Pornography for Engineers

Presented at Notacon 1 (2004), Unknown date/time (Unknown duration).

The project is meant to visually explore the aesthetic surrounding technology. Not simply in terms of technological artifacts themselves, but also their surrounding environment. The main impetus for exploring the aesthetic in technology is that the intimidation factor often prevents "laymen" for really appreciating the beauty inherent in certain environments. And often, technically inclined people have an abstract notion of what something does in a system, which can prevent them from appreciating it on its own. So I attempt to isolate or present out of context certain things, in an attempt to help people see them in a new way.

The project is still ongoing and probably will continue for as long as I continue photographing.


Presenters:

  • Tanner "Koz" Beck - http://acm.uiowa.edu/~tbeck/PFE/index.html
    Tanner Beck has been photographing things since he was a wee lad. He's been doing his own darkroom work since 1998. Aside from the obvious, he's made short videos, entirely digital pieces, album art, painful music and barely presentable web sites. He's also worked for a variety of companies as a programmer and NOC-Monkey. Tanner has plenty of free time and is bored easily, which may explain why he's flailing about in academia, studying photography and Asian languages instead of just finishing his computer science degree.

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