Assignment 2- Research

After many research on various digital multimedia artist, I had confirm the 2 artist which i will use for this assignment.

The first digital multimedia artist I had chosen is Dante Leonelli. He is a pioneer of kinetic light sculpture. He had been working on various project since the 60s like the Neon Ice Bridge, and many more proposals which are not accepted due to particular reasons. Recently, he has proposed the Eco Halos, which monitor and reflect changing level of environmental traffic and air pollution. It is a collaborated project with many others to succeed in this project. Most of his projects are related to neon light and argon gas.

I specifically choose his work, the "Eco Halos" to be used as reference for my artwork. I will apply his concept on environmental traffic and air pollution and also the neon colours and make my own artwork from it.

Green  = Good
Blue = Ok
Red = Bad
Flashing Red = Critical

Notting Hill Gate Halo.

The second digital multimedia artist I had chosen is Ken Rinaldo. He creates interactive art installations that explore the intersection between nature and technology. His works involves with ecological issues which often overlooked in favour of technological progress. Rinaldo is concerned with an idealized melding or an intersection that he believes is possible between natural and technological systems. He often asserts that integration of the natural and non-organic electro-mechanical elements are part of an important and very natural confluence and co-evolution that is necessary between living and our evolving technological material. His art works are influenced and evolve with research into living systems theory, artificial life and the current technologies we use to model and express mimesis through our current understanding of natural living systems.


For my artwork based on Ken Rinaldo's works, I will apply the concept of intersection between nature and technology. In addition, I will use neon colour because most of his works involves sensors and lights.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Leonelli
http://www.danteleonelli.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Rinaldo
http://kenrinaldo.com/index.html
http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/06/augmented-reality-ken-rinaldo-augmented-fish-reality-2004/
http://www.ecohaloproject.com/index.php
http://vimeo.com/27053368

Assignment 2- Research

I begin to research on related informations regarding digital multimedia artist. However, I could not find a specific one so I research a little on interactive arts and new media art.

Both are installation-based art using multiple types of digital equipment. It involves the art form in a more technological way like computer graphics, animation, virtual art and many more.
It is a challenge where new media artist preserve their works at the same time interacts with the viewers in conveying what the artist have to say on a particular topic. Most of these installation arts are based on sensors like infrared, motion, heat and many more. The main thing is the installations are combined with different medias which includes either these elements; sound, images, text, videos and animation.

Sound.

Images.

Text.

Videos.

Animation.

It is the interaction between the artist and his artworks and the viewers. The artist is not always at the scene to explain his artwork. Therefore, the ability of his artworks is the main medium in conveying what he has to say. Viewers are the ones who would interpret it whether they get the meaning of the artwork or not.


Since my artwork now is based on screen-based design, we have to take the elements for screen-based design and adapt it with the philosophy of the two artists' works and make our own artwork as reference to them.


References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Arthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media_art

Assignment 2- Brief

Media Art Design 2: MMA1123

Assignment 02 (30%)

Brief:

STAGE 01: This is an individual project. Students are required to conduct research about digital multimedia artist.

Based on research and findings, student need to select TWO media artist that inspired them.

Write a summary for each artist which conclude artist’s philosophy towards his/her style of work,

including their digital artwork concepts, expression and emotions.

STAGE02: Based on their two summaries, students are required to create TWO screen design

that represent their selected artists concepts, approach and directions.

Both screen design should carry expressive and provocative meanings to stimulate user s mind.

Screen design must include: title, content, three submenu buttons and a quit button.

Objective:

-          To understand, explore and creating functional graphic user interface with purposed for digital visual communication.

-          To investigate the development of technology in creating digital media art installations.

Evaluation criteria:

-          Research documentation: 10%

-          Creativity, idea development and sketches of ideas: 10%

-          Final Artworks: 10%

Submission Format:

01 Two printed final artworks mounted on foam boards (Your name, id, artwork description printed at the back). Template will be provided.

02 A4 Sketches (landscape format): Idea development and sketches

03 CDROM:

-          Digital copy of both artworks

-          Digital Research documentation

-          Your Name, id, artwork description + blog links (MS word)

04 Blog

Assignment Submission: WEEK 09

Assignment 1 - Final artwork redo

After submission, Mr. Bad ask me to do some changes to the eraser one. Here is the one I had redo. The project brief still remains the same.

“Lies makes us feel Betrayed.” 

Project Brief 2

Name: Melody Yeow Yee Kheng

ID: 1102700962

Artwork Title: “Lies makes us feel Betrayed.”

Artist Statement: My subject matter is the eraser. I wanted to show that eraser is like trust. The more you erase, the lesser the trust and this makes us feel betrayed. This is targeting more to friendship. In a friendship, we must gain trust but if we made a mistake, our trust that we gain becomes lesser where in the end the person will finally betray you.

Artwork Treatment: I take my own pictures and composed it myself. After that, I use Adobe Photoshop to adjust the colour and edit the picture. Then, use Adobe Illustrator to resize it based on the template given.

Assignment 1 - Final artworks

Finally, I placed in the interactive part on the 2 final compositions.

Woman: You'll never know when she will EXPLODE.

Project Brief

Name: Melody Yeow Yee Kheng

ID: 1102700962

Artwork Title: “Woman: You'll never know when she will EXPLODE.”

Artist Statement:  My subject matter is the chilli. To me, chilli represents a woman because a woman is unpredictable at times. Their emotions wonders around inside them until the time comes where they explode and expressing their distress. 

Artwork Treatment: I take my own pictures and composed it myself. After that, I use Adobe Photoshop to adjust the colour and edit the picture. Then, use Adobe Illustrator to resize it based on the template given.

Lies makes us feel Betrayed.

Project Brief

Name: Melody Yeow Yee Kheng

ID: 1102700962

Artwork Title: “Lies makes us feel Betrayed.”

Artist Statement: My subject matter is the eraser. I wanted to show that eraser is like trust. The more you erase, the lesser the trust and this makes us feel betrayed. This is targeting more to friendship. In a friendship, we must gain trust but if we made a mistake, our trust that we gain becomes lesser where in the end the person will finally betray you.

Artwork Treatment: I take my own pictures and composed it myself. After that, I use Adobe Photoshop to adjust the colour and edit the picture. Then, use Adobe Illustrator to resize it based on the template given.

Assignment 1- Final composition

These are the two final composition which are approved by Mr. Bad.

Chilli.

Eraser.

Assignment 1- Development of ideas

Development of ideas for the chilli and eraser.

Development of Ideas for Chilli.

Development of Ideas for Eraser.