Internet and network art -2008

Drawing on the idea of Telematics and Telematic art in general, our project will involve the combination of personal and cyberspace.

The project will consist of video or live web cam feed of an individuals bedroom together with a subject, preferably human, within this environment. The footage of the individual will almost certainly be a video filmed on a blue screen. We a currently deciding whether to use a live web cam feed and researching how we can introduce a video overlay on top of this feed. if possible we hope to mix two live feeds. However as we do not necessarily have the facilities and time to implement this we will work with recorded video.

The overall aim is to create an engaging and interesting artifact/project that will explore and showcase people's modern day fascination with social networks and information sharing. The Fantastic Four invites the viewer to view a subject, present in time in another place at the same time.

Please feel free to comment and advise as you see fit. Wish us luck.

I watched the film ‘Tango’ by De Zbigniew Rybczynski. I thought this was a very clever and interesting piece of work. The film showed numerous clips on the screen simultaneously, each with their own interacting scenes. I watched the film more than once to see whether I could remember all the characters that appeared from start to finish, and to see if I could keep track of them throughout each clip. I found that it was almost impossible because all the character are interacting all at the same time, in the same space, oblivious to one another and to what else was going on around them. The loops are timed so well that there is always a new character that walks into the room to distract you. Furthermore, the sound tracks were all timed to perfection. I loved the way that this piece of work had been put together, it was very inspirational. Take a look at the video.

Video link for Tango

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x124cz_tango-de-zbigniew-rybczynski_shortfilms

By Christianna Fazakerley