Through the Window
OK, it’s been one of those weeks where the New Media journal takes a backseat.
The window exercise is interesting. It wasn’t so much at the time, but in hindsight it is interesting. We looked at a static digital picture of the hallway from every angle we desired–and recorded our observations. Then we looked out into the hallway through the narrow classroom window and recorded our observations. Then we flung open the doors and took off into the hallway and recorded our observations.
At the time, I thought that exploring the hallway would be what I remembered as the most interesting. After all, it was total immersion into the environment. I could have bought a soda, or tipped the machine. I could have peed on the rug. I could have knocked on the doors of classrooms where class was in session. All of those possibilities were interesting–and I didn’t do any of them. For obvious reasons (except buying the soda, which I refrained from doing because I’m cheap).
No, what I found to be most interesting was looking through the window. There was some inherent drama, because anything could happen out there, I just had to be in the right spot to see it (positioning myself for a good view was about all I had control over). Though looking through the window is a bit readerly because I can’t impose myself onto what I see–it is what it is.
The picture…*yawn*
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