Aug 27, 2010
Aug 19, 2010
National Art Gallery Trip
Trip Pictures :
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On the 5th of August , DM Fyp class had made a field trip to National Art Gallery with Mr. Kok Yoong .
On the first floor , There a an exhibition entitled "Can We Meet" , it a Malaysia and Japan Video Art Exchange .This exhibition brings together video works from Malaysia and Japanese artist . What is the meaning of 'distance' when video can instantly show us people and places from around the world ? In this spaces between video screens , this collaboration ask the question : where and how we can meet ?
One notable artist in this exhibition is Mdm Kok Siew Wai , the media production lecturer .
While on the second floor there are solo exhibition from local artist Mr Zulkifli Yusoff with tittle Negaraku,
In my opinion , Mr Zulkifli`s art look quite old school , it seem like from the 80`s and 90`s . All his material based from wood , metal scrapped , aluminum , acrylic , resin and glass . He even make print on wood and metal .
At the 3rd floor there is a painting exhibition. A collaboration art from Singapore , Indonesia and Malaysia . Very expressive , fine and unique . Well i observed all those pieces i came to notice that Indonesian artist are very traditional , their painting always seem heavy influenced with culture of their own, while Singapore artist is kinda modern and expressive . Malaysian artist have mixed of those.
And finally our group have engaged with short discussion / talk with Mr Ropesh , the curator or National art gallery ( Mr K.Y friend) , mostly we talk about our Fyp project and how to enhance it . One thing interesting when Mr Ropesh raise the issue about thinker and dooers .. it really hit me up , been thinking about that until i felt asleep in Mr KY`s Car .
I think i came up with my own answer on the nap ,
Am i a thinker ?
To be truly be great.....I think we must achieve a balance of all these things. We must first think....then do. There for we can talk our talk and back it up with our walk.
Am I making any sense or nonsense ? ...
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On the 5th of August , DM Fyp class had made a field trip to National Art Gallery with Mr. Kok Yoong .
On the first floor , There a an exhibition entitled "Can We Meet" , it a Malaysia and Japan Video Art Exchange .This exhibition brings together video works from Malaysia and Japanese artist . What is the meaning of 'distance' when video can instantly show us people and places from around the world ? In this spaces between video screens , this collaboration ask the question : where and how we can meet ?
One notable artist in this exhibition is Mdm Kok Siew Wai , the media production lecturer .
While on the second floor there are solo exhibition from local artist Mr Zulkifli Yusoff with tittle Negaraku,
In my opinion , Mr Zulkifli`s art look quite old school , it seem like from the 80`s and 90`s . All his material based from wood , metal scrapped , aluminum , acrylic , resin and glass . He even make print on wood and metal .
At the 3rd floor there is a painting exhibition. A collaboration art from Singapore , Indonesia and Malaysia . Very expressive , fine and unique . Well i observed all those pieces i came to notice that Indonesian artist are very traditional , their painting always seem heavy influenced with culture of their own, while Singapore artist is kinda modern and expressive . Malaysian artist have mixed of those.
And finally our group have engaged with short discussion / talk with Mr Ropesh , the curator or National art gallery ( Mr K.Y friend) , mostly we talk about our Fyp project and how to enhance it . One thing interesting when Mr Ropesh raise the issue about thinker and dooers .. it really hit me up , been thinking about that until i felt asleep in Mr KY`s Car .
I think i came up with my own answer on the nap ,
Am i a thinker ?
What good does it do me to be a doer and not a thinker?
What good does it do me to be a talker.....but not a walker?
Am I making any sense or nonsense ? ...
Content Development
Content Development
Original proposal …
Background
Spying is some people habit. They always wonder what is happening behind the walls, always wanted to hear the truth. All those conspiracies and plans behind their back, the arguing, the discussion, what channel they watching and etc. They always wanted know all of them.
Aim and Objectives
- To explore physical motion and non computer device as a way of interacting with sound.
- To making the glass as extension of the sound world, not confined in a speaker or other sound hearing device.
- To give user sense of experience spying on the next wall.
Aim and Objectives
- To explore physical motion and non computer device as a way of interacting with sound.
- To making the glass as extension of the sound world, not confined in a speaker or other sound hearing device.
- To give user sense of experience spying on the next wall.
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In order to expand more on this topic spy, I made a mind map about spying; it’s not worth scanning because the handwriting is quite bad... So I will copy from what I got from the mind map in point form.
Why Spy ?
- secret / gossips (politics and relationship)
- experimental
- curiosity ( in sound , in life , etc)
- Habits / hobby
- Jobs ( government , police , fbi)
- Power and control ( government and people , Boss on worker)
- Ideology
- Monetary ( people spying for money)
- Trust issues
- Influence ( movies , TV and friend)
How Spy ?
- Online
- Research
- Phone
- Spy Gadget
- Eavesdrop
- Peoples
- Observation
- Shortwave radio
- Transposition Ciphers
Spying is a broad topic to be cover, so I will just a pick up certain elements that suit to be implementing in my installation.
Why spy in my installation
- Secret / gossips
- Experimental
- Curiosity in sound
How Spy in my installation?
Using glass to hear from other side of the wall like the proposal,
I don’t know what to category this kind of act, maybe low level spying (if that kind of thing exists) or maybe just eavesdropping.
Why Glass ?
- To explore physical motion and non computer device as a way of interacting with sound.
- To making the glass as extension of the sound world, not confined in a speaker or other sound hearing device.
- To making the glass as extension of the sound world, not confined in a speaker or other sound hearing device.
- The glass is symbol for hearing even we not use it as hearing aid in everyday life, but I m sure most people will get it.
Content Development II
Sound
What kind of sound should be my installation?
Well I have narrowed down the category of spy that should be on my installation,
- Secret / gossips
- Curiosity in sound
- Sound in everyday life
Revise how sound affect us everyday:
Physiology – breathing, heart rate, brainwaves
Psychological – emotion, mental state etc
Cognitive – can’t listen to two things at once.
Behavior - The actions or reactions of a person
I will try to implement this effect on sound that will be in my installation.
Well I have made some research about this on my SRI , here a part of chapter 1 :
Firstly music evokes emotional reactions in people through a combination of its elements: rhythm, tempo, melody, themes, chords and instrumentation. There are many different musical styles that appeal to different people for different reasons.
Secondly speeches is sound generated by the human vocal cords and is a very expressive medium. The advantage it has over written text is that it is much more defined. Cotton and Oliver wrote on the advantage of speech over text:
"The added advantage is that we can also hear the tone of voice, intonation, pace and rhythm, which can further clarify and illuminate what is being said." (Cotton/Oliver, 1997, p 81)
Then finally sound effects, also named ambiance or environmental sounds, are sounds that give the listener a sense of being in an actual space, the listeners could imagine themselves in a different world. They provide a good way to achieve an immersing experience.
Sound that should be in my installation:
Contain:
- Secret / gossips
- Curiosity in sound
- Sound in everyday life
From
- Speech or conversation
- Sound in everyday life
- Music if possible
- ambience / sound effect
- accident/unplanned sound
This content development is the harder part of my project , I need more time to think and research what should I record to really give the more impact on the users . But for now, I stick with above list.
Content Development III
Recording Trial
Last two week , I managed to get myself a day with a portable recorder for free from my friend`s studio .
http://aftertwelvestudio.blogspot.com/ ( Shafiq , Thanks so much )
Well i got not much of tracks because when the time i got this recorder .. i`ve not made my decision yet about what should it be in my installation , took me sometimes to explore the recorder and playing around with..
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| Zoom H2 Portable |
This recorder allows a variety of polar patterns and even supports 5.1 surround sound. Record at 96kHz, 48kHz, 44.1kHz or MP3. Archive files to your computer using the USB port. Use as a USB mic to record your guitar or vocals directly to computer and a lot other features. Very neat .. but I've been inform the price is around RM700...
I got some tracks with these recorder but most have a lot of noise because i don't use the Mic caps on the first place . Here some clear track that have been recorded
Water dripping into basin
Jinggo get hungry
Audio Splitter
I figured that I might need more then one set of speaker to use in this installation, so I been searching for the method for wire a couple of set of pc speaker to one pc/laptop. Turn out that nothing much to be done I just need an adapters, that are available to expand the audio system for a PC to include multiple speakers.
The simplest way to connect two sets of speakers to a PC is to use an audio splitter available at electronics stores. It is essential to use only self-powered speakers with this setup, because a PC does not have built-in amplifiers to drive external speakers.
I don’t buy the audio splitter yet, so no experiment on this at the moment, but I got the instruction how to wire the speaker it seem moderately easy.
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| Audio Splitter |
Things Need:
- PC
- Speaker signal splitter
- Two sets of external speakers
Step 1
Connect each pair of speakers by inserting the plug on the cable from the left-channel speaker into the OUTPUT jack on the right-channel speaker. There should be four speakers wired in two pairs.
Step 2
Connect the mini-plug on the cable from each right-channel speaker to a jack on the signal splitter. The Y-shaped signal splitter has two audio jacks on one end and a mini-plug on the other.
Step 3
Insert the mini-plug on the signal splitter into the AUX OUT or Audio OUT jack on the PC, pushing the plug straight into the jack until it seats with a click.
Step 4
Plug a DC adapter into the power jack on the back of each right-channel speaker, then connect the transformer on the other end of each cable to a surge protector power strip. Plug the power strip into an electrical outlet.
Step 5
Activate the two pairs of speakers by turning the on/off volume-control knob clockwise on each right-channel speaker and adjust the volume to the desired level.
http://www.ehow.com/
http://www.computing.net/howtos/list/1.html
Budget and Equipment List
| Budget List | |||
| Quantity | Description | Unit Price | Total |
| 2 | Webcam | 70 | 140 |
| 4 | Plywood | 50 | 200 |
| 1 | Paint | 25 | |
| 1 | Splitter Cabel | 25 | |
| 3 | Speaker | 70 | 210 |
| 1 | Printing | 25 | |
| 1 | Travel | 50 | |
| 2 | Glass | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Mirror | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | Etc | 150 | |
| Total : | RM 820 | ||
| Equipment List | |||
| Quantity | Items | ||
| 1 | PC / Laptop | ||
| 2 | Speaker | ||
| 1 | Keyboard | ||
| 2 | Power Extension | ||
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