Yesterday and today I've been up Whitesheet re-visiting the Something More mediascape, and experimenting with traces and logging info - audio play, location, angle, playlist events - ready for the BEV e-merge mediascape, to extract data and recreate short films made by people's walks. (To go on the web and to promote the mediascape to the festival audiences).
Here are the first couple of traces overlaid, a reminder of the Something More layout (this was a working pilot for development and expansion).
The films made will follow in a few days.
3 walks in wind and rain:
I want to upload the log file in google documents, but it's bigger than the 500K max. Looking out for another online system.
In the meantime I tried to include it as a new post, but it's too big for that too! Tbc...
A bug: although the log traced audio start, stop and playlist additions perfectly on the tester, it only traced change angle, change location and occasionally start and stop of intro (audio) on the walks...
A few other things on the list for improvements: - gps waiting for/lost fix - would a map of park/zones be helpful? - buffers for zones/limits on re-adding clips - rotation/angle change - fade with pause - id logs/name?
Interactive exploration of landscape through walking, music, artist’s moving image and mobile technology.
Enjoy a movie in the park, on your own, or with a friend or family. Pick up an ipaq and headphones from mediascape base at the ICA, and explore the park. Choose music especially commissioned for the piece, and wander around – you choose where to walk, how far, how fast – the music may encourage you to twist and turn as you meander the paths around the lakeside. When you’re ready, find a comfy place to watch your film – with images taken from the places you’ve walked, you may find a few surprises too! Make one long film, or several short films, and when you’ve finished we’ll upload a selection of films to the e-merge website http://www.e-merge-walks.com/ so you can watch again, show your friends, and compare films!
Jackie Calderwood is a freelance media artist working with moving image, interactive and pervasive media. Jackie also creates short films for community arts projects in SW England and is a moderator for the young people’s Arts Award. e-merge is part of Jackie’s ongoing research exploring interaction between artist, audience and artefact.
Commissioned for Birds Eye View 2009, located in St James’ Park, London [Start point: ICA]. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Equipment supported by the Pervasive Media Studio. Illustrated map provided by the Royal Parks.
A bug: although the log traced audio start, stop and playlist additions perfectly on the tester, it only traced change angle, change location and occasionally start and stop of intro (audio) on the walks...
ReplyDeleteA few other things on the list for improvements:
ReplyDelete- gps waiting for/lost fix
- would a map of park/zones be helpful?
- buffers for zones/limits on re-adding clips
- rotation/angle change
- fade with pause
- id logs/name?