here is my intervention video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RVsRv4cLR0&feature=youtu.be
the idea behind the video is that this is a mini movie within the greater movie, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. this mini movie follows a stormtrooper who hands out missing persons flyers to the students at SFSU.
I wanted this to be funny and also capture the responses of the students of which they were quite broad in range. everything from dismissive or uninterested, which I found strange since you normally don't see a strormtrooper walking around campus anywhere. to real interest, I had a lot of people wanting to take pictures or have what I was handing out. kids were stopping what they were doing and running across campus to approach me. and finally what appeared to be a general irritancy towards me. I had approached these to girls who were deep in conversation who appeared mildly irritated that I had interrupted them.
I had fun with this project and would do it again since wearing the costume liberated me to do things and approach people that I wouldn't normally do. the only disappointment was that the music I used for the video is copyrighted and had to be muted.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
vannervar bush reading
I thought it was an interesting read, a bit difficult to understand at times, but fascinating to see his predictions. his thoughts on compression of data like the entirety of Encyclopedia Britannica compressed into a matchbox, or that of cameras becoming smaller and better were very intuitive on his part. I got a kick out of his prediction of data entry via keyboards into a computer by a room full of "girls" to be telling of the sexism of the era that this piece was written.
I found the "bone conduction" to be a little creepy. I guess he was thinking of some kind of memory storage through vibrations in the skull, or something? it just sounded like a medieval experiment to me. but I see his point behind the idea, that being anything is possible.
I was also fascinated by his point about the idea of computers being around long before they became a practical tool. the fact that they couldn't be produced at the time they were conceived because of the man hours and unreliability of the product when pen and paper were still faster.
my predictions for 2073...
medicine will have leaped forward. regenerating lost limbs will be available. people will live longer, some may request to die because they have "lived enough." cosmetic surgery will be even more out of control. there will be gene augmentation to grow hair after it has fallen out. breast augmentation will no longer require surgery that we know of today, just more gene "tinkering." this playing god complex will result in Dr. Frankenstein's monsters living and working among us as normal.
wars will be fought through computers. financial strikes or civil strikes will be the new terrorism. actual combat will be fought by drones, auto-mated vehicles, and robots. if nuclear weapons are used the world will resemble that of the Mad Max movies. wastelands with roving and warring gangs fighting over whatever is left.
global warming and or rape of mother earth will cause us to inhabit other planets for their resources. deep space travel and colonization of other planes will begin the new empirical "land grab" era. wars may be fought over desired planets.
I found the "bone conduction" to be a little creepy. I guess he was thinking of some kind of memory storage through vibrations in the skull, or something? it just sounded like a medieval experiment to me. but I see his point behind the idea, that being anything is possible.
I was also fascinated by his point about the idea of computers being around long before they became a practical tool. the fact that they couldn't be produced at the time they were conceived because of the man hours and unreliability of the product when pen and paper were still faster.
my predictions for 2073...
medicine will have leaped forward. regenerating lost limbs will be available. people will live longer, some may request to die because they have "lived enough." cosmetic surgery will be even more out of control. there will be gene augmentation to grow hair after it has fallen out. breast augmentation will no longer require surgery that we know of today, just more gene "tinkering." this playing god complex will result in Dr. Frankenstein's monsters living and working among us as normal.
wars will be fought through computers. financial strikes or civil strikes will be the new terrorism. actual combat will be fought by drones, auto-mated vehicles, and robots. if nuclear weapons are used the world will resemble that of the Mad Max movies. wastelands with roving and warring gangs fighting over whatever is left.
global warming and or rape of mother earth will cause us to inhabit other planets for their resources. deep space travel and colonization of other planes will begin the new empirical "land grab" era. wars may be fought over desired planets.
Chance project ideas
I like the idea of maps...
I'm thinking of doing a "chance around the world" piece.
1)use RouteBuilder http://routebuilder.org/ to plot your course on a map. you can pick any where in the world, in fact you could use chance to decide where to begin.
2) use the Undecided app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/undecided/id444318521?mt=8 to use chance to decide where you will be going and for how long etc. This app comes with multiple chance options.
3) you can use the "generate a number" to figure out how many feet, miles, etc. you will travel. when you come to intersections or impassible obstacles you can use the "flip a coin" function to determine another path. or just find another path until you reach the waypoint.
4) you could do a walking pathway somewhere here in San Francisco that you can actually travel, or generate a travel path in another country that you hope to visit. you can do a city to city path which would take you around the world
the idea is to generate path all on chance that you will travel someday. if you end up taking the path, take pictures of the places you pass by.
I'm thinking of doing a "chance around the world" piece.
1)use RouteBuilder http://routebuilder.org/ to plot your course on a map. you can pick any where in the world, in fact you could use chance to decide where to begin.
2) use the Undecided app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/undecided/id444318521?mt=8 to use chance to decide where you will be going and for how long etc. This app comes with multiple chance options.
3) you can use the "generate a number" to figure out how many feet, miles, etc. you will travel. when you come to intersections or impassible obstacles you can use the "flip a coin" function to determine another path. or just find another path until you reach the waypoint.
4) you could do a walking pathway somewhere here in San Francisco that you can actually travel, or generate a travel path in another country that you hope to visit. you can do a city to city path which would take you around the world
the idea is to generate path all on chance that you will travel someday. if you end up taking the path, take pictures of the places you pass by.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
-try to list how many countries were involved during World War II
-list all of Napoleon Bonaparte's battles
-draw a map of the invasion landings of D-Day June 6th 1944
-draw a map of the Napoleon's battle at Austerlitz
-do a google search for images of Napoleon and email them to your shortest friends with a tag saying, "you can rule Europe too"
-open an image of Napoleon and photoshop funny clothes "like a clown suit" or a "matador" and email them to friends
-list all of Napoleon Bonaparte's battles
-draw a map of the invasion landings of D-Day June 6th 1944
-draw a map of the Napoleon's battle at Austerlitz
-do a google search for images of Napoleon and email them to your shortest friends with a tag saying, "you can rule Europe too"
-open an image of Napoleon and photoshop funny clothes "like a clown suit" or a "matador" and email them to friends
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