fifth reading response

"Coding The Infome: Writing Abstract Reality"

The beginning of this article made me consider how writing and learning computer languages is almost the same as learning a foreign language. It takes about the same amount of time and yearning to learn a foreign language as it does to learn new computer languages. Computer languages are similar to all speaking languages as well because they bring people together and are essential to computer with one another. I found it interesting that the article compared coding and the coding environment to an organism, it made me even further consider how similar the languages are. I also found Jevbratt's commentary on abstract reality interesting because it is something I am interested in expressing in my own work, and I enjoyed reading about how she creates new realities in her own work. I liked how Jevbratt created her own software in order to make work that she wanted; that she took imitative and extended her work by taking it in to her own hands to collect and create data. I enjoyed reading about various project by Jevbratt, they all gave me a better understanding of how artists use real life data to make real time visualizations and art. I liked experiencing the data and forming my own conclusions based on the visuals the data made. Her projects made me consider just how much one can do with networks and data to make internet art.