The Nervous System and by Extension Intermedia

One thing I found interesting in this article was that it compared the medium of video to the nervous system in humans, and how the structure and effectiveness of the nervous system is what it is revered for, not necessarily the physiological aspect of it. What I took from this comparison is that video should be studied with respect to how it works, how it can improve different areas of life, and its effectiveness. However, the nitty gritty parts, like the construction of a video camera for example are less important for the overall understanding and use of the medium. Now, as far as the nervous system goes, biologists, doctors, and others that study it, still must know the physiology of the system in order to be able to do research on it or treat diseases within it. Although the general public might know that the nervous system is a body system that connects the brain and spinal cord and allows us to do pretty much everything that we are able to do and think, true experts will know all about the details of the neurons and the chemicals that pass through them and the physiological processes that allow the system to work. Therefore, I think it is important that the experts of video creation and production do know and understand the “physiology” of video. The article also says that video is an extension of the nervous system, which ties in to this notion. If one knows the very basics about the nervous system and also only knows the very basics about video creation, in essence the structure and effectiveness, they might be able to make a decent looking creation. On the other hand, one that knows the details of what goes on in their nervous system and in video creation at a deeper level, they can use these aspects together to create something absolutely amazing, truly a creation of intermedia. This is not to say that it is necessary to know the details of both or either to make something great, but it certainly would not hurt.

This video does not deal with biology, but it combines an in depth knowledge of math, art, and a likely strong understanding of video making, which is an approach that brings an extension of this woman’s self to her intermedia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK5Z709J2eo.