Vinni Pukh is Russian. The story is identical to Winnie the Pooh's.
Animator.ru [2010] «Winnie the Pooh» [online]
Niffwan [2010] Animatsiya in English. [online]http://niffiwan.livejournal.com/15761.html [27/02/2010]
Saturday 27 February 2010
Personas: How Internet sees Me
This is how internet sees me, apparently.
Personas "scours Internet looking for characterizing statements to use in its analysis" and visually displays it [Personas, 2010]. So according to this data analysis, internet seems I'm an arty professional, spends time online and doing sports... and it thinks I'm more into aggression than design. I did notice Personas picking up others during its processing, so perhaps there's an aggressive me out there somewhere. I take no responsibilities for his (or her) actions.
Personas "scours Internet looking for characterizing statements to use in its analysis" and visually displays it [Personas, 2010]. So according to this data analysis, internet seems I'm an arty professional, spends time online and doing sports... and it thinks I'm more into aggression than design. I did notice Personas picking up others during its processing, so perhaps there's an aggressive me out there somewhere. I take no responsibilities for his (or her) actions.
Personas was created at MIT Media Lab by Aaron Zinman, Alex Dragulescu, Yannick Assogba and Judith Donath.
A Skype Meeting: 26/02/2010
with Lee, Ting and Terry
We talked, and typed, about how we could use the images. It was a follow up of an idea I'd heard from Lee at the group critique, which I'd not heard before. I felt we needed to talk to the group about it. His idea was to have the photos that have been manipulated separate from text and Ting's illustration. I'd thought about it after he mentioned it, and it sounded like it would work.
In the meeting we discussed this idea and everyone seemed to think this way, and this is what we're going to do.
Another topic on manipulating images. I'd seen Lee's images and was impressed by them, but wasn't aware of his idea of collaboration, which was that I would then add a photograph on top of what he had done, like a collage. I said I'd give it a go and see how they look. I'm not much of a Photoshop type, so I don't know how much I could do to satisfy myself and others.
I'm starting to see the limitations of Skype, where it often cuts people out. It is possibly related to internet connections participants have, but most of us were affected by it over a 40 minutes period. Which is frustrating. What other conferency methods can we use that's free...
I don't need to talk to 5 artists Skype has chosen - I just want to talk with my creative partners.
Sound Bites
Audio presentation by the Sound Agency tells us how sound can affect our moods and behaviour.
The Sound Agency, run by Julian Treasure, has a visually simple website, possibly due its emphasis on sound.
No Comment TV. [2010] Rostropovich cello performance in front of the Berlin Wall. [online]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiwXUJJjL6g
[27/02/2010]The Sound Agency [2010] Audio. [online]
http://www.thesoundagency.com/docs/Sound%20Affects.mp3
[27/02/2010]
Terry Peng, a friend and a music student, is in charge of sound for the picture book. We have communicated, often in pubs, about how sound does effect the scene. He knows the story well too, and what he's put together so far works with the mood. His intention is to get musicians to play it using real instruments.
The Sound Agency, run by Julian Treasure, has a visually simple website, possibly due its emphasis on sound.
Back to sound. The Russian composer and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was at the Berlin Wall shortly after the 1989 opening. He was an advocate of human rights too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiwXUJJjL6g
[27/02/2010]
http://www.thesoundagency.com/docs/Sound%20Affects.mp3
[27/02/2010]
News as Network
Wilson, C. [2010] News Dots: The Day's Events as a Social Network. [online] http://slatest.slate.com/features/news_dots/default.htm [27/02/2010]
Mathieu Lehanneur
Flat Surgery: Anatomy Rug
Mathieu Lehanneur's website comes with an index-like simplist design. Each themes tab opens up with photos of a video, also with a short description.
The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall: BBC
“It was understood that the wall was better than a war.”
The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall shows the divided city and its two sides, heroes and villains, and “a world of good intentions heading in bad directions. A world where nothing is what it seems to be”. It claims;
“the wall was the victor. It got bigger, more sophisticated, more efficient. The wall was here to stay, and so were the people behind the wall.”
The program shows people who lived under two opposing systems, and their opinions: “Sure there were 30 types of cheese in the West and only three here. And only one tasted good. So what – what is more important?”
Sim, K. (2010) The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall. [online] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nx0y6 [26/02/2010]
On Youtube, in 9 sections:
Friday 26 February 2010
Austin Kleon and Newspaper Blackout
20 Minutes in the Closet
Agoraphobia
Kleon, A. (2010) 20 Minutes in the Closet. [online]
[26/02/2010]
Kleon, A. [2010] Agoraphobia. [online]
[26/02/2010]
TNT en Amerique by Jochen Gerner
This work by Jochen Gerner is based on Tintin in America, speech bubbles to phrases and images into graphic symbols (Kleon, 2007).
Kleon, A. (2007) TNT en Amerique by Jochen Gerner. [online]
The Only True Guide to Russia by Ilia Kitup
Kitup, I. [2010] The Only True Guide to Russia: Hidden Secrets Revealed. [online]
http://wordswithoutborders.org/graphic-lit/the-only-true-guide-to-russia-hidden-secrets-revealed/ [26/02/2010]
Against Comics by Jochen Gerner and Edward Gauvin
This is a work by Jochen Gerner, translated by Edward Gauvin.
More graphic literature at: Words without Borders.
Gerner, J. & Gauvin, E. (2008 & 2009) Against Comics. [online] http://wordswithoutborders.org/graphic-lit/against-comics/ [26/02/2010]
Three Times Germany by Uwe Mengel
Three Times Germany is a series of monologues based on interviews of "East Germans, West Germans, and Germans living in New York" [Wrods without Borders, 2010]. Following his journeys from East to West Germany in 1974 and to New York in 1980, Uwe Mengel interviewed Germans who he encountered on his path. 23 monolugues are performed by 8 actors.
More German literature, poems, fiction and non-fiction can be found at Words without Borders.
Words without Borders [2010] Three Times Germany. [online]
http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/three-times-germany/
[26/-2/2010]
Three Times Germany in Audio (57:06):
http://wordswithoutborders.org/media/2_01_track1.mp3
Words without Borders [2010] November 2009: Twenty Years After: Germany Then and Now. [online]
http://wordswithoutborders.org/issue/november-2009/ [26/-2/2010]
More German literature, poems, fiction and non-fiction can be found at Words without Borders.
Words without Borders [2010] Three Times Germany. [online]
http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/three-times-germany/
[26/-2/2010]
Three Times Germany in Audio (57:06):
http://wordswithoutborders.org/media/2_01_track1.mp3
Words without Borders [2010] November 2009: Twenty Years After: Germany Then and Now. [online]
http://wordswithoutborders.org/issue/november-2009/ [26/-2/2010]
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Short Films at VIS
VIS [2010] Berlin ’89 – Of Walls and Men. [online]
http://viennashorts.com/en/festival/programm-2009/gastprogramme-2009/berlin-89.html
[24/02/2010]
Ze Frank, Stumpy and Collaboration
I have emailed Ze Frank about the collaborative process of Stumpy. He said the project started at:
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/021907.html
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/021907.html
This is the link to "the show". Frank had asked his viewers to contribute illustrations in a social network ORG that he managed. The show apparently was "one of the earliest video blogs to incorporate viewer action to create context", and was a "conversation between the host and the viewers of the program" [zefrank.com, 2010]. The show ran from March 2006 for a year.
Zefrank.com [2010] About the Show. [online]
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/021907.html
[24/02/2010]
Pixar Collaboration
Are there opportunities for the artists in collaborative projects to voice their opinion? Communication seems to be at the foundation of collaboration, and all artists should feel able to talk freely. Yet, this is one of the obstacles I'm struggling to pass.
"Dailies at Pixar are very collaborative, and animators are encouraged to voice their opinions and solutions alongside the director and supervisors. Still, being the rookie, I didn't want to presume or suggest that I was smarter than anyone else in the room, much less make a fool of myself by suggesting something that might be obviously wrong to all the others." [Navone, 2010]
This picture book project came up through my BA dissertation, based on the Berlin Wall and perceptions. The story, about two bears living in Berlin exploring the new city and their differences in values, was developed in my discussions with Albert Lamb, an author and a play write, Andrew Sturman. So it can be hard for the collaborating artists to discuss or to change the story, if they feel that it's my story...
Another issue I feel we need to solve is communication of the group. I might be at the hub of this group, due to the way this group formed, and that other artists don't feel comfortable communicating to each other. It's either that, or I'm unaware of what the group is discussing/developing the project.
Navone, V. [2010] Inside Dailies at Pixar: Expressing Your Opinion About Changes in Animation. [online]
http://www.animationmentor.com/newsletter/0909/feature_geek.html#tipTrick
[24/02/2010]
http://www.animationmentor.com/newsletter/0909/feature_geek.html#tipTrick
[24/02/2010]
The Pixar Touch (2009) Collaboration in Production. [online]
http://thepixartouch.typepad.com/main/2009/09/collaboration-at-pixar.html
[24/02/2010]
http://thepixartouch.typepad.com/main/2009/09/collaboration-at-pixar.html
[24/02/2010]
Sunday 21 February 2010
Korean Comics Collaboration
Lamers, M. (2009) Interpretations of Korea. [online] http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/11/18/200911180053.asp [21/02/2010]
Gaymer, D. (2009) "Tiger and Bear" Explore Modern-Day korea. [online]
Topple, J. (2009) Tiger and Bear: Korea Comics Collaboration. [online] http://www.comicslifestyle.com/forum/topics/tiger-and-bear-korea-comics [21/02/2010]
Go Home: Stories of Immigration
Go Home: 12 Moving Stories was produced by artists from cross-cultural background to illustrate the issue of immigration, with "the aim of using comics to promote greater cross-cultural understanding" [Asia-Europe Foundation, 2010].
Asia-Europe Foundation [2010] Asia-Europe Comic Project. [online] http://comix.asef.org/progress.html [21/02/2010]
Ze Frank, Viewers and Stumpy
Ze Frank has produced short story where he tells a story of a duck named Stumpy and had his viewers illustrate it (Frank, 2008). The result is many different styles of images illustrate the story. I have emailed Ze Frank to ask about his collaboration with his audience.
Frank has also hosts Frailty which he describes "a collaborative illustrated poem" [Frank, 2010]. Here, he has posted lines for the viewers to illustrate using Scribbler and to email him, to be posted as an online picture book in the future. Scribbler adds an effect to the images drawn, and unlike the images of Stumpy, give similar touches or strokes. This is my sketch of the Wall.
Frank, Z. (2008) Stumpy Movie. [online] http://www.zefrank.com/zesblog/archives/2008/09/stumpy_movie.html [20/01/2010]
Frank, Z. [2010] Frailty: A Collaborative Illustrated Poem. [online] http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/frailty/ [21/02/2010]
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