Initially, I wanted to find a website that had more information on the text projection on the Apple building. Since it was kind of a ninja operation, I can understand why there might not be a searchable web presence. I also had a hard time finding a locative media project that interested me. Luckily, I stumbled across something that might be of fun and applicable use in the future to locative media projects: Cell phones with projectors built in. Here is the article.
I could see this applied to projecting messages or images on to people, in public spaces, on objects, etc. It could be yet another way to communicate ideas to one another. Perhaps even geo-cached content could be projected from phones. Advertising might even (unfortunately) utilize these to broadcast it’s messages, completely upsetting my desired media diet. It seems like the ugly side of the coin–capitalism and marketing–are a fairly consistent threat to locative media as an art form.
So i found this web site that holds a few locative media works called leoalmanac.org. There I found one peace of work called the The long March http://leoalmanac.org/gallery/locative/index.asp. The work has this guy following the progress of people as they re walk the same path as the long march. When the group of people stop at certain place’s this guy would get a tattoo of the were there at. When the group no longer did the walk he begins to finish the march him self. He records this by video, photo’s and getting a tattoo.
This work seems vary interesting and is something I could see my self doing. Its a way to kind of relive a peace of history.I like what was going on in this work but I am not really sure how this is locative media. He went place to place and recorded it but I cant see how that ties into things.
Cabspotting is a project sponsored by the Exploratorium and created by Stamen Design in San Francisco. Cabspotting uses GPS devices put in Yellow Cabs around The City. These units track their location, and also the cab’s velocity and direction they are moving in. This is all charted in real-time on the Exploratorium sponsored website: cabspotting.org
I thought this project was different, because the ‘map’ has been taken away and replaced with black. Contrails are left where the cabs have been, and this phenomenological effect creates the map; showing us location through their path.
Another project that I thought was really neat is Trulia Hindsight, also by Stamen Design. This project charts the growth of citys, towns and streets over time. I found it interesting to go back to my old neighborhood and watch its history unfold. These maps are annotative and are just static markers of an event over time at a location.
“description:’always something somewhere else’ is a generative mediascape that creates a temporary map in a location as the user is asked to seek out certain base materials such as glass, stone, and water. As they reach each material they hear the beginning of a fictional narrative about another person in a far off location standing next to the same material. As the map is created the user can return to the points they marked to hear the stories fold in on themselves and conclude.” Taken directly from the mscape website.
When I was searching for projects that caught my attention I came across a YouTube video with snippets taken from people after they had completed the walk. The music was intruiging so I sought out the mscape website and did a little reading up on the project. I really like the idea of this walk, or scavenger hunt style art piece with music. But even more than that I really liked the fact that it had a larger message about materials and global warming. I really feel like this project is not just artist, I think it has a strong political viewpoint. One of the girls who had done the walk also mentioned something about the disorientation she experienced. The ability for this project to transport the participant out of their comfort zone is really amazing to me. If I had the opportunity to experience this first hand I would definitely go on the walk.
Here is a link to their website so you can check it out yourself:
mscape
This is connected to the discussion we had on tuesday. dealing with new technology, culture sensitivity and accessibility. Check it out
original article hereI like this project because its refreshing. Ricardo Dominquez is actually making art that matters. not for arts sake. or as an intellectual exercise. but as way to create a new language to empower people. ”oh, the technology will eventually become accessible, we care, we are thinking about it” - yah probably, it seems ”just a little” compared to Ricardo. who has taken on the responsibility of not making it an academic excerise, but putting it into the hands of the people that it represents. He has creatively figured out how to do this by pushing the idea of what it traditionally means to be an artist. diving into computer programming to figure out how to use GPS without a GPS receiver. a cheap phone that you probably tossed away before you got yr iphone. so Ricardo creates this movement. generates this new language. others start to contribute. eventually it grows and becomes an empowered group of people. would this be considered dangerous? to whom?so when we hear the goats get shot -maybe its for the better, maybe its an indication, a wake up call, that we have lost touch with the people and the space around us?
The locative media project I found interesting is called Trace by Allison Sant and Ryan Shaw. The project explores physical boundaries overlapped with invisible boundaries. The physical boundaries which society has come to believe define privacy are challenged by the extension of the invisible boundaries in to public space. They created maps of the city showing different networks and there names.The participants of the trace project were able to explore the city landscape while viewing different Wifi networks and signals. The participants were able to see through the GPS what is normally unseen, mapping the invisible. It is as if our walls are becoming transparent.
The locative media project that I chose to blog about is called “shoot me if you can” by Taeyoon Choi. This particular project is an urban game that is inspired by online shooting games. The cell phone is a device that replaces the gun, and instead of killing virtual monsters, the players must take pictures of the opposing team for points. Each player is given a large sticker to wear on their torso that displays a team color and phone number. Once they have captured the picture of an opponent, the player sends the picture to a website that records points.
I think I was drawn to this project because it allows many people to interact virtually and physically in a fun, and playful way. I think it fits in to locative media because everyone is connected to each other and to the system by their cell phones, as well as by physical space. I also liked this project because it seemed very accessible to ordinary people. Almost everyone I know has a cell phone with a camera on it, and nothing else is required. I think I also picked this project because if given the chance I would probably participate in it.
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