title: Remediating the art of music video [in Malleable boundaries - Creative modes of practice and inquiry in the Academy]

authors: Perrott, Lisa

subjects: exhibition

abstract: The concept of remediation implies that new media attain cultural distinctiveness by paying homage to, and refashioning earlier media (Bolter & Grusin, 1999). Having explored remediation in my book David Bowie and the Art of Music Video (2023), I extended this project by employing creative practice research to test the flexibility of this concept. The affordances of several mediums and materials were explored to remediate three images from music videos previously analysed for my book.

Title of painting #1: Remediating Life On Mars?
When directing the music video for Life on Mars? (1973), photographer Mick Rock used 16mm film to remediate the materiality and two dimensionality of Pop Art and Japanese paintings of the Edo period known as Ukiyo-e. As an extension of this process, I experimented with the fluidity of watercolour paint to remediate these artforms in relation to the affordances of music video and still photography. 

Title of painting #2: Divine Heroes
When directing Heroes (1977), Stanley Dorfman sculpted with light and film to remediate Byzantine paintings and sculpture of the Renaissance period. Paying homage to these mediums, and referencing the Divine Mercy paintings of 1934 and 1944, I experimented with the vibrant hues and light-sculpting properties of watercolour paints and gold leaf. 

Title of painting #3: Ashes to Dada
When directing Ashes to Ashes (1980) an accident with camera settings enabled David Bowie and David Mallet to exploit the affordances of videotape, thus producing a unique remediation of avant-garde films of the 1920s. While using watercolour paint to rework the estranged colours and fuzzy materiality of videotape, my use of the cut-up method pays homage to the aleatory process associated with this video, to the Dada movement, and to the artistic process of Tristan Tzara, William Burroughs and David Bowie.

text: Remediating the art of music video [in Malleable boundaries - Creative modes of practice and inquiry in the Academy] The concept of remediation implies that new media attain cultural distinctiveness by paying homage to, and refashioning earlier media (Bolter & Grusin, 1999). Having explored remediation in my book David Bowie and the Art of Music Video (2023), I extended this project by employing creative practice research to test the flexibility of this concept. The affordances of several mediums and materials were explored to remediate three images from music videos previously analysed for my book.

Title of painting #1: Remediating Life On Mars?
When directing the music video for Life on Mars? (1973), photographer Mick Rock used 16mm film to remediate the materiality and two dimensionality of Pop Art and Japanese paintings of the Edo period known as Ukiyo-e. As an extension of this process, I experimented with the fluidity of watercolour paint to remediate these artforms in relation to the affordances of music video and still photography. 

Title of painting #2: Divine Heroes
When directing Heroes (1977), Stanley Dorfman sculpted with light and film to remediate Byzantine paintings and sculpture of the Renaissance period. Paying homage to these mediums, and referencing the Divine Mercy paintings of 1934 and 1944, I experimented with the vibrant hues and light-sculpting properties of watercolour paints and gold leaf. 

Title of painting #3: Ashes to Dada
When directing Ashes to Ashes (1980) an accident with camera settings enabled David Bowie and David Mallet to exploit the affordances of videotape, thus producing a unique remediation of avant-garde films of the 1920s. While using watercolour paint to rework the estranged colours and fuzzy materiality of videotape, my use of the cut-up method pays homage to the aleatory process associated with this video, to the Dada movement, and to the artistic process of Tristan Tzara, William Burroughs and David Bowie.

year: 2024-11-15

title: "Where did we go wrong?" An examination of students treatment of experimental error in engineering mechanics laboratories

authors: Anderson, Timothy Nicholas

subjects: engineering

abstract: The ability of engineers and applied scientists to undertake experimental measurements is a fundamental requirement of the profession. However, it is not simply good enough to be able to perform experiments if we are not able to interpret the results. In this study, reports prepared by mechanical engineering students were examined to determine how students dealt with the disparity between experimental measurements and theoretical results in their Engineering Mechanics laboratories. Analysis of the reports, and discussions with students in their laboratory classes, revealed a superficial understanding or regard for experimental error. This superficial treatment of experimental error is, most likely, due to a number of factors that are discussed. Some possible strategies for addressing the issue are also examined.

text: "Where did we go wrong?" An examination of students treatment of experimental error in engineering mechanics laboratories The ability of engineers and applied scientists to undertake experimental measurements is a fundamental requirement of the profession. However, it is not simply good enough to be able to perform experiments if we are not able to interpret the results. In this study, reports prepared by mechanical engineering students were examined to determine how students dealt with the disparity between experimental measurements and theoretical results in their Engineering Mechanics laboratories. Analysis of the reports, and discussions with students in their laboratory classes, revealed a superficial understanding or regard for experimental error. This superficial treatment of experimental error is, most likely, due to a number of factors that are discussed. Some possible strategies for addressing the issue are also examined.

year: 2008

title: The Proceedings of the National Māori Graduates of Psychology Symposium 2002: Making a difference

authors: Nikora, Linda Waimarie

subjects: Maori

abstract: This is the full proceedings of the National Māori Graduates of Psychology Symposium 2002. The proceeding include the following themes: Kia matāra - negotiating the challenges in Māori development, kia mau – recruitment and retention, Tuhia mai, whiua atu – research and methodology, tinia mai – interventions and treatment, taitaia i te ahi manuka – pride upon the skin.

text: The Proceedings of the National Māori Graduates of Psychology Symposium 2002: Making a difference This is the full proceedings of the National Māori Graduates of Psychology Symposium 2002. The proceeding include the following themes: Kia matāra - negotiating the challenges in Māori development, kia mau – recruitment and retention, Tuhia mai, whiua atu – research and methodology, tinia mai – interventions and treatment, taitaia i te ahi manuka – pride upon the skin.

year: 2003