Comments on: Lo and behold … http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/14/lo-and-behold/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Siân Bayne http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/14/lo-and-behold/#comment-38 Siân Bayne Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:38:27 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=4773#comment-38 I loved this Ania - I think I felt the opposite of Neil and Geraldine in that I found the eye chillingly detached and seemingly unoffended by the carnage and misery. Like Austin I enjoyed the surveillance reference and the sense of the omnipresent watcher. You could've chosen a machinic rather than a human eye, but I like the way its humanity makes an obvious link between the technological and the social - and the fact that it's an 'authorial' eye gives yet another layer of complexity! (btw I loved the composite image too, which I found almost equally eerie.) I loved this Ania – I think I felt the opposite of Neil and Geraldine in that I found the eye chillingly detached and seemingly unoffended by the carnage and misery. Like Austin I enjoyed the surveillance reference and the sense of the omnipresent watcher. You could’ve chosen a machinic rather than a human eye, but I like the way its humanity makes an obvious link between the technological and the social – and the fact that it’s an ‘authorial’ eye gives yet another layer of complexity! (btw I loved the composite image too, which I found almost equally eerie.)

]]> By: Neil David Buchanan http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/14/lo-and-behold/#comment-36 Neil David Buchanan Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:41:36 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=4773#comment-36 Hi Ania, the vulnerability of the eye gave this piece a texture that both compelled and attracted. It was disconcerting to see an eye so close up - moist, jelly-like, undefended, whilst overlaying such vivid and grotesque images. I felt as if I wanted to protect the eye - it shouldn't be seeing this! At the same time, I liked the way the eye, the shape of the iris and pupil, obscured some parts of the images. Almost as if we see what we want to see. And what we don't, we blink/ blank out. Hi Ania, the vulnerability of the eye gave this piece a texture that both compelled and attracted. It was disconcerting to see an eye so close up – moist, jelly-like, undefended, whilst overlaying such vivid and grotesque images. I felt as if I wanted to protect the eye – it shouldn’t be seeing this! At the same time, I liked the way the eye, the shape of the iris and pupil, obscured some parts of the images. Almost as if we see what we want to see. And what we don’t, we blink/ blank out.

]]> By: Austin Tate http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/14/lo-and-behold/#comment-35 Austin Tate Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:44:37 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=4773#comment-35 Ania... I "enjoyed" this with the images of "future fantastic" and the problems of our world. The audio track was emphatic and the stereo separation gave me a shock as it flitted left to right... nicely reflecting the "all seeing eye" darting about and observing. Observing us> observing the viewer or the contents of the movie? Creepy. Too close to the reality of big brother today with the large serach providers and their willingness to mine our personal information for profit and their bend over backwards attitude to totalitarian government so they can continue to operate and make money even where all is controlled. Ania… I “enjoyed” this with the images of “future fantastic” and the problems of our world. The audio track was emphatic and the stereo separation gave me a shock as it flitted left to right… nicely reflecting the “all seeing eye” darting about and observing. Observing us> observing the viewer or the contents of the movie? Creepy. Too close to the reality of big brother today with the large serach providers and their willingness to mine our personal information for profit and their bend over backwards attitude to totalitarian government so they can continue to operate and make money even where all is controlled.

]]> By: Geraldine http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/14/lo-and-behold/#comment-34 Geraldine Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:56:00 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=4773#comment-34 Hi Ania, I think your movie works really well - the music fits perfectly and I'm left feeling rather unsettled and somewhat threatened. Some how the eye says it all - representing for me both a person and the human race at the same time. It definitely looks scared, trapped or imprisoned and helpless in the face of a kind of relentless march of technology as it ensnaring our lives. Pretty powerful stuff! Hi Ania,

I think your movie works really well – the music fits perfectly and I’m left feeling rather unsettled and somewhat threatened. Some how the eye says it all – representing for me both a person and the human race at the same time. It definitely looks scared, trapped or imprisoned and helpless in the face of a kind of relentless march of technology as it ensnaring our lives. Pretty powerful stuff!

]]> By: Ania Rolińska http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/14/lo-and-behold/#comment-33 Ania Rolińska Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:48:19 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=4773#comment-33 Thank you Grace - I think I don't realise the creepiness of the video due to the time spent on the project but my partner jokingly hid behind a chair when I showed the clip to him! Also, it is my eye after all so there is a degree of familiarity in the film although I must admit it was fascinating (and slightly disturbing at the beginning) to see it in the new context, without the rest of the face, rolling around, having a life of its own in a way, sort of disembedded from its natural environment. It's not an evil eye though - I'm not an actor so no matter how hard I tried to look scared, perplexed by imagining all sorts of things, I couldn't instil this mood in the eye! The subsequent phases of the project reminded me of how important in conveying the meaning the movement or music might be. I'd love to spend more time tweaking the film and I wish I had better tech skills but at the moment it has to do. Thanks for the comment and looking forward to seeing your artefact! :-) Hope the problems will cease soon - let me know if I can be of any help. Thank you Grace – I think I don’t realise the creepiness of the video due to the time spent on the project but my partner jokingly hid behind a chair when I showed the clip to him!
Also, it is my eye after all so there is a degree of familiarity in the film although I must admit it was fascinating (and slightly disturbing at the beginning) to see it in the new context, without the rest of the face, rolling around, having a life of its own in a way, sort of disembedded from its natural environment. It’s not an evil eye though – I’m not an actor so no matter how hard I tried to look scared, perplexed by imagining all sorts of things, I couldn’t instil this mood in the eye! The subsequent phases of the project reminded me of how important in conveying the meaning the movement or music might be. I’d love to spend more time tweaking the film and I wish I had better tech skills but at the moment it has to do.

Thanks for the comment and looking forward to seeing your artefact! :-) Hope the problems will cease soon – let me know if I can be of any help.

]]> By: Grace Elliott http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/14/lo-and-behold/#comment-32 Grace Elliott Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:07:44 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=4773#comment-32 Hi Ania, You really are a very creative person. This wasn't comfortable viewing but you did warn us. The eye really creeped me out. I was drawn between wanting to look away and also to keep watching because I was fascinated about what comes next. I too have spent many hours on this task with nothing to show for it so far. Having trouble with both software and Internet connection. Hi Ania,

You really are a very creative person. This wasn’t comfortable viewing but you did warn us. The eye really creeped me out. I was drawn between wanting to look away and also to keep watching because I was fascinated about what comes next.

I too have spent many hours on this task with nothing to show for it so far. Having trouble with both software and Internet connection.

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