Reading Response Week 9
Life is a series of translations - learning new languages and how to interpellate the unfamiliar through every interaction. Translation can be broadened beyond the common allusion to language and applied to any means of communication, including digital language art. I enjoyed John Cayley and Giles Perring's description of the possibility of language to be "... surfacing, floating or sinking." Although their description might refer to the visual way in which the passages appear within translation, one could also consider these visual cues as an internal possibility for words themselves. Otso Huopaniemi suggests "... letting go of some of one's own authorship..." through the use of digital tools and technology, which can open up space for new ways of interpreting and creating meaning through text production. This reminds me of how some artists, whose work is developed through their manipulation of physical materials by hand, create their works of art. Allowing the material of a piece to have an influence, and in a way a say, in what results is an interesting way to work. Like a musician combining one's own structural voice with the "voice" of the instrument to enunciate music. Through this metaphor, a musical instrument translate air, mechanical motions, and sound into music that can convey meaning and connect with the emotions of the listener.
Life is a series of translations - learning new languages and how to interpellate the unfamiliar through every interaction. Translation can be broadened beyond the common allusion to language and applied to any means of communication, including digital language art. I enjoyed John Cayley and Giles Perring's description of the possibility of language to be "... surfacing, floating or sinking." Although their description might refer to the visual way in which the passages appear within translation, one could also consider these visual cues as an internal possibility for words themselves. Otso Huopaniemi suggests "... letting go of some of one's own authorship..." through the use of digital tools and technology, which can open up space for new ways of interpreting and creating meaning through text production. This reminds me of how some artists, whose work is developed through their manipulation of physical materials by hand, create their works of art. Allowing the material of a piece to have an influence, and in a way a say, in what results is an interesting way to work. Like a musician combining one's own structural voice with the "voice" of the instrument to enunciate music. Through this metaphor, a musical instrument translate air, mechanical motions, and sound into music that can convey meaning and connect with the emotions of the listener.
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