Obscured is a conceptual realistic installation art focusing on child abuse. Users will experience specific audio visuals projected on the bed based on certain objects that they interact with. This installation aims to spread awareness and affect the emotions of the user with hard truth of the real world.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Stage 4: Obscured photoshoot (shadowplay)
We had a photoshoot at Mr Kamarulzaman's studio in Dengkil, with the help of 2 talents who are a friend of ours :) Here's some behind the scenes pictures:
Stage 2: Fact Finding
General Statistics
According to the Department of Social Welfare, 1,999 and 2,279 incidents of child abuse were reported in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
In 2008, the number of child abuse reports went up to 2,780. This figure included 952 cases of neglect, 863 cases of physical abuse and 733 cases of sexual abuse.
Incest accounted for 529 cases, which amounts to 72% of the sexual abuse cases reported in 2008. In the same year, 58 cases of abandoned babies were also reported.
Statistics in 2008 also show that out of the 2,780 child abuse incidents reported in Malaysia, 772 offenders were mothers of the victims, while 494 cases were attributed to fathers of the victims.
STATISTICS
- Reported child abuse cases according to gender and type of abuse
- Reported child abuse cases according to gender and state
(NB. Statistics cited are as of end of 2008 and sourced from the Department of Social Welfare)
Stage 2: Research
Research and precedent studies on stop motion video.
How it's done.
The outcome.
Video projection using tridimensional mapping on models and surrounding walls.
A unique physical 3D video-mapping experience by turing a white living room into a spacious 360° projection area. This technique allowed us to take control of all colors, patterns and textures of the furniture, wallpapers and carpet. All done with 2 projectors.
Source: http://videomapping.tumblr.com/
How it's done.
The outcome.
Research on video mapping/projection
Video projection using tridimensional mapping on models and surrounding walls.
A unique physical 3D video-mapping experience by turing a white living room into a spacious 360° projection area. This technique allowed us to take control of all colors, patterns and textures of the furniture, wallpapers and carpet. All done with 2 projectors.
Source: http://videomapping.tumblr.com/
Monday, March 21, 2011
Project 2: Interactive Art & Installation Design Draft Proposal
Research Topic: Fear within ourselves. How it varies between each person. Endless possibilities of imagining things, trying to analyze and figure things out, and the courage to take the step to face it.
Problem Identification: Not everyone is open to express certain emotions.
Aim & Objectives: To instill awareness and urge the public (users) to take actions by facing their own fears within them.
Motivation: To explore human consciousness in dealing with delicate issues.
Ideation & Concept: User enters the installation space, alone in the dark, and the only sounds they can hear is creaking bed frame, a man breathing heavily and a child in discomfort. Curious user will walk towards the source of the sound, reaching an area where it will trigger the spotlight and video projection. The area is the bedroom of the child, in a complete mess, suggesting signs of resistance. The video projection flickers, showing the man caught in action molesting the child and ran. The child is left alone crying, looking at the user in sympathy, and looking at the mess in her room. Video projection ends, and user is left with the choice to do something about it, or to leave. If the user chooses to do something, they must’ve have understood the subtle hints given by the girl, looking at the mess in the room. The only thing a user can do is to re-arrange the bedroom into its right place, and it will trigger a sound of swings creaking and children playing from the exit area. User then proceeds towards where the sound is coming from and exits through the black curtain, back into the real world.
Review, Analysis & Precedent Studies:
“Victims like to be aggressors sometimes, and aggressors are often reconstituted victims. People actually may become more actively aggressive when they feel forced into a passive position.”
Against Child Abuse Poster.
source: MMD2133 emotion folder (presented during lecture)
Design Approach: Installation space would have to be roughly the size of a bedroom, U shaped with entrance and exit on each ends. Spotlight, speakers and projector are placed in the middle of the U, on top of the ‘bedroom’ area. Furniture such as bed, bedside table, photo frames, dolls, are placed in the middle of the U. Another speaker is placed near the exit. Entrance and exit is covered with a black cloth, instead of a proper door.
Group Members:
Noor Aqsa Syazwannie Binti Mat Isa 1081102469
Nurul Amira Binti Azman 1081105834
Ezreen Delaila Taib 1051104532
References:
MMD2133 emotion folder (image file used during lecture)
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Project 1: Case Study - Interactive Art & Installation Design
Julia Burns: Interactive Installation Artist
Artist Statement
Using the mediums of performance, video, and installation, I try to connect with viewers on a base level that addresses the unspoken challenges that many face in their daily lives.
I endeavour to make people feel that they have some company in their doubts and fears. My latest series looks at the social phenomena of loneliness and uncertainty. This exploration stems from my prior artistic research into the value of privacy.
At a time when more people are connected to each other than ever before, there is a growing feeling of isolation and insecurity among many individuals. The new public space now extends to the home, where feelings of failure are often hidden behind felicitous Twitter and Facebook updates. (‘Social Networking: Failure to Connect’, The Guardian, 2010) As we battle to accept ourselves in comparison to others, a “Status Anxiety” takes place, for want of love from peers or a belonging in society. (Alain de Botton, 2004)
My recent works look at this issue and how individuals behave in a status-driven world.
Often manifested as personal performances, I expose feelings of insecurity and courage through simple acts – checking my facebook account for updates in public, regarding myself up close after removing my makeup, dancing in my kitchen to cheer myself up, daring myself to sing in public or even trying to find a date on lavalife and the street.
Other ideas that I look at are feelings of loneliness or doubt between people within relationships and the fear of the unspoken.
Prior to this series, my artistic research concentrated on issues of privacy and individual’s loss of control of personal data online. In this previous work I considered the psychological aspects of surveillance and control, as well as the value of personal information to commercial third parties. This exploration led me to develop a deep respect for the importance of privacy and the need for an independence of thought for every individual. These are essential elements for the development of identity and self in a constantly changing and mediated environment.
In all of my works I endeavour to engage the common viewer and to make them feel that others also share their same doubts, fears and anxieties and to make them feel a little bit better.
Solo Exhibition
| 2011 | 'Drifting' Western Plains Cultural Centre Dubbo, d/Lux/MediaArts |
| | 'A Chinese Love Drama' Videotage Hong Kong |
| 2010 | 'Drifting' and 'Exposed' Griffith Regional Gallery d/Lux/Media/Arts Tour |
| | 'Data Miner' Bondi and Maroubra Beaches, Waverley and Randwick Councils |
| | 'Data Miner' Newtown Square, Marrickville Council |
| 2009 | 'Privacy Online: A Series of 3 works' Cleveland St Theatre, Sydney |
| 2008 | 'Drifting' beta_space, The Powerhouse Museum |
| 2007 | 'The Musicians' beta_space, The Powerhouse Museum |
Group Exhibition
| 2011 | 'Humour Me' Brenda May Gallery Sydney |
| | 'genart_sys' | A Window on Digital Culture, Australia Council of the Arts |
| 2010 | 'Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship Exhibition' CofaSpace |
| 2009 | 'Creativity and Cognition Conference 2009' UC Berkeley California |
| | 'Feigned Innocence: We All Look' Osage Gallery and Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong |
| 2007 | 'The Gaze' First Draft Gallery, Sydney |
Awards
| 2010 | Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship |
| | FUSE Videotage Residency Grant, Hong Kong |
| 2009 | Marrickville Arts and Culture Grant |
Publications
| 2010 | Review: Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship, CofaBlog, Naomi Gall |
| | Interview with Julia Burns, Da SuperPaper |
| 2009 | 'Our House' Julia Burns, Ardrian Hardjono, Alla Bekker, Doreen Ee, October 2009. C&C'09: Proceeding of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and Cognition, ACM Press. |
| | Dorkbot NYC Presentation at Location One, Soho, New York City |
| | Review on ArtLife Blog |
About the Artist
- Julia Burns
- New media artist
- Based in Sydney, Australia
- www.juliaburns.com
Artworks
Drifting -pdf
Drifting installation video
The Tweeties
The Tweeties is an interactive sculpture and video-based interface that provides a glimpse into the possible future of online voyeurism. Presented as a light hearted commentary on the public nature of social networking and micro-blogging sites, The Tweeties allows viewers to spy on bloggers in their home.
Similar to The Sims game, viewers are invited to watch the Tweeties in their private moments. However, this time, the subjects are real and so are their blog entries.
Viewers interact by opening the doors of the dollhouse to view the lives of each of the subjects.Installation consists of a wide-screen lcd monitor/tv, a modeled dollhouse with sensors on each door, and a pcto process the ‘twitter-alike’ program.
Personal Comment
Drifting
Drifting relates to how much I feel insecure in life. Not necessarily on relationship-wise, but just, in general. As a private person, I don’t feel comfortable to be observed, just like the characters in the installation. I find the concept of integrating real objects with full-scale interactive video characters interesting. People are so used to watching movies, they always have the urge to know more. Which sometimes leads to voyeurism and trespassing.
The Tweeties
The tweeties reminded me of why I despised social networking. How much private information is being offered to others accidentally or, accidentally on purpose. The concept is simple and straightforward, using a dollhouse to represent the ‘location’ of all the tweeters. Tweeters tweet in their comfort zone, expressing their insecurities and what not without shame, and most importantly, not knowing they’re being watched. The basic human trait of needing attention backfires in this blatant truth of social networking.
Reference Links
http://www.dassuperpaper.com/pdfs/DSPi13.pdfOther works
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