lapse No.2

As a photo-based artist, I see myself as the link between two realities—the one outside
of the camera and the one that begins once the photograph has been taken. Rather than documenting or ‘capturing the moment,’ I want to show what is not immediately visible.

Sebastian Lemm

Flora Abstracts

Flora Abstracts: This project is aiming to explore an area where graphics and photography overlap.

This is part of an emerging body of work that is a departure from a more conventional photographic approach ignoring form and surface in preference for exploring colour and time. The intention is to abstract very traditional subject matter leaving subtle clues to it's origin.

Photographer: Giles Revell

John Goto

There are some very interesting work by John Goto who using digital media in innovative ways - well worth exploring his site

Photography Department Website

We are trialing a website for the department - feedback appreciated!

Find it here

Digital Planet

There are some great articles broadcast on the BBC Digital Planet

My Digital Life

Ten years ago there was no Facebook or Twitter. Fifteen years ago broadband access to the internet in your home was an unimaginable luxury. Just twenty years ago you still had to buy your books, music and feature films from a high street shop. The digital revolution might still be young, but it has arguably brought about the biggest change in our lifestyles in the last two hundred years.

Where did it all begin? How does it work? Where is it going? These are just some of the questions you could ask.

Consider the following:

• the ownership of data
• how the World Wide Web works
• the privacy and security of personal data
• online identity in virtual worlds
• how online businesses survive (or not)
• and many more aspects of living in the digital world of today

An extract from the OU course 'My Digital Life' that may pose some useful questions.

Scan Barcodes Easily with your Phone

barcoo links products in stores with independent consumer information. Your mobile becomes a barcode scanner and shows you everything you need. For free!

Who is watching you on CCTV?

The UK is one of the heaviest users of CCTV in the world but for many shops, there is nobody to monitor the cameras so internet users are being invited to help in return for cash prizes. View article by Peter Price BBC Click

For £13 a year, subscribers can become part-time crime fighters. "We receive live feeds from CCTV cameras from shop owners ... images are then made available, over the Internet, to you and to other registered users (Viewers)" Internet Eyes

Can libraries survive in a digital world?

Can libraries survive in a digital world? View the film here

Google Docs as a live wiki

This was a recording of a projection where students collaborated in a shared blank google doc and added their research to a timeline regarding mydigitalworld and technology/websites that have developed over time.

infosthetics

Check out: http://dataviz.com.au/home.html who created the above and http://infosethetics.com for more interesting projects.