SecondHand Exhibition - Open Call for Participation
***update***
Some folks are asking for some clarification because this is a lot of info. I made a video on Seesmic that will hopefully help explain. Let me know if you have more questions! http://seesmic.com/videos/ngxbVJcPWi
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I created Inter.sect Art Collective, a group of artists using new media platforms to explore digital exhibition spaces outside the traditional gallery model, during a graduate class called MobileLab. We began experimenting with art that resulted from the interruptions and connections via the mobile phone. I sent the group random found text via text messages on the mobile device, something from a billboard, a newspaper, a bumper sticker, a poem. The artists then translated that text into visual imagery, emailed the video to a server where it was projected in real time to a physical gallery space. It was an interruption that resulted in entwined interpretations. Inter.sect participated in Real Time at the Dallas Contemporary, and the exhibition traveled to Pocket Films Festival at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
The collective’s most recent project was on Seesmic, turning a video chat application into an online international exhibition space. TimeFrame lasted 72 hours, connecting artist and audience in an interactive interpretation of the bizarre element of time found on sites like Seesmic where different moments, hours, or even days happen at the same instant on the individual timeline.
SecondHand
Inter.sect now presents an open invitation for participation in SecondHand. Anyone is welcome to join. This performance will take place on 12seconds.tv during the week of June 19-26. We will revisit the idea of translating a prompt into visual imagery. But this time, the prompt will come from random text found in secondhand conversations via online status updates. I may find these on Twitter, Facebook, or other social networking sites.
We seem to believe that we can still express ourselves with shorter and shorter strings of text. The initial frustration of limited characters eventually evolves into an appreciation of the requirement to be succinct. Can our artistic expression be filtered in the same way? Would we still call it art even though it only took 12 seconds? One of my painting professors always liked to call assignments “problems” in order to make us think of ways to solve them. So let’s have fun solving this one!
How to Participate
Ready for the challenge? Anyone can join.
1. Sign up for a free account on 12seconds.tv.
2. Post the following in the comments section of this post:
If you cannot comment, no worries! You can send your info to me on twitter (@christinielsen) or send an email with SecondHand Exhibition in the subject line to crnielsen(at)gmail(dot)com. I’ll post the info here for you.
3. Follow me on 12seconds.tv (christinielsen) as well as on twitter (@christinielsen) if you have an account.
4. By Wednesday, June 17, I’ll post a list of participants with usernames so you all can follow each other.
5. Beginning June 19, you will receive 3 prompts per day (don’t worry – these are very short responses). I will initially reveal the prompt on 12seconds.tv which will auto-post to Twitter as well as Facebook. I will also send each of you the prompt via an @reply on twitter if you list an account. This way you’ll be notified and won’t miss the prompt if you’re away from the computer for awhile.
You will then translate it visually (on 12seconds) using either a webcam, a mobile device, or even an edited file that may be uploaded. These will be very quick responses that mimic the micro-blog style of communication. You may make as many video responses as you like for each prompt. The interpretation or translation is entirely up to you. Narrative, non-linear, abstraction, video art, performance, music, etc. Many of the original core members of Inter.sect will also be participating, so you’ll have a few examples to start if need be. Do take time to think about your response. You ARE posting a work of art. Or… perhaps the performance as a whole becomes the work of art. You, as the artists, will define this during the week.
I will be posting updates here during the week, and I’ll do my best to see everything. But if I miss something you feel needs to be mentioned, let me know so I can get it on the blog. Also – you can embed your 12seconds videos on your own site if you want to document your performance!
If you want to see an example of how some of the original members responded when we used mobile devices and text messages, you may watch this video. This installation was edited and shown at the Dallas Museum of Art. Performances after this installation have all been done in real time.
If you want to see an example of the TimeFrame exhibition on Seesmic, click here. This exhibition was not based on prompts, but you can get a sense of the online format with audience interaction.
This will be a lot of fun and a great chance for you to experiment with new media. Join us for SecondHand! I’m sure there will be lots of questions. Feel free to ask. Cheers!
***update***
Here is my info for you.
12seconds - christinielsen
Twitter - christinielsen
Seesmic - christinielsen
Facebook - Search for Christi Nielsen
Los Angeles
***update***
Some folks are asking for some clarification because this is a lot of info. I made a video on Seesmic that will hopefully help explain. Let me know if you have more questions! http://seesmic.com/videos/ngxbVJcPWi
Some folks are asking for some clarification because this is a lot of info. I made a video on Seesmic that will hopefully help explain. Let me know if you have more questions! http://seesmic.com/videos/ngxbVJcPWi
*****
I created Inter.sect Art Collective, a group of artists using new media platforms to explore digital exhibition spaces outside the traditional gallery model, during a graduate class called MobileLab. We began experimenting with art that resulted from the interruptions and connections via the mobile phone. I sent the group random found text via text messages on the mobile device, something from a billboard, a newspaper, a bumper sticker, a poem. The artists then translated that text into visual imagery, emailed the video to a server where it was projected in real time to a physical gallery space. It was an interruption that resulted in entwined interpretations. Inter.sect participated in Real Time at the Dallas Contemporary, and the exhibition traveled to Pocket Films Festival at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
The collective’s most recent project was on Seesmic, turning a video chat application into an online international exhibition space. TimeFrame lasted 72 hours, connecting artist and audience in an interactive interpretation of the bizarre element of time found on sites like Seesmic where different moments, hours, or even days happen at the same instant on the individual timeline.
SecondHand
Inter.sect now presents an open invitation for participation in SecondHand. Anyone is welcome to join. This performance will take place on 12seconds.tv during the week of June 19-26. We will revisit the idea of translating a prompt into visual imagery. But this time, the prompt will come from random text found in secondhand conversations via online status updates. I may find these on Twitter, Facebook, or other social networking sites.
We seem to believe that we can still express ourselves with shorter and shorter strings of text. The initial frustration of limited characters eventually evolves into an appreciation of the requirement to be succinct. Can our artistic expression be filtered in the same way? Would we still call it art even though it only took 12 seconds? One of my painting professors always liked to call assignments “problems” in order to make us think of ways to solve them. So let’s have fun solving this one!
How to Participate
Ready for the challenge? Anyone can join.
1. Sign up for a free account on 12seconds.tv.
2. Post the following in the comments section of this post:
- Name (first name or pseudonym is fine)
- Your 12seconds.tv account username
- Your Twitter account username – highly recommended but not required
- Other social networking sites you use that you want listed – only so artists may follow each other. Facebook, Seesmic, Tumblr, etc.
- Where you are – not required, but would be interesting info. City, State, Country-whatever you feel comfortable with.
If you cannot comment, no worries! You can send your info to me on twitter (@christinielsen) or send an email with SecondHand Exhibition in the subject line to crnielsen(at)gmail(dot)com. I’ll post the info here for you.
3. Follow me on 12seconds.tv (christinielsen) as well as on twitter (@christinielsen) if you have an account.
- The exhibition will be much more successful if all performers follow each other on 12seconds.tv. If you have a twitter account or other social networking sites, I highly recommend using the setting that will post your 12seconds video to those accounts. This gives the audience a much better chance of seeing the work and interacting with it. I also recommend following each other on twitter or other sites so that you receive notices and reminders to post.
4. By Wednesday, June 17, I’ll post a list of participants with usernames so you all can follow each other.
5. Beginning June 19, you will receive 3 prompts per day (don’t worry – these are very short responses). I will initially reveal the prompt on 12seconds.tv which will auto-post to Twitter as well as Facebook. I will also send each of you the prompt via an @reply on twitter if you list an account. This way you’ll be notified and won’t miss the prompt if you’re away from the computer for awhile.
You will then translate it visually (on 12seconds) using either a webcam, a mobile device, or even an edited file that may be uploaded. These will be very quick responses that mimic the micro-blog style of communication. You may make as many video responses as you like for each prompt. The interpretation or translation is entirely up to you. Narrative, non-linear, abstraction, video art, performance, music, etc. Many of the original core members of Inter.sect will also be participating, so you’ll have a few examples to start if need be. Do take time to think about your response. You ARE posting a work of art. Or… perhaps the performance as a whole becomes the work of art. You, as the artists, will define this during the week.
I will be posting updates here during the week, and I’ll do my best to see everything. But if I miss something you feel needs to be mentioned, let me know so I can get it on the blog. Also – you can embed your 12seconds videos on your own site if you want to document your performance!
If you want to see an example of how some of the original members responded when we used mobile devices and text messages, you may watch this video. This installation was edited and shown at the Dallas Museum of Art. Performances after this installation have all been done in real time.
If you want to see an example of the TimeFrame exhibition on Seesmic, click here. This exhibition was not based on prompts, but you can get a sense of the online format with audience interaction.
This will be a lot of fun and a great chance for you to experiment with new media. Join us for SecondHand! I’m sure there will be lots of questions. Feel free to ask. Cheers!
***update***
Here is my info for you.
12seconds - christinielsen
Twitter - christinielsen
Seesmic - christinielsen
Facebook - Search for Christi Nielsen
Los Angeles
***update***
Some folks are asking for some clarification because this is a lot of info. I made a video on Seesmic that will hopefully help explain. Let me know if you have more questions! http://seesmic.com/videos/ngxbVJcPWi
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