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Welcome to my MA Visual Communication Blog! I will be posting all of the research and experimentation from my degree studies here. I hope you find it interesting, informative, even entertaining.
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Contextual Essay
Possibly the most noteworthy development in social media over recent years has been the meteoric rise of the selfie.
Holli Kalina
Jan 95 min read
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A Revised Project Proposal
In 2013 the Oxford Dictionaries declared the Selfie word of the year, relating their decision to an apparent 17,000% increase in usage.
Holli Kalina
Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Creating an Infographic
I planned to create an infographic that I could use as part of my work, teaching young photography.
Holli Kalina
Nov 19, 20242 min read
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First Video Shoot: Forestry Day
This was my first attempt at speaking and presenting myself on video, I was not looking forward to doing so and really struggled.
Holli Kalina
Nov 18, 20243 min read
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Stop Motion Video
Taking the project in a new direction, I began exploring the pervasiveness of the selfie, as a digital equivalent of traditional Snapshot.
Holli Kalina
Nov 16, 20243 min read
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Grace Gipson: Creating and Imagining Black Futures through Afrofuturism
Dr. Grace Gipson is an academic, writer, and lecturer in the Department of African American Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Holli Kalina
Nov 4, 20243 min read
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Dr. Jussi Parikka's The Anthrobscene
Parikka uses the Arthur Conan Doyle short story, When The World Screamed as a metaphor for intensive mining.
Holli Kalina
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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Rounwah Adly Riyadh Bseiso: Revolutionary Art or “Revolutionising Art”? Making Art on the Streets of Cairo
Rounwah Adly Riyadh Bseiso is an educator and researcher who holds a PhD from SOAS, University of London, UK.
Holli Kalina
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Review of Bell Hooks: Reel to Real: Race, Sex and Class at the Movies
Bell Hooks was the pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins (1952 -2021). Hooks, a black American scholar and activist who published over 30 books.
Holli Kalina
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Digital Media Project Proposal
This project seeks to follow the hypothetical path required of the pre-iPhone generation photographers in adapting to the age of video media
Holli Kalina
Oct 29, 20243 min read
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Experimenting with Sound
Skillful use of music can create atmosphere, drama, relationships, a sense of space and time, social/cultural references and more
Holli Kalina
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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The Infographic
The infographic is usually a combination of data visualizations, illustrations, text, and images merged into a single format
Holli Kalina
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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A Brief History of the Hashtag #
The # symbol, also known as the hashtag, is a well-known feature of social media usage, however, the # has been used in electronic communica
Holli Kalina
Oct 19, 20242 min read
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Organised Activism: Eko (formerly SumOfUs)
Eko describes itself as a global community of ordinary people who want to make a difference in the world in which they live.
Holli Kalina
Oct 19, 20242 min read
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Twitter and Tear Gas: the power and fragility of networked protest (Introduction)
“The author is also insightful on how governments and politicians are moving from censorship... to attention-grabbing and misinformation"
Holli Kalina
Oct 18, 20243 min read
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Experimenting with Instagram Video
Studio Day is a short video that I created with the intention of cross-posting to my Instagram and Facebook Page social media feeds.
Holli Kalina
Oct 16, 20244 min read
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Burton Nitta
Burton Nitta is an Anglo-Japanese, transdisciplinary art and design studio based in London, created by Michael Burton & Michiko Nitta.
Holli Kalina
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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Charlotte Prodger: BRIDGIT
Charlotte Prodger is a queer British artist who works within a range of media, including video, photography, creative writing and sculpture.
Holli Kalina
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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The Quick Response (QR) Code
The QR code is a 2D machine-readable code, capable of storing strings of information. It was developed by Denso Wave Inc. Japan, in 2002
Holli Kalina
Oct 7, 20243 min read
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Race and Identity in Digital Media
The discussion of race in contemporary society is a divisive issue, often lining up partisans on both sides of the discussion.
Holli Kalina
Oct 1, 20243 min read
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