By EmilyH on December 6th, 2009, 12:00 pm 1 Comments
This project (link) breaks boundaries of distance using sensors, digital signals and comforting smells of traditional food. This is how it works: A participant blows into a sensor in Beijing, China which transmits a digital signal to a computer in Linz, China. The computer in Linz signals a fan to turn on and releases scents for “Spicy Hot Pot” (A Chinese Delicacy), into the air. The different scents are familiar foods or tea from the Chinese culture. This installation is supposed to evoke the feeling of scents traveling without boundaries.
This project is created by the artistic group 8GG interactive. The group is made up of artists from Beijing who also work with video, music, web art and do live visual-audio performances.
I can understand why the scents of traditional foods are chosen for this installation. However, I think it would be interesting to include scents that were distinct a culture, then transmit them to a location where those smells are unfamiliar. It would break boundaries of distance and ethnicity. Also, this installation reminds me of one Justin mentioned in class. It involves a person choosing the position of lights on a digital 3D map through the internet, which then transmits to the real installation of lights in another city.
By traceymeloche on December 5th, 2009, 10:31 pm 0 Comments
Hooray! My blog is up and marching with 25 posts in 24 hours. I am using 4 different google alerts that use my name in some form or another. The blog is called it’s weird…being Tracey and the link is http://itsweirdbeingtracey.blogspot.com/
By traceymeloche on November 17th, 2009, 11:10 pm 5 Comments
I have been thinking and researching for this digital intervention and I had an idea. What if I created a page in MSN messenger or facebook page and instead of giving any info I only posted it with a phone number ( a disposable phone maybe) for a day. The idea here would be to turn a digital space into a physical action that would happen in real time. What do you think?
By EmilyH on November 8th, 2009, 12:00 pm 3 Comments
This is an interactive art project by Daniel Rozin. It involved 835 wooden tiles that move to create a mirror image. Each piece of wood is motorized by a computer and moves up and down to change how the light hits it. The little camera in the middle takes 15 pictures per second and converts the image to gray scale. Then, the pixel colours correspond to a specific angle to create the image with light.
I think this art piece is awesome! At first, the concept seemed really confusing, but after watching many of Rozin’s videos, this projects seems like something I would challenge myself to complete! I also think it would be interesting in a gallery setting because it’s surprising to the viewer, when they see themselves IN the art. Judging by my previous blog posts, I have discovered the I really LOVE interactive art! I believe it can challenge the viewer’s skills or confuse them, and it always creates different results.
Daniel Rozin has many other projects that follow these concept of angles, colours and mirror images.
By EmilyH on November 1st, 2009, 8:00 pm 6 Comments
This new technology created by the company Orange is trying to make shopping easy, but still interactive. The customer can browse through music videos and movie trailers on a screen through a store window by gesturing their hand across it. It is NOT a touch screen. Another reason for this technological development is that it allows customers to “shop” when the store is closed. How will this change our shopping experience? Will it affect our purchasing?
I know this is not technically “art,” however this caught my attention because I have come by interactive installations that use this gesturing technique, where the viewer does not have to physically touch the screen. I went to an art show that had laser eye tag installation. Somehow the viewer can move their eye around to draw on the wall. Another installation I’ve heard of is a screen showing water that you can wave your hand across to create waves and ripples. Did this technology originate with art, then transition to everyday life? How will this change our way of living?
By EmilyH on October 25th, 2009, 12:00 pm 2 Comments
David Clark is the media designer of the interactive website aisforapple.com. A is for Apple is a non- linear internet projects that uses audio and images in a web of continuous associative links. It basically starts with the word “apple” and allows the viewer to click on related terms that link to different pages. He links everything from an apple to Yoko Ono to Freud. Each page is made up of interactive flash animations so be sure to move your mouse everywhere!
Clark has received various new media awards and done TV appearances for this other works. This project is suppose to look for hidden meanings and coincidences that start from the apple and lead to pop culture, language, science and more. I think that the flash animation and interactive images on this site are interesting and chaotic in a good way. However, I don’t quite understand the reason for these associations because I think it’s possibly to link any terms if your try hard enough. Is it a map… or a maze? I think Clark’s net art piece is visually interesting, but conceptually confusing.
If you are interested in more of David Clarks work, check out his project 88contellations.net.
By EmilyH on October 18th, 2009, 12:00 pm 1 Comments
The website ElectricityComesFromAnotherPlanet.com by Angelo Plessas is colourful and interactive net art. Plessas says that his inspiration for this project came from the movie Tron. He wanted this piece to be romantic as well as hypnotic. The website is basically made up of neon lines and a sun that acts as the ball, which viewers can drag around.
Angelo Plessas is an artist who lives in Greece. His works includes installations, prints, drawings and murals; however, recently he has been focusing on internet and culture. For this series of projects, which focuses on digital media, he created the Angelo Foundation.
I don’t necessarily see the “romantic” side of this piece, although it might have something to do with Tron. Nevertheless, I do see this piece as hypnotic and enjoy that it is interactive. It is so simple, but ever since I have discovered Plessas work, I find myself going back to the website when I am bored and just playing around.
Another interactive net project from Plessas is www.towersandpowers.com, which is also colourful and fun.
By chelsea on September 13th, 2009, 7:31 pm 1 Comments
Mark Napier created the interactive site Shredder 1.0 where art is created from literally shredding the basis of the original site. The final product is created from the text, images, and codes that are cut and reordered to create an abstract composition. For someone like me who does not really know a lot about what goes into making the images we see on internet pages, it was certainly interesting to see them taken apart.
New Media Art article on Napier, explains how the art is created by anyone who enters a URL. Every web page has a code that passes through a Perl script, which is read by the Web browser. By writing the Perl script himself, he creates a tangled page of images and art. You can see the pattern of the script if you enter in a few URLs of your own, or by choosing the pre-selected ones. You can even enter in our blog page. Because the websites are constantly changing, the art will also change as more images and text are added. Napier explains the process, “By interacting with the work, the visitors shape the piece, causing it to change and evolve, often in unpredictable ways. The user is an integral part of the design.” Being so influenced by interaction he created another work entitled, The Waiting Room. Presented on a screen in a gallery, it shows the virtual space that fifty users share and create the image. The users actions activate the shapes that are seen in the artwork. His compositions all give the sense that new media is directly related to the interaction of the user.
