Media Mayhem Comes To An End!

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Thank you, one and all, for a great year in Media Arts. Feel free to post a comment on this final blog entry over the summer to clue me in on any 'media arts' sightings you stumble upon during your travels!!

Good luck on those pesky final exams. I'll see you 'round campus next year!

-Mr. Hoban

Media and Folded Fury By Alex Vukasin

Hi this is Alex V. in case anyone was wondering and I have posted this comment on a very important topic, our first project of the year, the mangling media designs. It has come to my attention recently that Mr. Hoban has admitted to not having a clue to what my art piece was about. This is where you, the intelligent student, come into the picture. embedded below is a 20 second long clip showing my media pyramid in action. 1. Your job is to look at this clip as many times as you need to, and write about what you think the pyramid represents. There are no wrong answers, just stupid ones. However, my pyramid has recently become incomplete. 2. Using what you have learned from the brief clip below, decide what you think should be on the top of my pyramid and explain why.

Also, I would like to congratulate everyone on a successful film festival. One very important part of that festival and also our media arts year was Stephen J. Shanabrook folding art. An important topic also arises from this. Why can't I sell my folding art for millions of dollars? What is the difference between what he does and what I do? What makes his crumpled up faces art, and what makes mine just another class project? Based on what we have talked about in class, I would like you to come up with logical answers to explain my many questions. Below the pyramid video there are two pics the one on the right is mine and the one on the left is Stephen Moneybags Shanabrook's. write about any key differences if any between my folded art and his.


Media Pyramid:









Alex Vukasin:






Stephen J. Shanabrook:

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One Week To Go!!!

Dear Media Artists:

Firstly, we have Eddy Scanlan to thank for this embedded video below. Check it out. It's a good one, Eddy! Could you please comment on why you called this video up at the end of the class on Friday? (I have a feeling why you did so, but I want you to tell us what relevance it has with what we were doing in class.)


From questioncopyright.org "All Creative Work Is Derivative"


Secondly, please post your continuing thoughts on what your final week's project will be. I will now list what was agreed upon during Friday's class. Remember: YOU MUST BRING ALL MATERIALS (SUPPLIES/TOOLS/ETC.) THAT YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THIS IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT--ON YOUR OWN!!!

Cadet--straw art
Campbell--records on ceiling tile
Champion--??
Guns--Boston Logo
Kotler--mixed media ceiling tile
Ross--song
Scanlan--name with videotape
Shay--ceiling tile on ceiling tile
Washington--flipbook (and 3 page paper entitled "Mr. Hoban: You're A Fool")
Vukasin--??
West--blog
Whelan--stop motion animation

I would like to see each of you post multiple comments over the course of the three day weekend. Comment on other people's posts. Add new ideas to your own. Remember: comment writing is 30% of your marking period grade!!


And thirdly, a link to the movie review of "Picasso and Braque Go To The Movies", (a copy of which was handed out in today's class but some of you conveniently left the article behind) and the supporting video we screened in class:


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Have a safe weekend!!

-Mr. Hoban

Keep on [Searchin'] in the Free World!!

Media Artists:

Reminder, here, to find the BEST Google Earth videos of this great nation of ours and to post the links on this blog. Harrison got lucky today when he stumbled upon some very nice examples of Google Earth 3D. After watching his "technique" you should know where/how to begin your search. And if you want to learn something about U.S. geography, now you have an opportunity to search for some places that you've always wanted to visit...or you can check out the state or city of a distant family member...think up a location and see if something 'pops' up.

The videos in the links you provide will be elements that will be edited into a 'closing video' at the end of the Video Festival on Wednesday. In keeping with one of the themes of the evening (the music of Neil Young), we will end the festival with Young's song: "Keep On Rockin' In the Free World" playing over sweeping images of the USA (thanks to you media artists).

If anyone is interested in helping out with the editing of the piece, let me know. Also...read your classmates' blogs if you haven't already and be sure to leave your comments.

Have a good weekend!


-Mr. Hoban


Oh. Listen up, if you'd like.

Technology Innovation (Guest Blogger: Alex Shay)

The innovation of technology spans from the beginning of time to an undefined end. Technology started in its simplest such as the wheel, the wheel, has given us so much innovation through products such as the car, train, plane and bicycle. An electrical invention such as the radio was very complex for it’s time. The radio can be compared to the Apple iPhone. Obviously there is a profound difference between the radio and the iphone. But innovation of technology has allowed us to grab technology from the early 19th century and late 20th century to unite as one in the early 21century. By this I mean, the radio, television/film, telephone and record player have all been placed into an advanced system that can now fit in your pocket. The iPhone can play your favorite music while you are talking to you friend and looking up dinner reservations and buying movie tickets all at the same time all in the palm of your hand. This was considered completely impossible until the idea was sparked by interest and collaborative ideas. Sometimes we are limited to innovate by the technology of our time. The iPhone could not have been made in the 19th century because there was not enough technology to make it at the time. For example, teleportation seams impossible now but can be possible in the future. This is the same view point that people in the 19th and 20th century had at their time.

So my question is... What is your favorite apple product and when did you get it?
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Jack Kelly--World Class Rower (Guest Blogger: Julia Vari)

John (Jack) B. Kelly Sr. is one of the most influential oarsmen. He’s the “Babe Ruth” of rowing. After his family moved to Philadelphia from Ireland, he’d watch professional single scullers(one rower in a boat using two oars) racing on the Schuylkill River dreaming to one day be them. He started rowing with local clubs, the most notable being Vesper Boat Club. Vesper is still around today and is one of the boathouses making up Boathouse Row. He later learned to scull and after overcoming flipping his boat in early races, Jack won numerous events. With a 126 race winning streak and 6 National Championships Kelly applied to race at the Henley Royal Regatta, one of the most prestigious rowing events taking place in England. Kelly, being a bricklayer, was not accepted because at the time all rowers had to have professions that were not laborious since it was seen as an unfair advantage for someone to work with their hands all day. He got his redemption by competing in the 1920 Summer Olympics where he won the single a second faster than Jack Beresford and he won the double scull with his cousin Paul Costello.


I got into rowing last year as a freshman. Basically every weekend this year my team has traveled down to the Schuylkill River. It's really inspirational rowing on a river where such a great oarsman got his start. Above is the statue of Jack Kelly at the finish line on the Schuylkill.

Below is a rowing race. The first is a single sculler (which Kelly was). The second is the more popluar eights.





Now, my question for you is who is your favorite athlete or what is your favorite sport? Why?