artist's statement by karl nicolas
My “discursive montage” was produced with the purpose of relating the metatheory of social constructionism (constructionism) to our collective visual data research. My hope was to highlight the importance of “talk, interaction, and language” (Tuominen, 2005, p. 328) in “constructing versions of the social world” (Mackenzie, 2005, p. 221). During its five minute runtime, three students discuss what they think information might be, while chatter continues on in the background to represent the never-ending social and dialogic nature (Tuominen, 2005, p. 328) of constructionism. The reason I opted for their answers to change as the exchange continued rather than include more people in their conversation was to illustrate the manner in which the constructionist perspective does not entail having uncompromising opinions or ideas which do not change over time (Mackenzie, 2005, p. 222). The metatheory is not about rigidity, but rather intrinsically implies a more flexible version of reality, one that is shaped through discourse. As Tuominen, Talja, and Savolainen state in Emerging frameworks and methods: CoLIS 4, discourse can be seen as “the vehicle through which the self and the world are articulated, and on the way different discourses enable different versions of selves and reality to be built” (2002, p. 273). My montage also draws heavily from the data set our group acquired on information, as all possibilities for what information could be are either taken directly, or summarised from, the written portion of our iSquares. Similarly, all video clips were chosen to act as representations of what was drawn on the other side of the iSquares. Although obtaining the data on information was not a dialogic process, I hypothesised that consistencies in the data set (of which there were plenty) was a result of prevailing social discourse on the nature of information.
Reference List
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[Funny Or Die]. (2014, October 27). Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis- Brad Pitt. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnF-zTrHvGs
[HubbleEyes]. (2010, July 10). BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE # part 1 of 4. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV0ACIykxQI
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[sebastiansz]. (2014, May 31). Earth Seen From Space Station ISS [Real Speed HD]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG90YYHCSeA
[Lado Lomidze]. (2012, March 22). Family Guy - Twitter Scene. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNLsZDAiZQ0
[lilyisreal]. (2007, July 6). Freaks and Geeks - scene with Bill. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmCpmEQD0L4
[Smosh 2nd Channel]. (2014, January 13). GOOGLE SEARCH FUN!. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otd3tU6DUNs
[Elite Daily]. (2015, February 10). Guys Read Each Other’s Texts To Their Girlfriends - Elite Daily. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKVYc1vaaE
[University of Oxford]. (2013, September 20) Inside the Bodleian- Building a 21st Century Library. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8r96cZC2lY
[OFFICIAL JABBAWOCKEEZ]. (2014, November 12). Jabbawockeez at Battle of the Year 2014. Retreived from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQP1Z_0JZ5c
[Big Think]. (2012, August 15). Michio Kaku: The Universe in a Nutshell. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NbBjNiw4tk
[Lee Smallwood]. (2011, December 2). Modern day classroom with the Simpsons. Retreieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z91tys7dYp4
[Angelo Vitiello]. (2013, June 7). Old style film countdown. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7d4i2lb6Y
[Anthony Germishuys]. (2014, February 7). stock footage binary code background animation 1. Retreived from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8xj8sHz0Hk
[xxladybug94]. (2014, August 17). Tangled Scene - King and Queen before the Lanterns. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SzT8ZJQjtw
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[FailArmy]. (2015, May 27). Ultimate Crossfit Fails Compilation -- FailArmy. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T74Xek-pDLM
[Ted Johansson]. (2010 May 16). Uncle Scrooge - The Daily Money Swim. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRrCY5uhWY
[fiftyfilms]. (2014, January 10). Verisign - Stargazing. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-efNpEGs8g
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