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Director: Manfred Kielnhofer.
International Conference
April 28-30th 2010
Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, 2 rue Vivienne, Paris 2e
Simultaneous translation to english will be available
Taking the initiative of an international symposium, the 'Sens Public'
unit and the TGE-Adonis (CNRS), within the framework of DARIAH, will
take stock, promote mutualisations and outline the stakes of these
upheavals in intellectual and scientific life. Prepared from the topics
of the seminar on 'Human and...
GRANDS ÉCRANS DU NUMÉRIQUE
Conférence – Débat
“Participation des publics et interactivité dans le champs des Arts Numériques.”
Table ronde organisée dans le cadre des Grands Ecrans du Numérique (médiathèque de Vaise) // 22 avril 2010
Les Grands Ecrans du Numérique, cycle de conférence proposé par la médiathèque de Vaise, donnent carte
blanche à l'AADN. En invitant plusieurs acteurs et artistes impliqués dans le développement des arts numériques,
l’A...
Director: Martin Bricelj.
ABOUT
Public Avatar a new project documenting the relationship between
virtual reality and our perceptions of self and society. This
installation will allow a global audience to explore real-world
locations remotely, and to interact with objects and people in those
locations through real-time control of a human test subject. As digital
and physical worlds collide, the boundaries between self and other,
reality and simulation are constantly challenged and redefined.
HOW DO I PLAY?
Public Avatar will be available online on special events during the year. The dates and times will be announced online.
To play, you will need a computer and an internet connection.
During these events, users will be able to login at
www.public-avatar.com. Each logged in user will be placed in a queue
and wait for his turn, when he/ she will be able to give simple
instructions (such as ‘Turn’+’Left’, ‘SAY’+’hello’ etc) to the avatar
for a limited timed period. Users will be able to see and hear what
Public Avatar sees and hears via live video stream.
WHAT IS AN AVATAR?
The term Avatar, meaning a virtual representation of a user, dates as
far back as the Ultima series of computer games (1985), and became
popularized by Neal Stephenson in his cyberpunk novel Snow Crash
(1992). It was also in this novel that the term Metaverse (for a 3D
virtual-reality version of the Internet) was born. Public Avatar seeks
to turn the virtual back into everyday reality, replacing polygons and
pixels with a human being in a real-world location, albeit under
computer control.
RELEVANCE?
The project explores real virtuality, by which we mean the echo of
virtual reality in reality itself. It examines the essence of reality
and explores the borders between virtual and real.
Presupposing that virtual reality, internet applications, networks and
games not only reflect the society and reality, but also predict its
development (e.g. Ghost Recon), we can say that Public Avatar explores
social reality of the present and the future.
Although the internet is full of games, networks, applications, Public
Avatar is one of the few projects which try to redefine Real
Virtuality. An individual is able to move and to be active in a real
world by using a virtual medium (the web) and a real medium (the body
of the avatar). Because the avatar is a human being with its own
values, his interaction with the user (whenever and wherever) will
generate interesting conflicts and a confrontation of values. What is
going to happen when the users will demand unacceptable actions from
the Avatar? And how will this change according to the location and
source of the user?
Director: Martin Bricelj.
RoboVox is a large (8m high) interactive public sound installation
by media artist Martin Bricelj, using SMS for general public
interaction. It will be installed in crowded metropolitan squares
preferably on those carrying some social or even political connotation.
Its purpose is to serve as a tool for an individual, who's voice
usually gets lost in the sounds of the mass, the society. An individual
can send a text message using his mobile phone to the dedicated
RoboVox's number. Upon receiving the SMS RoboVox says out loud the
statement, the protest, the declaration of love, or whatever the
message may read, thus lending its voice to the anonymous individual.
An
important aspect of the project is the sound: it is going to be
manifested as sound design of public space in which RoboVox appears.
Where this will be possible, the opening event will include a concert
with live acts of musicians involved.
Robovox is:
- an interactive public monument, with the purpose of serving as people's voice,
- a sound installation in public squares, with
especially-for-the-occasion designed surround sound by sound artists
involved,
- a live music event with a/v created by artists for Robovox,
Robovox is accompanied by:
- a research and conference about important questions Robovox brought up,
- an A/V DVD with archives of Robovox events, music, animations and a
book with essays and conversations produced at the conference.
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Invited Artist
Daan Roosegaarde
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