Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing on here but hello.

Ivan Poupyrev

First of all, I found a really interesting website called Resonate. It's a site that brings together art and technology:

http://resonate.io/2013/#

Through that site, I found Ivan Poupyrev who is actually a "Disney Imagineer" and helps create new technology for the Disney parks.

However, the piece I'm going to show you has nothing to do with Disney. It's called:

Botanicus Interacticus: Interactive Living Plants

http://ivanpoupyrev.com/projects/botanicus.php

Using a technology called, "Touche", which is a sensing technology, a wire is placed in a plant's soil and allows for the interaction between humans and the living plants to be tracked. If you go to the website listed above, you can see more images and video that describes the technology and shows the piece in action.

"With Botanicus Interacticus technology any living plant can be turned into a musical instrument, a game controller, a light switch, an elevator button, or a motion detector. Interactivity and responsiveness can be added to homes, streets, and even entire cities, unobtrusively and sustainably simply by growing plants."

 

 

I never imagined that we would be able to show the interaction with a plant and a human and it look so beautiful. 

Sandra Lee Phipps at WhiteSpace

Hey all!

This is the photography professor I was telling you about that has a show going on at Whitespace Gallery.

Her show is seen in two rooms, a green house and a "closet" section of the room where there is video.

Here is a link to her work and the galleries website:

http://whitespace814.com/artists/sandra-lee-phipps/


Gallery Hours:
Wed-Fri 11am-5pm
or by appointment

Address:
814 Edgewood Ave
Atlanta, GA 30307

Tel: 404.688.1892

Music Videos

Having recently discussed music videos both well done and not, I think we have to first agree that the video alone regardless of it's digital alterations. How the music syncs up with the visual is another art- a separate medium all together, which makes it too often overlooked. In order from earlier to more recent I have comprised a chronological line-up of music videos that were digitally altered and are visually stunning for their time. Can we decide what a good music video is without thinking that with more advanced technology comes better videos? Below are a list of music videos that were once outstanding.
Nine Inch Nails- Closer (1994)
Nsync- Bye Bye Bye (2000)
Madonna- Die Another Day (2002)
Tokio Hotel- Durch Den Monsun (2003)
The Used- Bird and the Worm (2007)

The purpose of this blog is to provide a forum for student postings for extra credit (and perhaps some posts from the professor). The blog will be open only to members of the class. You can post items on the blog such as images, videos, links, etc., or your own original work or thoughts. All posts must be accompanied with a brief explanation in your own words (around 45-words) of what each posted or linked item is about. No explanation is required for posts of original thoughts (it’s assumed that such posts will be more than 45 words). If an original post uses sources for information and/or ideas, these must be cited in footnotes. Always use your own wording unless you quote directly (in which case you will put the wording within quotation marks). Students should link to articles rather than copy and paste entire articles on the blog (to comply with copyright laws). Topics must be related to new media art. 

John Alford