Final Video

Music

Music Movement 1 Disco: Diana Ross is an extremely influential and popular singer during this time period. This genre of music was prominent during the 1960’s and 1970’s and played in night clubs. The theme of this music was meant for people to dance so many of the tunes were upbeats and portrayed an echo effect. 

Music Movement 2 Dubstep: A famous dub step artist was Excision. His music perfectly fit into this category because it incorporated electric rhythmic pattern of beats using a base frequency. This music was developed fairly recently and uses advanced technology to create these beats and sounds. 

Music Movement 3 Techno: The Prodigy was a group that formed as a result of techno music. They achieved popularity in the 1990’s through their underground rave scene which combined a mixture of funk, electro, and electric jazz with a futuristic theme. 

Music Movement 4 Girl Power:  Beyoncé is an example of an artist who portrays girl power. Even though Beyoncé did not perform during the same time as the other artists listed, many of her songs include lyrics that are uplifting to women and provide them with strength. Many of her songs are upbeat and involve repeated lyrics to emphasize her message. 

Music Movement 5 Punk: Blink 82 is an extremely popular group who emerged in the 1970’s as punk rock group based off prior rock bands from the 1960’s. The punk rock culture usually involved rebellious youths wearing spiked jewelry and leather. Punk rock is usually described as louder and more intense than the rock in the years before and usually the message is to rebel the social norm.  

What if the World was a Simulation?

            Trying to think of the world being a simulation is a difficult concept to grasp. Even after thinking about it for a while I cannot imagine living in this world and it not being real. Everything that I do or touch is so real to me and if we were living in some type of simulation my mind would be absolutely blown. However, this concept is not completely out of the question. With the technology we have access to today, it is possible to make things feel real that are generated by computers. I have personally experienced different types of simulations such as amusement park rides and headgear that provide a real-life experience.  I remember having to tell myself that it wasn’t real because when I experienced this it all felt so realistic. This is something that even if certain aspects of simulation are not possible today, they will be possible in the future.

Can You Create Art with Technology?

            I strongly believe art can be created with the use of technology. With all the access we have to technology today, it would be a shame not to use it to create different types of art. Some of the most beautiful art I have seen has been used with computer programing and other devices on located on computers. Just because people are not using their hands to create something does not take away from the fact that it is a piece of artwork. Sometimes these pieces of art created using technology require a lot of thinking and creativity to ensure that they are unique. The benefit to creating art with technology is the convince when deleting a portion of the art. When painting or coloring, it is not as easy to just get rid of a color that was already drawn. As a whole, we have already come so far with using technology to create art. I am thrilled to see how much further we can advance and a see the pieces of art that are created in the future.

Xerox

           The Xerox project was not necessarily the hardest project yet, but I did find it to be the most thought-provoking project so far. If you just had to copy your body parts and randomly assemble them into a random object, then this project would have been easy. The challenging part of this assignment was thinking of an original object to create from the copies of my body pieces into a piece of art that I can relate to and is important to me. The other challenging aspect of this assignment is arranging your body parts to correctly portray the image you are trying to create. The good thing about this project is that you can be creative as you want and use other accessories you may wear such as hats and watches to achieve the look you need. I found this project very challenging but rewarding once I was able to assemble my body parts to look like a flower, which was my intended goal.

Grid

Doing this grid helped me understand how pixels were originally created. This made me realize how TV's were started and how we got the pictures that we now have today.

Advancing Technology

            One of the biggest advancements in technology and most useful devices today is the cell phone. The first cell phone created has evolved over time and is completely different from the iPhones and Android that we now have. Not only has the design and size changed, but also the use for cell phones have changed as well. Many people store pictures, files, calendars, reminders, social media accounts, and all their personal information within this small device that travels with them where ever they go. Some people would not know what to with themselves with a loss of this item. A few decades ago, people could not have even imagined having internet access on their phones because they were solely used for calling one another. When we look around at everyone, the majority of people have iPhones, which seem to be the leading brand of cell phones.  

            Trying to think of how the phones we have now could advance anymore seems to be impossible. Personally, the iPhone I have appears to be able to do everything I could ever need and has even more features that I do not use or do not know about. The newer phones that are being released every year are only advancing slightly in picture quality, size changes, apps, etc. The next big change in the iPhone’s I think is going to be invented is something that has to do with 3D projections or holograms. This idea could be far-fetched and not even be possible, but it is the only entirely new thing I could think of that would be something that could be completely different from the cell phones we are used to using today. This idea may have already come up with cell phones and could in the making of incorporating into new devices. Overall, thinking of an entire new device can be hard when the technology we have in the 21^stcentury is already so advanced.