Pair: Amanda and Celine

Link to our video:

https://www.facebook.com/amanda.oh.5283/videos/1996232647296283/

Sitting at two different ends of the ADM basement, we wanted to make it seem as if we sharing a common space despite being in two different locations. Having had a long day of classes, it was a good time to ‘share a drink’ and what better way to share a cold can of milo than through the internet?

WHERE
ADM basement
Amanda: Outside, at the black benches
Celine: Green tables near 3D room

WHAT
Share a drink, help to open drink, have a conversation and eventually finish the drink!

OUTCOME

Amanda and Celine are seen being able to pass a can of milo through this Third Space, despite not physically being in the same space. This allowed for them to share one of our favourite drinks: Milo. Amanda is seen being unable to open the milo can early on in the video, and passes it to Celine, who opens it for Amanda and returns it to her to have the first sip. They then attempt to have conversation verbally, occasionally high-fiving and hitting each other on the head. Amanda also attempts to pat Celine’s head in apology for hitting the latter’s head. Towards the end of the video, Celine asks for Amanda’s watch, so she could look at the time and stop the video. Successfully, they end the conversation and finish their one can of milo through facebook live. What a concept.

CONS

• Awkwardness sitting in a place with a lot of people. They kept trying to talk to us!
• Sometimes we forgot that we had to have the milo can leave the screen, so we had double milo.
• We sometimes couldn’t hear each other and had to ask the other to repeat.
• Facebook Live suddenly did not show the time, so we could not tell how long we had been live.

PROS

• We had milo
• And a lot of fun
• Bless the internet

EXPERIENCES

It was an exciting maiden experience. Even though we were not actually near each other in any way, there was still that form of connection that certainly made the whole interaction very new and refreshing. Every little successful connection made us elated, and we would burst into laughter. Even failures were met with laughter, and we would then try again. It was a lot about impromptu communication as well, where we had to voice what we wanted and work as a team to achieve it. Overall, it really felt like we were adding a new layer to ‘video-calling’, like some sort of Virtual Reality chat but with a new sense of touch and share added to it.