Tuesday, March 31, 2009

TARA. THE INTERACTIVE ART ROBOT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVFoiRyhD4

SHADOW MONSTERS

I love this piece for its simplicity and fun.
COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING TO YOUR BROWSER:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TOQo_7te4

David Lynch: Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain

COPY AND PASTE TO BROWSER THE FOLLOWING:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8TFcLgu5Ow

Friday, March 27, 2009

carl jung speaks about death and the psyche

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOxlZm2AU4o&feature

The above is a link to a video, at present my blog won't allow me to link it directly to the page so if your interested just copy and paste the above link into your browser.

David Lynch: Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain

video link

Friday, March 20, 2009

sleep paralysis

I have experienced this myself more times than i can count at this stage. Its not a a set pattern occurance thankfully it might not happen for a long time but then it could happen a couple of times in a month The experience has varied on intensity from one experience to the next. I've read that 25-30% of people experience it at least once in there life time which i think is a comfort.
link

Thursday, March 19, 2009

The benefits and drawbacks to using technology media in art therapy practice: A Survey

link
while im not directly interested in interpreting the dreams of people i still think its interesting to see how art therapy uses technology.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Dreaming?

“It is on the whole probably that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it.” C.JUNG

Friday, March 6, 2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

mind map

sketching



ANIMATA

ANIMATA LINK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY2dC9fi02s&feature=related
I found this link really interesting for me. I like the idea of the observer taking on a role within the screen. I wonder though can it be made to explore the space on screen in a more three dimensional way.

Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
http://www.johnnylee.net/
this guy is really interesting

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

User generated content,modding& gaming communities

Blogging as a research tool and the task of creating content.
Before attending this course (interactive media masters) i had little or no idea what the concept of user generated content blogging, twittering, moodling etc were things that i had never consciously encountered. I did surf the net for research and i am sure i was looking at blogs during this time but was unaware of how they came about or the power the can hold as a method of research on there own. I was solely a voyeur in the space.
The discussion for me this morning set me thinking about how i could educate myself in the task of creating content and what formula could i apply to this new media. Thinking about this it occurred to me that the battle with the blog is not unlike the the artist faced with the blank canvas.And that really when i stripped it back to the main problems this was something that i had encountered and overcome before.I do believe that we can get too tied up in figuring it all out before we start(an despite being aware of this i still find myself increasingly falling in that trap). In art college i was trained to develop ideas in an extremely experimental manner. This experimentation was recorded in personal sketch/scrap books where i hoarded anything that i felt related to what it was that i was doing.I would then go about the task of filtering and editing what i would present as my research for what it was that i was doing. The time it took me to filter the information was a huge hold up for me.On the odd occasion that i did show a sketchbook to a close friend the feedback i got back was often quiet surprising for me as a different individuals perspective broadened my thinking and sometimes spurred a eureka moment which, had i not shared with that person it would not have happened. Putting your ideas and interests up for the world to see is daunting. But then even if i do post something that is a bit strange are people really going to remember me for that one post or will they remember me for the other relevant things that I put up.The opportunity of getting different perspectives on whatever it is that i was working on could be a rich reward in exchange for the threat of embarrassment.