Comments on: Thirty Days of Smiles – Overall Impressions http://www.mattkowal.net/blog/2010/thirty-days-of-smiles-overall-impressions/ aesthetics, performance, media, theory, and hugs. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Kowal http://www.mattkowal.net/blog/2010/thirty-days-of-smiles-overall-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Matt Kowal Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:15 +0000 http://www.kowalabearhugs.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-194 I've been thinking a lot about the relation between photography and video. I tried to work out a way of relating time to the emotional display we perceive in photographs. Something seemingly genuine and happy like a smile can take on different meanings when dragged out for an extended period. I'm not looking for a meaning in the smile, rather I'm trying to seperate the reading of time+moving pictures and still imagery. We could have been frowning and achieved similar results, but this seemed a bit more positive. I'm currently reading The Cinematic (http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11115) and Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262013363/apophenia-20), both have proved to be quite insightful. I can't site either as direct influence, but they have provided a layer for filtering current thought. I’ve been thinking a lot about the relation between photography and video. I tried to work out a way of relating time to the emotional display we perceive in photographs. Something seemingly genuine and happy like a smile can take on different meanings when dragged out for an extended period. I’m not looking for a meaning in the smile, rather I’m trying to seperate the reading of time+moving pictures and still imagery. We could have been frowning and achieved similar results, but this seemed a bit more positive.

I’m currently reading The Cinematic (http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11115) and Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262013363/apophenia-20), both have proved to be quite insightful. I can’t site either as direct influence, but they have provided a layer for filtering current thought.

]]> By: brandon http://www.mattkowal.net/blog/2010/thirty-days-of-smiles-overall-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-193 brandon Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:04:57 +0000 http://www.kowalabearhugs.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-193 Interesting idea....how'd you come up with it? Interesting idea….how’d you come up with it?

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