Getting Lost

I asked my friend Nathan to help me with this project and he agreed mostly because he did not want to do his homework for organic chemistry. When I told him what the project was he used it as an excuse to use his motor cycle. He took me to a confederate memorial very far away from campus where I took these photos. We then went to Sheets for food but I figured that wouldn't be as interesting. The confederate memorial was quite creepy and to add to it there was lightning the whole time I was there.

Public Space in a Private Time

To be honest Vito Acconci is one of the people in life who I try to avoid.  What he is saying makes sense but he overanalyzes, gets off topic, and attempts to make sense of a complex subject with a simple concept.  All in all making sense of this type of work gives me a headache. I do however like his beginning paragraph (1) because it shows a progression of how society has changed because of time.

"It used to be, you could walk down the streets of a city and always know what time it was.  There was a clock in every store; all you had to do was look through the store window as you passed by."  This is a concept that did not exist in my life time, but I like the concept because it allows more social interactions. The idea of everyone being on "the same clock" is ideal because everyone relies on each other for the time.  Because there is a need to rely on others for time there would also be a stronger sense of community.  A sense of community is what we lack in today's world.

"But then times changed, and time went away... Time came cheap now; you picked up a watch like a pack of matches."  In this quote, Acconci is referring to when wristwatches came into style and suddenly you could find out the time on your own.  "You wore your time on your sleeve, you had time (almost in the palm of your hand. Public time was dead."  Today people do not rely on each other for anything because they don't need to. You have a source of communication and  infinite information in the palm of your hand.  If Acconci thinks wristwatches seperated society he should see what smart phones have done.  There is no longer a need to go to the library, ask people for directions, or get recommendations on restaurants.  Your smart phone has access to all that information and more.  There are now online relationships, jobs, and classes which eliminate the need to go out into the world at all. The world has become more disconnected by technology than it has been connected.  Vito Acconci displays this aspect in society well because he doesn't tell you what has happened, but he shows you.

PROJECT 2 FINALLYYYYYY

IM SO HAPPY TO BE DONE :)