playful 2013 - putting things in things
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There is a companion article here on Medium - https://medium.com/p/fba6ce3d1ed6 My Talk from Playful 2013, held at the Conway Hall in London, put on by Mudlurk. The theme for the day was Playing With Form, so I talked about putting things in things, and thinking about the boxes rather than the things we try and squeeze into them. More than ever, these slides make less sense without the narration, so I shall endeavour to record and add that when I can...TRANSCRIPT
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25.10.2013PLAYFULCONWAY HALLLONDON51.5189° N, 0.1189° W
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WHAT’S INTHE BOX..?
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A STOMP BOX FOR THE INTERNET
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WHY? I’M NOT SURE YET...
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IT’S FINE NOT TO KNOW.
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WE WERE TAUGHT THAT BOXES HAD CONSTRAINTS
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EDGEWORTH-BOWLEY BOX
“ASSUME THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE MARKET”
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“ASSUME THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE MARKET”
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MEDIA: JUST A SERIES OF BOXES
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CONSTRAINED BY SPACE
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CONSTRAINED BY SPACE
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BOXES TO BE FILLED
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ALWAYSCONSTRAINTS
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YET WE DEFER TO THE BOXES BEING ‘RIGHT’
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“ WE SHOULD BE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX...”
SOURCE: SHUTTERCOCK.COM
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LET’S PLAY WITH THE BOXES INSTEAD...
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A BIG BOX OF ART
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CUBISM
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CUBISM
“FULL OF LITTLE CUBES”
ART CRITIC LOUIS VAUXCELLES ON GEORGES BRAQUES
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BORN IN WORLD OF RADIO TRANSMISSIONS AND X-RAYS
CUBISM
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PICASSO AND BRAQUE:”CONFRONTED THE MEANING OF TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH PAINT”
MARK STONE
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CONFRONT THE BOXES
WHAT ARE THEY?
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MEDIA IS A VEHICLE FOR KNOWLEDGE
CESAR HIDALGO, MIT MEDIA LAB
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MEDIA IS THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE
OF SOCIETYCLAY SHIRKY, NYU
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MEDIA IS HYBRID
JUST LIKE BUILDINGS, DEVICES, SPACES, EVENTS ETC
DAN HILL, FABRICA
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TISSUEVEHICLEHYBRID
CONNECTIVE OBJECTS THAT TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE THROUGH TIME AND SPACE
MEDIA:
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HOW DO WE PLAY WITH BOXES LIKE THAT?
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MAKINGTHE NETWORK PHYSICAL
JAMES BRIDLE
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“ATOMS ARE HARD”DAN WILLIAMS
@IAMDANW
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ATOMS ARE ALSO DENSE
(BREATHTAKINGLY DENSE)
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EVEN REFORMED, THEY’RE NOT CERTAIN WHAT THEY ARE, OR WANT TO BE
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TWO PROJECTS
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ARTEFACT CARDS WORK IN SPACE AND TIME
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OF THE INTERNET, BUTNOT ON THE INTERNET
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THE KEY TO LEADERSHIPTHOMAS FORSYTH , FRASER HAMILTON, CHRIS THORPE & JOHN V WILLSHIREFOR SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
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RECREATING A SPACE TO RETURN TO IN THE FUTURE
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...WITH UNLIMITED SPACE
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“THE PAST SHOULD BE ALTERED BY THE PRESENT AS MUCH AS THE PRESENT IS DIRECTED BY THE PAST”
T S ELIOT
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PLAY WITH TIME AND
SPACE
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DON’T ASK WHAT IS MOST APPROPRIATE...
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...ASK WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE
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A TIME FOR EVERYTHING, AND EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT TIME
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THANK YOU