#digitalrealm

projection 01

projection attempt 01

here i have began experimenting with projection by using the wall as the background upon which the video is shown. the details and pixel elements of the video are really enhanced by the projector, giving an interesting effect to the aesthetic and appearance of the project. the textures and digital markings work really well here. I would like to go on to experiment with different materials and the effect this can additionally have on the showcasing of the work, including the pattern the materials are situated in

boomtown festival, ASK AMI (advanced machine intelligence)

ami is boomtowns AI machine from chapter 11, a radical city. 

the mighty Bang Hai Corporation was toppled in the end by its own Machine that could not be stopped! BHI were exposed to have been behind not only the dictatorships of the past but also the Revolution itself

for the citizens of Boomtown, society carried on much as it ever had, infrastructure and economy continued to function… all seemed as usual, even a little smoother than usual if anything! but all now under the ever watchful eye of AMI; Advanced Machine Intelligence. The entity at the heart or perhaps more fittingly the brain centre of the great Machine set in motion by the BHI Corporation who claimed it could never be stopped

now omnipresent in all systems, AMI is everywhere. though life seems to be going on as normal, strange new ecosystems are erupting from the Relic that was formerly the Bang Hai Towers corporate epicentre... the Sector 6 reactor has gone into meltdown creating an exclusion zone in Area 404 that no one has been able to enter... her stark warnings of environmental consequences, however, are beginning to come true as the impacts of years of corporate control and resource exploitation begin to emerge and we find ourselves in a world teetering on the edge of monumental change

thought the sands of time run thin, there is still time to diver the inevitable and save the city from this legacy of free-market consumerism, the truth is out there, however difficult to face and the solutions we seek must be found within ourselves as much as the crowded streets and suburban sprawl of the now infamous 12 districts of the city. Who will save us? no one but ourselves! the time is now to become a player in the game of survival and the most urgent and epic chapter in history. we must become the change we seek! 

3d scan attempt 1

this is my first attempt at a 3d scan. i didn’t have all day to do it so it was more a case of playing around and attempting to understand the software with the help of Connor in the EMS. unfortunately i forgot to transfer the screenshots of the process onto my USB but i will attempt to retrieve them. this is the finished 3d scan opened with photoshop, which has given the avatar a completely different look compared to in the metashape software at uni. it looks a lot scarier here, and the object definitely needs some smoothing, something connor is going to teach me how to do next time. i also lost my legs somehow in the process, i think it is because they were too dark. so next time i will try lightening the photos in an attempt to get my legs back. i am definitely proud of the results of the photographs compared to last time, it actually relatively looks like me. once i have re-attempted to create the 3d scan and with more learning i want to be able to manipulate it and experiment with the colours, texture and overall look