So recently it seems that I’ve been enjoying documentaries more and more, maybe it’s something to do with all the interviews i’ve been doing, or maybe there’s just more better documentaries out there. Anyway this is a sad, brilliant and interesting film about life in Japan told by looking at a struggling couple.
A quick set of notes from my tutorial with Map Ward…
I showed the films in the last post to Matt…
The main thing to come out of it, and the problem with the film is that I need to establish a feedback system whereby i can measure and map the responses and shifts in perceptions as a result of these robot performances. Matt talked about something Tobie Kerridge said which I found really interesting; critical design can only be critical if there is a feedback system, and we know whether or not the design has created a discourse. By showing a film or sticking stuff in an exhibition this can’t necessarily be done, however going to a science lab in order to question, probe and establish discourse this starts to work.
I also need to understand that these feedbacks can be quite abstract, and I hadn’t quite understood this, but with the Toaster blowing the electricity, and Pete Graver’s reaction, he was a feedback system for me; his reaction was actually very meaningful to the process. This brought up a socio-technical reading; where Pete was representational of a societal group that (though already existed) was made obvious with this object, perhaps. It means that in the object I make, they have to be aware of these different groups, and how different societal groups have different perceptions, so shifting a perception/question of one person isn’t the same as another. That sounds obvious now, but maybe these objects need to be tailor-made to each context, and use interviewing to understand this; maybe I should interview Pete Graver about his concerns, and a health and safety officer etc.
To-do list
I need to make these into performances; I need to know the contexts where they are; the groups of people I am talking/performing to, and map peoples perceptions in order to understand if the robots work.
I need a whole load of experiments, more than electricity.
Talk to more people, what they thing will happen in a situation, presented with an image/drawing say…?
Machines/robots that challenge commonly held beliefs in an attempt to create a dialogue, discourse, questioning and re-assembling of held world views, perceptions, and taught practices.
Another GPS post…
Ive put a ‘kmz’ file HERE so you can view the whole route the package took by opening it with the Google Earth program (not Google Maps), which can be downloaded HERE. It also has a ‘flight simulator’ mode;
got a mention on the great blog, fleuron. Check it out here: fleuron.com
The gps logger -to kendall- worked a treat. Have no idea how i should go about presenting this raw data though, ill post some more screencaps later.
also thanks El’s mum.
I typed up a proper explanation of this outcome but accidently lost it, so instead heres some good ones from my webcam script….
Watch old dude doing a crossword…
Witness potential nighttime burglary in another country… in 1973 apparently?
TRUCKS!!!!!!!!!!
COWS!!!!!!!
DOGS!!!!!! IN A ROOM!!!!!!
Fat guy on lawn
Holiday Simulator!
This morning I made the page more pretty to look at (centered, fullscreen images with a black background)… however it still doesnt load properly sometimes.
Also, quote;
‘I love this..!’ - Luke Thompson, 2009.
