Contribution to the group ( week 6 )

we start to take our video this week. what i do on that day shooting is i be the driver from cyber to Sri Kembangan and fetch 2 kid to be our talent.

Contribution to the group ( week 5 )

i created the rough Gannt chart for our timeline and after we consult, i find out the script on how to do the installation art.

Software Using

Webcam Zone Trigger

Webcam Zone Trigger is a software that enable user to detect movement using webcam. It enable the computer to do multitask like play sound, keyboard control, mouse control or other command.

Adobe Flash Proffesional

Adobe® Flash® Professional CS5.5 software is the industry-leading authoring environment for producing expressive interactive content. Create immersive experiences that present consistently to audiences across desktops, smart phones, tablets, and televisions.

Adobe After Effect

Adobe After Effect is a software that enable us to edit video and recreate a whole movie. It is useful for typography animation, video editing, and video production.

How does these software help us in our installation art.

we are going to use adobe after effect to crop our kid movement out and make the background to clear, this is why we use the greensreen studio when we shoot the video.

The Webcam Zone Trigger is going to use as the software to detect the audience movement, the software is recommend when we consult and we found out the software is easy to use and enable to perform many task that suit with our installation art.

We us Adobe Flash Professional as our main screen is because this software enable us to do animation and coding at the same time.

Script:

//code

var k = new Object(this);

var listen = true;

var r;

box0._visible = false;

box1._visible = false;

k.onKeyDown = function(){

if(listen == true){

r = random(2);

if(Key.isDown(65)){

trace("Key A");

_root["box"+r]._visible = true;

_root["box"+r].gotoAndPlay(2);

listen = false;

}

}

}

Key.addListener(k);

Contribution to the group ( week 4 )

in this week, i in charge in finding tutorial and how to make the installation run smoothly so this is the video i found on youtube that may help in our installation.

this is the tutorial that teach us how to remove the scene background.

this is the song for our installation:

Contribution to the group ( week 3 )

in this week, after we discuss where is our setting and place for installation, we decide to sketch on how the installation should set up, this is the sketch.

Contribution to the group ( week 2 )

Project title: HAPPY CHILDHOOD

task:

to create a installation art based on the emotion and expression

objective:

to create a interactive installation art that make people feel happy when they walk through the installation art.

Concept and overall design:

screen design: the whole screen project the children video in silloute (black and white)

sound: child playing voice

target audience:

18 above

Theme:

The theme will be in the playground or circus setting, where children usually like to go there.

setting and installation:

The place for the installation will be at FCM building lower ground, the DR 0001 class room (Opposite of FCM Atrium)

the equipment include:

- projector screen

- projector

- speaker

- webcam

- a laptop

the thing we need to prepare for the shooting:

- children ( 3-4 peoples )

- balloon

- cloth

- green screen / white screen as background

-video camera

- props that children usually use ( bag. lollipop, toy etc)

how is the installation work?

the installation will appear nothing when there is no one there, and when the webcam detect moving object , the projector will start screening the random video ( kids playing ) that will run over the screen.

The DM Project 2011

Project Topic: Interactive Art and Installation Design "Emotion + Expression"

Objectives:
1. To implement the knowledge of interactive installation art or design into art or design realm for aesthetic purposes.
2. To stimulate creativity and innovation as well as encouraging practicality approach towards idea generation.
3. To develop independent and critical thinking in their own pursue of direction.
4. To foster a critical awareness of technology and culture.
5. To encourage contemporary media art practices.

Project Description: To create an interactive installation art work responding to the theme "Emotion + Expression", this includes the idea development, research and the materialization of the work. Your artwork should have these attributes:
1. Ephemeral
2. Ubiquitous materials
3. Easy installation & dismantle
4. Sensory-rich (audio and visual)
5. Public space

Submission requirement:
A. Design Project Proposal
1. Draft proposal, mind maps, sketches
2. Research, data collection, facts finding
3. Functional specification worksheet, flowchart, gannt chart, budget preparation
4. Interface design, multimedia application storyboard, actionscript
5. Presentation planning (diagram), interactive design, artist impression

B. Interactive Installation art piece

PROJECT 1 :

Joao Martinho Moura

About the Artist

Fig.1 the picture of Joao Martinho Moura

João Martinho Moura is a Researcher, Digital Media Artist, Software Designer and also a Musician; he is an Interactive Media Artist and Researcher born in Portugal. His interests are focused in intelligent interfaces, digital art, digital music and computational aesthetics. He has a special interest in body driven digital artifacts. He worked in several projects in fields of education, media, entertainment, telecommunications and health industries, in Portugal, Israel, France and United Kingdom. He recently participated, as a visual artist, in the International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging (CAe). João Martinho digital art work has recently included in the curate selection of the Processing.org platform, from the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab. João Martinho Moura, in 2009, also presented his work at the OFFF - International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture. He recently participated in the World Congress on Communication and Arts 2010. His master thesis work, NUVE (2010), was recently presented, under the artistic supervision of Né Barros (Balleteatro), and technical supervision of Adérito Marcos (University of Minho) and Pedro Branco (University of Minho). João Martinho Moura is doing research, at University of Minho's EngageLAB. João Martinho Moura is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Master Program in Technology and Digital Arts (MTAD), at University of Minho, Portugal, teaching Programing for Digital Arts.

João Martinho Moura has spoken at conferences around the world, including:

· the International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture OFFF (2008)

· World Congress on Communication and Arts (2010)

· SHiFT - Social and Human Ideas for Technology (2009)

· International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics

· Visualization, and Imaging - CAe (2008)

· ARTECH (2008), ARTECH (2010)

· Computer Interaction (2009), Pluto-Festival (2009)

· ZON Digital Games (2007), International Creative Arts Fair (2008)

· ZON Multimédia Premium (2008)

· Le Corps Numérique - Centre Culturel Saint-Exupéry (2011)

· International Conference on Tangible, Embeded and Embodied Interaction (2011).

His work has been shown in a variety of places in Portugal, Brasil, UK, France, Hong Kong and Belgium.

Choice of media(1 installation based )

The media I chosen from his artwork is YMYI (You Move You Interact) it is an interactive installation art that consist sound, graphic, and animation that can interact by user (real time).

How is the installation work?

The whole installation consists projector screen, speaker, computer, they use Processingjs as their programming language (http://processingjs.org )Microsoft Kinect (used to track the z depth information of the user interactions.) the installation will detect the human gesture and transform it into animation in various way. This installation can have 1 more people to interact with it.

My personal comment:

The installation gives user freedom to explore the art by moving our gesture. If we compare with the static art that we usually seen on the art gallery, their art is always have the certain meaning only, but in YMYI , people can interact and create art based on their creativity, and also give different expression and feeling if we experience it at different venue or different time.

The YMYI give me an inspiration that 1 installation art can actually communicate into many message. People appreciate art is very personal and subjective. In now days, art can actually interact with people and respond to people when interact with it.

For my opinion, this installation art can add more color to make it more dynamic and more interesting, from what I browse on the internet, the sound is only consists ambience sound only, if add the sound effect from the instrument like piano, drum, and guitar etc, I think this will make the installation art more interesting.

For my opinion, this installation art can add more color to make it more dynamic and more interesting, from what I browse on the internet, the sound is only consists ambience sound only, if add the sound effect from the instrument like piano, drum, and guitar etc, I think this will make the installation art more interesting.

Choice of Meida(Media based)

ARTWORK BY JOAO MARTINHO MOURA

HTML5 Visual Art - ”Transversal Lines, 2011 "

Transversal Lines: infinite abstract visual black & white line work,
by artist João Martinho Moura, 2011.

This is the Processing language created by Ben Fry and Casey Reas.

This artwork is created using HTML 5, and the artwork need to be open in browser to see it.

Personal comment:

This is the artwork appear in Media based. It create a random artwork every time you open it , although the line and structure and size is always the same, but the position and the length of the artwork is not same that give people different visual feeling every time they play it.

Conception:

YMYI (You Move You Interact) is an interactive installation, user have to interact with the machine or the installation art to perform a new art. The project let people to create their own creativity. The artwork use line and dot as the animation to direct people into a new experience and let people feel it. The installation also consists music that emphasis the atmosphere.

The concept the written by the Joao Martinho Moura

"It narrates a story, the story of a living organism unexpectedly astonished by performing its own change status while representing an object. However, what strikes the most is the fact that the knowing entity responsile for the act of astonishing is only created throughout the astonishment narration process."

(*Copy from http://ymyi.jmartinho.net/) :

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