Technologised Bodies

 Kazuhiko Hachiya 

Inter Dis-Communication Machine

What is interesting about this work?

People wear the machine that can only see what another see. The thing you touch in the front is not what you see, it is amazing. When two people wear the machine at the same time, then face to face to touch each other, what they see are themselves but cannot see others. It can help you to know what things are people seeing. However, it is easy to happen accident because you cannot see the obstacle in front of you when you are wearing the machine.

Does this work highlight any changes that are happening in today’s society?  

Yes. This work really reflects our society. It is used to let you know what others do. In this day, people are very busy and not communicate with others e.g. friends, family. There is a smartphone app called Instagram. People can use this app to follow their friends' picture such as what they eat, who they meet. We can see all the things that they shared on Instagram. To get better insight into friends, keeping follow what they experienced is the best way just like this work.

Angry Birds, Danger Above Walkthrough (playlist)

Final presentation- Angry Birds (mobile phone game)

Angry Bird

Introduction to the work

Angry Birds Cinematic Trailer

It is created by Rovio Entertainment which is Finnish computer game developer.

     The initial version of the game was released in December 2009 and released for Apple iOS.

A detailed description of the work

The concept of the initial one is about there are three green pigs stole three different birds’ egg, and then they want to revenge. Players can use the unique power of the birds to destroy the pigs’ castle.[1]

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 Angry Birds,Rovio. Retrieved from http://www.rovio.com/en/our-work/games/view/1/angry-birds

There are six versions of angry birds until now.

-Angry Birds

-Angry Birds Seasons

-Angry Birds Rio

-Angry Birds Friends

-Angry Birds Space

-Angry Birds Star Wars

Angry Birds Seasons

It aims to celebrate different festivals e.g. Halloween, Valentine’s Day, and Christmas. The background and atmosphere of the games are depended on the festivals.

Angry Birds Rio

This is about three birds has been kidnapped to Rio suddenly. They want to escape and save their friends. This game is combined with the film which is called Rio.

Angry Birds Friends

This game changes to let players to interact others because it can be competed.

Angry Birds Space

The game is no longer limited to the ground. The players can use the birds to attack the pigs from different angles, horizontal attack or vertical attack. The situation seems as in space.

Angry Birds Star Wars

It is on the basis of Star Wars to fight Empire’s army. It is the latest version which released on Nov, 2012.

In the beginning, Angry Birds is a game for smartphone. Gradually, Rovio tended to produce for computer, NDS. No matter which sizes of the monitors, people can still enjoy the game.

It is aesthetically pleasing because it is colorful and attracts your eyes but would not disturb players to focus on destroying the structures.

There is a thought-provoking thing. Although it advocates the attitude of revenge, it still has positive meaning which is cooperation. Different birds have different strength and combine together to finish the tasks.

According to pocketgamer Jon Mundy, Angry Birds is easy to play but if you want to get three stars, you have to consider more to see which angle will be more accurate to destroy the whole building.[2] Surely, it is suitable for every age since it is user-friendly to control the birds. However, you have to find out which point is the easiest for destroying.

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[2]Angry Birds, Rovio, http://www.rovio.com/en/our-work/games/view/1/angry-birds/reviews/

An evaluation of the work in terms of the issue you have chosen to focus on

     -Is it harms or benefits individuals and society at large?
        Advantages
               àindividual: when you are taking bus on the way to school, office or home etc., you can play this to kill        time and having fun. When you pass the task, you will feel happy. When you fail the task, you will get angry. Therefore, it really affects your emotion when you are playing the game.
  

               àsociety: It makes you communicate with others. It is because as a player, if you cannot pass the task, you will ask other players to teach you to pass the task. At the same time, your distances will be closer. It becomes a discussion topic for people.

             Disadvantages

   àindividual: The game is really interesting, but if you over focus on playing this game, you will get back pain and damage your eyes.

   àsociety: After this game released, the name “angry birds” in Chinese means get angry, then people always use angry bird to describe angry feeling. It is really annoying because people always say this term by using the non- normal one. 


-Is the game art according to a certain definition?

According to Adams, art should make you feel something and have to express ideas. Angry Birds is not only an interesting game, it also trains your brain to consider what is the best method to get three stars and makes you happy.
According to Mr Buffa(2011), Angry Birds Rio crossover the film Rio to maintain the features of the film, like characters and scenery. It is another way to promote a film.[3]The idea is that use Angry Birds as a promotion to let more people know the film.

What is the aesthetic things in this game? As I mentioned, those backgrounds of Angry Birds are very colorful and decorative. If you capture the screen of playing angry birds, you will discover that all things have been designed. And that is art. The sound of the game really real because when the birds crash to the structure, then there will be a sound like" bomb".

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<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[3]<!--[endif]--> B.Chris, Angry Birds Rio (iPhone) Review, Modojo, http://www.modojo.com/reviews/iphone/angry_birds_rio/

Digital Cinema

Using “Mission to Earth” as an example, note what is new or different about digital cinema compared to traditional filmmaking? Consider the story, the structure and the appearance of the film. The traditional filmmaking is using camera and editing to produce a film, mainly focus on continuity editing and different menthods in using camera. Thelma and Louis which is from traditional filmmaking, it is a narrative film that audience can easy to follow the story and the characters' features are apparent. The things that appear on the screen or in the story are real. However, digital cinema is the combination of digital film, painting and image processing,compositing ,2D animation ,3D computer animation. This combinaion is a kind of technical thing that using computer to produce a film. Take Mission to Earth as an example,there are many graphics appear on the screen,this film was to visualize the narrative things through graphics to show the motion but not a real things. What other art forms (eg early film, digital art, painting, websites etc) does this film remind you of? Explain each similarity. this painting is On White II (1923), painted by Kandinsky. There are many graphics in this painting which similar as Mission to Earth that using many graphic to convey mood or feelings.

What are some challenges digital art presents to the art world (ie galleries, exhibition goers, art critics and scholars)?

DADA

Umbrella-net

Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki ,Umbrella-net,2005

“This work is typical of much digital art because it is an artwork that places importance on

• formal instructions

Using computer to connect others from different cities or even countries in an unpredictable situation via internet.

•         the concept rather than the art object

The umbrellas are independent object when the lights do not open that is the user do not use the system. Just like when it is raining, everyone open their own umbrellas and no interaction with others. When rains drop on one umbrella and jump to another's umbrella, it means they have interaction which transfers something.

• the event and audience participation

If the user uses it, it can spread out the information. Different lights colours demonstrate different status of the users, if  he/she is available, he/she will show it to you,then you can chat with them or exchange the information.

•  an interest in random events and/or chance
everything is random in this net work. It is unpredictable to know when is the user online.

Gamer Revolution

A)According to the film, what are some positive aspects of playing videogames for individuals and societies?

For individuals:
-The positive aspect is video games are very powerful that make teenagers involved in the games, for example, there is a game that player can kill the cancer cell.That send messages that cancer cell is not good things.

For societies:
-The positive aspect is video games have gathered people together and make professional groups to be professional gamer to represent the country and participate the competition ,just like Korea and Taiwan.

-It has a function of propaganda. When people play gun games or some war games, they may engage in the games and want to be soldiers.


B)According the film, is there any evidence that digital games can encourage aggression in the real world? Should governments have the right to ban certain games?

According to the film, there is evidence that digital games encourage aggression in the real world. There are some gun games showed in the film, and according to the MRI result, when a guy is playing the violence games, he will use the criminal part of the brain. That means the games affect human mind to stimulate some feelings about aggression.


C)What is a favorite video games played by a member of your group? What is good about that game? Does it have any aspect that could lead to bad real-life behavior?

Super Mario is one of the games we have been discussed.
It is less violence but still exciting.
In this game, as a Mario  you have to face some challenges like some monsters bordering you, after killing those monsters , you can rescue the princess.

The good thing about about this game is user-friendly, people in different ages can play this game because it is easy to play without using brain to consider and just test your reaction. Also, this game is very colorful to attract people's eyes.

You need to eat the coins to get the marks and life in this game, so may be it will make players over rely on the money.

What is art according to Adams?Do you agree with his definition?

According to Adams,there are three types of art that he mentioned: literary arts,fine art and decorative art. He thinks that art is lasted long since it has aesthetic meaning that showed if it beauty or not. Furthermore, it has content to express something and let you feel something about it.Also, he mentioned that doing art is not a formula.

I agree with his ideas. As he said that art can keep a long time even forever,like ancient sculptures. If the things have defined as artwork, it is art forever. Art makes you feel something, even it is just still life painting, we can through the colors to feel the artwork.

However, is it possible that art is no content? I may say yes. There are few paintings called 'Sunrise' which painted by Monet, he just wanted to emphasize the changing of colors.It is a landscape ,a building but no content. It is still an artwork.

Super-Mario clouds

Super Mario clouds is the background of Mario Brothers that Cory Arcangel erased the characters, obstacles,monsters etc. Only a blue sky with white clouds are moving from right to left. It is not narrative and   does not show any challenges to viewers.

I think Super Mario clouds is art but not a game. It shows a scene which is the sky in the real world. This artwork is the background of the game, so we can regard it as 'moving' wallpaper that classified as decorative arts. However, it is not a game because it is not narrative which means no story and no challenges  to players.

OPUS

There is an error about the OPUS website, so there is no picture here....

However, it still can show its feature.

It is open source because it allows people to upload and download the artworks. Also, people are free to change or edit all the work in OPUS.

The role digital technologies play in my life.....

Nowadays, digital technologies almost invade to our life.
We always use some software to help us keep records and do homework, e.g. microsoft word, powerpoint  etc. If there is no any digital technologies, there are many troubles. It is because saving the information on the internet or computer is more efficient and there is a proper arrangement to find all the work you did. If we still use the old method like hand writing, we cannot scan the word that we want to find quickly. Therefore, digital technologies play as a important role in my life.

The pros and cons of the internet and new computer technologies

There are some advantages and disadvantages of these technologies.

For the advantages, we can get different information from the internet efficiently.
Next, it is user-friendly to search many things all around the world.
If you have question about some special terms, you can search and get more insight into it.

For the disadvantage, such a convenient network will make people to be addicted to the internet.
People will spend too much time on it, especially students. And it make disconnection with others people in real world.

Introduction ""

Hi everyone!!^^
Nice to meet you, guys!
I am Lily and year 2 students that major in Visual Studies in Lingnan University.
I love going outside and enjoy the nature.^^
Welcome to go outside with me!!!!XD
Enjoy our course "" Visual Culture and Digital Media""!!