I am starting to look for JODI again on the web. A couple of years ago there was a Computing 101 at Spacex, completely misfunctional. Apparently that was the point. I tried to get web access from the Apple kit on display and was very disappointed when nothing worked. But it was an art comment on technology. Very funny. There is a blog that has the same effect and has not changed since maybe last year sometime.
So what is the point being made about YouTube? Apparently the videos sampled were all made by "amateurs". Is the performance of Bach in the current show supposed to be effective? Or is it a representation of an alleged Youtube experience? I think some YouTube contributors should be asked to comment. Some YouTube stuff is not amateur at all in my opinion.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Photos from Spacex opening for Cory Arcangel show
Shooting Andy - there could be a penalty for shooting others
These books are on a table for reference
Endpaper from Cory Arcangel book
These lights create an image on the wall. They come from a malfunctioning VCR player.
There were no release forms so this is deliberately blurred although the original is not that sharp anyway.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
YouTube Link
Found this link on one of the pages from the previous post.
From the notes at Spacex it seemed that most of YouTube etc could be seen as amateur until edited together for a proper gallery. Something like that. Plenty of time to discuss various points of view. And something could drift on into Vibraphonic.
From the notes at Spacex it seemed that most of YouTube etc could be seen as amateur until edited together for a proper gallery. Something like that. Plenty of time to discuss various points of view. And something could drift on into Vibraphonic.
Web links for Cory Arcangel
Looking through some notes on weblinks from the folder at Spacex
Don't Touch My Computer is a PDF with helpful hints on how things are done.
Recent Show at Max Wigram, text
Things I made, think this is copied down wrong, seems to be part of a blog
Beige has something to do with it. This is dreadful design unless meant as a comment on how moving images distract from text.
From 2006
Don't Touch My Computer is a PDF with helpful hints on how things are done.
Recent Show at Max Wigram, text
Things I made, think this is copied down wrong, seems to be part of a blog
Beige has something to do with it. This is dreadful design unless meant as a comment on how moving images distract from text.
From 2006
Friday, December 14, 2007
Cory Arcangel starts 2008 at Spacex
This blog is back to animation mostly. WifiExeter will cover most kinds of content.
Spacex launches a new exhibition this evening from Cory Arcangel.
One unknown will be what it is permitted to photograph. Last year at Animated Exeter there was not much permission to video. Exeter City Council has a clearly defined policy on releases. Spacex usually do not allow exhibits to be photographed though I was allowed to photograph a film projector on a plinth. They do have some digital equipment but this is often hidden.
Maybe it matters not in a digital age. The Ice Rink would have been a photo opportunity but all image rights are held by the Express and Echo. There are some script ideas or at least bits of text through Rougement Global Broadcasting. Much more sensible short video turns up through Exeter Television, currently on YouTube.
By the way, editing loads of samples from YouTube is interesting in itself and also raises the art status of the originals. Just my opinion. Comment welcome.
Fortunately a search on Flickr for Creative Commons pictures finds quite a lot for Cory Arcangel. I have altered one of them to reveal the audience. Yet to check out YouTube but it is in theory possible to cover this aspect of Animated Exeter through links to existing web resources, whatever else we manage to video or not.
Original by Amanda McDonald Crowley on Flickr
Paper Rad and Cory Arcangel @ MoMA
Spacex launches a new exhibition this evening from Cory Arcangel.
One unknown will be what it is permitted to photograph. Last year at Animated Exeter there was not much permission to video. Exeter City Council has a clearly defined policy on releases. Spacex usually do not allow exhibits to be photographed though I was allowed to photograph a film projector on a plinth. They do have some digital equipment but this is often hidden.
Maybe it matters not in a digital age. The Ice Rink would have been a photo opportunity but all image rights are held by the Express and Echo. There are some script ideas or at least bits of text through Rougement Global Broadcasting. Much more sensible short video turns up through Exeter Television, currently on YouTube.
By the way, editing loads of samples from YouTube is interesting in itself and also raises the art status of the originals. Just my opinion. Comment welcome.
Fortunately a search on Flickr for Creative Commons pictures finds quite a lot for Cory Arcangel. I have altered one of them to reveal the audience. Yet to check out YouTube but it is in theory possible to cover this aspect of Animated Exeter through links to existing web resources, whatever else we manage to video or not.
Original by Amanda McDonald Crowley on Flickr
Paper Rad and Cory Arcangel @ MoMA
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
New video swicki for animation
I am trying out a video form of wordcloud with a swicki for animation, a sort of combination of search engine and wicki.
Here is what it looked like recently
It should change to show choices on each keyword that come up high on the list. You can vote to move results up and down. The sizes seem to change as well depending on what people search for.
Eurekster have only recently offered the video cloud. The data is from Blinkx. Could be interesting. See press release.
Recently Adobe have launched a site to show off Flash for video and they also have a visual menu. Usually I prefer text but this works ok once you accept it for the intended purpose.
Here is what it looked like recently
It should change to show choices on each keyword that come up high on the list. You can vote to move results up and down. The sizes seem to change as well depending on what people search for.
Eurekster have only recently offered the video cloud. The data is from Blinkx. Could be interesting. See press release.
Recently Adobe have launched a site to show off Flash for video and they also have a visual menu. Usually I prefer text but this works ok once you accept it for the intended purpose.
Friday, November 09, 2007
meanwhile from The North
Actually not that far north, but on holiday so a bit off topic. Not enough time to follow up any detail online but here are a couple of photos or maybe just one. web access a bit dodgy.
Nothing happening with image upload. Maybe later, days or weeks.
Nothing happening with image upload. Maybe later, days or weeks.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Diagram inspired by Autumn Festival
The diagram is from a new page to suggest a discussion around media possibilities.
Further explanation possible over the next fortnight or so during the Autumn Festival. People from LifeBytes will be at the Globe on occasions.
Monday, October 15, 2007
PDF downloads for ENPAS events at the Globe
The autumn festival in Exeter includes events at the Globe.
The promotion is mostly through print - brochures and posters but this year the PDF versions are available online.
just over 200k each, the posters
http://www.enpas.co.uk/downloads/big%20poster.pdf
http://www.enpas.co.uk/downloads/big%20poster%20detail.pdf
and the brochure, under a meg
http://www.enpas.co.uk/downloads/globefest.pdf
My own interest in digital media started with print so the PDF aspect is still interesting for me. The animX project is sponsored by Acrobat Services.
The promotion is mostly through print - brochures and posters but this year the PDF versions are available online.
just over 200k each, the posters
http://www.enpas.co.uk/downloads/big%20poster.pdf
http://www.enpas.co.uk/downloads/big%20poster%20detail.pdf
and the brochure, under a meg
http://www.enpas.co.uk/downloads/globefest.pdf
My own interest in digital media started with print so the PDF aspect is still interesting for me. The animX project is sponsored by Acrobat Services.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Has this blog gone completely off topic?
You may be wondering what happened to animation as a topic. Well, it could be that any form of content would fit in. The wifiExeter blog is more clearly about distribution unless that turns up here as well.
On Sunday 11th November the Creative Collective will tour intrepidly all the way from the Phoenix to the Globe Inn, Newtown. there will be a selection of short films, possibly including animation. That is, some films may be completely animation or some films may include sections of animation or techniques borrowed from animation. Now there is so much digital technique it is often difficult to tell what a clearcut definition of animation may be.
Discussion to be continued on blog and at Globe, Phoenix etc.
Linking to YouTube could be scaled up in time for Animated Exeter in February
Meanwhile from Future Shorts, coming to the Phoenix big screen sometime soon
On Sunday 11th November the Creative Collective will tour intrepidly all the way from the Phoenix to the Globe Inn, Newtown. there will be a selection of short films, possibly including animation. That is, some films may be completely animation or some films may include sections of animation or techniques borrowed from animation. Now there is so much digital technique it is often difficult to tell what a clearcut definition of animation may be.
Discussion to be continued on blog and at Globe, Phoenix etc.
Linking to YouTube could be scaled up in time for Animated Exeter in February
Meanwhile from Future Shorts, coming to the Phoenix big screen sometime soon
Continental Market
For some of us the food is an important part of any festival. The continental market will be in Sidwell Street on the 2,3 and 4th of November.
Here is my own video from last year. Very short but maybe Exeter Television will get out more this year. Most of the editing is done at Life Bytes at the other end of Sidwell Street.
Here is my own video from last year. Very short but maybe Exeter Television will get out more this year. Most of the editing is done at Life Bytes at the other end of Sidwell Street.
Deadly Wars, folk at the Globe
On 9th November, folk songs about war and the experience of soldiers.
Exeter Television did record a previous occasion here, a concert by Wistman's Wood.
Exeter Television did record a previous occasion here, a concert by Wistman's Wood.
Correction to previous post
Due to an error in copying links, the previous post confused James Taylor and the James Taylor Quartet. Apologies. The correct link should have been
This is only a blog. You should check any information for yourself.
As far as I know this is the current album
This is only a blog. You should check any information for yourself.
As far as I know this is the current album
Autumn Festival previews on YouTube
So far there are quite a few of the artists appearing in Exeter for the Autumn Festival who have video on YouTube. One aim of Exeter Television is that this should happen more often. More on this later. There may be a concentration on events at the Globe as this is the easiest venue for me to get to. Meanwhile here are a couple of other links.
The official site from Exeter City Council.
Bridgetower, English Touring Opera, Corn Exchange 9th November
James Taylor Quartet, 2nd November Phoenix
The official site from Exeter City Council.
Bridgetower, English Touring Opera, Corn Exchange 9th November
James Taylor Quartet, 2nd November Phoenix
Monday, October 01, 2007
Mobile animation coming soon somewhere
Adobe MAX is an occasion to conjure up a vision of the future. Most people attending are developers and they need to work out what the audience will expect by the time something is launched.
Gary Kovacs, in charge of marketing at Adobe's mobile unit, called Flash Lite 3 "the most significant advance we've made in mobile" and said it brought Adobe closer to being able to release software versions for mobile and desktop simultaneously.
"It's probably a few years away. We'll do it over the next couple to three years," he told Reuters.
Meanwhile the Apple iPhone is seen as an inspiration.
According to VNUnet.com, Anup Murarka, Adobe's director of technical marketing said that the iPhone has "changed the landscape" with its sleek graphics and tight integration of services, turning the phone from a simple commodity into a fashion statement. Gary Kovacs, vice president of marketing at Adobe's mobile and devices branch added that
"Since the iPhone, the energy in the industry to create something compelling has been off the charts.The iPhone has convinced customers that data on a mobile phone is possible."
However a list of devices that are currently available with earlier versions of Flash shows that many of them are supported in Japan or North America.
It may be a while before Flash Lite 3 is widely distributed in Exeter.
There will be an Apple shop so the iPhone can be demonstrated. There are some doubts about the cost and capability. Martin Courtney in the UK IT Week suggests that wifi availability will be a factor given that there is no support for 3G. Not a problem in wifi Exeter.
Other announcements at MAX included another update on the runtime now known as AIR - Adobe Integrated Runtime- and an example in the form of an Adobe Media Player. Warning, this is all beta stuff. Uninstall previous versions of AIR or Apollo or it could go wrong. The Media Player can only cope with Flash video as far as I can tell. You can enter demographic information about yourself to help the advertisers. there is quite a lot of video already including animation. the Two Dollar Pistols on nTune.TV are not reaaly the sort of band that would be booked for Vibraphonic but they deserve a hearing. It is not all from the USA. there is areport on a Lady Sovereign Concert at the Scala in King's Cross from Jumpoff TV. Now back to technology issues, enough time for content later.
So my point of view is that this is well worth watching but is some way off in the future. The Media Player works ok full screen. Something similar will be possible later on mobiles.
Meanwhile I am looking at two photographs as a token for discussion in the near future, say the rest of this year.
One is to show that an Apple shop is expected in Exeter sometime. This is on the Time Travel section of Snap City so could connect with other places.
The other one is an impression on Flickr of how Exeter Castle may look when the icerink arrives, an almost certain event for the fourth quarter. Mostly it is borrowed from Paul Keleher in Boston. The Creative Commons has many possibilities. I have claimed that there will be some genuine photos later. Maybe there will be some video.
Meanwhile this blog is mostly text. And I can add to it from Life Bytes on Sidwell Street.
Gary Kovacs, in charge of marketing at Adobe's mobile unit, called Flash Lite 3 "the most significant advance we've made in mobile" and said it brought Adobe closer to being able to release software versions for mobile and desktop simultaneously.
"It's probably a few years away. We'll do it over the next couple to three years," he told Reuters.
Meanwhile the Apple iPhone is seen as an inspiration.
According to VNUnet.com, Anup Murarka, Adobe's director of technical marketing said that the iPhone has "changed the landscape" with its sleek graphics and tight integration of services, turning the phone from a simple commodity into a fashion statement. Gary Kovacs, vice president of marketing at Adobe's mobile and devices branch added that
"Since the iPhone, the energy in the industry to create something compelling has been off the charts.The iPhone has convinced customers that data on a mobile phone is possible."
However a list of devices that are currently available with earlier versions of Flash shows that many of them are supported in Japan or North America.
It may be a while before Flash Lite 3 is widely distributed in Exeter.
There will be an Apple shop so the iPhone can be demonstrated. There are some doubts about the cost and capability. Martin Courtney in the UK IT Week suggests that wifi availability will be a factor given that there is no support for 3G. Not a problem in wifi Exeter.
Other announcements at MAX included another update on the runtime now known as AIR - Adobe Integrated Runtime- and an example in the form of an Adobe Media Player. Warning, this is all beta stuff. Uninstall previous versions of AIR or Apollo or it could go wrong. The Media Player can only cope with Flash video as far as I can tell. You can enter demographic information about yourself to help the advertisers. there is quite a lot of video already including animation. the Two Dollar Pistols on nTune.TV are not reaaly the sort of band that would be booked for Vibraphonic but they deserve a hearing. It is not all from the USA. there is areport on a Lady Sovereign Concert at the Scala in King's Cross from Jumpoff TV. Now back to technology issues, enough time for content later.
So my point of view is that this is well worth watching but is some way off in the future. The Media Player works ok full screen. Something similar will be possible later on mobiles.
Meanwhile I am looking at two photographs as a token for discussion in the near future, say the rest of this year.
One is to show that an Apple shop is expected in Exeter sometime. This is on the Time Travel section of Snap City so could connect with other places.
The other one is an impression on Flickr of how Exeter Castle may look when the icerink arrives, an almost certain event for the fourth quarter. Mostly it is borrowed from Paul Keleher in Boston. The Creative Commons has many possibilities. I have claimed that there will be some genuine photos later. Maybe there will be some video.
Meanwhile this blog is mostly text. And I can add to it from Life Bytes on Sidwell Street.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Adobe Max Video Wall works ok as a slideshow
Here it is
But is it animation?
Is there a plot?
Are there characters?
Moral development?
Can it be stored on film and curated properly?
But is it animation?
Is there a plot?
Are there characters?
Moral development?
Can it be stored on film and curated properly?
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Feb 08 for discussion on distribution
Conversation with Jo Gedrych of Exeter Television about future possible meetings. More later but just as a note to come back to it seems probable there will be some future conversation around the time of Animated Exeter in February 08. At the Phoenix Media Centre there is an interest in YouTube and offering support for people who want to find better ways of using it. My own approach so far has been to load very short token clips and try to persuade other people to load longer ones. Otherwise I just borrow something that is already there.
A few examples
The Plump DJs mix video. There is a connection with the demoscene in my opinion. You could start with a search on Sundown and Budleigh Salterton.
Mobile phones as an input. Would it work as an output?
More later. there will be a closely argued script with categories each making up a timed sequence of television. Unless something else keeps turning up during such a project.
Almost forgot
From Exeter TV
Can it all fit together somehow?
A few examples
The Plump DJs mix video. There is a connection with the demoscene in my opinion. You could start with a search on Sundown and Budleigh Salterton.
Mobile phones as an input. Would it work as an output?
More later. there will be a closely argued script with categories each making up a timed sequence of television. Unless something else keeps turning up during such a project.
Almost forgot
From Exeter TV
Can it all fit together somehow?
Monday, September 24, 2007
Modem Festival continues
In the Guardian it said that the Raindance Festival would be showing stuff online. More about this when it turns up.
Meanwhile the Raindance site seems to be promoting their TV that turns out to be based on Joost. So far I have found some stuff from Aardman. A Town Called Panic. So this is reassuringly normal animation.
You have to follow the link then think of a name, use an email address that works etc etc. install takes a while. random adverts turn up. but maybe the Raindance stuff will be worth a look.
Meanwhile the Raindance site seems to be promoting their TV that turns out to be based on Joost. So far I have found some stuff from Aardman. A Town Called Panic. So this is reassuringly normal animation.
You have to follow the link then think of a name, use an email address that works etc etc. install takes a while. random adverts turn up. but maybe the Raindance stuff will be worth a look.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Flashforward winner has a plotline
More later on the demoscene in Budleigh Salterton.
Meanwhile a link to one of the winners from Flashforward.
Works ok on a small screen, just wait a while for it to load.
Nothing abstract about this and it has characters. So some balance there in the wide scope of this blog.
Meanwhile a link to one of the winners from Flashforward.
Works ok on a small screen, just wait a while for it to load.
Nothing abstract about this and it has characters. So some balance there in the wide scope of this blog.
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