Being protocol The third set of experiments I used to explore my research questions were focused around “being protocol”, making protocol the work itself rather than the tool or even the inevitable centre. My aim was to approach jpeg as a scopic apparatus, not merely a component in a camera or screen-grab apparatus. Because the …
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Methodology: using protocol
Using protocol The second set of experiments explored the processual nature of the protocol object by working with it directly. By imag(in)ing 2012 in and through jpeg, I looked to move my imag(in)ing into a social space and also understand the relationship between that protocol as process actant and that regime of imag(in)ing. Once again …
Methodology: beyond protocol
Beyond protocol My imag(in)ing ‘beyond protocol’ experiment was based around photographing objects around the Fence surrounding the 2012 Olympics site using analog film and cameras[ref]All three experiments were at one scale the same. My photographic involvement in the imaginings was in terms of images of things. I was exploring ways of imag(in)ing 2012 which were …
Methodology: section one
The Project The project emerged from the collision of my theoretical work applying object-oriented, processual thinking to an understanding of software protocols with my photographic work around looking for a “network imag(in)ing aesthetic”[ref]This picks up on Vito Campanelli’s search for a web aestehtic{Campanelli 2010} and Victoria Vesna et al’s similar quest for a database aesthetic{Vesna …
Methodology: an introduction
Introduction In the guise of a long-suffering PhD supervisor Latour tells his rhetorical student: “If I were you, I would abstain from frameworks altogether. Just describe the state of affairs at hand”{Latour 2004}. Following this lead, my “Methodology Chapter” seeks to present the approach I took to my research question by explaining how and why …
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