Response to lecture 8: Jason Nelson

In the introduction to this class we were introduced to the work of Marshall McLuhan, who conceptualised the idea of how we use media and communication as "media is the message". The work of Jason Nelson is an example of art where the medium is not merely the way in which the message is conveyed but media is the message.
The pieces of Jason Nelsons work I reviewed are:
-Stunning Harmful Songs:
An interesting piece which integrated video, sound and pictures. There are options of different songs, 1-9, which have a different theme, heaven, dead etc. I am not sure what the intended message is here, one of the themes is entitled 'Sabastopole', where a background picture of a city of beautiful lights, with fireworks type graphics and the heading 'Sabastopole, city of the future' is contrasted with a video of a graveyard, and Jason signing repeatedly the word Sabastopole. My interpretation of this piece is demonstrating the human path of destruction, despite any advancement in society or technology life still ends.

-game, game, game, game and again game:
This game integrates images, sounds and movies presented as a game platform is a true example of multimedia net art. Although, in all honest opinion this does not appeal to me, i found it loud and distracting, yet im sure this medium does appeal to a certain audience.

-poetry cube:
I like this piece the most, poetry presented in a spinning cube, where at any point the receiver can alter the poem, editing the order of the lines to make a new piece of work. This piece is interactive, more so then the others because not only is the audience clicking buttons and engaging with the piece they are actually altering what they see, changing the meaning interpretation of the piece