Archive: 2011
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Organic Creation
‘Only those with no memory insist on their originality’ -Coco Chanel I recently read a blog post by Denver-based artist and graphic designer Cole Sletten wherein he comments on the magnitude of onlin
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'The End of Mass Media'? A Doubtful Proposition
Are we witnessing ‘the end of mass media’? Some say we are, but I beg to differ. While it’s true that media are becoming increasingly decentralized and disparate—scattered across audiences, technolog
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The Great Reality Template
Reality television has made a strong impression not just in terms of Nielsen ratings but also in terms of its spill-over nature into everyday life. Even if you do manage to evade the reality-style pr
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Awake
I was awake for all the darkness. For all the dreams, the snores, the creaking bed frames. I was awake for the sleepy shuffles to light switches. I was awake for the clanging of dishes, and cracking
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Your Playlist Is Not Ruining Music
When the first iPods hit shelves on October 23, 2001, the world (of music) was changed forever. It wasn't that music hadn't been portable before: Walkmen in the '80s and CD players in the '90s had in
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Dear Olivia
Editors Reaction | Author Response Abstract: Dear Olivia, is a video art piece created using scanned magazines and multimedia software. The piece explores, in the form of a letter to a past lover,
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Art Therapy? Wal-Mart Heiress Bankrolls Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
With images of Real Housewives of New York’s Ramona Singer still lingering in my mind after the sponsor ad for “Kris pino grigio” popped up in my NPR Media Player, my attention was sharply redirected
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Poked, Prodded, Fried and Foamed: How Fancy Food Distracts Us from Reality
Food. Some of us eat too much of it, and many more do not have enough to adequately survive. The relationship between food and culture throughout history is incredibly complex, and even today is stu
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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The Hodgepodge of Communication
The intricate nature of media consumption and communication is a characteristic not necessarily caused by on today’s hyper-mediated world. Rather, it is a product of media and communication phenomena
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Hung Up on You
Hung Up on You from Colleen Valentine on Vimeo. For my multimedia piece this semester, and in conjunction with Garrison LeMaster’s Digital Texts class, I created a vid. Ooo, a video you say! How nice
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog, Video