This is such an intriguing artefact, Nigel.

The thing that really struck me on first viewing was how calm you appear in face of the dystopian chaos unfolding beyond the glass screen. We can’t see your face however there’s almost a sense that you’re unmoved by what’s going on. In fact, maybe you’re bored even, the result of the repetition pointed to in the discussion above? I didn’t get the same sense of apocalypse of some others who have commented above: the fact that you are foregrounded in the image and dressed for work almost gave me the impression of you being in control: almost a sense of ‘business as usual’.

And having now read your rationale in response to Chenee’s question I really like that you sought to draw in content representing different historical periods. As we watch the sepia-tinged tripods lurch into view we are usefully discouraged from seeing the relations between human and machine as a recent concern.

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Really rich image here Nigel, excellent work! So much to interpret, and great to see so many creative interpretations here.

The RSI is nicely noted! And reminds me of Daniel’s artefact )http://ift.tt/2kkqDOb), it’s an interesting way to sign the embodied nature of all that ‘virtual’ and ‘non-human’ connection.

There is a super contrast between the utopia of your clean and tidy desk and its various ‘cloud’ devices, and the dystopia of the destruction going on outside. I also thought one could interpret the outside as your imagination – the course influencing your thinking to the extent that you imagine and see the view outside differently.

I also thought that the array of screens looked like a security arrangement, that you were somehow surveilling the web, whereas it was in the ‘real’ world that things seemed to be going wrong! An interesting comment on the ‘virtuality’ of cybercultures there perhaps, that the notion of the otherworldliness of the web tends to distract us from its connections to the real world.

Really super image Nigel, nice work!

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This is absolutely stunning Nigel, can’t stop staring at it!

Very apocalyptic, “it’s the end of the world as we know it”-type situation 😉 It does a great job at conveying a number of things.

Profusion: the impressive number of screens and devices is a good reminder of the constant visual solicitation and exposure to tech. It also raises the question of attention.

Control: who is in control ? You occupy a central position (almost looks like a control tower of some sort from where we’re standing) however your apparent oblivion to what is going on outside (like the end of the world!!!) suggests detachment (perhaps we are so obsessed with tech that we become blind to the outside world or perhaps there is simply nothing we can do about it because we have lost control).

Your posture suggests tension, tiredness (is your bionic shoulder hurting?) as if somehow this is all very unnatural and unhealthy…

I would love to learn what you used to compose the image, it’s great quality!

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some really good reflection here Nigel, and a very useful summary of week 3, well, week 2!

‘I don’t see ‘it’ as something to be feared, although it’s clear that many do.’

I think that is a potentially very important step to take, particularly for ‘us’ in education technology; to recognise that many will come from radically different perspectives, and may well be influenced by all sorts of assumptions embedded in cultural understandings.

“From a thematic point of view I’ve definitely been more interested in ‘the preservation of the authentic human”‘

Indeed, but just where we draw that line may not be easily identified where technology increasingly encroaches on our bodies?

‘and, secondly, that I’m leaving a legacy in my own Lifestream.’

Really interesting point Nigel. I’m not sure I’ve thought of it precisely like this before, but it’s a really important point I think. It definitely says something about the permanence of digital memory…and does that make it distinct from our own (fallible) human memory? If that is the case, why is so much of education focused on memorisation? Is that why technology seems the perfect solution?

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What a wonderfully rich image Nigel!

Are you at the control panel orchestrating the action or just watching things play out? Is the chaos part of the infrastructure of the way technology works or how it feels to manage?

I also notice that there are many devices and that they take up different spaces and are used in different contexts too.

Thanks for this.

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This is great, Nigel! How did you make it? There is so much in this image.

I like the way you’ve used the juxtaposition of what’s happening inside and outside to make a comment on the prevalence of technology, as well as its inherent possibility for variance. Is there something too about the way in which technology can absorb our attention, physically(?) preventing us from seeing what’s beyond it?

-Helen

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