Last year, a zombie reporter from a German TV station covered the New York ZombieCon:

October 21st, 2009 | events | No comments

Objectify is a monthly party for Intelligent Technophiles and Discerning Fetishists from the past and future.

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This video is a rendering from the real time system in place at the party on May 10th. Having taken photos of some of the more dazzling partygoers, their pictures were sent wirelessly to the video projection system where they interacted with the pills onscreen.

I’ll be driving the system again at the next Objectify, June 14th at The Delancy. Come see.

Recently, I have become particularly interested in systems that are capable of meaningful interaction with a large group of actors. I will address my thoughts on the pitfalls inherent in many such systems in a forthcoming post. Suffice it to say for now that I am really drawn to the prospect of sending [hot] photographers into a group of actors to actively engage and shoot them. Images are displayed immediately on a video system in some visually stimulating manner, also interacting with the music, lighting or ambient motion in the space. Partygoers get their moment of extremely visible interaction with the system without clogging up the system for more than a maximum of a few seconds. They are free to express their creativity in front of the camera, but are inherently censored by the presence of the docent/photographer who may always choose not to snap a photo. I plan to explore the possibilities as I further develop this system.

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May 18th, 2009 | art, events | No comments