The Interface Era

I believe technological experiments and art forms contribute to humanity because there are a number of ways to recreate our life whether it is through art or words. With pictures, the recreation can be done by one person or hundreds, each offering a new perspective.  The emotions on the faces can be interpreted differently, the colors can be altered to set a new mood, and the backgrounds can be changed to a new setting or an alteration of the old.  All of this can result in a new story, an altogether new picture.  Through this, humanity can be shown in different forms and from different views.  Fact of the matter is that humans are all different and if we join together to create something, it will become a melting pot of ideas, fusing us together.  It also indicates the unity in us just being a common species.

In a digital age, humanity looks advanced and occasionally inhuman.  But with interface, I believe our eyes will be opened.  This is due to us collaborating with people we probably would never have worked with in other situations and that will lead to us having to face other viewpoints than our own.

Rhetorically, I believe this makes our culture more emotional.  We each see differently and view situations differently.  With each situation, we feel something new, even if it is just slightly different from another situation.  It is still different though.  Due to the differences, the emotions will be seen from the collaborators contributions.  We will all be tied together by how something makes us feel.  In the Johnny Cash collaboration, the people all came together because of their feelings towards the man, tying the group together by their feelings.

These experiments exist in order to get us working together, draw new perspectives, and create an altered look on something that has already been done.

“An interface can be a powerful narrative device” is so true.  Going back to the Johnny Cash illustration, the people can change scenery and facial expressions and describe him in any way they want or what they thought he was suited best for.  Through that, not only was his old story told, but there were new additions and almost a new story told.  Likewise, through interface, we can tell our own story or stories of those we find near and dear.  I believe it is important to keep our stories going.  Our stories are history.  It will be what our children will want to know about when they start searching for who they are.