I just realized that this is what my thesis ('Dynamic Image Paths') is about:
The media is the metadata.
I make no apology to McLuhan.
My project is about navigation, about looking at old media in a new way by controlling the images through the metatdata, specifically the space, time and visual components. The promise of these dimensions is the chance to experience them highlighted/foregrounded. I'm asking the user to perform a search, in real-time, of the aspects of the images that will be viewed, so that the final visual experience will be a surprise even though the structure of the choices made by the system is explicit.
I'm writing this while on a break in the middle of class and hopped up on caffeine. So I'll have to think about this a lot more in the next few days...
Posted by kurt at November 11, 2004 4:21 PMYou have officially ruined that already overused phrase forever.
Posted by: Marientina at November 12, 2004 11:22 PM
wow. officially? i'll take that dubious yet prestigious honor. thanks.
Posted by: kurt at November 13, 2004 12:51 AM
Huh? I don't get it.
Your phrase implies that your metadata is implicitly contained in your media, in which case it's not metadata at all.
The phrase 'the medium is the message' actually does make sense, even if has been done to death.
If you want to riff on McLuhan, you might be better off with 'the metadata is the message', although I'm not entirely sure what that means either.
or maybe a medium-rare massage for your metal daddy
Posted by: perry at November 13, 2004 1:24 AM
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