Wear glitter enjoy pride

Compilation of video responses for: Wear glitter enjoy pride.

Wanted another witness

Compilation of video responses for: Wanted another witness.

I am a deception

Compilation of video responses for: I am a deception.

I never know the narrative

Compilation of video responses for: I never know the narrative.

She is very committed to her tabs

Compilation of video responses for: She is very committed to her tabs.

Cure-all for slumps & funks

Compilation of video responses to: Cure-all for slumps & funks.

Sometimes God says NO

Compilation of video responses for: Sometimes God says NO.

A penchant for cheesy pop

Compilation of video responses for: A penchant for cheesy pop.

Exposure doesn't pay the rent

Compilation of videos for: Exposure doesn't pay the rent.

Exorcising phantom fat

Compilation of video responses for: Exorcising phantom fat.

I am the chocolate whisperer

Compilation of video responses for: I am the chocolate whisperer.

Training in nut house

Compilation of video responses for: Training in nut house.

Assisting in the C-section

Compilation of video responses for: Assisting in the C-section.

There's no sex in your violence

Compilation of video responses for: There's no sex in your violence.

Time to reset broken patterns

Compilation of video responses for: Time to reset broken patterns.

Express the higher self in plastic media

Compilation of video responses for: Express the higher self in plastic media.

All I can do is give you a reputation

Compilation of video responses for: All I can do is give you a reputation.

There's a dead kitty in the refrigerator

Compilation of video responses for: There's a dead kitty in the refrigerator.

Once I used this space to speak without consequence - video summary

Compilation of video responses for: Once I used this space to speak without consequence.

Red carpet gets Jezebel treatment - video summary

Compilation of video responses for: Red carpet gets Jezebel treatment.

I recently saw my life flashing - video summary

Here is a recap video of the first prompt: I recently saw my life flashing.
If anyone creates more responses, they can easily be added.

Meet the Artists for SecondHand

As we all continue to use our individual 12seconds channels for other purposes, I have removed them from this post only because the current content does not reflect the exhibition. However, you can search for SecondHand on 12seconds.tv and find all of the participants and their video responses or you can see a list of participants here.

In addition, you can watch the recap videos for each prompt on this blog starting here and going back through previous posts.

SecondHand List of Artists/Participants/Performers

Here is a list of the artists/participants for SecondHand. We might have more signing up, and I'll add them here. LeeAnn Harrington changed her 12sec username, and Cynthia Lewis changed her Facebook name, so double check those.

If anyone wants to join us after we start, that's perfectly fine. This is not a cut-off list. This is just so you can connect with one another, which will make the performance much more successful.

You may check back here for updates, or you can check my blog at http://www.christinielsen.com/blog/about2getskinny. Please make sure you've read the "more info" post to make sure you're up to speed.

Okay - expect a prompt around 8ish PST tomorrow morning! Here we go! :)


Christi Nielsen - Founder and Director
12sec: christinielsen
twitter: christinielsen
facebook: christinielsen
seesmic: christinielsen
friendfeed: christinielsen
flickr: christinielsen

Peter
12sec: @ciccariello
twitter: @ciccariello
facebook: Peter Ciccariello
location: Providence, RI

Anne
12sec: annabelle
twitter: darkrosaleen
location: Canada

Anthony Fontana
12sec: anthonyfontana
twitter: @anthonyfontana
Facebook, Seesmic, FriendFeed
location: Toledo, Ohio, US
anthonyfontana.com

Manuel Pecina
12sec: decicco
Twitter: DeCicco
Facebook: Manuel Pecina
location: Dallas
http://gonzophoto.com/

Mona
12seconds: Monaism
Twitter: Monaism
location: TX

Shelby Cunningham
12sec: yayasheshe
twitter: yayasheshe
facebook: shelby cunningham
location: Dallas, TX

Jonny Gray (a.k.a. "Bungy" or "Bungy32" or variant)
12sec: Bungy32
Twitter: Bungy32
Facebook: Jonny Gray
Ravelry: Bungy
FriendFeed: Bungy32
Flickr: Bungy032
location: Makanda, IL (USA)
http://bungynotes.blogspot.com/

Cynthia Lewis
12sec: cynthialewis
twitter: arialoracle
facebook: cy.lewis
location: Fort Worth, TX
http://www.cynthialewisstudio.com/

Kyle Kondas
12sec: kyle1point0
twitter: kyle1point0
seesmic: kyle1point0
Facebook: search for Kyle Kondas
friendfeed: kyle1point0
location: Dallas, Tx

Vanessa VanAlstyne
12sec: VanessaVanAlstyne
Twitter: Vanessavan
Facebook: search for Vanessa VanAlstyne
location: Houston, TX

Sheila Cunningham
12sec: SheilaCunningham
Twitter: @SheilaC
Facebook: sheila.cunningham
Seesmic: sheilacunningham
location: Dallas, TX

Betsy Lewis
12sec: blewis
Facebook: Betsy Lewis
location: Dallas, Texas

Dean Terry
12sec: therefore
twitter: therefore
location: Dallas, Los Angeles
deanterry.com

Michele Atwater
12sec: matwater213
twitter: matwater213
facebook: michele213
flickr: matwater213
blip.fm: matwater213
skype: Michele Atwater
location: Pasadena, MD

Elizabeth Alavi
12sec: ElizabethAlavi
facebook: Elizabeth Alavi
Blogger: Elizabeth Alavi
seesmic: elizamouse98
flickr: elizamouse
location: Dallas, TX

More SecondHand Info

For those participating in SecondHand, here is some additional information:

I will post a 12second video with the prompt 3 times a day. That video will automatically be sent to twitter and facebook. I will also send each of you an @msg on twitter to make sure you receive the prompt.

Here is what you do:
1 - Watch the prompt on 12seconds.
2 - Respond by creating a video on your channel. If you make a video reply to my post, then it will show up under my initial video. It's no big deal if that happens. But if you want to make sure all of your video responses show up as posts on your channel, then create one of your own. Let me know if this doesn't make sense. Please remember to copy and paste (or type) my title and tags so all the videos will show up in a search.

Don't get too stressed about this. This is supposed to be fun! Things will go wrong just like any exhibition. No worries.

Remember - it's totally up to you how to interpret/translate. Try not to limit yourself with rules. You might find yourself thinking, "I can't do that in 12 seconds." My response would be.. Who said you could only respond once? ;-) See what I mean?

Is there one central location for all of this? Yes and no.

Please remember that 12seconds is not set up like Seesmic was. This will not be neatly contained in one thread. But that's part of it. It functions much like status updates that can get buried but are searchable through hashtags. To make sure it's searchable, be sure to use my titles and tags.

I will post updates and such about the show on my blog, but I have also created a blog where everyone's channel will be displayed. http://intersectart.blogspot.com/
Please go to your 12seconds channel. Go to the bottom of the page and click on widgets. Choose the larger version on the left (12seconds FAT). Copy and paste the code below the images and send to me at crnielsen@gmail.com. Please include your name. You do not have to do this if you don't want me to display your channel. I'm only doing this so there is one central location for people to see the videos.

Here is a video on Seesmic about all of this. Please watch both.
http://seesmic.com/videos/M6WzxSlRkR
http://seesmic.com/videos/Fnr80kWo5o

Are you excited yet?!? :)

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:

• 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