Critique:
Jason Lewis' "What They Speak When They Speak To Me" and David Jhave Johnston's interpretation of poems were both visually and interactively different. In Lewis' piece, it required interaction from the user and it really grabbed my focus since I had to pay attention to where to click and how to read the phrases. Though this piece seemed self-explanatory, I did not really understand the purpose of it until I read the description on the side. I liked how the letters really followed the movement of the finger. Each sentence seemed to tell a different story that made me want to read more. In relation to the fact that these sentences are part of a journey, I would like to know as to why only use black and white for the background and letters?
As for Johnston's piece, I liked how the poem excerpts were integrated into the visuals, for example one of them the text was moving along with the wind. It didn't require interaction from the user but it had some sort of movement and manipulation of text/words. I thought it was more engaging that each short video was independent rather than if it were one entire poem. I did notice that his style of manipulation of text did change throughout each poem and I was curious as to why? I didn't like how the museum presented this piece because to read the entire poem it was in french and the actual visuals were in english. Thus, we should of been able to have the entire poem in english as well and not only french.
Nonetheless, these two pieces were compelling and thought-provoking, and fit well with the context of our class.
Readings:
The first reading was very short but focused mainly on this application that allows the user to manipulate typography. I have heard of it before but I have never tried it, the name Mr. Softie seems a little strange. Nonetheless, this seems like an interesting program and has a variety of controls to use on text. In the gallery, the works are amazing and vary in appearance, as if they were each created using a different program like processing or flash or photoshop.
NextText is
Making Future Magic is a beautiful piece that uses stop motion animation by moving an ipad with 3D imagery on it. It creates a futuristic looking film as if they were moving LEDs.
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