4 years, 7 months ago
I'm so happy to be back on memefest! It's amazing to see you are still active on here Oliver, that's awesome to see! I haven't been on memefest for three years I think.
So tonight I have just watched the new Blade Runner 2049 movie for the second time! Blade Runner 2049 is blowing my mind, both in beautiful and amazing cinematography/acting and the many various topics it brings up. Such as futuristic SciFi slavery, cloning, technology, sex, power, control, authority, ethics etc. Then architecture, music, sound design, design disciplines that helped make Blade Runner 2049 film possible! Script writing too. There are so many tiny details in the film. Just an example is the way they portray a giant built man who wears tiny glasses creating part of his character profile is interesting. I plan on watching Blade Runner 2049 three more times this month while it's still in the cinema as it's not only entertainment for me, it's also for my own personal research for the cyber punk/glitch video styles, futuristic ideology/themes.
I hope I've convinced my comrades on memefest to go see Blade Runner 2049 at the cinema soon and indulge in watching it more than once. But don't watch the full movie trailers, if you watch the two official movie trailers for Blade Runner 2049 you'll basically see the entire movie which is huge spoiler. If you want surprises don't watch the movie trailers.
You can watch the first Blade Runner movie first, but it's not totally necessary, it just helps you understand the full story line if you watch the first movie.
This Blade Runner 2049 movie has come out at the perfect timing for me as I'm super interested in cyber punk/glitch video theme/style lately. I've gotten interested in Cyber Punk/glitches because of some new computer games I've found over the past two years that are currently being developed. Wanting to experiment with glitch videos now.
Another great movie to watch I recommend is the new movie called Atomic Blonde, came out in 2017. For some of the similar reasons as Blade Runner I love Atomic Blonde movie.
But above all else I hope to now be intellectually stimulated on memefest!
4 years, 8 months ago
Decolonising research methodology must include undoing its dirty history
https://theconversation.com/decolonising-research-methodology-must-include-undoing-its-dirty-history-83912?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1506445307
4 years, 10 months ago
Hi there friends: I want to share with you a truly wonderful project that is more than worth your attention and support. A few days left to reach the goal of this crowdfunding campaign and your donation could really make the difference. Cups of nun chai is a memorial work for the 118 civilians that died in pro-freedom protests in Indian occupied Kashmir in 2010. One of my favorite art projects. But please see more on the link bellow and please do consider supporting the project financially (you will receive a lot in return)!
https://pozible.com/project/cups-of-nun-chai

4 years, 10 months ago
“Developing dissident knowledges”: Geert Lovink on the Social Media Abyss
http://lagrietaonline.com/developing-dissident-knowledges-geert-lovink-on-the-social-media-abyss/
4 years, 12 months ago
Does Facebook Make Us Unhappy and Unhealthy?
A look at new research covering thousands of adults
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-facebook-make-us-unhappy-and-unhealthy-1495729227
4 years, 11 months ago
This is a great read: Notes Toward the Memes of Production
https://www.textezurkunst.de/106/notes-toward-memes-production/#id56
[IMG MGMT] What Relational Aesthetics Can Learn From 4Chan
4 years, 11 months ago
Disobedient Electronics booklet edited and hand-crafted by Garnet Hertz.
http://we-make-money-not-art.com/disobedient-electronics-protest/?utm_content=buffer63afa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
4 years, 12 months ago
Here some very good research on Facebook, highly recommend!
https://labs.rs/en/
5 years ago
Facebook showed advertisers how it has the capacity to identify when teenagers feel “insecure”, “worthless” and “need a confidence boost”, according to a leaked documents based on research quietly conducted by the social network.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/01/facebook-advertising-data-insecure-teens
5 years, 2 months ago
The Critique of Design Thinking is a bit naive, but there is a lot in here which deserves support. Quite a few things similar to our Memefest workshop approaches. The idea that good design is potentially solving problems created by bad design is one of them. Still what's missing is an emphasis on decolonization:
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3068235/want-to-fight-inequality-forget-design-thinking
5 years, 3 months ago
This is really worrying if we don't find an alternative. Its interesting because the growing distrust to media was mostly visible in advertising first. Now media as such will become distrusted but with potentially severe consequences.
AI and the End of Truth
Think the current fake news issue is bad? It won’t get any better with AI.
https://medium.com/swlh/ai-and-the-end-of-truth-9a42675de18#.tj0bq4yuq
5 years, 3 months ago
Organizing for protest on Facebook will make you vulnerable as your activities are monitored and data fwd to police and other control agencies:
Inauguration-protest arrests lead to Facebook data prosecution
Move fast and break democracy.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/10/inauguration-protest-arrests-lead-to-facebook-data-prosecution/
5 years, 3 months ago
Is America Prepared for Meme Warfare?
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/meme-warfare?utm_source=mbfb
5 years, 3 months ago
This is a must read to understand the logic of current medias "fake news" potential.
The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/veles-macedonia-fake-news/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

5 years, 4 months ago
Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition
Hyperface project involves printing patterns on to clothing or textiles that computers interpret as a face, in fightback against intrusive technology
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/04/anti-surveillance-clothing-facial-recognition-hyperface?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
5 years, 4 months ago
It is great to see how Jafri connects with other protesters and voices with his unifying message STOP RACISM NOW.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/protesters-blocked-traffic-at-flinders-street-station-20170103-gtlgun.html
Here again the website created at this years Memefest- check it out and do consider supporting Jafri's campaign with a donation. It will truly go a long way!!
https://www.stopracismnow.org/

5 years, 4 months ago
Go Pro: The Hyper-Professionalization of the Emerging Artist
http://www.artnews.com/2016/03/09/go-pro-the-hyper-professionalization-of-the-emerging-artist/
5 years, 5 months ago
A necessary read on how machines, software and AI are changing the culture of photography and image
Invisible Images (Your Pictures Are Looking at You)
By Trevor Paglen
http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/invisible-images-your-pictures-are-looking-at-you/
So what is the future of photography and communication design? And how should we change what we teach students in both areas to remain both fields as a relevant body of knowledge- practiced by humans?


Username
julianne
Name
Julianne Nguyen
Birth year
1994
Gender
female
Country
Australia
Website
http://sustainabilityscrawlings.tumblr.com/
I have joined the Memfest community becasue i am interested in
Engaging, connecting, collaborating with people who like to think broadly, interdisciplinary and philosophically...
Faculty
Studied at Swinburne University of Technology
Education
Interior Architecture
Working place
Local council
Music I like
That's like asking what's my favourite food, I can't answer that.
Books I like
Changes in time...
Films I like
Into the Wild.
Websites I like
Brainpickings, On Being, School of Life (in that order!)

4 years, 11 months ago