Internet Art &amp; Culture

Telematic Lunch: Singapore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZa9MP-QmJ8

Welcome to the Telematic Lunch by Anam, Win Zaw, Mirei and Isaac. This project has gone through multiple amendments from the very beginning to this final video. During our brainstorming process, we had very interesting ideas that were very ambitious. Taking inspiration from A Hole in Space by Galloway and Rabinowitz, we had the idea of having a live Read more →

Categories: Final Project | Hyperessay | Process

Nov 19, 2017 - 10:25:52 am

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.

Telematic stroll - Isaac with Mirei (Singapore - Thailand)

Isaac Chu

Thursday, Nov 09, 2017 - 12:05:11 pm

https://www.facebook.com/mirei.shirai/videos/t.669401733/10155983941812033/?type=2&video_source=user_video_tab

So, we literally lived through 2 time zones at the same time. Mirei was having an awesome time in Thailand and I was busy with work at home. We decided to walk down the streets we are in during dusk to show the liveliness and change in the sky’s temperature over time. Obviously, thailand was more interesting to see than Read more →

Categories: Process | Telematic Stroll

Nov 09, 2017 - 12:19:24 pm

Fascination juxtapositions between Singapore and Thailand, so many contrasts of people, color, light, etc. Looking forward to discussing further this evening.

Research Critique: Interview with Second Front

Isaac Chu

Thursday, Nov 02, 2017 - 05:17:26 pm

11pm, 28th October. I was deciding if I should take a really quick shower before the interview starts or not. 11:01pm, with much itch to shower, I decided not to. And, I am so glad I did not. The interview with Second Front was so rich with passion and energy and just having that spirit to share, the members Read more →

Categories: Process | Research

Nov 09, 2017 - 02:04:16 pm

You brought up an interesting point about the laws that bind our society. These laws are important and create order in the real world, but in the virtual, are there different laws? Are we able to alter the laws because there aren't the same ramifications? We could do things we aren't supposed to do but it is safe to do these things? So we have to ask, what are the ethical and moral rules of the virtual space. You raise these interesting questions, which I think are very important to how we view social interaction in the third space.

Final Project Rehearsal 2 - Telematic Dinner [Win Zaw, Anam, Isaac]

Mirei Shirai

Tuesday, Oct 31, 2017 - 10:08:36 pm

@ Mirei's Studio

Win Zaw, Anam, Isaac and I conducted the rehearsal for the final project on Monday.

We set up one red screen in front of a table, and captured the scene on OBS. Then on OBS, we chroma-keyed the red color out, and dragged in two live feeds from Win Zaw and Anam. On Win Zaw’s live feed, he was wearing a Read more →

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Research Critique – Second Front

Isaac Chu

Thursday, Oct 26, 2017 - 05:27:47 pm

When I first saw Second Front‘s art pieces, I was immediately reminded of the similarities to two popular games, SIMS and Grand Theft Auto. They all had this openness and free world with physics that defy reality.

Second Front is a group of individual who made a series of art performances on an online platform called Second Life. (I know, it’s Read more →

Categories: Process | Research

Oct 27, 2017 - 08:06:45 am

Some very interesting ideas! You are right that Second Life allows people to act our their fantasies, running the risk of losing contact with reality. On the other hand, as you point out, it is an opportunities to test real world issues in a virtual world without consequences. Or we have to ask, are there consequences to our actions in a third space virtual environment. Glad to see you are connecting the artworks we are looking at to our critical study of the Internet. Well done.

Final Project Test Run

Nicholas Makoto

Thursday, Oct 26, 2017 - 02:40:10 pm

@ Grandma Joe

For our test run, we tried to perform the effect of us merging our faces on the grid. The Grid being a row of 4 columns.

1 2 3 4

The visual effect we intend is for Grid 1 and 4 to have half a face, that eventually meets to form one full face, made up of half a face on Grid 2 and Grid Read more →

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Final Project Rehearsal

Su Hwee Lim

Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017 - 07:32:34 pm

@ Hwee's

We first discussed about how we should be doing the actual thing and details about our positioning. At first we wanted to film at the open area in ADM, however we realise that some of us will be backlighting as a result a dark video. So we decided to move out of indoor since we should test it out the Read more →

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Final Project - Test Run

Joan

Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017 - 07:24:20 pm

@ Joan

Hannah & Joan live broadcast

https://www.facebook.com/littleangel.hannah/videos/10159446580005425/

Cher See & Xin Feng live broadcast

https://www.facebook.com/sim.xinfeng/videos/10155367381841888/

Combine broadcast on OBS

https://www.facebook.com/goh.chersee/videos/10212224901431949/

Roles: Cher See (Police), Xin Feng (Police), Hannah (Thief), Joan (Thief)

Co-broadcasting reflection

One of the technical difficulties that we face while we were broadcasting was the lagginess of our stream. We kept on disconnecting with each other and the constant need to stay connected to the internet had Read more →

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Research critique: Jennicam

Isaac Chu

Thursday, Oct 19, 2017 - 05:37:48 pm

Prior to Jennicam, there were two other “live camera” web series (Trojan Room Coffee Camera and a fish camera) which were inspirations that Jenny borrowed from. The coffee camera allowed people in University of Cambridge (old computer laboratory) to know if there were still coffee in the dispenser so they don’t have to climb up 7 storeys for nothing. (superbly Read more →

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Tags: jennicam

Oct 20, 2017 - 12:01:34 pm

Good piece. I am curious about your connection between v-logging and JenniCam. Yes, I agree there are similarities in terms of opening one's life via video, but do you think they are similar in terms of narrative? And aren't v-logs generally pre-recorded? I am not absolutely sure about this. Anyway, good work dissecting Jennifer Ringley's life in front of the camera giving up her privacy for seven years!

Co-Broadcasting Experience

Siewhua

Thursday, Oct 19, 2017 - 03:17:37 pm

@ Siewhua 's

https://www.facebook.com/wrongval/videos/10155226510788208/

Basically this is a new function in Facebook Live where broadcasters could invite up to one view to join his/her broadcast, resulting in a split screen broadcast.

I think first of all it really helped with communication between me and Val and we could also see/hear what each other were doing. I think it also reduces the awkwardness a little since Read more →

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