Otherness | Misc. Projects of the Week

#otherness series continues this week with these projects: rendering spatialities & sound.

Rendering SPATIALITY//

1. The Skyliner by Factory Fifteen.

The Skyliner from Factory Fifteen on Vimeo.

2. Internet Machine (trailer): A multi-screen film about the invisible infrastructures of the internet.

Internet machine (trailer) from Timo on Vimeo.

3. IMACHINARIUM: A universe with its own set of rules.

IMACHINARIUM from Barefooted Knights on Vimeo.

SOUND spatialization//

4. Calx

LCC - 'Calx' from LCC on Vimeo.

5. Scave

SKAVE 02 from Running Time on Vimeo.

6. Ultrasonic Theremin: Demo.

Ultrasonic Theremin Demonstration from René Henrich on Vimeo.

7. Spatium Overview: Tools for sound spatialization.

spatium.overview from Rui Penha on Vimeo.

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Otherness | Misc. Projects of the Week

#otherness projects this week are hidden in plain sight [of digital mapping programs that is].

1. Looking at Google Street View. (via)

Point Cloud City 

by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo

Point Cloud City from Patricio Gonzalez Vivo on Vimeo.

2. Looking at Apple Maps. (via)

The Rendering Eye: Urban America Revisited 

by Regula Bochsler & Philipp Sarasin

© Regula Bochsler

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Otherness | Misc. Projects of the Week

#otherness this week includes experiments in sound, visuals, motion and territory.

Solvent "Burn the Tables" | I Dream of Wires

Solvent "Burn The Tables" (official video - IDOW soundtrack) from I Dream Of Wires on Vimeo.

SYN-Phon | Budapest Art Factory (BAF)

SYN-Phon ( Graphic notation) from candas sisman on Vimeo.

Li Hongbo: Statues in Motion | Kid Guy Collective

Li Hongbo: Statues in Motion from Todd Martin on Vimeo.

{ _ } | Alterritorios

{ _ } from alterritorios on Vimeo.

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Off Book Series | Robots/Human Society

**Creative Sunday Series

We don't have to imagine a future world with robots. That future might be is now.

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Otherness | NHDK

With his latest project NHDK, Barcelona-based photographer Víctor Enrich has digitally altered a building in Munich, Germany 88 ways. You can find more awesome reconfigurations on his website.   #Otherness

NHDK from victor enrich on Vimeo.

(via colossal)

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Off Book Series | The Creative Process

**Creative Sunday Series

What is Creativity? 

These are the truths and misconceptions, fears and successes of the process 

experienced and told by creatives themselves.

‘‘Creativity has always been essential for our cultural growth, but there are still many misconceptions about this elusive process. Being a powerful creative person involves letting go of preconceived notions of what an artist is, and discovering and inventing new processes that yield great ideas.’’ -via Off Book Series

tags: remixing culture, remix 1, 2, 3, 4, photoshop, glitch, wearables, gifs,

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Framing Animation | The Art of Stop-Motion

**Creative Sunday Series

‘‘The magic of stop-motion animation has enthralled audiences for over a century, but with the advent of CGI, many thought it was at risk of extinction. Yet despite these fears, animators all over the world continue to manually create unique stories out of physical materials, be it clay, sand or paint, puppets or people. The amount of time and meticulous effort these animators commit makes stop motion uniquely impressive and refreshingly organic in a digital age, and have driven the art form's resurgence in film, commercials, and even on Vine!

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Miniature Urban Acts | Guerrilla Street Art

Artist Evol has turned urban fixtures and unused walls into mini cityscapes. 

Take a look.

via

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Off Book Series | Online Privacy

“Online Privacy: How Did We Get Here?” by PBS Arts: Off Book looks at online privacy from an history, law, and technology perspectives.

‘‘ As technology has evolved over the past two centuries, so have our expectations about privacy. This new digital world allows us to connect with each other with increasing ease, but it has also left our personal information readily available, and our privacy vulnerable. Cultural norms have pushed us all online, seemingly at the mercy of whatever terms of service are put before us. Cookies and tracking allow companies to collect limitless amounts of information about us, often more than we'd share with family and friends. And in the push for national security, the government has collected vast amounts of information as well, often without our knowledge. With the NSA leak reigniting this important debate, we take a closer look at the state of privacy in the digital age.’’

via

tags: reuse -cut, copy, paste, art on the internet, everything is a remix 123 / four, derivative/versions

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Off Book Series | Artificial Intelligence

**Creative Sunday Series

‘‘ Artificial intelligence is an ever evolving goal for researchers, and the object of endless fascination for writers, filmmakers, and the general public. But despite our best science fiction visions, creating digital intelligence is incredibly difficult. The universe is a very complicated place, and humans have had millions of years to evolve the ability to navigate and make sense of it. Contemporary attempts to create AI have us looking more at how our own brains work to see how a computer could simulate the core activities that create our intelligence. No matter how we get there, it is certain that artificial intelligence will have tremendous impact on our society and economy, and lead us down a path towards evolving our own definitions of humanity.’’

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Otherness | Misc. Projects of the Week

Otherness this week is:

PENDULUM VIDEO

by Jonathan Brainin
a kinetic video installation that creates ocular music with video feedback and also creates some mesmerizingly trippy visuals; "an instrument for generating video feedback" in which amplified microphones swinging over a loudspeaker generated a musical composition of sonic feedback pulses

Pendulum Video 06.2013 #1 from Jonathan Brainin on Vimeo.

via

PROJECT SIGMA META

by Patrick Herd

capturing high-speed photographs of exploding wires

photo by patrick herd

via 

MIRROR WITH MEMORY

by Google Street View

mirror with memory and a blind spot - reflecting everything but the camera; google street view mirror-shot selfies are not meant to be published and share, stitched together images to purposefully edit out signs of itself

via

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Otherness | Misc. Projects of the Week

Otherness this week is:

APPLE MAP GLITCH ART

by Peder Norrby

the collection is a record of all the struggles Apple’s algorithms had in handling data and textural mapping; mistakes occur when 2D images are incorrectly mapped onto 3D topography; images present a world, where everything seems to be under gravity’s pull, falling into the center of the Earth

via

IN ORBIT

by Tomás Saraceno 

a steel wire construction with pvc spheres, the installation suspends 25m above the courtyard of kunstsammlung museum, where visitors can move freely between the spheres on all three levels; the spatial configuration becomes an oscillating network of relationships, resonances, and synchronous communication

via

EIGHTY EIGHT #2: INFLATABLE GARBAGE BAGS

by Nils Voelker 

an inflatable garbage bag installation that inflates and deflates in controlled rhythms, creating wave-like animations across the wall and floor; although each bag is mounted in a stationary position, the sequences of inflation and deflation create the impression of lively movements

Eighty Eight #2 from Nils Völker on Vimeo.

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Are Hackers Heroes or Villains? | Off Book Series

**Creative Sunday Series 

" Many people think of hackers as cyber criminals, breaking into computer systems with ill-intent. Though there are plenty of destructive hackers in the world, there have always been people who hack with a different purpose. Some define hacking as "finding creative solutions to technical problems." To them, hacking means having an exploratory mindset about technology, and a willingness to "get under the hood" to tinker and see what happens. Other groups, like Anonymous, employ more subversive hacking practices to forward social and political causes, embedding a social consciousness into the traditionally murky dark-side of security hacking. Looking beyond the media hype and scare tactics, it is clear that "hacking" is a term whose meaning should be up for debate, and that some hackers could in fact be heroes, and not just villains." [offbook]

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Featured Event | REMIX by MAT

Qëllimi artistik i M.A.T (Media Art Tirana), nëpërmjet platformës REMIX, është që të ndërhyjë aty ku mendimi estetik bazohet në vëllimin e së "shtrenjtës" me një valutë konceptuale. 
Me anë të një ndërhyrje transformuese, M.A.T kërkon të ballafaqojë një ser konceptesh, si nga ana estetike por edhe nga ana funksionale. 
Remix-imi i "House of Arts" përveç nderhyrjes fizike parashikon dhe një program me prezantime të disa prej iniciativave progresive më domethënëse të momentit, dokumentarë, projeksione - mapping artistë Audio/Dj's. 

The artistic goal of M.A.T (Media Art Tirana), through a REMIX platform, is to intervene where the aesthetic opinion is based on the volume of the "expensive" with a conceptual currency.
Through a transformative intervention, M.A.T seeks to confront a range of concepts, both from an aesthetic and functional point of view. 
The remix of "House of Arts" in addition to physical intervention, provides a program with presentations of some of the most significant progressive initiatives of the moment, documentaries, projection-mapping by audio/DJ artists.

via REMIX by MAT

REMIX by MAT i prezantohet publikut me block party-n më të madh të fund botës vitit ت, duke shfaqur disa nga talentet më influencialë të skenës artistike në Tiranë; individë me një pasion të thellë për cilësi muzikore dhe arti dixhital si: instalime interaktive, projeksione mapping, animacione, performanca audiovizuale, artistë të gjithë zhanreve dhe dimensionesh. 

REMIX by MAT introduces itself to the world with the biggest block party this end of the world year ت, showcasing some of the most influential talents of Tirana's art scene; people with a profound passion for quality electronic music and digital art, such as: interactive installations, projection mapping, motion graphics, audiovisual performances, artists of all genres and dimensions. 

Here's behind the scenes REMIX team getting ready:

Tags: Everything is a REMIX, We Are Legion, Urbanized, MIZA, Tirana Art Lab, Open Labs, Ecovolis, Endrra n'Beze, and a plethora of excellent music of course.

All of you in Tirana this Holiday Season, this is a must-see show!!

Water Light Graffiti | Antonin Fourneau

Më shumë foto dhe detaje tek Digitalarti.

"Water Light Graffiti është një sipërfaqe e përbërë nga mijëra LED që ndriçohen në kontakt me ujin. Mund të përdorni penele, sprukator, gishtat apo çdo gjë të lagur për të skicuar mesazhe drite apo thjesht vizatime nga më të ndryshmet.

Water Light Graffiti është një mur për mesazhe kalimtare në hapësirën urbane, i cili nuk shkatërrohet nga përdorimi. Një mur komunikimi midis njerëzve të një qyteti. Si një instalim publik, ai i fton njerëzit të jenë kreativ në ndriçimin e natës. Çdokush mund të bëhet një grafitist i çastit."

Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Fourneau, created in the Digitalarti Artlab 

from Digitalarti on Vimeo.

" The "Water Light Graffiti" is a surface made of thousands of LED illuminated by the contact of water. You can use a paintbrush, a water atomizer, your fingers or anything damp to sketch a brightness message or just to draw. 

Water Light Graffiti is a wall for ephemeral messages in the urban space without deterioration. A wall to communicate and share magically in the city. As a public installation it invites everyone to be creative in lighting up the night. Anyone can become an instant graffiti artist. "

More pictures and details on Digitalarti. 

          CREDITS:

Water Light Graffiti is a project of Antonin Fourneau 

Engineer: Jordan McRaeDesign Structure: Guillaume StagnaroGraffiti performance: Collectif PainthouseAssistant team: Clement Ducerf & all the ArtLab volunteersArtLab Manager: Jason CookProduction DigitalartiFilming: Sarah Taurinya & Quentin ChevrierPhotographs: Quentin ChevrierMusic: JankenpoppEditing & Titles: Formidable Studio & Maïa BoumpoutouSupport: Ville de Poitiers and Centre Culturel Saint Exupéry

Manipulating Electronics | The Art of Glitch

**Creative Sunday Series

Glitch Art janë manipulime elektronike që mund të na ndihmojnë të kuptojmë vlerat kulturore të teknologjisë sot. 

"Episodi i fundit i serisë "Off Book" të PBS Arts përmban një prirje drejt prishjes së mbiprodhimit dixhital me qëllim shfrytëzimin e dobësive të teknologjive të reja. Artistët e këtyre anomalive përdorin gabimet e natyrshme që ndodhin në programet (software) e korruptuar, ose krijojnë korruptimet e tyre në një proçes të quajtur "databending"-hapja e imazheve si tekst, për shembull, dhe duke shtuar apo fshirë informacion nga imazhi.

Ndryshe nga punk rock, me të cilin kjo anomali është krahasuar prej njërit nga artistëve, disa nga këto veprat artistike kërkojnë një njohje mjaft të sofistikuar të teknologjive dixhitale."

Glitch Art is manipulating electronics that can help us understand the cultural values of technology today.

"The latest episode of PBS Arts’ “Off Book” series features a trend toward disrupting digital overproduction by deliberately exploiting the weaknesses in new technologies. Glitch artists make use of “naturally occurring” (so to speak) corruptions of software, or create their own corruptions in a process called “databending”—opening images as text files, for example, and adding and/or deleting information from the image.

Unlike punk rock, to which glitch is compared by one of the artists, some glitch art requires a fairly sophisticated understanding of digital technologies."

via Open Culture