Lecture 2nd March

What is technology?

• Broad definition.
• A way of speeding up and improving things.
• A practical application from research to industry.
• A continuous development.
• A structure of knowledge which relates to a bit of equipment.
• Multimedia.
• Enhances us as human beings.

What is History? who writes it? who makes it?

• Anything that has happened in the past.
• Anyone can make history.
• History is not always planned, it can just happen.
• Old Times.
• A recording of the past from their own perspective times, events.
• Human interpretation of past events.
• Not necessarily a recording.
• Anyone makes, writes it from this point in time.

David Hockney- Secret Knowledge 1990- Imagination (BBC Film)

To be really honest I felt this film was not in any way helpful to me, I feel as of lately I am taking a fine art course. The week before this we analysed a bunch of pictures which was really boring and unhelpful too. I feel since being put together with theatre students they are benefitting more from these lectures than multimedia students. I have talked to a bunch of people and they too also feel the same anyone else?