Monday, October 10, 2011

Lecture Questions/Response: Jennifer and Kevin McCoy

1. How much importance does the story behind the work hold?

2. What would happen if you were to take away the stories from the work? Would it still make sense?

Response:

I really enjoyed this lecture, I thought that they had very interesting things to say about their work, and I really enjoyed the collaborative aspect behind their work. I found their statement in the end about how the concepts prevalent in their work; databases and loops came about because there was a need for them to be brought out in conversations. At the time they began their work they focused on those two ideas because no one else was addressing them.

3 words:
-database
-story
-loop

Before this lecture I did not realize how important a role stories played in their work. I feel that if you were to take that away, the work would lose an important element. It's almost like the one thing they really need is explanation. I also did not realize how personal their work was, like their "Dream Sequence" project and "Traffic #1". Going back to how important the story was, knowing their story was what really made the project stick with me. If I did not know and was forced to form my own story for it, it would have been a totally different experience.




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