The Goth: Post-Modernity |
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Diffraction
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| The project titled Diffraction is an attempt
at mapping the diffracted interference which occurs unnaturally within
the current society's natural environment. By "natural environment"
I am referring to the current state of today's regular routine of computer
interaction. By appropriating the computer user interface as an optical
instrument which is capable of shifting subjects, my main hope was to
display a series of fast moving stills and hand manipulated 16mm film
leader, through a monitor which has ceased to function in its expected
fashion. The monitor which I happened upon one afternoon was discarded
by the previous owner because of what could be considered a malfunction
from its intended performance. This malfunction caused the monitor to
distort the image on the screen to an unidentifiable scramble much like
viewing a cable channel which you don't pay for. The last step in this
project was to give it some Stellarc flash, pizzazz and artistic razzle
dazzle. |
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The monitor gutted and primed for alteration |
The fire alarm strobe light used to grab some attention |
Attaching the fire alarm within the monitor's chasis |
Giving it some more flash, I decided to add some
christmas lights |
Close-up shot of the lights and glitz |
Painting the monitor's casing for presentation |
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Reconstructing the monitor and preparing
it for presentation turned out to be a fatal affair. As I slid the casing
back onto the monitor, the excess baggage within (lights) caused the
case to crush what I believe to be called the cathode ray tube. The
catastrophe resulted in a rather alarming glass explosion, followed
by a release of noxious gasses into the atmosphere, which have horribly
disfigured my ego. So, working deep into the wee hours of the night,
I scraped what I could and started fresh with a new monitor, in order
to present my idea for the class' consideration. However, the new monitor
didn't promote the same concept of diffracted reality, and I decided
to use it instead to turn my computer station into a multi-monitor work
station and perpetuate my idea of the computer being my "Natural
environment".
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Dual Monitors with an extended desktop. It's like making an investment in workspace realty. | ||||
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My last attempt at a diffracted computer
user interface was to make an electromagnetic distortion field around
the monitor which could be controlled by a rheostat. This idea was scrapped
after I shocked myself enough times to call it quits. Also, I got the
idea of setting up the dual monitor system and realized that I didn't
want to permanantly 'magnet burn' the monitor. |
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