Archive for "Creativity"
December 14, 2010
Dream or Nightmare?
Looking at the world recently through the lens of media outlets such as NPR, BBC, CNN, etc, I’ve started wondering if somehow I ended up in some crazy dream or nightmare. From hackers retaliating against the Wikileaks, to Ted Turner declaring “…if global warming is not properly dealt with, most of mankind will be destroyed and the rest of us will be cannibals.“, brings to mind books such as the Anarchist Cookbook and World War Z to mention just a few. Even following William Gibson’s Twitter feed has made me realize that the stuff books are made of seem to be more present than ever. Where writers once only believed these realities a dream, the realities of today seem to be out doing some of the best imaginations. Whether you’re along for the ride, or are off running, world events seem to be the fodder that is fueling the emotional climate of these times, thus motivating me to work on some of my most personal projects to date.
October 17, 2010
MoMA 1st Floor
From an early age I was drawn to photography as a medium that could document reality as I knew it, and later as I created it (with a twist of fantasy). The idea of creating something tangible from the inner depths of my mind was exhilarating in that I could have an impact on the physical world with this new image, living in the collective consciousness that could then be considered a part of history. But what if these creative pieces were never fully made tangible? What if the world we encountered went beyond what we could touch, but lived simultaneously in the space we inhabited?
AR, or augmented reality lives in real time but engages both real and virtual elements by enhancing one’s current perception of reality through computer-generated imagery with live-video streaming. Take for example, the recent invasion of the MoMA in NYC. On Oct 9th an AR show launched (without their prior knowledge) as part of a virtual exhibition that changed the way people engaged with the space and art. Read more about it here: www.layer.com
Having recently gone and checked it out for myself, I can now say that I view space and the objects that inhabit it differently. With AR becoming more widely used, there are more ways in which to express the inner world than ever thought before, challenging me to hone my concepts and the way they are perceived. This leads me to wonder whether making my work in a purely digital space would make it as tangible as before, and what value it would have if it lived in such a space? Is this the next technological advance, as photography once was over painting? If so, time will only tell as to who the true masters truly are.