{"id":6550,"date":"2025-01-07T20:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T01:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=6550"},"modified":"2025-01-07T20:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T01:07:45","slug":"overthink-everything-the-artists-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/overthink-everything-the-artists-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Overthink Everything: The Artist\u2019s Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello, all! My name is Craig Moore. I’ll start off with a quick story. During the final semester of my Fine Arts degree, I was publicly asked by a professor of engineering to define \u2018Art.\u2019 Much to the chagrin of my peers, I offered a brief, admittedly ostentatious, response to a deceptively simple question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Art is asking questions.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While my answer garnered some well-deserved eyerolls, it\u2019s a definition I wholeheartedly stand by. Beyond any technical skills or entrepreneurial prowess developed during my three years in FSU\u2019s Studio Art program, the ability to pose and critically analyze complex problems through various lenses was the most valuable expertise I walked away with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I affectionately reference this anecdote because it lends itself to almost everything I do. I\u2019m beginning my second semester in the MSIT program having completed the aforementioned Studio Art program at FSU last spring. My primary disciplines are video art<\/a> and virtual environment design<\/a>, where I combine found and created video with 3D photogrammetry scans and projection mapping.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photogrammetry scanned selfie<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I live in Tallahassee where I\u2019ve worked on-campus at the FSU Innovation Hub<\/a> for just over two years as a Computer Technologies Intern, subsequently as an Area Specialist, and most currently as a Graduate Assistant. Across these roles, I\u2019ve developed a passion for connecting researchers, faculty, and students with technologies, concepts, and resources to expand and enrich their myriad creative pursuits and research methodologies. It\u2019s also within these roles at the Innovation Hub where I\u2019ve been able to hone my critical thinking (occasionally overthinking) skills in a meaningful capacity beyond the borders of my art practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been highly rewarding to have a platform to experiment with and learn from practices in systems administration, computer and VR lab development<\/a>, technology procurement, technical writing, and skill sharing, all the while applying a knack for questioning everything and learning a ton in the process. Drawing on my appreciation for the work I\u2019ve been doing at the Innovation Hub, I decided to pursue a graduate degree in Information Technology. So far, it has made for an interesting contrast with my undergraduate degree, enabling me to question everything in a fresh context while greatly developing my skills as a writer and editor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking forward to this class, I\u2019m excited to deliver on some of the skills I developed during my undergraduate education in the context of professional and information organizations. Of particular interest to me are the resources and exercises focusing on copyright and Creative Commons licensing. A portion of my art practice relies on sourcing found media, the majority of which I\u2019ve obtained no legal rights to implement. While this was not much of a concern in educational and not-for-profit contexts, I fully understand that there is a better and more commercially viable process to follow for sourcing media. Up to this point, my primary concern was simply dodging YouTube\u2019s copyright claims on my non-monetized videos. That said, I\u2019m excited to learn about proper methods for obtaining rights to media, especially as I intend to apply my skills in professional and public contexts in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Lorelai and I (left) with Sarah and Frankenstein (right)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

To leave off, I\u2019ll introduce you to my partner, Sarah, and our two cats, Frankenstein and Lorelai, while wishing each of you a Happy New Year<\/strong> and a fruitful semester to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Craig Moore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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