Technology opening boundaries

Welcome to Creative Teching. I titled my blog thus as I have found using technology much more creative and empowering than I originally thought. I used to think that being creative with technology was something "tech" types" were good at, and that it was above my head.

I recently have learned to create simple webpages loading images and music on a 'plain' page or in a table format and embedding weblinks. I found the webpage format a wonderful platform for expressing and sharing my vision and work with others...across the globe.

Now, I'm looking forward to learning more about the correct connections to run computers with video cameras and projectors. We will be working collaboratively with others in the class to create musical and visual projects, and with other sites to create performances together. Having this simultaneous opportunity to perform with others in different locations and time zones does break down former boundaries. "Across the Ether," which was a multi-media performance given at NYU in December 2009, was an inspiration in this experience.

Through Shamanic drumming rituals, I've experienced altered states of consciousness. The boundaries between the "now," or what we perceive as reality, are broken open. We experience not being bound by time or space. I had never thought that technology could facilitate some of those experiences. With people in different locations and time zones performing and interacting in the "now," it too breaks time and space.