Today was interesting . . .
During the lecture today we had a guest speaker, Jason Nelson. Jason creates Net Art, and Net Publishing. This was an awsome lecture. Jason was hilarious and involved everyone (whether they liked it or not) into the lecture. He also called me "chick in the white top", and then further insulted me by saying I had no friends, and that I should go back onto "MySpace" so I feel as though I do have friends. lol... ummmm yeah.... anyways ..... here is some of the things he talked about.
I.P Address:
The I.P address is the address of a users P.C. The address is used to represent when a user is on a certain site. Jason showed us today that by simply going to the website www.dusstuff.com and type in a users I.P address, we can find the location of the P.C that has accessed his site. Following up on this Jason claims that we could even find the particular house where the P.C is located.
Peegaurdian:
Peer Gaurdian blocks a users I.P address therefore allowing other users not able to see where this certain user has been on the internet. It allows more privacy and security for a user.
Music Downloading:
Jason had a bit to say about music downloading. He said that to stop people stealing music, industries are soon enough going to set up a package where you can download a limited amount of files instead of pay as you go. Or to stop people downloading music, cd song files will be huge. He also told us about one attemp record companies tried in order to stop people downloading music, and that what to put junk data on the cd. To which a 15 year old boy found a way to outsmart them by drawing over the data with a nikko pen.
Net Art/Net Publishing:
Net Art gives people who probably don’t go to an art gallery a chance to see art online. Like painting, sculptures etc, Net Art creates a language and allows people to interpret this art in their own way. During the lecture Jason stated that “Technology gives those without talent the ability to create artwork.” He says that he is no good at drawing, sketching, painting, molding, running, etc, therefore creating digital artworks and presenting them online allows him to create something he thinks and what other people think is different, interesting and beautiful. I think his artworks are extremely creative and unique. Some are shocking and scaring, yet are captivating. Technology gives these kinds of people the ability to create something interesting and beautiful.
What Jason said he loves to do most is modify things and play around with things. He is inspired by things online - such as an abandoned high school online on ebay. He uses the images in his artworks. He uses photos of these abandoned buildings, and intergrates them into his work. As an artist, this is where he finds his inspiration. Jason said that he has had over 3 million hits on his website this year, and thats all because he website had gone viral. This meant people told people who sent people who told people about his website etc.
The coolest piece of art on Jasons site was the pokie death machine thingo. It spins and randomly tells you how you will die. Sounds pretty scary, but its great for a laugh
Jasons site can be found at www.secretechnology.com
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