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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
layouts
Initially I've been using a simple grid:
{img of grid}
The underlying organisation of the image is an x/y matrix (ie. pixels).
The grid remains a standby since it maps x/y coordinates (which are very simple to manage) to an image plane that can be made quite complicated & irregular.
The relationship of the image to the canvas is at the simplest level: a co-ordinate at which to commence drawing the image _on_ the canvas.
{img of grid placement}
Composing the image then becomes a matter of choosing how to iterate over the x/y matrix:
* placing images left to right, top to bottom - with & without random perturbations in the layout.
* randomly choosing coordinates.
* choosing coordinates along an axis bisecting, etc the canvas & drawing images at some kind of deviation from this.
{img of grid}
The underlying organisation of the image is an x/y matrix (ie. pixels).
The grid remains a standby since it maps x/y coordinates (which are very simple to manage) to an image plane that can be made quite complicated & irregular.
The relationship of the image to the canvas is at the simplest level: a co-ordinate at which to commence drawing the image _on_ the canvas.
{img of grid placement}
Composing the image then becomes a matter of choosing how to iterate over the x/y matrix:
* placing images left to right, top to bottom - with & without random perturbations in the layout.
* randomly choosing coordinates.
* choosing coordinates along an axis bisecting, etc the canvas & drawing images at some kind of deviation from this.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The work is an example of code communicating between distant nodes in order to discover, manipulate and display visual content according to rules and random elements.
I have implemented search agents and scripts to build sequences of composite images from the found materials.
* agents traverse the www - loading webpages storing any image files found
* batches of stored images are manipulated by scripts and laid out to form composite images.
* images are uploaded to a web server where they are displayed in sequence
At present the bulk of this is implemented as Perl scripts and in open-source software such as apache and firefox.
In the context of Subtle Technologies 2009 I am proposing an exhibition of this work as projected image sequences on wall or ceiling. It could be placed in a gallery space or traffic area associated with the conference.
The image-gathering and processing will be done from my location either here in Australia or perhaps at the conference and the images uploaded to the computer which drives the projections. I will actively monitor the remote system and manipulate the gathering/processing systems during the period of exhibition.
My intention with this line of work is to continue to develop a particular look and style with which I am already engaged in my video and image-making practice - whilst developing new means of image-collecting. I have been attempting to interrogate themes of perception, recognisibility and saturation through a montage of original and repurposed media images.
The best indication of what parts of the work would look like are the working examples of images on the blog: http://landurchin.blogspot.com. There is a certain amount of reference to the idea of a'mash-up' (as a current slogan describing the joining together of disparate media content) - as much as more established forms such as collage and system-oriented visual art such as minimalism.
Certain aspects - such as my attitude to the literal appropriation of images and inevitable violations of condtions-of-use and copyright - will develop alongside the code and compositional approach.
The technical requirements for the work are:
* a reasonably powerful computer (Pentium Core-Duo2 or AMD equivalent) and linux OS (ubuntu, RedHat or something similar) located at the conference site: this runs the webserver and webclient (a modified copy of FireFox)...
* a fast internet connection - ie. through the wired or wireless network in the conference centre, DSL modem or a metropolitan wireless service.
* I require full access to computer via SSH and some screen-sharing software, such as VNC in order to install the software and maintain the work.
* A video projector connected to the display output of this computer. Using either a wall or ceiling as the screen.
I have implemented search agents and scripts to build sequences of composite images from the found materials.
* agents traverse the www - loading webpages storing any image files found
* batches of stored images are manipulated by scripts and laid out to form composite images.
* images are uploaded to a web server where they are displayed in sequence
At present the bulk of this is implemented as Perl scripts and in open-source software such as apache and firefox.
In the context of Subtle Technologies 2009 I am proposing an exhibition of this work as projected image sequences on wall or ceiling. It could be placed in a gallery space or traffic area associated with the conference.
The image-gathering and processing will be done from my location either here in Australia or perhaps at the conference and the images uploaded to the computer which drives the projections. I will actively monitor the remote system and manipulate the gathering/processing systems during the period of exhibition.
My intention with this line of work is to continue to develop a particular look and style with which I am already engaged in my video and image-making practice - whilst developing new means of image-collecting. I have been attempting to interrogate themes of perception, recognisibility and saturation through a montage of original and repurposed media images.
The best indication of what parts of the work would look like are the working examples of images on the blog: http://landurchin.blogspot.com. There is a certain amount of reference to the idea of a'mash-up' (as a current slogan describing the joining together of disparate media content) - as much as more established forms such as collage and system-oriented visual art such as minimalism.
Certain aspects - such as my attitude to the literal appropriation of images and inevitable violations of condtions-of-use and copyright - will develop alongside the code and compositional approach.
The technical requirements for the work are:
* a reasonably powerful computer (Pentium Core-Duo2 or AMD equivalent) and linux OS (ubuntu, RedHat or something similar) located at the conference site: this runs the webserver and webclient (a modified copy of FireFox)...
* a fast internet connection - ie. through the wired or wireless network in the conference centre, DSL modem or a metropolitan wireless service.
* I require full access to computer via SSH and some screen-sharing software, such as VNC in order to install the software and maintain the work.
* A video projector connected to the display output of this computer. Using either a wall or ceiling as the screen.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
An initial demo of the web client mechanism. For the purpose of a showing or projection, framing with whitespace etc would be minimised.
This is purely CSS & JavaScript - which can be written out by the next step up the chain: the webserver. At this stage there's no intelligence in the client aside from knowing how to fade an image in & out & when to reload the page.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
project for scavenging visual materials from the web for redistribution.
- for a start, 'visual' is relative or just convenient - more or less any data could have a graphic header appended to it & then distributed as an image (same with audio I guess)
- I'm interested in existing visual elements - both for their content considered purely as such (representations) AND for the fact of their selection: someone has seen fit to put them up there.
What is involved in the distribution system?
1) a robot to traverse URLs & gather images
2) an image repository
3) an image compositing system
4) an image server - encompassing functions of sequencing & distributing images
5) display - ie. a web-browser
* a special client that provides a kiosk-mode for projection: a firefox-based client running full-screen which refreshes itself by polling a server.
- for a start, 'visual' is relative or just convenient - more or less any data could have a graphic header appended to it & then distributed as an image (same with audio I guess)
- I'm interested in existing visual elements - both for their content considered purely as such (representations) AND for the fact of their selection: someone has seen fit to put them up there.
What is involved in the distribution system?
1) a robot to traverse URLs & gather images
2) an image repository
3) an image compositing system
4) an image server - encompassing functions of sequencing & distributing images
5) display - ie. a web-browser
* a special client that provides a kiosk-mode for projection: a firefox-based client running full-screen which refreshes itself by polling a server.
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