When is a blog more than a blog?

Two examples of Tumblr being used as more than just a blog (or even reblog) platform. The traditional structure of a blog is a series of posts offered in descending chronological order, pitching forward to some indeterminate future. While Tumblr (and other such platforms) were launched as micro-blogs— the same traditional basis for posting content chronologically minus the overhead of other popular blog platforms, with an equal weighting on ease of posting text, image, audio, video or other repurposed content from other sites— they offer such low barriers to entry that it’s easy to spawn sites themed for specific ideas or projects. With a canny choice of template (the grid style layout explodes the chronological stream) the Tumblr site can become a sourcebook, scrapbook, mood board and so much more…  

La existance de la luz / The existance of the light

“Sol Rezza (born April 7th 1982, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a sound artist, sound designer and sound jockey focused on the transformation of soundscapes into strange sound narratives. Her works are developed from field recordings of her own, sound objects from nature recorded by the artist, vocal experimentation and computer generated virtual instruments used as sound modulators. Her pieces are noted for their unconventional way of working, achieving unique sound textures for each of her compositions through the layer modification of previously recorded sounds. The narrative and the constant play with the symbols of language is a fundamental point throughout her work.” 
—excerpted from her biography. The existence of the light has been described as a “Tumblr album” for the way it brings together image, video, text and original musical compositions for an immersive experience. 

The Hero In You

Nick Makoha is a poet and spoken word artist. My Father & Other Superheroes, his 2012 one man show, is described as “one man’s honest revelation of how pop culture raised him in the absence of his father… a moving and powerful story about the journey from childhood to fatherhood.” The supporting Tumblr site serves almost as a sourcebook for the show. It’ll be interesting to see how ‘The Hero In You’ progresses, whether any archive footage from the show/tour itself will be inserted between the source posts, not simply as a promotional tool, but to serve as the central thread that pulls the various clippings, quotes and images together…

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