Critique on Ira and Rebekah's "Gogh Art"

The idea of creating an artist kit for kids to spark their interest in the arts at a young age blew my mind. I loved how the box can be personalized and the drawing or painting on it is removable in case the proud parents feel the need to show and tell in front of the refrigerator. Also, snacks are always good ideas to motivate kids. Therefore, edible art sounds like a great idea for kids to be creative and enjoy afterwards. Even though the prototype is made out of paper, creating the box out of plastic for the final product will eliminate problems from the paper box, making it more durable and convenient. The overall presentation demonstrates a very well thought out project, taking into consideration of children's habits and safety. More importantly, the package has been user tested and proved successful. I really think this is a product that companies like Toysrus might be interested in investing. The project can be pushed even further creating different series of color books covering different subjects, such as art movements, or increase in levels of difficulty for separate age groups.

Midterm Projects

Here are some pics and clips from the midterm critique... enjoy ;-)


ANTIP Chatroom

Watch clip

will you Remember me?


Interrogation


Blind

Watch clip

Gogh Art



Some pictures did not turn out due to bad lighting... sorry ^^"

Final Anti-Technology Interactive Project

Our final version of project...



will you Remember me?


Here is the older version for the prototype... for reference....

the project

"Ink and C++ for Dinner" with Zach Lieberman

Zach Lieberman stunned the audience since the first performance and presentation of the “Drawn”. It’s fun and exciting to see Zach draw ink dots and shapes onto a paper that was filmed and projected onto the screen. Then, he started moving or bouncing them as if the shapes physically exist in the paper on the screen. His interactive sketchbook demonstrates a new way of animation.
Throughout the “Ink and C++ for Dinner”, Zach Lieberman showed numerous fascinating and innovative projects. A particular project, “RE:MARK & Hidden Worlds of Noise and Voice”, appeared spectacular to me. “RE:MARK & Hidden Worlds of Noise and Voice” is an installation of projected “noodles” that are formed with voices, and can be seen physically when users wear 3D glasses. The shapes of the noodles are formed depending on the sound and volume of the user’s voice. This project was taken further with a full-scale building installation in Berlin. The interactive “noodles” are projected swimming in and out of the building walls and tables, many of them attracted to cups and hands. It’s amazing to see the building “come to life” with swimming “noodles” even though Zach mentioned that by 4am, the passing drunks on their way home don’t seem to appreciate the artwork as much. ^^”

Click here to learn more about Zach Lieberman and his works.

Anti Technology Interactive Project

Here's the project Catherine and I came up with...

the project

yes... that's the name of it right now ^_^"

Comment on "Interview with Paul Virilio"

While I read the "Interview with Paul Virilio", Paul's views on cyberspace and what is virtuality and reality surprised me. One of the quotes that interests me the most is when Paul says, "I believe that the word is already old-fashioned. As I see it, new technologies are substituting a virtual reality for an actual reality... We are entering a world where there won't be one but two realities... the actual, and the virtual." This quote made me aware of how much technology and the cyberspace it created are dominating our lives.
Moreover, Paul's comment on how the concept of "cybersex", "[people being able to] changed into some kind of spectrum or ghost who has sex at a distance", is really alarming because "what used to be the most intimate and the most important relationship to reality is being split." It does sound scary because it seems like one day the virtual world will eventually replace the reality.
However, there were also many wordy passages from Paul that confused me. For example, when he mentiones how the flight simulator is closer to cyberspace than the television, he explaines, "What is accidented is reality. Virtuality will destroy reality. So, it's some kind of accident, but an accident of a very different nature. The accident is not the accident. For instance, if I let this glass fall, is it an accident? No, it's the reality of the glass that is accidented, not the glass itself. The glass is certainly broken and no longer exists, but with a flight simulator, what is accidented is the reality of the glass, and not the glass itself: what is accidented is the reality of the whole world. Cyberspace is an accident of the real. Virtual reality is the accident of reality itself." It makes me wonder if cyberspace is becoming reality.

Interactive Flowchart

Flowchart of the Day

Brainstorm with words...

12 things that interest me...

1. Design Programs
2. Animation
3. Dodgeball
4. Tutoring
5. Fiction Novels
6. Korean Dramas
7. Movies and creating them
8. Food
9. Computer Animated Games
10. Drawings and Illustrations
11. Caffeinated Drinks
12. Small Gadgets or Devices

and 20 words from one of them...

Animation
1) Japanese Anime
2) Cartoons
3) Pixar
4) Disney
5) 3D Studio Max
6) Maya
7) Flash
8) Interactive Web
9) ImageReady
10) Feature Films
11) Motion
12) Frames
13) Storyboard
14) Drawings
15) Characters
16) Plot
17) Opening Scene
18) Key Poses
19) Entertainment
20) Exaggerations

Interactive Idea Presentation

Here's my presentation website developed from one of the three interactive ideas...

Can You Work Those Brows?

Artists from "The New Media Reader"

Lynn Hershman, for the past 35 years, has worked in a variety of media including photograhy, video and electronic sculpture and films. She is credited as the first artist to create an interactive art videodisk, entitled LORNA (1979-83), known as a prototype for interactive and non-linear film narrative. Her 51 videotapes and 4 interactive installations have received many international awards. In 1994, she was the first woman to receive a tribute and retrospective at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Later, in 1998, Berlin International Film Festival described her as "the most influential female artist working today." She recently received the German ZKM/Seimens Media Arts Award alongside director Peter Greenaway and theorist Jean Baudrillard.

Sources:
Robert Koch Gallery
Hershmanlandia: The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson
Media Art Net