Multi-Media 2012

by Bianca Waters

Last night, September 13, at a private event in Brooklyn, held for music producer Swizz Beats’ birthday party family and friends engaged in live art. The theme was art related because Swizz Beats is also a visual artist. He teaches at NYU and a

Swizz Beats

junior high school in the Bronx. Infusing his love for both music and art, his songstress wife Alicia Keys hosted the celebration.

people, who were all close to the super producer, were allowed to attend,and although the invite read: “dress ready to paint,” the guests were still dressed semi-formal.

Live Artwork by Party Guests

The art gallery and live art enabled all guests to partake in creating art as a group–a tribal experience. Although the food was cold, the

dance floor was hot as my brother got a dance with Beyonce’. Afterward he went to the outdoor section to have a 
cigar and talk with Jay-Z one-on-one.

Rapper Jay-Z and Jahrel Waters

Photos by Jahrel Waters

by Bianca Waters

The Opening night brought famous people such as former basketball player Magic Johnson, fashion designer Tory Burch. To celebrate the evening a concert

Barclays Center photo by Bianca Waters

performed by rapper Jay-Z was given. Jay-Z is also a percentage owner of the stadium which houses the Brooklyn Nets.

The evening was reported as peaceful. Fans from all over came to the Barclays Center which is located on Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue. The center is going to have concerts by Barbra Streisand October 11th and 13th, Justin Bieber November 12th and for the children, Disney on Ice Rockin’ Ever After, November 27th-Dec 2nd. The game season for the Brooklyn Nets will begins November 1st with Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks.

Barclays Center photo by Journaltimes.com

They anticipate many New Yorkers to visit the new home of the Nets this Season. Brooklynites showed their pride with Brooklyn Nets apparel.

We had a fantastic discussion in Professor Bridgett Davis’s  “Journalistic Blogging” course about how and why we use different interfaces. Why use Tumblr instead of WordPress? Why Blogger and not Blackboard? While some of these choices may have straightforward answers, it’s interesting, and I think, important, to consider not only which platforms are best suited to our needs, but to observe and learn from the ways in which our platform choices shape and guide our content. Lifehacker has a great article on the basics of several platforms that is a useful starting point for engaging some of these questions.

Emily and I have been Multi-Media Fellows for approximately 2 hours. In that time, we’ve met multiple faculty members, including those we’ll be supporting this fall; had one very detailed meeting with the staff, and each launched a blog. We also managed to each complete a raft of paperwork and down some much-needed caffeine. If this is any indication, it’s going to be a busy, exciting, and productive semester.