Author: jamesishere

EcoArt.Approach(James_Austin)

HUMAN ENCROACHMENT Mission Human Encroachment is a blog featuring original nature photography alongside existing Ecoart projects, with a focus on how humans interact and coexist with nature  in ways that are often detrimental. The first thing you see upon entering the blog is a work […]

Intent3 – JamesA

Encroachment The goal of this project would be to cate a simple photography blog, featuring pictures that depict a “struggle” between man and nature. Most nature photography is idyllic: perfect scenes of woods or mountains that have not been touched by man. Oftentimes the pictures […]

Autobotography Approach – JamesA

BLACK BOX Code allows an artist to present a viewer with a certain set of objects in a certain way. It also allows for present objects to be hidden, tucked away somewhere in the backstage area that is the project’s source code. There are oftentimes […]

Autobotography Intent – JamesA

NOBODY’S LOOKING My phone is a part of me. On it, I share things that I think accurately represent myself. However, when I pull out my phone, I’m looking to laugh. I’m not looking at any deeper part of myself. I would never ask my […]

Response 3 – JamesA

There are certain aspects of a technological art piece – a web page, a game, etc – that can’t be achieved in any other medium. Interactivity can portray previously limited aspects of ourselves. Take, for instance, the project Nobody Here. It’s a disjointed collection of […]

Approach 1 – JamesA

BACKGROUND The goal of my project was to create a game that would put the player in charge of an American Presidential campaign. My aim was to show the player that the only winning strategy is to take advantage of large donations and political lobbies. […]

Hacktivism Intent – JamesA

My initial intent was to integrate a reward system in a game, or across multiple games, that would encourage players to vote on election day. After some thought, I decided a more involved approach would be more rewarding and effective. What if, instead of just […]

Response 2 – JamesA

Millenials are intensely underrepresented in our political system simply because they don’t vote as much as other demographic groups. Politicians are slow to offer solutions to problems that affect young people (i.e. high college tuition) because support amongst young people is not seen as important […]

Response 1 – JamesA

What is New Media was a helpful reading. It was successful in bringing me around to a way of thinking that I agree with and makes sense to me. I especially liked the travel allegory. I was kind of scratching my head until I got […]