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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:10:20 +0100

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Artistic References and Developments

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:35:42 +0100

Development of the performance is a continuation from a performance "Intimate Detachments", a collaborated interactive multimedia Butoh performance conceived for a experimental sound performance module last year. In this performance, the butoh performance manipulates the video/sound art playback.

http://www.marlabendini.yolasite.com/intimate-detachments.php

Size 10 fists

2012
digital image, edition of 2
1.2m x 6m

In this image, I was drying out my mouth with a high-powered electrical air pump.

Ruminant V: 'M'
Fetterfield 2012
13 Jan 2012
The Substation Theatre

Documentation by Wong Yuntian

In this performance, I had my manicure done using my hair, extending way over my fingernails. And I was suspended in a theatre.

Ruminant I: Aspirate Now!
NOW! 'For the second time.'
31 Aug 2011
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Documentation by Chand

A performance that uses hair as testaments of memories.

Set-up & Hardware

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:54:44 +0100

Hardware used:

1 x iSight
1 x ceiling camera
1 x Mixer with speakers
2 x projectors
2 x high-powered fan

Software used:

MaxMSP
Screen-recording via Quicktime

Set-up process:

Linking up the computers with the webcam

Setting up sound system and fans

Setting up webcam system

The initial idea was to have 4 visualisations in different combinations.
However, I felt the 2 projections that are much smaller were not working out for me.

Visualisation 2

Also shows the lighting set-up using existing projectors as light sources

Should have removed the ladder!

Visualisation 1

Testing & Process

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:54:09 +0100

Channel that detects black moving pixels:

Layered the moving particle channel over the live feed:

It was a nice visual but I felt it could be better.
Perhaps it gave a lightness to the image, but I thought the layers were a little detached.

It finally dawned on me the day before the presentation, that I could simply invert the black-and-white alpha channel and allow the moving particles to be black like my hair instead! The answer was so obvious I was focusing so much on coding I fail to see it!

This is the patch with the resulting image:

The hair visualisation blends in nicely with the live feed but also takes on a life of its own.
The pixelation adds a lo-hi quality to it and breaks the illusion of it being a CGI image.

During the performance, I set the webcam at face level to grey-scale in order to contrast with the white and blue lighting captured from the top camera.

Electricity made us angels: Write-up

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:57:31 +0100

Electricity made us angels is an exploration into new media performance with the intention to incorporate technology into my existing performance practice in terms of design, process and consumption which cannot be realised otherwise; a virtual performance that potentially deviates from its live input.

In an age of Facebook, iPhone self-portraits and Instagram, I manipulate self-portraiture/performance to explore multiple identities and fluidity in perspective, to bridge the present to what I envision to be an inevitable trans/post-human situation. I am also exploring the idea of multiple vantage points to change how we look at and present performance situations.

An important consideration is also how audience interaction can provide input to these new media performances.

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The performance employs the input of webcams and Max programming to output two main performance interactions via two visual projections:

Visualisation 1: Ethereal Hair Effect

By sitting in front of a white background with no clothing (or one that contrasts greatly with my black hair), I am able to track moving pixels via a black-and-white feed. The moving pixels are white and by inverting the image, minimal dark spots on the face like the eyebrows and eyes is detected too with the hair taking dominance due to surface area. This visualization is combined with the live-feed in colour to create an ethereal hair effect enhanced by a fan.

The audience is invited to ‘dance’ together with me in this surrealistic visual projection.

Visualisation 2: Live Post-editing Effect and Video Scrub

Where cameras or viewer’s POV is placed in relation to the performance can affect the way the viewer perceives the performance. I want to create a live post-edited effect, using movement to toggle the mixing of the multiple webcams feeds to create a strobe effect.

This second visualisation can also be designed to use movement to manipulate the playback of the first visualisation, providing another level of interaction. Depending on my movement, it toggles the mixing of the multiple webcams with different perspectives to create a mild or strong strobe effect.

The audience is invited to dance together with me in this surrealistic visual projection and be able to directly manipulate video art.

Final Presentation:

Live coding of Max with the usage of multiple webcams retards the computer’s processing speed. Although choppy visuals might add a glitch effect, I felt that it could have been stylised with intention in design. In the final performance, I chose a playback of a performance to simulate the intended effect of ethereal hair. I limited myself to two webcams, at face level and above, and introduced a blue and white lighting setup with chiaroscuro, to enhance the visuals and add the illusion of multiple layers.

The installation “re-subverts” the ‘gaze’- where audience becomes the subject whilst interacting with the installation, still maintains their gaze in order to see the visualisations. The audiences were uncomfortable with this subversion and I would like to look into how to divert this self-consciousness into an input for the performance.

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Final Submissions for DM2009 Performance and Interaction

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:34:06 +0100

NOTICE: Please see below to learn how to work out your logistics

Please submit your final submissions for DM2009 by 21 April 8pm (Singapore time)

Your Post to this page should include your name.

Your website should have the following components:

1) Video of your final project in a performance situation

2) Photos of the process (screenshots, photos of hardware, tests etc…)

3) 500 word write up on your project (this should include; intention, creative and technical development and the outcome)

4) Evidence of the development of the project

Failure to submit your documentation on time will result in an automatic 0 on that portion of the assessment. If your name is not clear on your posting on this page, this will result in a 0 as well.

http://dirkstromberg.org/courses/ntu/assignments/final-submissions/