Thank you, Jason. I am sorry that I couldn't attend your presentation - I am sure that there was an interesting discussion as you are considering some interesting, contemporary and very intriguing issues. Your opening statement is quite powerful and striking; it left a very strong impression on me, especially in the context of one political debate that I heard as a podcast this morning. There, a presenter told a story how, during the current protests in Kiev, Ukraine where demonstrators are protesting government's cutting the ties with EU and turning deeper towards Russia, at one point all protesters that were present on the main square received an identical text message on their smart phones, warning them that they should not be there, that the protest is illegal and that they can be prosecuted if they continue protesting. Based on the location of their smart-phone, the government now know their names, home addresses and any other personal information that is sent out there to our newly developed digital cosmos. Therefore, you are absolutely right in stating that "society has evolved to rely on interdependent information connections that sees digital bodies as an entity of variability..." Scary, isn't it? Although, for some reason, I don't think you meant exactly this as you were developing your statement.
Not to be too dark and gloomy, but isn't what you are proposing here fundamentally an oxymoron? Hasn't the development of the digital communication actually freed us from the need of physical buildings, i.e. "the architecture"? Why one needs to visit an actual building in order to share/create/perform digital artifacts/information, when one can reach much broader audience by simply staying within the digital realm and do it from anywhere in the world?
People work remotely, study at universities remotely and even perform concerts remotely - no need for actual physical buildings :)
So, how can you convince me that involving architecture in this phenomenon is not just forced activity to fulfill the requirements of this assignment?
Thank you, Jason.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that I couldn't attend your presentation - I am sure that there was an interesting discussion as you are considering some interesting, contemporary and very intriguing issues.
Your opening statement is quite powerful and striking; it left a very strong impression on me, especially in the context of one political debate that I heard as a podcast this morning. There, a presenter told a story how, during the current protests in Kiev, Ukraine where demonstrators are protesting government's cutting the ties with EU and turning deeper towards Russia, at one point all protesters that were present on the main square received an identical text message on their smart phones, warning them that they should not be there, that the protest is illegal and that they can be prosecuted if they continue protesting. Based on the location of their smart-phone, the government now know their names, home addresses and any other personal information that is sent out there to our newly developed digital cosmos. Therefore, you are absolutely right in stating that "society has evolved to rely on interdependent information connections that sees digital bodies as an entity of variability..." Scary, isn't it?
Although, for some reason, I don't think you meant exactly this as you were developing your statement.
Not to be too dark and gloomy, but isn't what you are proposing here fundamentally an oxymoron? Hasn't the development of the digital communication actually freed us from the need of physical buildings, i.e. "the architecture"? Why one needs to visit an actual building in order to share/create/perform digital artifacts/information, when one can reach much broader audience by simply staying within the digital realm and do it from anywhere in the world?
People work remotely, study at universities remotely and even perform concerts remotely - no need for actual physical buildings :)
So, how can you convince me that involving architecture in this phenomenon is not just forced activity to fulfill the requirements of this assignment?