Author: austin.haughton

EcoArt Approach – AustinH

So for my approach, I decided to create something like a prototype for the music I’ll be making, as practice in the programs I’ll be using and to get a sense of how to go about the production process. As a practice-run and a proof-of-concept […]

EcoArt Intent – AustinH

I was initially going to roll with a nature-oriented parody of tinder called timber but then I was struck with divine inspiration for something I would actually use. It’s a bit more artsy and a bit less interactive but regardless it’s something I’d actually be […]

Approach 2 – Austin H

Background:  We leave on our mark in this world and on each other in a wide variety of ways. The onset of digital media has further enhanced the average person’s ability to document every aspect of their lives so far as they desire. But for […]

Autobotography Intent – AustinH

This is subject to change – slightly or heavily – over spring break, but for now I’m leaning towards something like this: For my autobotography idea, I’m leaning towards creating some audiovisual piece in Max MSP, or at the very least some generative audio piece. […]

Response 3-AustinH

By far the most interesting example of “autobotography” among those listed on the class site is, to me, Modern Living / Neurotica by Han Hoogerbrugge. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance to really dive in during lab time (as it’s Flash-based, I couldn’t get it […]

Approach 1-Austin H

Here is quick an early (but functional) version of my public blog site, The Samaritan’s Journal, designed on and hosted by WordPress as a free blog. Of course none of the design elements or content currently up is “final” in any sense, but it should serve […]

Hacktivism – AustinH

Mass media, in the traditional sense, is a negative spiral. Mainstream news outlets are overwhelmingly concerned with malice and misfortune on all scales. While in all fairness, comforting stories of kindness aren’t exceedingly rare nowadays, you would still be hard pressed to turn on a […]

Response 2 – AustinH

In creative arts, there isn’t much of a better reception for one’s work than unbiased feedback. Classroom environments, particularly university-level environments, offer a uniquely ideal setting for this kind of constructive criticism. Busy work based on the stricture of textbooks is replaced with a kind […]

Response 1-AustinH

For me, New Media is an endlessly confusing topic. It seems like every core class that I – that we’ve all had asks us to define it, and without fail they all provide a new definition that kind of aligns with the previous one in […]