[spectre] Media Ballistics: The Arts & Sciences of Media Making [u]

[Geert Lovink [c]]

> From: Andrea Polli <apolli at hunter.cuny.edu>

> Media Ballistics v.1 was created by students of the Integrated Media 
> Arts (IMA) MFA program at Hunter College. 
> http://www.mediaballistics.org
>
> Inspired by Walter Benjamin, who in 1936 described Dada as a 
> "ballistic" art form, Media Ballistics is a creative attempt to reach 
> out and "shock" people into clearer ways of seeing amid a world 
> over-whelmed by a symbolic minefield of perpetual distraction.
> All media makers face this problem, whether they sell soap, package 
> politicians, or attempt to advance awareness and activism in an age of 
> spin. The theory and practice of media ballistics is critically 
> important to media artists who raise social consciousness and promote 
> public discussion.
> The media ballistics approach is not only to discover the trajectories 
> by which a media maker reaches an intended audience, it is also to 
> find the arcs of flight that will encourage people to stop being an 
> audience, refuse spectatorship, and become active and engaged citizens 
> of the world. This exhibit catalog represents each students' approach 
> to creating media works that meet these goals.
>
> Curated by IMA/MFA Students Alice Arnold & Brett Phares with 
> Distinguished Professor of Integrated Media Arts Stuart Ewen.