I question your use of the term bipolar to describe your art practice as influenced by two cultures. Bipolar has somewhat derogatory connotations due to the use of the term in psychiatry. It describes disorders that tend to include depression. In your exploration of cross-cultural expression in art, music, and architecture is there more commonality or polarity?
Can you develop a way to convert music from western to eastern scales in real time?
How will you objectively condense 200 years of European/US American history into your piece?
Does “his”tory become “your”story?
How will you identify and locate people who have first person accounts of the historical events you select?
Will your images be covered by fair use? Who can you talk to ensure that you are within legal limits?
I believe that your greatest challenge will be the development of an effective curriculum. How will you accommodate the special needs of your project collaborators? Can you effectively bridge the technology gap of one or two generations? Is the scope of your project too broad to include technology training, story telling workshops, collection of narratives, and the presentation of narratives on the web and in a studio environment?
This question applies to me too of course!
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In this project the artist will explore the relationship between viewer/voyeur and subject through the model of an antique Mutoscope. Viewers will observe themselves viewing the images in the Mutoscope only when confined to the forced perspective of a bronze viewing slot. The awareness that they are being watched as they view the images is intended to create a sense of unease that further reveals the viewer/subject dynamic. The piece comments on the history of spectacle viewing as technology evolved from solitary viewers in penny arcades, to large public cinemas, back to individual computer screens. Video content for the Mutoscope will be shot with a reflection of the camera in the frame to add another layer to the exploration of subjectivity. This view of the camera will be replaced by an image of the viewer looking into the Mutoscope from the perspective of a security camera as the images progress. The video content will be edited to simulate the original three frames per second flipbook technology used in Mutoscopes. The installation further challenges the viewer to question their thoughts on new technology by striving for an antique aesthetic
Absolutely. Well done Kyle!
Kyle has carefully situated his piece in context within critical theory and the history of technology.
No, he has not as of yet, connected his project to other current work exploring these issues.
He has identified his target audience as gallery goers. I believe that his target audience will have an appreciation of the theory, history, and technology presented in the project.
I am still not quite sure how he will control the display of video in the Mutoscope. Will the viewer actually see the image of the camera taking the images or will that image be blocked by their own image every time they look into the Mutoscope? Will the surveillance footage move at the same user controllable frame rate as the other video content?
The timeline seems clear and achievable with ample time to prototype the project before the final installation.
You have left out some of the information you shared about early pornographic content of Mutoscope “films”. I think this is provocative subject matter that further reveals the dynamic of viewer/subject that you intend to explore. I am envisioning a frame that becomes filled with a larger image of the viewer as content becomes more provocative. The more they try to see, the more they see themselves.
I am still confused about how the technology will work. Where is the hand crank? Will the surveillance footage be presented in a way that effectively causes viewer discomfort? Is there a chance that the viewer will enjoy seeing his/her own image appear?
NTSC video is actually at 29.97 fps, PAL video is 24fps
Small typo in paragraph seven: that structures its subjects through imagry
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