Golan Levin

Interview
Some of the thing that I agree with him is about computer skills, the value of a degree, and that computers cannot be more intelligent than humans.  As he said, computer is a big area, that have space for everyone. As we learned in this class, computer began with military purposes then expanded into businesses, education, and science. Who could have predicted that computers are now used for art.  We are experiencing a whole new change in society as we were used to when we grow up.

In my opinion, we cannot put a price in education.  The degree is just a prove of your capacity in the field you chose to study. The college experience is about helping to grow and stimulate the new decision makers. It is not just to make you a kind of big shot professional that drives a Lamborghini, it is to create an environment to help you grow as a professional and adult.

I agree with Golan that computers are never gonna be more intelligent than man. People sometimes forget that the machine is a tool and not a living thing. It makes better operational things without mistake, but computers lacks of abstract reasoning, system thinking, collaboration, and ability to experiment skills that according to the former secretary of labor, Robert Reich are the key ingredients to attain job security in the XXI century. Before computers we used to rely heavily in people to handle a lot of the operations like keeping of track inventory, sales, purchase orders, etc... This people had life, and were not a 100% committed to the operations they were in charge. That is the reason why processes in the past were not as effective and efficient as they are today. Still I do not discard the possibility, but as is today. Computers are dumb, they just create information to us, the human to use.

Ursonography:
It reminded me of what dada said about how to create the most beautiful poem. To grab pieces of letter and mix them around, and with the mix create a whole new words so the appreciation of the poem can be in the dramatization, rather than the power of the words.

Messa di Voce
If difficult to think that this is art, but as Mr. Echeverry said, "What this mean in those time, does not mean the same in this times." For me this is art because it tries to interact with the new technologies and mix it with stage performance. Just another way to help artists to express.

Opto-Isolator
It is a very cool concept, I kind of find similarities with Juan Carlos Delgado's sculptures. Since Juan Carlos Delgado's sculpture interacted with the audience. It brings and redefine sculpture into a whole new level.