Midterm Thesis Presentation
Here is my midterm thesis presentation of Cross-Cultural Rainbows
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February 22, 2007
February 15, 2007
Claroscuro Vanity Sin Project
Course: CTIN542
Professor: Mark Bolas
Student: Jorge Mora Fernandez
Assignment: Chiaroscuro Max Project
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Chiaroscuro is a bold contrast between light and dark.
Through Velazquez Artwork ,“Las Meninas” , we can see the Chiaroscuro technique used as a tension of layers which present different characters in their beautiful, realistic and mysterious ways.
On the other hand “Las Meninas” version from Picasso they are shown in black and white abstract, cubist and symbolic ways, which could be interpret as what is behind the Velazquez intentions and their characters.
The suggestive poetic subtitles go from the defense to the complementation of Vanity (Pride), the external appearance, versus the Honesty of the internal self.
With this artwork I try to invite the viewers to create his/her configuration of visual and texts through choosing between three options on each screen, and to contribute at the same time to the global collaborative piece, the multiscreen player. Each screen serves to create a more balance or unbalance multiscreen global piece, in terms of its vanity and humility detailed contents (text and visuals).
Some of these tensions are developed through the mix of visual and text details of the artworks and could be synthesize on the following concepts:
Inside versus Outside
Vanity vs Humility
Opposite vs Poles
Honesty vs Dishonesty
Complementary Energies
February 14, 2007
Madlib: "Focusing the Multicultural Collaborative Interactive Editing Online Documentary".
1) Refine MadLibs
Study of Constructive Interactions Behaviours through independent artist activities and motivations and through videoblogging.
2) Name THREE potential outside advisors.
Mimi Ito
http://www.itofisher.com/mito/
http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/
http://www.itofisher.com/mito/publications/personal_portab_2.html
Isidro Moreno
http://www.ucm.es/info/cavp2/C_I_Moreno.html
http://reddigital.cnice.mec.es/1/red_digital_english/firmas/firmas_moreno_eng.htm
http://www.ucm.es/info/eculture/documentos/proyectosING.htm
http://www.ucm.es/info/eculture/documentos/lineasING.htm
Andrew Sacher
http://interactive.usc.edu/members/asacher/
http://sachercreative.com/
3) Define your audience(s).
Independent Professionals Artists & Art Videobloggers: to show their work as well as learn new techniques.
On-line Art Enthusiasts: as on-line art researches or virtual videoblog gallery visitors.
Young People interested in Art: new talents looking for experiences and inspirations
Art Students & Professors: as a teaching tool of new art distribution.
Anthropologists & Communication Researchers: interested in art tech similarities and differences between cultures and/or videoblogging motivations.
February 13, 2007
MaxDubGame
Here is the patch I did. It was improved and better presented with the precious Perry's expertises. Download filePlay it with your friend it will be even funnier than Karaoke or even alone with famous monologs or practicing changing voices and sounds :-)
Here is the game description.
Tech Requirements: Max/MSP, a Connected Mic, Speakers, Have some Compelling Movie Sequences in Quicktime to Dub.
The Game Goal: The game consists in dubbing and creating the sound effects on a film sequence on Real Time creating the dialog on the fly.
Potential Game Rules: (Feel free to do your own)
A) Each player will be a character and we will have a Sound Effect Person as well as a Soundtrack person.
B) The first turn the players will watch the movie with the original sound.
C) They will have 5 minutes to come up with a new dialog.
D) The players will see the final dub after all having a chance to repeat it and improve it as much as they want or if played on teams as much as the other team considered is good enough.
Potential New Rules: Watch the previous film and take 5 minutes to come up with a new script through writing and memorizing.
February 1, 2007
Topic -> Question -> Significance
One sentence version:
I am researching a multicultural collaborative interactive editing online documentary, because I want to find out how the constructive interactions, networking and distributions work within videoblogg systems, in order to encourage the participations of videobloggers interested in independent arts.
1. I am researching/making/designing:
Researching: How different artist use their own creative techniques so I can research what are the different motivations to build an artwork or an artistic activity.
Making: Documentary based on Video Interviews of Artists sharing their creative Techniques using some interactive narrative rules to encourage videoblogging as well as creating some aesthetic quality.
Designing: How the different clips are edited together on line and the cell phone possibilities. Experimenting with Videoblogg Software tools (Eyespot.com, etc) how to create a collaborative documentary applying some flexible narrative forms.
2. because I want to find out (who/what/when/where/whether/why/how /
or show or demonstrate:
Who are the independent artists that follow some original creative methods and techniques, if any?
What are the common creative techniques used independently of where they are from?
When the videobloggers users feel enough motivation to interact constructively uploading their videos?
When they applied similar creative techniques and how when filming, editing or selecting the subject to film?
Where each independent artist would like to be in terms of art categories or Why a new one is created?
What motivates artist to videoblog their clips?
How some narrative and/or technique constrictions helps or not the development of the collaborative documentary?
How the people react to these interactive narrative constrictions?
Why people like or not some narrative form constrictions?
What are the narrative and aesthetic forms more respected and what are the ones more transgressed by the videobloggers?
What are the necessities of expressing oneself and how the enough motivation and skills development can drive people to create artworks.
How all this related with the videoblog visits and their interactions just selecting what to watch and videoblogg?
3. in order to help my user/viewer/audience/player experience/find out, understand.
To create a collaborative game based on digital video. This will encourage videobloggers to contribute to the collaborative on line documentary filming themselves or independent artist in their communities, respecting some interactive narrative rules.