Storyboard: Excess, computer-generated

Abstract

The Excess Storyboard was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, in which people had to pivot and imagine new ways of using new media for learning, information gathering, social interaction and work. The many young faces looking back at me are thus also a representation of who I am. Language, culture, and location reverberate as digital waves. The study participants and I shared the same cultural background, spoke the same languages, had similar interests, belonged to similar online communities, and were all relying on new media while experiencing lockdown in the same physical location: Melbourne. This created a strong Melbourne experience; the bond may have been different, or weaker, if I ha..