Birth of the Device

  • Whitney Conti

Ongoing research project cataloging an inventory of effects on our new era of media communication in 2020.Today, content is no longer limited to the constraints of 20th century recorded media. Type no longer related to print, film no longer tethered to celluloid, sound to tape or even our early programming and digital formats to heavy localized hard drives and servers. Specialized equipment or production knowledge is no longer required to send video, type, icons or infographics, sound, music, or even altered photographic reality with deep fake apps. Family whats app threads regularly mix emojis, video, voice notes, type and image. This condition presents new opportunities for uniquely 21st century aesthetics as well as new socio-political conditions for the monetization, creation and free movement of communication in society. www.Whitneyconti.com