Unit 3 Assessment Saturday, Jun 27 2009 

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1_An ability to resolve work according to the objectives defined in your proposal

Video ‘Number 1 London Bridge’

Quoted from Post-Pages:Text for video ‘Number 1 London Bridge’ Saturday, May 9 2009
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On the arena of grass surface of Number 1 London Bridge, people come and go, ship comes and goes, London bus appears and disappears. This is the Matter world. Antimatter element is always intervening through the Matter world, though we never notice. It means ‘Matter and Antimatter are two sides of one coin’ I wanted to express this intervention of Antimatter element to our world in the London Bridge video work of mine…..

Link to http://miekotakanami.wordpress.com/text-for-video-number-1-london-bridge/

My project proposal undertook a major change during the course, because the original proposal, was ‘Anti Plastic Campaign’ expressed in Performance ‘Fish and Plastic ’ in which the fish is dying due to eating up plastic debris. At the end of the scene I put ‘Mantra’, chanting ‘OM’. That was my attempt to create a transitional link to ‘Antimatter’ from ‘Matter’ world. This was what I focused mainly in unit 2.

Post ‘Fish and Plastic’ on Wednesday, Apr 30 2008

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http://miekotakanami.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/fish-and-plastic/

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Post ‘Fish and Megaphone’ on Thursday, May 15 2008

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http://miekotakanami.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/title/

Objectives - one objective was to become proficient with video editing techniques. Started with the motivation of editing myself for my performance video in unit 1, and moved to create video itself in unite 2.

2_An ability to articulate and debate issues pertaining to digital representation and presentation in relation to audiences and professional contexts: It was most exciting practice to me in the course. I enjoyed to present my video to audiences and to get feedback from them.

need to discuss:
How my work will be seen?: In the solitary room in complete darkness

Why am I showing like this?: To the purpose of revealing Optical illusion and blinking Antimatter intervention.
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Why use video?: Moving image video has most appropriate function for my purpose.

Importance of ‘after image’: ‘after image’ is close approximation to express for Antimatter.

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Video ‘Optical illusion creates after image’. Link to:

http://miekotakanami.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/big-operation-for-the-final-piece/

what do you want the audience to go away with?: I want to share my belief with viewer of which is that Antimatter is always intervening in the Matter world, though it is beyond our sense perception.

    3_Practical skills in negotiation, organization, promotion and realization hosting of an exhibition whilst working as a member of a team

    Reflect on the show organization:
    Within digital arts practice peers created diverse outcome; Noel’s installation work in empty main corridor transformed into creative space, Zai’s experimental sound under the light effect is unique, computer expert Tim’s final piece is surprisingly
    sculpture while computer expert peers exploit advanced skill in their field and I perform ‘Fish and Plastic’ at private view.

    what are your thoughts about where you are showing?: The space of my show is based in the small dark room from which continues across the corridor to the wall of opposite the door. From screen monitor to the wall is spread with red cloth of about 50 cm width.

    How is the whole show curated?: According to individual need for their art work to exhibit in best way applied.

    4_An ability to analyze and reflect critically upon your own and others’ work in the context of current practice
    Artists statement:
    http://miekotakanami.wordpress.com/artist-statement/

    Other artists that you have looked at:
    Alfredo Jaar, ‘The Sound of Silence’ at the South London Gallery (16|2|2008 – 6|4|2008) influenced me largely to employ Studio flash lighting on my project. I was so impressed on his work and now I trace back in its recollection.

    contemporary artist debate around science/dark matter

    5_An ability to evaluate and summarize your overall progress and formulate a con-structive plan for continuing professional development

    discuss changes
    future of project

    6_An ability to produce work that reflects the concerns of the course of study and current research in digital arts

    link to film online

Big operation for the final piece Wednesday, Jun 24 2009 

The video ‘Optical illusion’

After all this video ‘Optical illusion’ was not approved in general. The main reason is, I think, simple shapes and symbols are not so exited in the eyes of viewer and above all the phenomenon of optical illusion is the fact of common knowledge. However the last placed symbol, negative portrait of Jesus Christ of which is my most favourite, was decided to use in combining with the video ‘London Bridge’. It works well both in visually and logically in accordance with the title ‘Matter and Antimatter are two sides of one coin’.

Video; ‘Number 1 London Bridge’ Wednesday, May 20 2009 

Antimatter visualization

‘Number 1 London Bridge’ is sub-title of main one ; ‘Matter and Antimatter are two sides of one coin’.

My fascination to the above titled thesis led me to create videos. How to visualize Antimatter has been focused issue through unit 2, whereas Antimatter is beyond our sense perception. In this video I employed the metaphor for visualization of Antimatter.

In the centre of the image showing below, there is a rhombic space. I put images; geometric ceiling or Christmas illumination. Ceiling image seems working in contrasting with the background of Matter image. But the Christmas illumination images seems it did not work whatever I manoeuvred the speed of frame, even frame rate is o2 of which it seems ideal for visualization of Antimatter intervened.

Then I changed the image of Christmas illumination to Airport light.

images of Antimatter-Blog

A freeze from the video ‘Number 1 London Bridge’ Saturday, May 9 2009 

For this part camera was looking up the sky almost vertically of which framed by surrounding the building of Number 1 London Bridge. The still image became brighter and stronger contrast by PhotoSope adjustment.

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The impotant point in my project; if ‘after image’ appears or not Monday, May 4 2009 

The work would be shown on white wall through a projector.

Considering the exhibition of my project ‘Optical illusion creates after image’, the most important aspect is that if ‘after image’ is able to appear in the eyes of viewer or not. Therefore how the work would be shown become an important issue. There are a few choices to show; on screen through a projector, on flat monitor or plasma screen through a DVD player.

I’ve kept inquiring myself on and off why after image does not appear on the flat monitor of computer. Since I saw ‘after image’ when I experimented of Flash lighting setting for my video at the photography studio. Then I realized it that at that time I used through projector to show my video on white wall.  The video projector must be key tool in my case. The projector equips lens and also through light of which is not backlight or reflector equipped in LCD (Liquid crystal display). This must be the reason ‘after image’ appeared at that time.

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