Homework #7

So, according to the podcast (NPR TED Radio Hour) I listened to recently, the x in algebra is translated by the Spanish scholars... through an intentional mistake. Anyhow, I had some materials around to explore this concept, and had a lot of fun exploring the "unknown" using the scanner and manipulating the scans with Photoshop. The series are also published as a FlipSnack (http://www.flipsnack.com/jbirdkim/scanning-project.html).

For the scanning artist research, I selected Nick Thomm. He's an Australian graphic designer/ media artist who seems to capture the post-post modern irony in a very aesthetic pleasing way... at least for me. He primary moves his object when he scans, I assume, or uses Photoshop to create the kind of moving image-still effects. I have been looking at his work often recently, and I could see that I was influenced both unconsciously and consciously.

4/9 new media integration interview:
For my new media integration interview, Hannah L. and I observed Ms. Abby Harkey at the High School for Law and Public Service in Washington Heights. Ms. Harkey is a veteran art teacher who has taught in that high school for 9 years, and she also has graduated from the Teachers College, Columbia University. While Ms. Harkey currently only works in traditional media, she talked about the neighborhood video project that she has worked with students last year. For this project, students went around their neighborhoods and interviewed community members to know more about their cultures and traditions. The majority of the students who attend this high school is of the Hispanic background, and the students made short clips of videos that told the stories of their lives. Ms. Harkey also remarked that this project was sponsored from various corporations. The HSLPS currently do not have a new media lab, but it is located within a larger building that houses four high schools. The first floor in the George Washington Educational Campus is the High School for Media and Communication. Therefore, students participating in this project with Ms. Harkey used the media lab on the first floor, collaborating with students from the neighbor school. Overall, she remarked that it was a great project, and I thought it was an awesome way to integrate culturally relevant pedagogy and new media for students who do not have regular access to art technologies.