Reflections on

FROM ABOVE THE BELL TOWER, A NERVOUS LAUGH AND PLAINTIVE WAIL WAS ECHOING INSIDE THE DESOLATE HALLWAYS AND STAIRCASES OF THE TEXAS TECH ENGLISH BUILDING

TEXASSTYLE

TEXASSTYLE

TEXASSTYLE

LIKE THE PIGEON NESTING ON A BED OF SPIKES, CREATIVELY VIEW THE DIFFICULTY AS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

THE PROFESSOR PROVIDED SOME ADVICE...”TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, YOU MUST REMEMBER YOU ARE PROVIDING ANIMPORTANT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY....THIS IS A NOBLECAUSE WITH A WORTHINESS WHICH WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH DIFFICULTY. YOU MUST WORK AS A TEAM AND APPLY YOUR UNIQUE TALENTS TO THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. IT IS UP TO YOU TO START AND MANAGE THIS PROJECTON WITH YOUR OWN RESOURCES. I MAY OFFER SUGGESTIONS,BUT IT IS UP TO THE TEAM TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.

COO

COO

OMG!!

THIS ISIMPOSSIBLE!

THERE IS NO WAYWE CAN FINISH

HOW? WHAT?SPUTTER...WHY?

THIS IS TOOMUCH!

AROUND THE WOBBLY ROUND TABLE THE CAUSE FOR THE CONCERN BECAME APPARENT...AN IMPOSSIBLE ASSIGNMENT.

! ! ! ! ! !

SUDDENLY IN A FLASH OF LIGHT AND PUFF OF SMOKE, A BOOK APPEARED. THE TOME OF MANNOVICH!!!

THE SOUND CAME FROM A SINGLE CLASSROOM IN THE DARKBUILDING, THE OUTSIDE WINDOW SHOWED A BRIGHTLY BURN-ING LAMP. SOMEONE WAS WORKING TONIGHT!A GROUP OF STUDENTSGATHERED TOGETHER WERE LISTENING TO THEIRPROFESSOR DESCRIBE AN ASSIGNMENT...WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? WHY ARE THEY SO UPSET?

LIKE THE CHESS MASTER, THE GAME MUST BEGIN WITH THEFIRST MOVE...BUT YOU MUST FOLLOW THESE PRINCIPLES!!!

HERE IS MY ADVICE FOR BEGINNING AND

COMPLETING THIS PROJECT.

I’M A VECTORIMAGE

I’M A BITMAP

I’M A VIDEORASTER

NOW I’MA VECTOR

IMAGEAGAIN

TRANSCODING. MODULES MAY BE TRANSLATED INTO A MULTI-TUDE OF VARIOUS FORMATS.

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SEE MYSCALABLEVECTOR

GRAPHICS CODE?

NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION...HERE’S WHAT THE CODECONTAINED IN AN SGV FILE LOOKS LIKE.

AHH!!

HEY...THISMAKES SENSE!

NEW MEDIAIS COOL!!

YES, LET’S TRYTHAT! PERHAPSWE CAN SAVE

TIME!

THE BOOK REVEALED FIVE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES THAT AREFUNDAMENTAL TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF NEW MEDIA.

NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION, MODULARITY, AUTOMATION, VARIABILITY, AND TRANSCODING. LET’S TAKE LOOK AT SOMEEXAMPLES OF THESE CONCEPTS.

CAN YOUSEE WHATI CAN DO?

I’M AMODULE!

MODULARITY ALLOWS THE RECOMBINATION OF ELEMENTS

I CAN BEVERY TALL.IT’S STILL

ME!I’M STILL A

MODULE! I CANBE RED!

VARIABILITY...DIFFERENT MODULES OF THE SAME OBJECT FOR SCALABILITY AND JUST-IN-TIME INTERACTIVITY!

AUTOMATION...JUST PUSH THE START BUTTON! THE COLORMACHINE WILL PAINT AS MANY COPIES AS YOU NEED.

SEETHE

BUTTON?

SEETHE AUTO-MATIC PAINTMACHINE?

SEE ITGOES BACKAND FORTH!

DR. RICHARD LANHAM...HE DESCRIBES THE OSCILLATIONWHICH OCCURS BETWEEN “STUFF AND FLUFF.”

THE TEAM USED THESE CONCEPTS EXPLAINED BY MANNOVICHAND LANHAM. WE DESIGNED AN INSTALLATION BOTH MODU-LAR AND AUTOMATED. IT IS SCALABLE AND VARIABLE. THE DIGITAL PRODUCTS WE CREATED ARE NUMERIALLY BASEDAND HAVE BEEN TRANS-CODED INTO VARIOUS FORMATS! WITH NEW MEDIA TECHNIQUES, WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY MAKE REVIS-IONS AND RESPOND TO THE DESIRES OF OURCLIENT.

I’M A VECTORIMAGE

I’M A BITMAPI’M A

VIDEORASTER

! ! ! ! ! !

THEN IN ANOTHER FLASH OF LIGHT AND PUFF OF SMOKE, A DIFFERENT BOOK APPEARED. THE TOME OF LANHAM!!!

STUFF

FLUFFWHICH IS BETTER...THE STEAK OR THE SIZZLE? WHAT MAKESA DIAMOND DESIRABLE? THE SPECIFICATIONS OF STUFF... ...OR THE SPARKLE?

SUCCESS

OUR FIRST DESIGN...WAS NOT USED BECAUSE THE LOCATIONWAS NOT AVAILABLE...BUT ALL WAS NOT LOST!

BECAUSE OUR DESIGN OBJECTS WERE MODULES, WE WERE ABLE TO REUSE MUCH OF THE ORGINAL MATERIAL IN OUR NEXT DESIGN....THE RESULTING FINAL PROJECT WAS A SUCCESS!! OUR SPONSORS AND CLIENTS WERE SATISFIED, AND OUR MOST IMPORTANT USERS, THE CHILDREN, SEEMED TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS.

WORKING AS A TEAM AND USING THE PRINCIPLES PROMOTED BY MANNOVICH, LANHAM, AND OTHER PROPONENTS, WE DISCOVERED THE INCREDIBLE FLEXIBILITY AND VERSATILITY PROVIDED BY NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. WE FOUND THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE. WE ALSO DISCOVERED THE SATISFACTION OF WORKING AS A TEAMWHILE PROVIDING USEFUL COMMUNITY SERVICE.

....THIS STORY IS TO BE CONTINUED ON INTO THE FUTURE....

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