ART 80F - MODULE 3 LECTURE CONTENT
Meme Mechanics - Meme as medium
Pre-loaded with meaning
Easy to Reproduce, Modify + Distribute
Symbols and images can contain dual meanings or coded subtexts
Lightweight, Portable + Flexible - Streamlined information / Meaning
Paradoxical Format / Affect - the more they are trivialized, the more pervasive they can become, but they also require attention to operate…
Reading Symbolic Meanings
Stacked or layered meanings
Meanings within meanings that change the meaning of the original meaning
Report on Using Hidden Emoji Code
Dr Sarah Wiseman, Lecturer in Computer Science at Goldsmiths and co-author of the study, said: “While we know some fruit and vegetable emoji have been repurposed by many people to mean something else, we were intrigued to find out about personal instances of this – examples of emoji that have a special meaning for just two people. Often this was about more than just typing something more quickly: people found that by using emoji they could convey very complex meanings and thoughts with them that could not be described in words.”
Emoji Portraits by Yung Jake
