Notes from Workshop 24th of July 2006
Notes from Workshop 24th of July 2006
Submitted by Colm Lally on Thu, 2006-08-03 18:19.ATTENDEES:
Colm Lally, Simon Gould, Chris Roast, Fiddian Warman, Matt Wade
AGENDA FOR THE WORKSHOP:
1. Recap on where the project is to date [chris]
2. Questions from attendees
3. Questions from absentees [Graham Harwood and ap]
4. Questions from researchers
// break
5. reflect on the workshop and plan next steps
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the following notes were recorded by Jo Hamshere and edited by Colm Lally
CRITICAL QUESTIONS RELATING TO WHERE THE PROJECT IS NOW:
- the project is currently heavily angled at the environment, is the project just about reskinning the browser interface?
- we should be looking at the work first rather than the frame
- not all artworks can move between platforms be they web or phone or DVD or video
- if the artwork is made to work on the web there will be constraints and functional requirements
- current browsers are very useful tools, can Liquid improve on this?
- what do you want to communicate in terms of experience?
INTERFACE:
- current interface metaphors are seldom questioned eg. 'desktop' / 'window'
- By showing the code first will the code become interface to the artwork?
- How does Liquid link with the physical space?
- Do we replicate the physical space and the way work is presented in a space?
- Will the interface be used in the space to present the work using projections?
- How will the user view the art on Liquid eg. will the internet browser be open in the background?
- How will the work be grouped, arranged, classified, tagged? Curator classifications? Visitor classifications? Artist classifications?
HOW LIQUID WILL EFFECT THE ARTWORKS?:
- the environment changes the nature/meaning of the work eg. showing a video piece on a mobile phone changes the nature/meaning
- will the artworks be stored on a Liquid database? are we making links to remote works? how reliable would it be to make links to remote works?
- how many copies of the files do artists make? is it like video art?
- is there an archive of the work or does some documentation remain or what happens after the exhibition/event
HOW OPEN IS THE SYSTEM?
- Is the system open to hacking? What do you mean by hacking?
- Is it OpenSource? What part of it is OpenSource?
- Is it a content management system?
- Will artists be encouraged to crack the infrastructure?
- Do you mean the system is open to anyone to extend and expand it?
- Is the system only open to invited artists?
- Will the system be offered to other galleries to use?
DISTRIBUTION:
- Should we distribute the software so that it exists in several places around the web?
- Will Liquid be a download-environment that exists locally on your machine?
- On what media platforms can Liquid operate? Can Liquid use other networks such as urban screens?
- mobile phones are very accessible
- Widgets can migrate to mobile phones
- The internet = public space
- Liquid = constructed cultural space
- Liquid is not a neutral platform
PROCESSES OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT:
- Extreme programming/agile process - working in teams that include all the protagonists or stake holders, from artists to audiences / use tight well defined time frames / get some prototypes up and running and learn from these by testing with team
- Define the project by theme - iPOD = '10,000 songs in your pocket'
Create a concept/theme for Liquid and build the technology structures around it.
- Chance encounters - create opportunities for chance development by opening up the research process eg. blogging space, anyone can log in and blog / making the development process public / IBM asking all 34,000 employees to blog / sharing stuff / scenarios and stories
- what is a measurement of success?
> the process of development itself has value
WHAT'S NEXT:
- Chris and Chris will revise technical spec
- Colm will outline a creative spec
- Artists will develop proposals for next workshop
Additional notes...
For me the meeting, and the subsequent blog entries re-visited some of the assumptions that we thought we were happy with and provided a valuable fresh range of insights. Reminding us of some of the concerns that may really influence those encountering liquid.
There is clearly an interest in the potentially dynamic/open nature of the project hence whether liquid can or will change with use. (This is perhaps not so radical as a subversion but rather open engagement in liquid's behaviour by those involved - artists and viewers.)
Another concept that appeared at the meeting that was of particular interest was the viewer's experience. So what would visiting liquid be like? One suggestion was that the works would be presented/encountered with minimal emphasis upon the "space" around them. Hence, a viewer would conceptually not navigate or browse through a gallery to find the work, but rather works would be there for them (avoiding where possible the notion of gallery or setting). From the system perspective of providing a supportive technical setting for liquid concepts, the types of engagement with a set of works provides a opportunity with high potential.
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Chris and Chris will revise technical spec
Revisions planned:
* additional architectural details outlining information flow and control
* proposal of specific technologies suitable for the concept at present
* identification of the significant strengths and weaknesses of proposed technology.