tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20239079.post6207725450634109290..comments2024-03-04T04:12:57.650-05:00Comments on THEORY NOW: The DatabaseMark Cameron Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697922195376438088noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20239079.post-61013700639039215702007-05-13T00:29:00.000-04:002007-05-13T00:29:00.000-04:00new media has not replaced the narrative. we do, ...new media has not replaced the narrative. we do, after all, still live and work in the world of painting where narrative will never die. however, this does not mean new media lacks narrative, this point is only subjective. while i do agree with liana's point about the erasure of emails we also know that most history is pieced together through other things not just letters. i don't think anyone could save/ print out every email ever written. it would be impossible.e.m. rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795834790134958900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20239079.post-35777945578312434212007-05-12T01:37:00.000-04:002007-05-12T01:37:00.000-04:00I think that narrative has been changed by new med...I think that narrative has been changed by new media and technology. a lot of history is being lost and erased as non-important through email etc. history that would otherwise have helped future societies know more about our ways of life. I feel that a lot of new medis is changeable and not as reliable as hard copies, but that may just be my perception.<BR/><BR/> I also think that a lot of new media, for instance many video games etc. do not have a narrative because the point of them is to play them and try to change the narrative to your advantage, wheras if you were reading a book, the narrative is already laid out for you and you would read the narrative.<BR/><BR/>(from what I've seen so far, gender and age seem to play a role in this argument too b/c when i read my statement to some of my friends that are guys my age, they strongly disagreed with me that video games don't necessarily have a narrative)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20239079.post-1443521171798241912007-05-11T20:11:00.000-04:002007-05-11T20:11:00.000-04:00I would question whether the database is at this p...I would question whether the database is at this point a new aesthetic or that it has replaced the narrative. A database does not necessarily present information in a narrative format. However, it could be used to construct a narrative, as Manovich's discussion of video games suggests. Moreover, random or non-sequential presentations in art work are not new, such as John Cage's musical compositions and various plotless literature, examples of which I can't recall at the moment. <BR/><BR/>PS: FYI, there is a long article on Banksy the British graffiti artist, and a separate article on Chris Burden, in the May 14 edition of The New Yorker.<BR/><BR/>Also, you may have seen that on May 9, DCist described the CCAD as an art powerhouse.patrickjdonovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444197047924162531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20239079.post-21324555509870120582007-05-11T15:40:00.000-04:002007-05-11T15:40:00.000-04:00I disagree with the notion that new media has dest...I disagree with the notion that new media has destroyed the narrative. Through the database you create your own narrative that is ultimately guided by the information presented in the database. The narrative is undergoing an evolution of sorts that is allowing it to be more flexible and build on choices of the protaganist. The definition of a narrative in the database sense should probably be reworked but at its heart there is still a narrative being built through interaction; ultimately the narrative in the traditional sense will coexist with its evolved counterpart that has yet to be named.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com