue reading “Hi, my name is …”
Blogging = Career Suicide?
Saw this article this morning while looking for some articles on blogging and it got me wondering. On the one hand, this article touts that blogging is more harmful than helpful when applying for work (within academia) – this is not a foreign idea to me, as there are many articles talking about the consequences ofContinue reading “Blogging = Career Suicide?”
Context Specific Meaning
As a side note related to the earlier post on site specific art, I have been thinking about the difference between site specificity and context specificity. One of the ideas behind the ‘in situ’ movement is that outside of the site, the art looses its meaning – or at least meaning weakens (this, of course,Continue reading “Context Specific Meaning”
The Printed Word
It is already October – I cannot believe how time flies! The weather is still fantastic for this time of the year – a balmy 23 degrees celcius and sunny. But still, one has to work regardless of how nice the weather is. On that note – the RCCS Book Review I did on Galloway’sContinue reading “The Printed Word”
Site Specific Art & Games
Which is my translation from the french term ‘l’art in situ’. After attending a very interesting lecture on site specific and site dependent art forms such as monuments and gallery work, I started thinking about video games and play. The general idea behind this art type is that there is a relationship between the artContinue reading “Site Specific Art & Games”
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