Internet Art & Culture

Thanks Mirei for completing the assignment! Perhaps Second Life avatars seem young forever!

Excellent final project overview and documentation. I am very impressed with all the planning, coordination, rehearsal and effort that went into your project. Fundamentally, I think the work is visually stunning, the way in which you treated the material visually, allowed for the disconnection, lags, and interference to be revealed, and actually incorporate those interferences and so-called "problems" into your work. That in a sense is the power of your collaborative work and investigation of the network as a medium for artistic creation. The piece is kind of a celebration of errors! My main critique would be that with the complexity of the narrative, that perhaps more of it could have shown through, or been revealed. I think the main problem was the audio. It seemed as though because of the extreme lag and pauses, that you lost some of the continuity of noise, conversation, and other elements that would clarified the narrative and heightened the tension of the work. Perhaps the use of additional sound or even texts might have helped to bring out the many aspects of the narrative, character development, and storytelling that you were trying to communication. That said, it is a beautiful work, and the collaborative effort between each of the members of your group was stellar, and it shows. What you might consider doing is taking a series of screenshots to include in your portfolio, because again, I think the visual aspects of the work are the strongest, and the way you treated the signal disruptions was truly masterful. And so too, the interface was very effective, and particularly the way in which you alternated screens between four and two and one. That also kept the narrative moving forward effectively. If only there had been more audio or textual support to keep the continuum smoother and more continuous. Again, great work on the documentation, the drawings, the references to other artworks, and all the various materials you incorporated to give a sense of the process, which in the end, is the primary objective of the assignment as well as the class.

Excellent final project overview and documentation. I am very impressed with all the planning, coordination, rehearsal and effort that went into your project.

Fundamentally, I think the work is visually stunning, the way in which you treated the material visually, allowed for the disconnection, lags, and interference to be revealed, and actually incorporate those interferences and so-called “problems” into your work. That in a sense is the power of your collaborative work and investigation of the network as a medium for artistic creation. The piece is kind of a celebration of errors!

My main critique would be that with the complexity of the narrative, that perhaps more of it could have shown through, or been revealed. I think the main problem was the audio. It seemed as though because of the extreme lag and pauses, that you lost some of the continuity of noise, conversation, and other elements that would clarified the narrative and heightened the tension of the work. Perhaps the use of additional sound or even texts might have helped to bring out the many aspects of the narrative, character development, and storytelling that you were trying to communication.

That said, it is a beautiful work, and the collaborative effort between each of the members of your group was stellar, and it shows. What you might consider doing is taking a series of screenshots to include in your portfolio, because again, I think the visual aspects of the work are the strongest, and the way you treated the signal disruptions was truly masterful.

And so too, the interface was very effective, and particularly the way in which you alternated screens between four and two and one. That also kept the narrative moving forward effectively. If only there had been more audio or textual support to keep the continuum smoother and more continuous.

Val, I can see that you took to heart many of the ideas we were exploring in Internet Art & Culture, particularly the importance of process. I have been impressed this semester with your sense of playfulness, and eagerness to take on challenges in your work. This piece was incredibly challenging, and for me what is most compelling is the way you dug so deep into the possibilities and aesthetics and errors of glitch, mining this deep well for information. I hope that you can find ways to continue this investigation in future projects, because it will just become richer the deeper you go.

I am so impressed with the telephatic stroll project. It is really one of the best uses of social broadcasting I have seen. You embraced the medium to its full advantage, and you were extremely clever in the way you achieved synchronization. The idea of creating a soundtrack with rhythm, cues, and instruction was a stroke of genius! I only wish that I might have thought of such a great idea! The way in which you choreographed the piece was stunning. I particularly liked the switching of cameras from front/back in tandem. That was a great idea and had such a powerful impact on our perspective of time and space. But there were also many other wonderful moments: the alignment of your heads using the height of the screen (amazing); walking perfectly in sync along the path; rotating the phones from person to person to creating a moving panorama; pointing to the sky in unison and even aligning the landscape, trees, etc. All of these ideas were so clever and imaginative, you must have had great fun working it out. Also the shape of the piece was very well done. Starting away from each other (I'm not sure how you cued up the beginning of the soundtrack), and then coming together in the first space while maintaining the third space perspective and panorama. There was a wonderful sense of coordination, almost like a ballet, as you stepped through each of the sequences with perfect ease and fluidity. The piece was enormously enjoyable and I plan on using it as a prime example of student experimentation in social broadcasting. Su Hwee, regarding your reference, I would have liked to see a bit more detail. I think your comparison to Hole in Space may not be entirely accurate here since that work involved the viewers, and here it was the four performers interacting in the third space. Plus Hole in Space was entirely spontaneous and improvised whereas you were very tightly scripted. Were there any other pieces that influenced you? But your reference to our Adobe Connect exercise was perfect. That was an opportunity to play with alignment and connection in the third space, which I think helped you to conceptualize your telepathic scroll piece. I think you also benefited greatly from the telematic scroll exercise we did, which was demonstrated through the great precision. I want to again commend you for an amazing work. Congratulations!!  

I am so impressed with the telephatic stroll project. It is really one of the best uses of social broadcasting I have seen. You embraced the medium to its full advantage, and you were extremely clever in the way you achieved synchronization. The idea of creating a soundtrack with rhythm, cues, and instruction was a stroke of genius! I only wish that I might have thought of such a great idea!

The way in which you choreographed the piece was stunning. I particularly liked the switching of cameras from front/back in tandem. That was a great idea and had such a powerful impact on our perspective of time and space. But there were also many other wonderful moments: the alignment of your heads using the height of the screen (amazing); walking perfectly in sync along the path; rotating the phones from person to person to creating a moving panorama; pointing to the sky in unison and even aligning the landscape, trees, etc. All of these ideas were so clever and imaginative, you must have had great fun working it out.

Also the shape of the piece was very well done. Starting away from each other (I’m not sure how you cued up the beginning of the soundtrack), and then coming together in the first space while maintaining the third space perspective and panorama. There was a wonderful sense of coordination, almost like a ballet, as you stepped through each of the sequences with perfect ease and fluidity. The piece was enormously enjoyable and I plan on using it as a prime example of student experimentation in social broadcasting.

Makoto, I was intrigued with your reference to Douglas Davis' World's Longest Collaborative Sentence, and while you are right, that particular passage does describe the Telepathic Stroll, I would have emphasized the collective narrative aspect of the project, in which the writings of many people coalesce into a whole. That is precisely what Telepathic Stroll accomplishes, it merges the four of you into a single, coordinated stroll, a collective stroll, one that you take together via the connectivity of your phones. One other comment: I would have liked to have seen you begin your post with clearer description of the work, something a bit more concise, whereas the closing statement is quite excellent, and you do bring in the collective, community aspect of the work. Overall this is a great achievement. Congratulations!!

I am so impressed with the telephatic stroll project. It is really one of the best uses of social broadcasting I have seen. You embraced the medium to its full advantage, and you were extremely clever in the way you achieved synchronization. The idea of creating a soundtrack with rhythm, cues, and instruction was a stroke of genius! I only wish that I might have thought of such a great idea!

The way in which you choreographed the piece was stunning. I particularly liked the switching of cameras from front/back in tandem. That was a great idea and had such a powerful impact on our perspective of time and space. But there were also many other wonderful moments: the alignment of your heads using the height of the screen (amazing); walking perfectly in sync along the path; rotating the phones from person to person to creating a moving panorama; pointing to the sky in unison and even aligning the landscape, trees, etc. All of these ideas were so clever and imaginative, you must have had great fun working it out.

 

Also the shape of the piece was very well done. Starting away from each other (I’m not sure how you cued up the beginning of the soundtrack), and then coming together in the first space while maintaining the third space perspective and panorama. There was a wonderful sense of coordination, almost like a ballet, as you stepped through each of the sequences with perfect ease and fluidity. The piece was enormously enjoyable and I plan on using it as a prime example of student experimentation in social broadcasting.

Bao, you really did a great job on this project and your contribution of scheduling and coordination was masterful. My only criticism is that there were additional references I would included, such as the Adobe Connect exercise we did, as well as the telematic stroll project to practice your synchronization. Also, whereas I agree with the Videofreex quote by Parry Teasdale, I think there were other aspects of the readings and artworks that might have been more relevant to your project. What about the collective narrative of the Flickr project we did early in the semester for example? But this was a fantastic accomplishment and I extend a huge congratulations for this great effort.

I am so impressed with the telephatic stroll project. It is really one of the best uses of social broadcasting I have seen. You embraced the medium to its full advantage, and you were extremely clever in the way you achieved synchronization. The idea of creating a soundtrack with rhythm, cues, and instruction was a stroke of genius! I only wish that I might have thought of such a great idea!

The way in which you choreographed the piece was stunning. I particularly liked the switching of cameras from front/back in tandem. That was a great idea and had such a powerful impact on our perspective of time and space. But there were also many other wonderful moments: the alignment of your heads using the height of the screen (amazing); walking perfectly in sync along the path; rotating the phones from person to person to creating a moving panorama; pointing to the sky in unison and even aligning the landscape, trees, etc. All of these ideas were so clever and imaginative, you must have had great fun working it out.

Also the shape of the piece was very well done. Starting away from each other (I’m not sure how you cued up the beginning of the soundtrack), and then coming together in the first space while maintaining the third space perspective and panorama. There was a wonderful sense of coordination, almost like a ballet, as you stepped through each of the sequences with perfect ease and fluidity. The piece was enormously enjoyable and I plan on using it as a prime example of student experimentation in social broadcasting.

Wind, knowing that you contributed the sync track, and also seeing how much time and effort you put into it, I have to say: CONGRATULATIONS! What a fine achievement, masterful in fact. I really enjoyed your documentation, as always, you are witty and precise all at the same time. And that's not always so easy to achieve! What I am most impressed with is how you made crucial decision to decide just how best to work with Facebook Live. You knew what you wanted, and you were able to get there. That is probably the best obstacle for artists, finding the means and direction for arriving at an artistic results that makes best use of the medium. If you can keep that up in the rest of your work, you will be very successful indeed!

The Telematic Lunch was a valiant effort and I can see the hard work and of course the frustration that accompanies an ambitious project like this while challenging new technologies that you haven't encountered before. The piece has the makings and potential of being quite interesting. First, the way in which the interface was established, arranged and composited was very well done. The positioning of the four of you, and of course Winzaw's funny addition to the social gathering added a much needed element. The lesson learned here is twofold: first, when you encounter the kind of technical problems that you did, you find a way to incorporate them into the work, instead of doing battle with bad reception, sound, disconnections, etc. Secondly, you simplify. I think that trying to composite all four of you the whole time just compounded the bandwidth issues. You could have taken turns being on camera, rotating the images, perhaps in twos or even in ones. In other words, we don't need to see all four of you on screen for the whole time. I think also that the color keying could have been more pronounced. And if taken to another level of transparency, would have offset some of the other problems you were having. Consistent with bandwidth and connection problems, there could have been more of a disappearing act so to speak. I think Winzaw was moving in the right direction with his key, but I also think there could have been more variety in his contribution and overall with the whole group. Why not reveal some of the food in these keyed out areas for example? Also, the piece should have been shorter, more along the 15 minutes I had suggested, so you could have more control over the flow of the narrative. As it is, it's difficult to watch for so long given the various technical issues. I would have liked to have better understood the rounds of “never have I ever." If it is difficult to synchronize the dialogue, let alone hear the flow of the conversations, how about texts or signs that might have brought out the narrative of the conversation.  That said, I want to reiterate my acknowledgement of the effort that went into this project. I thought the collaborative process was commendable and that the four of you were able to synthesize your ideas to create what was a compelling project idea and scenario, even if the execution of the work didn't quite live up to its promise. Issac, in regards to your post, I would be careful about the use of so many references, because not all of them seem entirely relevant. For example, super-participation as related to Second Front's Last Supper is not exactly what is meant in the way it was presented in class, which was how we share our data, move data around, participate in the exchange of information. On the other hand, I thought your reference to The Big Kiss was excellent. Here, the awkwardness of the telematic kiss does in fact correspond with the awkwardness you experience with the telematic lunch. All the bandwidth and connection issues conspired to make it difficult to eat together, engage in conversation, and even see one another! That was an excellent observation and the kind of use of readings/art works that are best employed in your critical description of your own work. Let me know if you have any questions.