Abandoned Industry
The “Remediation Theory” was first conceptualised in the mid 1990’s by David Bolter and Richard Grusin (Murray 2008). According to this theory, the “newness” (Murray 2008) of new media lies in the way old media is remediated. One media grows out of another in the way that without the former, the latter would never exist. In other words, without film photography, our assignment completed today in this digitalised society, might never have been possible.
It was difficult at first to narrow down one specific theme that occurred in current urban life, however we eventually decided on ‘Industry’, and more specifically ‘Abandonment’. We eventually decided to capture ‘Industrial Abandonment’ because we felt it was a major theme that was largely forgotten by urban society, thus deserved recognition. In order to capture the main theme we decided it was best that we explored an area renown for industrial work, yet also a site that displayed the sub-theme of abandonment. We decided on the old Flour Mill in Summer Hill. With a ‘Nikon D5000’ (D-SLR), many ideas in mind and a sense of adventure, we ventured into the factory and captured what we thought best represented ‘Industrial Abandonment’.
Produced By: Kieran McKinn (42862795) Bridget McKinn (42912954)
(2007) "Restless Sleep" MP3. CCmixter, . 8 Oct, 2012. CC BY Attribution
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Murray, S (2008) Digital Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics. Journal of Visual Culture August 2008 vol. 7(2). 147-163.
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