Je rey Gadzala

Best-of Portfolio Indiana University Bloomington, USA School of Informatics and Computing

Macro-World

Images that Denote Shared and Externalized Memory and Cognition

According to many researchers, the most powerful sense in terms of memory is the sense of smell. It has been documented throughout the ages as the dominant sense in these terms: in literature and anecdote. Cognitive scientists believe that the sense of smell can establish long standing relationships among humans, places, objects, and times and, subsequently, evoke vivid and complex past experiences. Moreover, smell works alongside other sense like sight (visual imagery) to produce strong(er) relationships. For instance, the girl in the photo sees and smells her lunch resulting in a stronger relationship between the food and the experience of the food. (Schab & Crowder, p. 2)

Digital Imagery as Technology & Information

e organization of photography has always been structured. e linear nature of lm is derived from the mechanics of lm camerasand is permanent. Books are more modular. Grid is established and images can be moved around. White space becomes a tool for the designer to create ow and a more aesthetically pleasing product. Scrapbooks organized by amatuers have intimate meaning. erefore, print is semipermanent: it can be ordered, but eventually becomes nal. Web and digital technologies are the most uid and changeable medium through which to store images. Digital technologies allow us to rearrage, share, remix, and redistribute at will. As such, these technologies are the most uid; they are not permanent and are subject to change.

Portfolio Attributes

Macro-World | Primary: images: Je rey Gadzala @ 03 April 2012 Bloomington, IN Digital Imagery as Technology & Information | Primary: image 1: Horia Varlan via Flickr.com @ 2 February, 2012 Used under Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) http://www. ickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4293865266/ images 2, 3: Je rey Gadzala, Bloomington, IN @ 2 February, 2012 Images that Denote Shared and Externalized Memory and Cognition | Primary: images: Je rey Gadzala @ 21 February 2012 Bloomington, IN (Special anks to Erin Brown) Images that Denote Shared and Externalized Memory and Cognition | Secondary: Schab, Frank R., and Robert G. Crowder. Memory of Odors. 1st ed. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers, 1995. 1-5. Web. <http://books.google.com/books?id=wO8xqupo7gcC&lpg>. Cover photography: images: Je rey Gadzala @ 21 July 2011 Schererville, IN

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