Message Board Topic: Reflection

Reflection

This is your last message board topic. I would like to thank you for your participation and making the Image Forum a great place of ideas and artwork.

Would you take a few moments and reflect on this experience. Was it valuable? Did you enjoy the Blog over other forms of warm-up activities or classwork? What could be improved? What was successful?

Message Board: Changes

Reflect on artistic experiences you have had throughout your life. Think about movies, photographs, paintings, sculptures, poems, literature, music, or other media. Now think about those that have changed you – those that have had such a lasting impression on you that you cannot forget it/them. Now think about how and why this happened…

What about this media was so impactful?

What was the subject matter of the media?

What was the concept of the media? What did it mean?

 

Why did this change you? How are you different now?

Message Board Topic: Narrative

Many analysts, sociologists and news writers argue that the modern day audience seeks a narrative. This means that news, information, education, politics and other areas of contemporary life require a story – the audience needs to be entertained in order to understand and learn. The audience needs characters that fulfill stereotypes like the underdog, the patriot, the good guy, the bad guy etc. The audience needs a plot – like a political race, where two people struggle to rise to the top. And the audience will only pay attention for as long as they are entertained. Some say that modern life, modern education and modern information systems have become a soap opera.

What does this mean for information or education? What does this mean for art? What does this mean for society?



How has the movie industry affected contemporary life? Are we moving into a soap opera orientated world?