Archive for "Tech"
November 28, 2010
“Looking into the past” images have been ever increasing in popularity, especially over the past year. Examples of images from the past merge or meet images from the near present as a means to document what has and has not been affected by time. Most often the veneers of buildings and street locations are the same, while more modern details like landscaping and signs have changed. With the help of computational rephotography and a lot of work by researchers at MIT, images can now be accurately lined up and taken. With this development in technology, it is now easier than ever to create images that are neither now or then, but blur the idea of time and what it’s effects really are. These images more concretely document space and time, and therefore make me think more strongly of string theory (or M-theory) and where they live, in the minds and hearts of those who were, are, and have yet to be there, and on the web as they reach the mass consciousness.
For a great selection of images, check out Jason E. Powell’s site at: http://jasonepowell.com/.
(c) Jason E. Powell (Image used with permission)
(c) Jason E. Powell (Image used with permission)
For further reading also check out Sergey Larenkov’s rephotography work at: http://www.switched.com/2010/07/31/sergey-larenkovs-rephotography-piques-historic-interest-does/
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.