Documenting Practice - Creating art using digital tools
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The document discusses personal anecdotes related to weddings and photography, comparing the amount of images received from different photographers. It also presents various types of data tracked by apps, including browser history, email activity, and creative software settings. Additionally, it raises questions about the significance of tracking data in art history and research.
Documenting Practice - Creating art using digital tools
- 2. Eric ● My wedding – Eric gave me 30 transparencies – Eric shot three films ● My neace's wedding – Her photographer gave her 30 digital images – He shot 3000
- 5. Types of data ● app switches (Alt+Tab) ● computer state (screen size, brightness etc.) ● screen captures (at random intervals) ● music playing ● browser history ● frequency of emails / emails read / senders, recipients ● creative software filter settings ● copy/paste from other files ● location data
- 6. Questions ● What similar evidence do art historians look for in archives? ● How is tracking data useful? Which research questions does it answer? ● What other data should be recorded? ● How do you feel about automatic tracking?