Digital/Analog (or Analog/Digital) Perspectives
digital |ˈdijitl|
adjective
1 relating to or using signals or information represented by discrete values (digits) of a physical quantity, such as voltage or magnetic polarization, to represent arithmetic numbers or approximations to numbers from a continuum or logical expressions and variables : digital TV. Often contrasted with analog .
- (of a clock or watch) showing the time by means of displayed digits rather than hands or a pointer.
ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin digitalis, from digitus ‘finger, toe.’
analog |ˈanlˌôg; -ˌäg| (also analogue)
adjective
relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position or voltage. Often contrasted with digital (sense 1).
- (of a clock or watch) showing the time by means of hands rather than displayed digits.
ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French, from Greek analogon, neuter of analogos ‘proportionate.’
Guidelines
Explore issues relating to perception, creation or mediation that take as a starting point either ‘the digital’ or ‘the Analog’ and then explore its complement. This could be done in one image or over many images. The goal here is to think about both ideas, how they relate to each other and to us.
This project is a conceptual one. The goal is not to illustrate one with the techniques of the other, but to try and understand what those two terms mean in their broadest sense. I am looking for an understanding of these terms that does not come from the dictionary but from the art world, philosophical theory, or any other theoretical field that deals with the problematization of these (or related) concepts.
Again, I am not looking for a judgement of one over the other, or a romantic defense of one of them. I would like to see a playful or critical engagement with the notion of what the words or concepts mean to you.
Grade breakdown
Proposal: 10%
Final work: 70%
Critique presentation: 20%
