#dvta

Disney Television Animation has created its own official accounts on social media; for now they’re on Twitter and Instagram! However, here’s something that’s a bit interesting: On their Twitter page, its account has been created on September 2017, but today it’s now active for the first time. Amazingly, DTVA has taken this long to finally have a social media presence, as their main competition has been doing so for years. We don’t see our dwarfs from the series on the image that they posted, but maybe they could post some behind the scenes stuff from The 7D. Maybe. 

You can watch Colaleo’s video here!

the only self driving car I will comfortably get in The advent of self driving cars has been super interesting, the rapid advancement of technology has grown faster than our capacity for knowledge of AI ethics. Self driving cars would be great for society in many ways. They would help the elderly gain independence, reduce traffic congestion and thus emissions and give the time poor a mode of transport on which they can still do things in the privacy of their own cabin. The data set I’m interested in exploring in relation to this is the binary value for a human life. As the AI for the car would have to be prepared for every possible scenario, hypotheticals have begun to arise around who the car would save if due to any fault in the cars mechanics or an environmental accident you were in a no win situation.  Either you collide with an opposing vehicle (killing its passenger/s) or swerve (killing you) the car would have to decide instantaneously whose life is worth saving. There’s been a few iterations of this scenario in which the car is able to gauge both the ages and occupations of all the passengers/victims and thus has to decide from there the value to society each person holds. To a computer, is a human life worth anything? Can you code compassion? I’d love to expand on this in the future. Maybe an interactive installation that has you and a companion stand in front of a webcam and the computer decides who lives and who dies, or the metric value of your life.

THE IN(FINITE) UNIVERSE. as an expansion into finite data sets and environmental data we made frames to capture small samples of the world around us. I chose to make my frame a little pretty to add a little pizzaz to this project, honestly everything is improved by wavy scrapbook scissors. My favourite data set ended up being Adrian as he fit the frame perfectly! The instant air of importance and focus to an image a simple frame can create was really interesting to explore. The way when framed, the smaller details became more obvious and interesting. This was an important factor when deciding on my data set for the final assignment as choosing a set that was too large or vague could very easily dilute the narrative of smaller, but equally interesting, factors. The rubbish bins I found especially interesting. Despite there being a recycle bin right next to the regular waste bin most of the contents included coffee lids that could easily have been recycled? I also found out the actual body of most coffee cups can’t be recycled due to the plastic waterproof lining.  An interesting data set to explore in the future as recycling rules are so ambiguous and most people don’t know the lifespan these one use products have.

The data is presented in ways that are so familiar in a corporate scope but beautifully abstracted when orchestrated in the intense pace Ikeda is widely known for. Being able to fully immerse yourself in the work, the loud music almost manipulates your heart to follow the rhythm of the installation, as if you as a whole were part of the grander infinte that is datamatix.  As a part of my practice I’m super interested in immersive installations and audio visual work so I hope to incorporate elements of Ikeda’s philosophies into my own works.

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