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Co-Broadcasting Experiment

Co-Broadcasting Experiment

Before the broadcast, I was quite shocked that we could do a split screen via Facebook Live. I was excited that we could do that since it tied in with the final project my group was about to embark.

When the live broadcast was starting, I was facing some difficulties with the internet connection in school (as usual). I had to seek help from my classmates on how to do the split screen after inviting my partner, Joan. After struggling for some time, I finally got the split to work and the both of us was very excited about it.

It was interesting that we could hear each other from both side but only the person who invited the other person could see both sides. The other person could only hear the invited person voice but could not see the face. The only problem was that both sides could not see each other.

Overall, it was quite an experience where we could co broadcast without finding other means to see each other face-to-face. I enjoyed the experience. 

Co-broadcasting

Posted by Hannah Kwah on Thursday, 12 October 2017

 

Hyperessay 1

Concepts in Social Broadcasting: Cross-streaming

The thoughts that comes to my mind about social broadcasting is people introducing their personal hobbies or exploring different areas while travelling or introducing nice and strange food or willing to expose their own personal lives to others. I could not understand what is the trend about going live through social media and how people are so excited about it. My theory about social broadcasting is if you are willing to expose yourself to the dangers of the world then by all means go ahead but I am comfortable without going live. When the class requires going live through social media, I was very skeptical and uncomfortable. It have been five years since I was active on Facebook and the first thought was do I have to?

My first experience of broadcasting was pretty interesting where I had the choice to showcase myself or the surroundings. It was uncomfortable at first but when people around are also doing the same thing, I felt that it was more bearable and less nerve-wrecking. I realised that broadcasting and social broadcasting are two separate things. Social broadcasting involves integrating people in my live feed where multiple people are broadcasting at the same time. When multiple live feeds are seen together and played in sync, it gives me a whole new perception and experience of social broadcasting.

The weekly readings and research topics are an eye opener where different artists have their own concept when creating their artworks. Through the research critiques, I found two of the research critiques very memorable. They are Bold3RRR by Jon Cates and The World’s Longest Collaborative Sentence by Douglas Davis.

Image from 4RTCR4X0RZ: Hacking Open Together:
New Media Art, Activism and Computer Counter Cultures: http://gl1tch.us/4RTCR4X0RZ.html

Bold3RRR was a new perception of glitch for me where it reflects the world we are in. I have never thought of it before and how we view performance is no longer going to the actual place but bring it to the viewer. The arrangement of our desktop also show our personality and tells a story of a person. The playfulness and whimsical layout of jonCates’ work shows how passionate he is towards glitch aesthetics. 

Douglas Davis, “The World’s First Collaborative Sentence” (1994). Detail.

The World’s Longest Collaborative Sentence revealed to me a revelation where chaos and order, an oxymoron could be incorporated together. The idea was as simple as asking people to contribute words but having to implement it is complicated. Yet, it brought my people of different countries together without having to deal with social problems such as racism. This gives me an idea of how anyone could be a part of an artwork and collaborating together. Nonsensical it maybe but yet it shows no matter which era you are in people are still fascinated by it. The two artworks are different yet the same where the artists use ordered chaos as their basis.

After experiencing multiple social broadcasting through the use of Facebook live and OBS, I felt that there are still many areas that I could explore with. My perception of doing social broadcasting have altered a little. In the beginning I was not for social broadcasting but after researching about the different areas and the different types of explorations that have been explored I felt that social broadcasting is quite meaningful.

My Desktop stage performance. OBS with Facebook live.

Even in social broadcasting, there are pros and cons. The pros are people could connect together without binding themselves to their geographical locations, it is free for all just like how the VideoFreex created their own show with a portable camera and creating collaborative work with the world.

“…create a performance place with no geographical boundaries…”  

Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz

The cons are people are more easily exposed to dangers where our datas are everywhere on the web and freely showing people our daily lives. Personally I love to watch crime shows such as criminal minds and CSI where people are killed or kidnapped due to webcam or technological devices. I became more concern with going live or even sharing via social media. However I feel that social broadcasting have to be done in moderation for people to still be open with it.

Personally I am interested in creating a web-based installation or probably performance art where the world could be connected together. I felt that the use of glitch art reflects how the world is now: messed up, waging wars, break down of technology and even the words we say are no longer censored but yet at the same time there are still some beauty in it.

“…to be lost in proversation and caught amidst in the sense of wonder and surprise, this is glitch unravel in the sense of something wonderful is happening, these are glitch operations, malfunctions and they have gone wrong, so beautifully wrong…”

jonCates’ video Bold3RRR

I was thinking of how I could incorporate glitch with web-based collaboration and also performance of the third space. It would be interesting to see how our facial expressions are when we type on our computer and how words can be translated to gibberish where it can be another type of glitch. We cannot speak properly shows how messed up our minds are.

Last week broadcasting was an interesting experience. I felt that the discussion before going around to explore broadcasting was a way for us to interact and learn different kinds of methodology used.

Concepts in Social Broadcasting: Cross-streaming

Concepts in Social Broadcasting: Cross-streaming

During the broadcasting, I still had some technical problems where some open areas do not have connection to the school WiFi but I would interpret as a kind of glitch art where things still goes wrong beautifully surprisingly. Instead of communicating with people via the live feed I communicated with people face to face. It was another way of interaction which made the whole experience different too since we are so used to communicate via a device.

https://thirdspacenetwork.com/cross-stream-joan-hannah/

Video

Comments to communicate with each other.

First video experience:

Posted by Hannah Kwah on Thursday, 21 September 2017

Video 2

Video 2

Second video experience:

Posted by Hannah Kwah on Thursday, 21 September 2017

The pros is the experience of creating a third space together and making your own kind of art. The cons is the internet connection and not being able to sync the phone and computer at the same time.

Overall, I learnt many different aspects of Internet art from social broadcasting to third space to collective narrative to desktop-en-scene to super participation. I felt that the whole experience was interesting despite the fear behind it. It may perplex someone about the art created through these medium but on the hand, some others may appreciate it. As for me I am super inspired and amazed by all the different works I have come across and thinking of weird ideas as to how I can incorporate it in my future artwork.

Research Critique: Videofreex film

Research Critique

Videofreex in the Lanesville TV control room. Credits Randall Packer, OSS ADM.

“Here Come the Videofreex” is a film that amazes and fascinates me. They wanted to change the notion of passive television to something that would come alive. I never thought that broadcasting, television, radio, etc. would have such a breakthrough if not for the Videofreex constant perseverance exploring this area.

The group started off with a portable video equipment, Sony Portapak where they would film anything that was interesting and interviewed people. They slowly evolved to capturing real-world situation in which television broadcasted politically correct and manipulative. They recorded real life scenarios and understand the public view as they interact with them. Later, they made the impossible possible using a transmitter and antenna to create television signal to their broadcast which was illegal. They wanted to challenge the idea of illegal broadcasting but in the end the Videofreex made programs which the audience could give feedback. They had role plays, interviewing people on the streets and filming events happening which translates to our current day social media live feeds, live news and sports broadcast, radio, etc.

The control room of Lanesville TV with call-in number. Credits Randall Packer, OSS ADM.

“Taking a camera and telling

own story is unimaginable.”

Mary Curtis Ratcliff

This film made me see the transformation of broadcasting where media is language used by everyone and through this we can speak to the world. They broke the common notion of what broadcasting was suppose to be like in the 1970s which makes see how I can challenge the idea of broadcasting and changing the perception now. Broadcasting is not only one to many but also interacting with people out there to bring about personal opinions and ideas that would be useful. Back then they had a portable video camera but now it is changed to our phones and computer where we can bring it around to showcase what is happening around the world and sharing it through social media. It changes my idea of broadcasting where it does not have to be just filming my daily life but also what is happening around me can be a way of relying information to others first hand too.

Overall, I felt inspired by the Videofreex in their determination to follow their dreams and creating a new world of social broadcasting which makes the world a better place.