We are collecting videos from different artists: dance, sculture, painting, videoart, music, new media, artcraf, etc... for developing an international on-line gallery to promote independent art around the world. Please send them to the address at the image.

They have to be 5 to 10 minutes videos, Quicktime of Windows Media High Quality. They can include, but not only, the following suggested general themes: 1) Motivation to Create, 2) Personal Creative Proccess and Techinques 3) Artist own favorite artwork 4) Social Responsability of the Artist 5) Personal background and funny personal stories about how you became an author/artist. 5) Or Just presenting your work in the way you prefer.

Be sure to put your contact information at the end of the videos so curators, and other artists can call you if they are interested in your work.

We will show and promote the videos under Creative Commons license model.

They also will part of a second section of the project: a collaborative Remix project where people will remix your videos to create multicultural connections and making videos under the general theme "Creative Process and Independent Arts around the World: Similarities and Diversities"

MISSION
Spread internationally the independent arts and the collective creation through the constructive interactions between artists, curators, educators, students and visitors of the on-line museum.

VISION
To be the most visited on-line Interactive Museum and Audio-visual Data Base of Independent Arts. To create the first collaborative on line documentary about independent arts. To innovate and to educate on the communication and interactive audiovisual creations experimentations. This will be improved using a collective edition system online that it will be divulgated internationally in centers of art and education.

VALUES
Multiculturalism, Participation and Cultural Democratization, Respect and Recognition, Diversity, Unity, Creativity and Universal Communication, Tolerance, Generosity, Empathy, Solidarity and Gratefulness.

If you are interested in collaborating, funding or sponsoring please contact the email at the bottom.
Concept Proposal © Jorge Mora Email morafern@usc.edu

Conclusions of "The Hypermedia Elements that Improve the Users’ Immersion & Constructive Interactions" (PDF File)

Photo Captured during the experiment synchronizing the physical interactions of one of the players with the virtual interactions within the game

There are a video presentation, the video is too long 13 minutes for youtube so if you want a copy let me know, and a PDF summary of the conclusions from my dissertation "The Hypermedia Elements that Improve the Users’ Immersion & Constructive Interactions" developed for Ph.D. in Audiovisual Communications.
This research was conducted by Jorge Mora between the summet 2003 until fall 2005, it was directed by Isidro Moreno within the Departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad II, Facultad de CC. de la Información, Universidad Complutense de Madrid It counted with brilliant collaborators like: Lev Manovich, Sheldon Brown, David Cole, Carol Hobson, Lars; and the institutions: CRCA, CalIt2, 5Dimension project (at the Laboratory of and the Visual Arts Department, University of California San Diego, between others. Thanks all again for their great contributions. Some parts of the Video are academic & educational examples taken from Videogames developed by EA, Sony, Indrustries Light & Magic. I thank these companies and their creators to allow an educational & academic fair use of these creative portions

You are welcome to use this material, please just mentioned the original resource for respect to all the people who worked on it.

Image created integrating Nam June Paik video sculpture art
& a traditional Chinese Puppet

MISSION
Spread internationally the independent arts and the collective creation through the constructive interactions between artists, curators, educators, students and visitors of the on-line museum.

VISION
To be the most visited on-line Interactive Museum and Audio-visual Data Base of Independent Arts. To create the first collaborative on line documentary about independent arts. To innovate and to educate on the communication and interactive audiovisual creations experimentations. This will be improved using a collective edition system online that it will be divulgated internationally in centers of art and education.

VALUES
Multiculturalism, Participation and Cultural Democratization, Respect and Recognition, Diversity, Unity, Creativity and Universal Communication, Tolerance, Generosity, Empathy, Solidarity and Gratefulness.

If you are interested in collaborating, funding or sponsoring please contact the email at the bottom.

Concept Proposal © Jorge Mora Email morafern@usc.edu

I was thinking about sharing my first months of the Summer: Cannes Festival Short Film Participation, Independent Artist Videos for my Thesis.
But Today I am not feeling like that is so important to talk about since I am doing instead of talking.
I think the following video from 1992 is more in fashion & updated than other negative news in these days & the real world game more interesting than any other.
I do not wonder why we do not keep in touch with our feelings: maybe we could find the wise child master within us?.
Beatiful Free True Speech! Today is a good day to be true and do just my part, if all the chinese population will jump at the same time the orbit of the Earth will change, now imagine if each one of the terricolas.
Here is my week committment talk with my landlord so he puts Recicle Paper Trash Cans in the building.
Download file

The Experience: The user face a close white cabinet, which is illuminated from the back with a couple of lamps, and a big screen where a black and white video with images of landscapes around the world is showed, LA, Tijuana, Cusco & Machu Pichu. Suddenly, once the user opens the cabinet he discovers colorful inside of different traditional and mythical animals from the Chinese Culture, on the back over a transparent screen a Male Chinese Shadow appears, on the front a mysterious envelop says “Open Me!”. On the big screen the Chinese Shadow appears in front of the Big Screen integrated with the landscapes video. The shadows is grabbed through the decorated Web Cam inside the cabinet that catch the image once it opens. Within the envelope a Female Chinese Shadow thanks for free her soul mate and invite the user to go to the back of the cabinet and to manage the male shadows until he meets her in one of the fare way landscapes.

Screen & Jurors Overview Perspective

Physical Interactions while Performing the Puppet and the Monitored Mixed Media Feedback.

Front's View with the author where the male puppet should be sad thinking about meeting her female puppet.

Week 10 March 22
Develop & Rewrite Abstract & Description
Update comments from Tracy Fullerton & Mimi Ito.
Collect & Read Bibliography.
Week 11 March 29
Develop Timeline ( Production Plan) & Start Budget.
Updated comments from Andreas Kratky & Isidro Moreno.
Collect & Read Bibliography.
Week 12 April 12
Advisors & Possible Venues
Update comments from Sociologists.
Collect & Read Andrew Sacher & Bibliography.
Week 13 April 14
Resources & Prior Art / Bibliography
Organize and publish Bibliography.
Prepare Final Presentation.
Week 14 April 19.
Final Presentation 2d Group
May 3rd
Submit Final Plans.