Learning to Unlearn: Mobile Phone Cameras and Digital Files

Abstract

Most youngsters who have felt any form of artistic interest have traditionally opted to write poems. However, it is becoming more frequent for them to choose video —already a domestic tool— over literature to express their experiences. In this change, the appearance of mobile phones with built-in video cameras enables a daily and immature writing, as well as the development of video diaries, self-portraits and other forms which had remained rather peripheral until now.