In the required readings for this class “Gramophone, Film, Typewriter” and “There is No Software”, Kittler discusses that originality and self expression is lost due to the media and technology. He talks about moving-images, sound recording and the art of handwriting. Handwriting was viewed as being a form of identity when the pen touches the paper, how everyone’s is different and cannot be replicated but with the computer and all the available software’s, a font can now be manipulated till the creator is satisfied ( color, size, font type) all originality and identification is lost. He also says that media "define what constitutes reality". That media stores time in different forms; information is written on or encoded into a media.
Through out this class we have come across a recurring subject in these texts; the loss of originality and identity. It is obvious that Kitler is disappointed with technology replacing “hand on” forms of creation, writing and literature; all these mediums have been put aside and replaced with media. This idea of loss in originality when a paper is typed is quite relevant now for students who write essays for class, the papers criteria (single spaces, size 12, font type Times New Roman) dismisses all creativity except for the content.
Is possible that a digitally create work can have individuality but not in the sense of the presentation but in the content?
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