Student work on Walter Benjamin

INTRO TO MULTIMEDIA. MAT 103	Alejandra Jarabo
Multimedia Arts & Technologies Division. Santa Barbara City College	Final Project Student work

Those are links to outstanding student work on WALTER BENJAMIN for the mini site assignment or as a subject of the Final project.
Cells with a lavender background correspond to the mini web-site assignment (in html or as a web mock up in Powerpoint or Photoshop).
Remember that you can use Wanter Benjamin as a theme for your Final project, or any other text in the reader that you still haven't presented (this is: not the same theme that you used in your midterm).

My lecture notes on Walter Benjamin.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	46 slides
Walter Benjamin Student Gavin Plant	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Very interesting content. Text is a bit too long for a screen presentation and not enough effort in the typography was invested but the text content is refined and subtle.
Walter Benjamin Student Christina Tan	PDF	CLICK HERE	Very good explanation of the concept of "Aura", considering each parameter independently.
Walter Benjamin Student Nicola Lapactova	PDF	CLICK HERE	The Loss of Aura in Art. This is a very important concept in Banjamin's thesis: according to him, in the Era of Art reproductibility, the Aura of the classic piece of Art is lost, what creates a change in the role of Art in society.
Walter Benjamin Student Mike Geraghty	PDF	CLICK HERE	The Loss of Aura. Good presentation (very good images), god conbsideration of the nouances of this first part of Benjamin's thesis.
Walter Benjamin on Snapchat Student Sharada	PDF	CLICK HERE	Benjamin in Snapchat. Original, fresh and interesting. She manages to bring Walter Benjamin and the concept of Aura to considerations on the current use of social media. Great exercise in comparative anaylis. Dont miss it!
Walter Benjamin Student Theresa Beardhear	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Very clean and clear
Walter Benjamin Student Alex Ho	PDF	CLICK HERE	Serious approach to the subject with interesting image content.
Art in the age of Mechanical Reproduction Student Sherona Gibson	PDF	CLICK HERE	Interesting presentation.
Walter Benjamin Student Tim Baxter	PDF	CLICK HERE	Simple but effective layout. very good content. The ideas organize each slide: good convceptual work.
Walter Benjamin Alexa Thompson	PREZI online presentation	CLICK HERE	Very well structured presentation on Benjamin's 13 best ideas. Prezi is a cloud software really hype right now that allows for 3D looking slide presentations.
Benjamin and the concept of Aura Student Charlotte Dressens	PREZI online presentation	CLICK HERE	Good flow of slides. Very good formating of content for screen use (concise text, formatted in short Phrases, with highlighted terms to clarify concepts)
Walter Benjamin Student Andrew Lindsey	PREZI online presentation	CLICK HERE	Very rational approach to Prezi. Strange navigation choice when we press forward and move towards the left. Great synthesis of ideas, presented in a direct and simple fashion. https://prezi.com/ulu2-w2-csxd/walter-benjamin-on-the-aura-of-art
Walter Benjamin and the Aura of Art Student Jordan Dahoe	PREZI online presentation	CLICK HERE	Clear approach from a Marketing student. Very interesting 'museum-visual-structure' for the content.
Carl Marx presentation. Student Wesley Birch.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Carl Marx has had a very strong influence on Twenty century Western thought. Walter Benjamin was a Marxist (a philosophical/conceptual idea; which is different from being a Communist: a political inclination). This is an interesting subject as a final or extra credit project.
Walter Benjamin presentation. Student Forrest Rucker	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Short but interesting presentation. Very good balance between text and image.
Walter Benjamin and Film Student Shan trujillo	PDF file	CLICK HERE	Good presentation focused on the Film medium. Good balance of images and text.
Walter Benjamin and FILM Student Nuridin Young	PDF file	CLICK HERE	Minimal. focusing of Film and an African American perspective. Great presentation form somebody with a background in Film.•••
Walter Benjamin presentation. Student Lauren Parks.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Visual oriented work.
Walter Benjamin, Claudia Nelson	Powerpoint	CLICK	Very nice presentation on aura. Great visual value
Walter Benjamin's view of media. Student Evelina Ekstrand.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Final project. Great graphic design, composition and visual value of text. Very good content.
Benjamin and Art Student Joseph Allen	Flash	CLICK HERE	Short project with an original theme. Most students, when dealing with Benjamin's ideas on art refer literally to his concept of Aura. This approach goes a bit further the line in an interesting way.
The World of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Student Alberto Mangana	PREZI	CLICK HERE	Short project with an original theme. Most students, when dealing with Benjamin's ideas on art refer literally to his concept of Aura. This approach goes a bit further the line in an interesting way.
The concept of Aura in Walter Benjamin. Student Katie Laforge	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	This assignment seems to have created the "Monalisa fever" as a favorite example of aura: please refrain from using this painting in your work! It's a cliche and it has lost all its meaning through overuse.
The loss of Aura in Walter Benjamin. Student Diane Rarick	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Very good content. Nice design.
Walter Benjamin Sam Jones	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Elegant and classic. Good content.
Walter Benjamin Todd Bushey	pdf (download)	CLICK HERE	very interesting aproach using a very popular tone but covering the content nicely
Walter Benjamin Niclas Jorvid	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Very good content. The text is a bit long but his explanations are clear and friendly. Great personal points.

Final presentation on Edward Tufte

Edward Tufte
Student Thomas Ehret

quicktime video

CLICK HERE

Great visual value. Good introduction to the author's ideas on information design.

Examples of the mini site with "Walter benjamin and the Social Value of Photography and Film" as a subject matter.
Notice how differenta presentation from a website should be. The Mediums demand a re-adaptation of the content.

Photography as a social construction. Student Evelina Ekstrand.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Beautiful (but somewhat unfunctional website mock-up). Slides 2-4-6-8 are the rollover look of the section buttons. Very good interpretation of the social aspects of photography.
Walter Benjamin site. Student Eriko Ito	html site	CLICK HERE	Very basic-archaic navigation but good content.
Photography as a social construction. Student Josuah Trermbah	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Website mock-up. Great third page.
The concept of Aura in Walter Benjamin. Student Katie Laforge	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	This assignment seems to have created the "Monalisa fever" as a favorite example of aura: please refrain from using this painting in your work! It's a cliche and it has lost all its meaning through overuse.
The loss of Aura in Walter Benjamin. Student Diane Rarick	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	Final project. Nice minimal design. Looks almost web. Good content.
Walter Benjamin Student Lindsey Tallman	html site	CLICK HERE	Very interesting website. Good design and very serious Marxist approach to the subject.
Walter Benjamin Student Niclas Jorvid	html site	CLICK HERE	Very good design adapted to the subject. Interesting personal thoughts.
Walter Benjamin Student Andrew Lindsey	html site	CLICK HERE	Classic structure according to a strict template. Good text content
Walter Benjamin Student Joshua Hedlung	PDF	CLICK HERE	Beautiful design. Good composition. Short text and very visual.
Walter Benjamin Student Nikola Lapackova	PDF	CLICK HERE	Good mock up, built in Powerpoint and exported as a PDF file. Correct cons consistent design. Good content.