tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57263592011-04-21T15:21:22.897-07:00Visual Culture and LanguageThis weblog supports a course called "Visual Culture and Language" taught at North Dakota State University since the Fall of 2003. It is being taught in the Spring semester, 2007, and generally will be on a two year cycle.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comBlogger861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-67173668196448879382008-10-28T11:18:00.000-07:002008-10-28T11:20:00.940-07:00Death and Taxes: An Information GraphicImpressive information graphic showing where US Federal money is spent.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-59036330676352125082008-07-20T12:16:00.000-07:002008-07-20T12:22:20.451-07:00Lee Friedlander: American MonumentsI just got back from the Lee Friedlander photo exhibit at the Minnesota Art Institute. I knew nothing about Friedlander's work, but was drawn to the description of his interest in popular culture and photography as a medium. I was most pleasantly surprised by Friedlander's interest in American Monuments; his work seems potentially instructive for the Visual Culture and Language class and my Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-37099808879534006702007-01-10T19:33:00.000-08:002007-01-10T19:38:48.651-08:00Photo taken with my built in iSight camera on my MacBook. Getting the built-in iSight was a big reason for getting the computer--I just hope I can find less gratuitous uses that this one. My wife also has a MacBook with iSight, and we did some video chatting recently while she was in Chicago. That was pretty cool, and much easier with much higher quality than the few webchats I have Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1159376172943325512006-09-27T09:50:00.001-07:002006-09-27T09:56:12.943-07:00Neil Cohen, visual linguist, reviews Making Comics by Scott McCloud. Neil does a nice job of making some distinctions between his approach to the visual and McCloud's approach, and I can't help but think that an email exchange I had with Neil influenced this review a bit.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1156690916948815232006-08-27T08:00:00.000-07:002006-08-27T08:01:56.956-07:00A review of a book about Dada and modern art. The works cited include a book about collage.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1156543731668127172006-08-25T15:07:00.000-07:002006-08-25T15:08:51.676-07:00I had the good fortune to see the Andre Kertesz "On Reading" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago just before the exhibition closed.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1153885652902738452006-07-25T20:45:00.000-07:002006-07-25T20:47:32.923-07:00I heard about the Democracy Player today on Future Tense. Watch TV on the Web, make TV for the Web.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1153685127230371632006-07-23T13:02:00.000-07:002006-07-26T18:32:34.123-07:00Walker Evans and James Agee collaborated on a book in the late 1930s that became famous in the early 1960s, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Interesting contrast with Lauren Greenberg's Girl Culture.Some more on Evans and Agee.Let Us Now Praise Famous Menhttp://www.ralphmag.org/AU/famous-men.htmlA review of the Agee/Evans book.Notes on Let Us Now Praise Famous Menhttp://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~hans320Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1152456137539515262006-07-09T07:42:00.000-07:002006-07-09T07:42:17.550-07:00An interview with Scott McCloud:http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7541Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1152396500976150862006-07-08T15:07:00.000-07:002006-07-08T15:08:20.986-07:00A slightly interactive version of the Big Triangle--Scott McCloud's guide to visual communication. http://comic-book-innovation.blogspot.com/2006/07/big-triangle.htmlKevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1152284092374318202006-07-07T07:48:00.000-07:002006-07-07T07:54:52.376-07:00I probably linked to Barbara Kruger's site before, but I was just thinking about a unit with her, Cindy Sherman, and Lauren Greenfield: collage, fictional composition, documentary style approaches to photos / photo essays. I suppose none of them are exactly considered photo essayists. http://www.barbarakruger.com/I was just reading somewhere about Life magazine's invention of the photo-essay, Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1152283438520163182006-07-07T07:42:00.000-07:002006-07-07T07:43:58.533-07:00A story about online photo sharing getting more creative and social.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/05/AR2006070501719_pf.htmlIn case the story moves or gets proprietary, the sites referenced are: http://www.tabblo.comandhttp://www.ourstory.comKevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1149313703036838092006-06-02T22:46:00.000-07:002006-06-02T22:48:23.046-07:00A collection of bison around Fargo in the tradition of Chicago's cows, Winnipeg's polar bears, and I am sure many other similar events I am unaware of.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1146540603056255062006-05-01T20:25:00.000-07:002006-05-01T20:30:03.070-07:00The Wired Guide to online video. I think these articles contain everything I need for Unit 3!I have been thinking about tweaking the units a bit. Unit 1: Still the timeline, still "visual culture" as topic. Can I fit McLuhan in here? Maybe drop Gitlin?Unit 2: Body, gender, identity as topic, photo essay as genre: add Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Girl Culture, from Plato to OJ? Unit 3: The Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1145196896852063602006-04-16T07:13:00.000-07:002006-04-16T07:15:15.966-07:00Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Series exhibit from 1997 at the Moma. Good catalog description.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1144247357327329632006-04-05T07:28:00.000-07:002006-04-05T08:00:47.303-07:00Image databases / repositories / collections. http://www.graffiti.org/http://www.bannerart.org/ http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/index.html http://www.berinsteinresearch.com/fiolinks.htmhttp://www.deviantart.com/http://www.liquidlibrary.com/http://www.jupiterimages.com/http://creative.gettyimages.com/http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1144083040303965332006-04-03T09:49:00.000-07:002006-04-03T09:50:40.316-07:00The Mechanisms of Meaning. http://www.reversibledestiny.org/book_tmom.phpI read that this book has some interesting ideas for doing visual compositions.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1105996042677904722005-01-17T13:06:00.000-08:002005-01-17T13:07:22.676-08:00Photo-sharing might be a good way to draft a photo essay--check this story out. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1105800548921342252005-01-15T06:46:00.000-08:002005-01-15T07:38:25.776-08:00The Medium is the Massage inspired an issue of the multimedia magazine Aspen, an innovative publication from the 1960s.
Also at Aspen are four abstract films--relevant to the film assignment in this class.
This Fusionanomaly webpage has collected a number of cultural references to / appearances by McLuhan.
Joyce Chen at the University of Northern Iowa has remediated The Medium is the Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1105799719462271822005-01-15T06:34:00.000-08:002005-01-15T06:35:19.463-08:00A book, website, and timeline relevant to visual culture and language: Technomanifestos.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1105761574716660402005-01-14T19:46:00.000-08:002005-01-14T19:59:34.716-08:00I'm a little obsessed with InfoPorn right now--hope it doesn't get me fired.
I came across a piece of software called SmartDraw--I'll have to see if it helps me with timelines.
I got to Smart Draw from xplane.com--great information graphics, visual thinking company. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1105759820383479102005-01-14T19:25:00.000-08:002005-01-14T19:30:20.383-08:00understanding visual culture requires a good understanding of oral, manuscript, and print cultures. Richard Clement's Books and Universities is a readable and informative history of the codex, its predecessors, and its development with the invention of the printing press. He makes the point that the codex was developed in the second century AD, and the invention of the printing press did not Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1104602772145938612005-01-01T09:49:00.000-08:002005-01-01T10:06:12.146-08:00I've been searching for timelines, and came across a well developed collection by George Emery. He has been collecting since 1993. I haven't sampled very many yet, but am generally disappointed by the text-heavy nature of the ones I have seen. Where are the images?!
The website HyperHistorymakes execellent use of timelines--people and events placed on a timeline, with hyperlinks to a node of Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1100986760705277382004-11-20T13:24:00.000-08:002004-11-20T13:39:20.706-08:00A two reviews of Todd Gitlin's Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms our Lives, and an interview where he elaborates/clarifies some of his ideas.
From TheBrothers Judd--a conservative book review site. They find Gitlin to be long on analysis, short on solutions, and that is because they think they solutions = old fashioned values of family, church, community. Great Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1100985533086438772004-11-20T13:16:00.000-08:002004-11-20T13:18:53.086-08:00Perhaps only 51% of students will agree with the sentiment of this collective photo essay, Sorry Everybody, but even dissenters can see a recipe for visual expression. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1087071908658886392004-06-12T13:23:00.000-07:002004-06-12T13:30:31.400-07:00Poems That Go: a site for VCL or electronic communication. The winter 2004 issues focuses on concrete poetry and typography--potentially a specific resource for this class.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1081970404428497442004-04-14T12:17:00.000-07:002004-04-14T12:22:55.653-07:00K.i.s.s. of the Panopticon looks like an interesting and relevant site for VCL. The author says, "Well, this is k.i.s.s. of the panopticon's first humble attempt at . . . orienting y'all to what cultural theory, visual literacy, and new media are all about." Some decent material on McLuhan, although the author, Douglas Bicket, is not a McLuhan fan. Prefers the materialists like Raymond Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1081096241570820982004-04-04T09:29:00.000-07:002004-04-04T09:33:22.436-07:00what is digital cinema?, Lev Manovich's often cited essay online. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1080478686220638552004-03-28T04:57:00.000-08:002004-03-28T05:00:39.500-08:00Photoblogs: a must-try. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1079645877482739692004-03-18T13:36:00.000-08:002004-03-18T13:40:21.466-08:00Lloyd Eby's "Our Emerging Visual Culture" is a nice brief history of visual culture. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1075736696116114972004-02-02T07:43:00.000-08:002004-02-02T07:46:34.670-08:00Neil Cohn just sent me a link to his visual language site--looks like one that will make its way into the next version of this clas.
Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1071019836825020782003-12-09T17:28:00.000-08:002003-12-09T17:31:21.686-08:00The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg is the book I was thinking of, Alisa. This review will give you a great overview. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1071010266965414382003-12-09T14:50:00.000-08:002003-12-09T14:51:51.233-08:00I should have linked up Koyaanisqatsi before class. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1070884910444635122003-12-08T04:01:00.000-08:002003-12-08T04:02:33.950-08:00her is my percious little post...it is a neat little thing on McLuhan and digital mediums....David
http://www.zonezero.com/editorial/enero01/january.htmlDavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1070393219541618302003-12-02T11:26:00.000-08:002003-12-02T11:29:27.466-08:00here are some of my ideas for card messages. I was thinking shortened messages like when IMing but it might come off strange. hmm, i guess i don't have a way to show you. with the MSN emoticons, this is what I'm doing:
(format is Cover: Inside)
smiley: b happy
wilting flower: miss u
squiggly smiley: sorry i goofed
bday cake: happy birthday! w/ present emoticon
blushing smiley: i Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1070341678628796982003-12-01T21:06:00.000-08:002003-12-01T21:08:35.920-08:00I hope this note gets to everyone--
My thanksgiving was complicated, and filled with little kid sickness, so I want to cancel class for Tuesday Dec. 2, and plan on class Tues. Dec. 9. I had suggested that we might go the other direction, but this scenario makes more sense from my end. Does it make sense to the five of you?
I'd be happy to meet with any of you to give you feedback on your Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1070307532044130702003-12-01T11:38:00.000-08:002003-12-01T11:39:28.466-08:00http://www.lighthousewriters.com/newslett/visual.htmStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1069800772824370382003-11-25T14:52:00.000-08:002003-11-25T14:53:24.030-08:00I just completly forgot about this, so it can be used for next week or something.
http://www.lighthousewriters.com/newslett/visual.htmStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1069797697046321432003-11-25T14:01:00.000-08:002003-11-25T14:02:08.153-08:00What's happening? I just wanted to let you all know (pre-class) that I put a very rough draft of a powerpoint essay (just 5 slides) on the discussion board on our VCL blackboard for all of you to view...even though we will probably look at it in class. Just thought I'd give you a heads up!Alisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1069792632816957922003-11-25T12:37:00.000-08:002003-11-25T12:37:43.513-08:00Sorry people, but with all the guys in my house downloading the Paris Hilton video, stolen music from Kazaa, and all the viruses on my computer, I couldn't get this out to you. And I'm too lazy to go to campus. But this is what I found. Just read the first part. It's basically a tutorial for using iMac. For those of you interested in doing a video project for the final, this might help you kylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1069709581005020342003-11-24T13:31:00.000-08:002003-11-24T13:34:00.216-08:00Adbusters presents examples of video fighting a visual (consuming) culture. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1069179444253118592003-11-18T10:17:00.000-08:002003-11-18T10:17:48.046-08:00I found an interview of Horn at this page. Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1069081142800569322003-11-17T06:59:00.000-08:002003-11-17T06:59:25.716-08:00hmm, the rating system is a good idea. Oh, the possiblities!!!Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1068994126434397492003-11-16T06:46:00.000-08:002003-11-16T06:49:02.840-08:00Jamie, thanks for the link to your card site. Have you considered taking a look a the various e-card services and rating them as part of your blogging activities? I was surprised to find that Blue Mountain is the #1 Google hit for "Greeting Cards"--not Hallmark or any other big name company.
I haven't seen a specific cyber pidgin at UBU--can you give me a link?Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1068846654181251012003-11-14T13:50:00.000-08:002003-11-14T13:51:13.750-08:00Hey, I'm inviting all of you to check out my own little greeting card blog. I'm always scared of what people will think but please give me your input!Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1068846415935428652003-11-14T13:46:00.000-08:002003-11-14T13:47:15.560-08:00Kevin, remember last year when I found that thing about Samuel Pepys' diary? It's nice to actually see the blog up and running. In the UBUWEB I like the Cyberpidgin, did you see that?Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1068678981635658812003-11-12T15:13:00.000-08:002003-11-12T15:31:16.366-08:00I am preparing a talk for the English capstone course and wanted to make some links available. No better place than a blog.
The Rossetti Archive: a massive textual editing project that is digitizing and preserving the works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The sites' remediation style is hypertextual--this is no A&E documentary!
Textual Dance in the Oldest and Newest Poetry: an example of using Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1068660280855590552003-11-12T10:04:00.000-08:002003-11-12T10:04:38.400-08:00This is a piece I found on greeting cards (big surprise) which focuses on getting started in the business. Maybe some of you writers out there will find something of interest in here. It is a general overview of the process of launching a card career. Enjoy!Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1068615776375617542003-11-11T21:42:00.000-08:002003-11-11T21:42:53.470-08:00Hey, everbody! Here is my assigned reading for all of you. Before you click on the link, here's a little info on where to click once you get there.
Scroll down to "Music Video Articles & Papers", you will want to click on Sven E. Carlson's article: "Audiovisual Poetry or Commercial Salad of Images".
It's pretty easy to read as it is in Adobe, so you can print it off. See you Tuesday.
This Alisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1068390600432053552003-11-09T07:06:00.000-08:002003-11-09T07:09:58.336-08:00Another blog, called "Carving Code," led me to some useful sites for simple graphics (arrows, pointers, etc).
1. Oregon Dept. of Human Services.
2. Stanford U; lines, original Star Wars characters, other cool stuff.
Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1066621689874487162003-10-19T20:45:00.000-07:002003-10-19T20:48:09.516-07:00I picked up a book this weekend called Media Unlimited by Todd Gitlin. The book is hailed as a worthy successor to McLuhan's Understanding Media, and it certainly could be a book I use in this class sometime in the future. You can find an few blurbs and the introduction here.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1066621225784052212003-10-19T20:38:00.000-07:002003-10-19T20:40:25.520-07:00Steve sent me a link that is worth checking out: Guerrila News does a lot of fancy editing and mixing to create little movies about the news. Their movies are particularly complex, but if any of you want to try a scaled down version, these pieces are funny and smart. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065735433471181302003-10-09T14:35:00.000-07:002003-10-09T14:37:13.120-07:00A photo essay of sorts, right under our noses: the Little Theaters of the Great Plains. You get to add the text if you have visited any of these theaters--cool interactive touch.
Kevin
Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065731470568557852003-10-09T13:30:00.000-07:002003-10-09T13:58:54.240-07:00Graffiti stuff:
From a history class at U of Toronto: positive and negative, graffiti as turf.
Women in graffiti history.
A debate about graffiti.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065563480894315692003-10-07T14:51:00.000-07:002003-10-07T16:01:35.476-07:00Look here
Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065505414587643902003-10-06T22:43:00.000-07:002003-10-07T16:00:52.633-07:00Here's a funny powerpoint I found: http://www.cyesis.org/student.projects/conflict_ppt/war_technology.htm
Love,
Kylekylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065473333216020202003-10-06T13:47:00.000-07:002003-10-06T13:51:36.950-07:00I filtered a couple of McLuhan PowerPoint presentations on my TeachingBlog, but thought I would share another one here. This presentation actually has one slide that isn't all text!!
Jamie's examples are much more visually rich--nice contrasts!
Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065459945183204432003-10-06T10:05:00.000-07:002003-10-06T10:05:45.270-07:00I found another one here about Sweden that uses quite a variety of elements.Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065459727388585612003-10-06T10:02:00.000-07:002003-10-06T10:02:44.413-07:00I wasn't sure if we were supposed to post a whole essay or just one slide, but I found a slide (the first one on the page) that Horn would probably like. It's very visual and even includes his arrows.Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065420393151076012003-10-05T23:04:00.000-07:002003-10-07T16:25:16.676-07:00Looking at PowerPoint presentations that have been posted on the web is interesting. The author doesn't usually identify him or her self, the context seems often to be a class, but very fuzzy otherwise.
I have looked at two presentations this evening--one from a class called COM 209 at San Diego State U, I think.
The other is from a Bemidji State U Mass Comm class.
McLuhan definitely gets Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1065288773163395492003-10-04T10:32:00.000-07:002003-10-04T10:32:52.956-07:00What's happening Visual Culture people? I was searching around today for background on graffiti and stumbled upon a photoessay- like site that might be worth taking a look at. The essay even talks about icons. How fun is that?
See it here .Alisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1064374288561987162003-09-23T20:31:00.000-07:002003-09-23T21:13:03.760-07:00Here's a photo essay about the Great Depression.Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1064369277066012432003-09-23T19:07:00.000-07:002003-09-23T19:07:57.080-07:00Hey, everybody! Turns out, I found a pretty cool PBS website with a few photoessays to check out. My favorite is the carnival one.
Go here.
See ya in class.Alisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1064362838763064072003-09-23T17:20:00.000-07:002003-09-23T17:20:38.710-07:00here is a phot essay i personally like. http://defendamerica.gov/photoessays/2003sep.htmlDavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1064362609641772812003-09-23T17:03:00.000-07:002003-09-23T17:16:49.540-07:00http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0308/S00079.htm
this is an interesting anti war photo essay thing. my opinion is that new zealand sucks, though.kylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1064361219820366912003-09-23T16:53:00.000-07:002003-09-23T16:53:40.010-07:00BLOGGERDavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1064246043855060612003-09-22T08:52:00.000-07:002003-09-22T08:54:22.450-07:00I just found a site that will be relevant for our photo essay unit: photo.net. The site has technology tips, sample photos, critiques--lots of great material!
Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1063989176238644172003-09-19T09:32:00.000-07:002003-09-19T09:46:55.080-07:00Here's something I found at Adobe.com that reminds me of everything we're doing. Visual culture came to mind immediately. There are icons, cartoons, realistic images, and text. It needs more explanation to function as an infographic, in my opinion, but I still like it.Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1063729237789513682003-09-16T09:18:00.000-07:002003-09-16T09:20:37.860-07:00I found a website for Barry Mauer, a professor of English at the University of Central Florida. Mauer's site could be a goldmine for this class: he has a photo-essay, a number of PowerPoint presentations, and generally seems to be interested in the sorts of things we are trying to cover in this class.
I have to stop finding professorial websites that are so much better than my own ;(
Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1063462893641718992003-09-13T07:19:00.000-07:002003-09-13T07:21:33.666-07:00Douglas Rushkoff, a writer who has been influenced by Marshall McLuhan's work, is about to publsih a graphic novel. He reflects in his weblog post that writing a graphic novel was very different from any other kind of writing he has done, and the action really is between the frames. Scott McCloud is validated--if any of you were wondering. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1063153936069600112003-09-09T17:32:00.000-07:002003-09-09T17:32:16.200-07:00hey guys: take a look at this.Alisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1063153665512440182003-09-09T17:27:00.000-07:002003-09-09T17:59:12.026-07:00I found a bunch of quotes that might help. And Alisa sucks.kylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1063153421347183132003-09-09T17:23:00.000-07:002003-09-09T17:26:26.803-07:00I was just looking at Kevin's blog and one of McLuhan's books, The Mechanical Bride, caught my eye. I decided to check it out at google and found a page that sort of briefly highlights McLuhan's different works. Maybe it'll help understand him better, how he got his ideas, and what his goal was in writing all those books. Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1063081852198621112003-09-08T21:30:00.000-07:002003-09-08T21:31:10.730-07:00As you begin to work on your information graphic for explaining a concept from Marshall McLuhan's The Medium is the Massage, you might want to do a little bit of research into the man, his work, his ideas. I have collected some McLuhan notes on my weblog, and you can search Google or your favorite engine for various McLuhan sites. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062609063309481892003-09-03T10:11:00.000-07:002003-09-03T10:11:03.270-07:00blog..blog..blog...Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062548792475623002003-09-02T17:26:00.000-07:002003-09-02T17:26:32.540-07:00Yeah, Alissa, your face needs a little work, too. Merci.kylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062548081152389412003-09-02T17:14:00.000-07:002003-09-02T17:14:41.226-07:00In case anyone was having trouble finding the page about information graphics on my personal weblog, I am inserting the direct link here. A must read.Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062547832794179142003-09-02T17:10:00.000-07:002003-09-02T17:11:46.856-07:00Hi! I found this site on visual language that sounds a lot like Robert Horn wrote it. It reiterates what Horn was saying about parts of visual language. It's not a huge site but there are links. Check it out here.Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062547787806366922003-09-02T17:09:00.000-07:002003-09-02T17:09:47.853-07:00kyle: your infographic needs some work. thanks.Alisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062523281582035512003-09-02T10:21:00.000-07:002003-09-02T10:21:49.733-07:00I just read a column, "The Poetry of an Image," in the Washington Post by photographer Pedro Meyer. Meyer says he received an angry email from someone who had heard him talk about the poetry of images, even though he, Meyer, uses digitial means of composing some images. This person told Meyer that only "capturing" an image could be equated to poetry, and that constructing images is taking the Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062192905690031992003-08-29T14:35:00.000-07:002003-08-29T14:35:05.740-07:00I just found a course that looks a tiny little bit like our course--except that Dr. Andrew Wood has put together a very nice website (unlike my yet-to-be built site), and that his course emphasizes analyzing visual culture, rather than writing with visual language. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062045388753806972003-08-27T21:36:00.000-07:002003-08-27T21:36:28.700-07:00The quick and dirty instructions I have been looking for can be found at the University of Michigan's library website. I have only looked at the PDF file on Working with Graphics and Clip art, but the site has documents on working with Word more generally and PowerPoint. Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1062017219393413452003-08-27T13:46:00.000-07:002003-08-27T13:46:59.320-07:00We could use the Discussion Board within Blackboard to communicate online for the class, but I am interested in introducing students to weblogging for a number of reasons:
• You can start your own weblog very easily, but you can’t start your own Discussion Board—weblogging could be a tool for life.
• Weblog tools usually make it easier to link to other websites, and that is a valuable component Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1061953305621846402003-08-26T20:01:00.000-07:002003-08-26T20:01:45.636-07:00Hm. Blackboard has a discussion area where we can do threads. Why not put all the website info on blackboard and set up a discussion for us there?Nobodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1061949082675316262003-08-26T18:51:00.000-07:002003-08-26T18:51:22.550-07:00Hello! I think a website would be nice, just for the organizational aspect of it, but I like commenting on things too. How about both?Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726359.post-1061848462994278522003-08-25T14:54:00.000-07:002003-08-25T14:55:11.356-07:00Hi. As I assemble the pieces of the course, I wonder: "If we use a weblog for the course, is a website necessary?" Thoughts? How do you like to access information?Kevin Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587202724486827943noreply@blogger.com