collecting -> archiving ?

Leonie Oortgijsen

to share a link to a short video of one of the turner prize nominees, cathy wilkes. she talks about objects in a way that’s heart warming; a short moment the world becomes a better place. the objects have a meaning and therewith you can communicate. isn’t an interesting thought that people could be able to communicate only with objects? would that make the complexity of communication in itself less complex? is there more or less room for misunderstanding? if you are mad you could always throw the object; that’s a clear gesture and it would spare your voice. but really, i think it’s an interesting thought. what would be the form of such a ’system’ . still the sad fact remains that it’s impossible to really feel what the other person feels, regardless how much you care. you can only translate it to your own feelings.

you should really watch the video until the end, it’s so heart warming.

jannemarein

THE IT-BOX by janne

THE IT-BOX:
this box contains heaven and hell

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SOUL COLECTOR by maaike & dennis

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FLUID COLLECTOR

Stick it in any moisty material and the juices will start to flow. Never spills a drop.

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ANTI DATING GAME by Olfa & Xana

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ECP  | DUTCH VERSION

Collect and project your special moments in live with the ECP (Emotional Collector Projector) Put the unique moment air in the ECP and your special memories will always be there for you.
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watch?v=AVden4ngsMo

http://www.deviantart.com/ : olivier

http://www.instructables.com/ : jannemarein

http://www.mediamatic.net/ : kristina (petrasova)

http://flickr.com/ : maartje

http://youporn.com/ : paula

http://www.last.fm/ : marlon

http://facebook.com/ : daphne

http://www.artreview.com/ : dina

http://marktplaats.nl/ : claudia

http://citeulike.org/ : leonie

http://themepark.nl/ (is this correct?) : dennis

http://newyork.craigslist.org/ : maaike

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*feel free to change your topic if you find a more interesting platform (and update the URL here)

A really good look into your mind, makes me understand you better!

Chaos is the soil for creativity, so consider yourself lucky..

XPaula

www.flikr.com, personal collection bynini/mostly away’s

Reflexion: how is it classified/catagorised/organised?
Execution: Photo’s that she executed. Imported for her is (why and how she categorised it) the kind of lens she uses. Sigma 18-50mm, Sigma 18-50mm, Sigma 55-200mm, Nikon E 50mm 1.8, Lensbaby 2.0, Tamron 28-80mm, My first HOLGA, Old ones – not SLR. Categorial: Human, Natural and Urban.

Why is it classified like this?
Firstly: What kind of lens did she uses. To see what the difference in result is between the lenses. To try out the technical possibilities of itch kind of lens. She is investigating the technical process of photography. She even took a picture of her camera! Second: What is one the picture. What is the subject on the picture. The subject one the picture is important for her. Not how she felt while taking it or in what kind of mood she was. 

Other parts of society could organize this collection completely different. For instance an other photographer can have categories like; Stills, Travel, People, Landscape, Structures, Animals.
But an artist could have categories like; Conceptual, Documentary, Working process, Investigation, Inspirational. And I would categorize it very different too. By date to see the process I have gone though. Than it is more about my capabilities than of what the camera can do.

www.flikr.com, personal collection of surya

Reflection: how is it classified/catagorised/organised?
By subject what is on the picture: Iceland, Nature, Film, People, Diptych, Partsiculs, Bits&pieces. Other categories are: Polaroid (material), Foggy adventure (mood, experience), Favourites (personal rating).

Why is it classified like this?
Firtly: what is one the picture. What is the subject on the picture. The subject one the picture is important for her. Not how she felt while taking it or in what kind of mood she was etc. Second: the three other categories are interesting. Polaroid say’s something about the material but if you see what is one it she is not really investigating this different material, they look more like snapshots taken on the side. They look very personal. Foggy adventure is to me all about a mood and life. It is really documenting an experience. The viewer can feel the weather by looking at the picture. For Surya it is very important weather the action of taking the picture lead to an successful result or not, you can see this in the category; my and others favourites. They are all pictures of other categories selected. Together they form the category favourites she is rating her personal and others appreciation for the pictures. She organizes the pictures in order of how well it succeeded.

Other parts of society could organize this collection completely different. Ordered in categories like personal and business. Ore not by what is one it but by date taken. Ore if she succeeded in capturing the moment. That would be important for me personally.

Surya is more organizing by feeling than Nini is, she just rationalizes photography.

www.flickr.com/photos/ginger2003/collections/
www.flickr.com/photos/39263149@N00/sets/

www.ethics.be

How can you orden the moral of our society Would this be a good start?

Ethiek als discipline wordt vaak beschouwd als een zaak van abstracte theorieën, codes en casuïstiek, waardoor men haar reduceert tot een gespecialiceerd vakgebied waaraan ‘niet-specialisten’ met een gerust hart kunnen voorbijgaan. Ook over ethiek als praktijk bestaat geen levendige dialoog. Er kan immers nooit anders over gesproken worden dan zoals men spreekt over particuliere voorkeuren: ze zijn zus ze zijn zo, maar je kan er niet echt over discussiëren. Niet dat het vandaag aan een publieke moraal ontbreekt. Net zo goed als vroeger worden mensen geprezen of verguisd en de sociale druk om te beantwoorden aan aan allerlei groepsnormen is zeker niet afgenomen. Alleen proberen we onszelf en onze omgeving er vandaag van te overtuigen dat de moderne mens elk voor zichzelf uitmaken wat in morele zin verantwoord is. En omdat we op die manier zijn gaan geloven dat ethiek niet moet worden beschouwd als een publieke, maar als een private aangelegenheid, vinden we dat niemand zich daar verder over hoeft te bekommmeren. Zo slagen we erin de schrijnende aspecten van ethiek en moraal te verzachten, conflicten te neutraliseren en te doen alsof we in een bijzonder tolerante samenleving leven. 

LEES VERDER OP www.ethics.be

1)document:
-a collection (personal/public)
-a system (i.e. the activist ’scene’)

2)reflexion:
how is it classified/categorised/organised?

3)upload reflexion/documentation the assignment1 page

*image from the summit of the ‘Americas’ (discussing the ratification of the FTAA (see interesting project: http://www.cactusnetwork.org.uk/masks2.htm)