Presentations

Overall I loved the presentations so far and feel they have brought alot more knowledge and depth into the class. I think it helps the class because your really able to learn alot about each of these artists in just 20 minutes. I particularly like the presentation that Mark and Brent gave about Zachary Booth. I've always been interested in computers and all that's encompassed from them. In High School I was really into computers and started making programs and web pages for people when the whole Internet boom came about. Because of this i was very interested in Zach's work. I love how he uses programs to make interactive artwork such as save the baby and double-dutch rope. I feel that there theme of Agressive vs Assertive is a very good analogy on what Zach is trying to explain. I just find it funny how random people where asked to contribute by playing the game having no knowledge on how to play it and assumed they had to help get the aliens to the baby. If you sit back and think about it why would you ever want to help aliens get to a baby which i think is the point behind this peice. I goes back to there theme of Aggresive vs. Assertive because everyone was so drawn to figuring out the game and assumed because they were giving these tools they were to help bring the aliens to the baby when if they were assertive and thought about it they would be like hey what maybe we shouldnt help the aliens at all.