Write down the answers to the following questions and email them to me in a .doc (not .docx), .ppt or .pdf file before this friday. The answers should be brief (short) and to the point. (no more than 1 A4 for all questions)
Write in Chinese if English is too difficult.

Subjective mapping assignment

> How does your work relate to (subjective) mapping?

> What is the story you are telling?

> Why did you choose the medium that you chose?

East/West assignment*

> What is the story you are telling?

> Why did you choose the medium that you chose?

> What role does interactivity play in the work?

* each team delivers one set of answers

Some of you are working with shadows for the current assignment. You might find the following example inspiring:

In his work The 7 Lights, artist Paul Chan makes use of light and shadow, through digital projection.
“The Lights create a vast image of cyclical destruction and rebirth, spread across floors and walls like light falling through windows. Structured over the course of a day, each of the Lights begins peacefully, with the warm colors of dawn. Slowly the atmosphere changes: silhouettes of objects rise up through the air and are dismantled by obscure forces, while human shadows plummet towards the ground.”

http://www.newmuseum.org/paulchan/1stlight.html

http://infosthetics.com/ is a weblog that: “explores the symbiotic relationship between creative design and the field of information visualization. More specifically, it collects projects that represent data or information in original or intriguing ways.”

It is a great source of inspiration when thinking about ways of  visualizing information and stories. Or on thinking about the question:
How can we use new media to represent human experience
in INFORMATION society in new ways?

For instance for the subjective mapping assignment this is an interesting example:

An interesting project, pointed out to me by Mónica Carriço of movingcities, is Guangzhou Supports You! It relates, in certain ways, to the subjective mapping assigment that we began this term with:

“Guangzhou Supports You!” works like this: the organizers supply a “Guangzhou Supports You!” graphic (see below) that serves as the essential element of the entire activity. Participants simply need to choose a corner, alley, place, space, etc. in Guangzhou, take a photo with the graphic appearing somewhere in the photo, and then upload the photo to the official “Guangzhou Supports You!” website to share their affection for Guangzhou with everyone – that’s it.

http://www.guangzhouchengni.com/

An interview with the initiatiors of this project can be found here:

english http://edge.neocha.com/interview-profile/interview-guangzhou-cheng-ni2-0/
中文 http://edge.neocha.com/zh/interview-profile/interview-guangzhou-cheng-ni2-0/

Graffiti Research Lab, is an art group dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers and artists with open source technologies for urban communication. The members of the group experiment in a lab and in the field to develop and test a range of experimental technologies. They document those efforts with video documentation and Do-It- Yourself instructions for each project and make it available for everybody.

source: Wikipedia
http://graffitiresearchlab.com/

Jenny Holzer (born 1950) is an American conceptual artist.(…) The main focus of her work is the use of words and ideas in public space. Originally utilizing street posters, LED signs became her most visible medium, though her diverse practice incorporates a wide array of media including bronze plaques, painted signs, stone benches and footstools, stickers, T-shirts, condoms, paintings, photographs, sound, video, light projection and the Internet.

source: Wikipedia
http://www.jennyholzer.com/

The content of Assignment 03 is the same. It’s the form that is different.
The work will be presented in the form of an interactive* projection.
This does not have to affect the thinking about the content.
Download the information here.

*you interpret the term interactive according to your own ideas about interaction, as you have described in your answers to the question what is interactive media art?

HOTEL is a 10-part animation that takes place in the anonymous space of an extraordinary and strange hotel. This hotel is the home base of Preconstruction, the company run by Dr. Doglin. Doglin is an unusual doctor conducting research into ‘freak accidents‘. In exchange for payment, volunteers agree to undergo tests that Dr. Doglinperforms on them. Hotel is a game in which seemingly nothing can be lost, but also nothing can be won.

HOTEL was made in 2004 by Dutch artist Han Hoogerbrugge. I believe it is a very good example of how an online story can become a totally immersive experience.

You can explore the hotel and the story online at:
http://www.hoteloscartangoecholima.com/splash.html

The adjustment to the assignment, as explained today in class, can be downloaded here.

As promised, the link to Ruben Lundgrens blog:
http://luxiaoben.blogcn.com/index.shtml