May 10 & 11 5pm-9pm
Spring Show 2005
721 Broadway
at Waverly Place
4th Floor
South Elevators
New York, NY 10003
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| Nothing Happens | ||
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| Author(s): | Nurit Bar-shai | |
| Instructor: | Igoe, Tom | |
| Class: | Networked Objects | |
| URL: | http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~nbs233/spring05/netob/final.html | |
| Keywords: | nothing happens, online performance, networked performance, falling box, shelf, | |
| online performance | ||
| Nothing Happens is a networked, online performance, in which viewers will work together to make an object fall over. The performance consists of simply a high shelf and a box. A web-enabled, physical devices controlled by viewer’s clicks will make this object fall. A website will act as a go between, allowing physically distant observers a chance to participate. In one direction, the site will be displaying live images in real-time of the current act as it unfolds. In the other direction, users will be able to click a simple interface in order to manipulate the scene. Web-enabled physical devices will translate every click into a minute but noticeable physical change in the scene. A small physical mechanism will move with each click, pushing the box across the shelf until it falls over. The key aim of interactivity in this performance is to create an immediately understandable form of interaction, so that each click of a user is rightfully perceived as progressing the scene further. My aim is to make the scenes last for at least one thousand clicks, if not more, so that a sense of time is drawn out. The expected duration of the performance is between one and two weeks, although actual timing depends on user participation. In addition to the live video streams, the performance will also be archived, so that viewers can browse through the entire history of the performance both during it and after its conclusion. | ||
| Audience: | any one with a computer, internet connection, and patience...
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