Here is a list of the artists/participants for SecondHand. We might have more signing up, and I'll add them here. LeeAnn Harrington changed her 12sec username, and Cynthia Lewis changed her Facebook name, so double check those.
If anyone wants to join us after we start, that's perfectly fine. This is not a cut-off list. This is just so you can connect with one another, which will make the performance much more successful.
You may check back here for updates, or you can check the inter.sect Art Collective blog at http://intersectartcollective.com/ Please make sure you've read the "more info" post to make sure you're up to speed.
Okay - expect a prompt around 8ish PST tomorrow morning! Here we go! :)
Christi Nielsen - Founder and Director 12sec: christinielsen twitter: christinielsen facebook: christinielsen seesmic: christinielsen friendfeed: christinielsen flickr: christinielsen
Peter 12sec: @ciccariello twitter: @ciccariello facebook: Peter Ciccariello location: Providence, RI
Anne 12sec: annabelle twitter: darkrosaleen location: Canada
Anthony Fontana 12sec: anthonyfontana twitter: @anthonyfontana Facebook, Seesmic, FriendFeed location: Toledo, Ohio, US anthonyfontana.com
Manuel Pecina 12sec: decicco Twitter: DeCicco Facebook: Manuel Pecina location: Dallas
For those participating in SecondHand, here is some additional information:
I will post a 12second video with the prompt 3 times a day. That video will automatically be sent to twitter and facebook. I will also send each of you an @msg on twitter to make sure you receive the prompt.
Here is what you do: 1 - Watch the prompt on 12seconds. 2 - Respond by creating a video on your channel. If you make a video reply to my post, then it will show up under my initial video. It's no big deal if that happens. But if you want to make sure all of your video responses show up as posts on your channel, then create one of your own. Let me know if this doesn't make sense. Please remember to copy and paste (or type) my title and tags so all the videos will show up in a search.
Don't get too stressed about this. This is supposed to be fun! Things will go wrong just like any exhibition. No worries.
Remember - it's totally up to you how to interpret/translate. Try not to limit yourself with rules. You might find yourself thinking, "I can't do that in 12 seconds." My response would be.. Who said you could only respond once? ;-) See what I mean?
Is there one central location for all of this? Yes and no.
Please remember that 12seconds is not set up like Seesmic was. This will not be neatly contained in one thread. But that's part of it. It functions much like status updates that can get buried but are searchable through hashtags. To make sure it's searchable, be sure to use my titles and tags.
I will post updates and such about the show on my blog, but I have also created a blog where everyone's channel will be displayed. http://intersectartcollective.com/ Please go to your 12seconds channel. Go to the bottom of the page and click on widgets. Choose the larger version on the left (12seconds FAT). Copy and paste the code below the images and send to me at crnielsen@gmail.com. Please include your name. You do not have to do this if you don't want me to display your channel. I'm only doing this so there is one central location for people to see the videos.
This is another new media project I'm involved with. Inny described it so perfectly, I'm using her blog post....
@Platea are launching Project III: hopes/dreams/fears. This time is it not a performance in the way that Co-Modify was, more of a participatory art project. There isn't the sustained performance aspect this time, cos we know you're busy people! You can take part once, or many times. It's entirely up to you.
An Xiao and the @Platea steering committee will be collecting people's hopes, dreams, and fears in the form of status updates. We'll be doing it in real life at gatherings of people (from festivals to dinner parties) and also online in forum groups. The status updates will appear during July on a special facebook page, so you can see the hopes, dreams, and fears of people all round the world.
If you'd like to take part, all you have to do is:
1. Fill out the form here (you can do this anonymously or using a pseudonym if you would prefer).
3. Wait to see yours and others' hopes, dreams, and fears broadcast over the next month and a half in your Facebook feed.
"hopes/dreams/fears" begins in New York City on June 12 during the FIGMENT NYC arts festival on Governor's Island and it runs till the end of July with participants across the world. Members of online public art collective @Platea are gathering individuals' hopes, dreams, and fears in the form of status update language (i.e., "Jessica hopes that she graduates with honors next year." "Red fears he might lose his job due to the recession."). These will then be broadcast to a broader audience via a Facebook page, with the goal of uniting diverse groups via social media and offering a collective picture of communities' hopes, dreams and fears during this time of economic crisis and transition.
***update*** Some folks are asking for some clarification because this is a lot of info. I made a video on Seesmic that will hopefully help explain. Let me know if you have more questions! http://seesmic.com/videos/ngxbVJcPWi ***** I created Inter.sect Art Collective, a group of artists using new media platforms to explore digital exhibition spaces outside the traditional gallery model, during a graduate class called MobileLab. We began experimenting with art that resulted from the interruptions and connections via the mobile phone. I sent the group random found text via text messages on the mobile device, something from a billboard, a newspaper, a bumper sticker, a poem. The artists then translated that text into visual imagery, emailed the video to a server where it was projected in real time to a physical gallery space. It was an interruption that resulted in entwined interpretations. Inter.sect participated in Real Time at the Dallas Contemporary, and the exhibition traveled to Pocket Films Festivalat the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
The collective’s most recent project was on Seesmic, turning a video chat application into an online international exhibition space. TimeFrame lasted 72 hours, connecting artist and audience in an interactive interpretation of the bizarre element of time found on sites like Seesmic where different moments, hours, or even days happen at the same instant on the individual timeline.
SecondHand Inter.sect now presents an open invitation for participation in SecondHand. Anyone is welcome to join. This performance will take place on 12seconds.tv during the week of June 19-26. We will revisit the idea of translating a prompt into visual imagery. But this time, the prompt will come from random text found in secondhand conversations via online status updates. I may find these on Twitter, Facebook, or other social networking sites.
We seem to believe that we can still express ourselves with shorter and shorter strings of text. The initial frustration of limited characters eventually evolves into an appreciation of the requirement to be succinct. Can our artistic expression be filtered in the same way? Would we still call it art even though it only took 12 seconds? One of my painting professors always liked to call assignments “problems” in order to make us think of ways to solve them. So let’s have fun solving this one!
How to Participate Ready for the challenge? Anyone can join.
2. Post the following in the comments section of this post:
Name (first name or pseudonym is fine)
Your 12seconds.tv account username
Your Twitter account username – highly recommended but not required
Other social networking sites you use that you want listed – only so artists may follow each other. Facebook, Seesmic, Tumblr, etc.
Where you are – not required, but would be interesting info. City, State, Country-whatever you feel comfortable with.
If you cannot comment, no worries! You can send your info to me on twitter (@christinielsen) or send an email with SecondHand Exhibition in the subject line to crnielsen(at)gmail(dot)com. I’ll post the info here for you.
The exhibition will be much more successful if all performers follow each other on 12seconds.tv. If you have a twitter account or other social networking sites, I highly recommend using the setting that will post your 12seconds video to those accounts. This gives the audience a much better chance of seeing the work and interacting with it. I also recommend following each other on twitter or other sites so that you receive notices and reminders to post.
4. By Wednesday, June 17, I’ll post a list of participants with usernames so you all can follow each other.
5. Beginning June 19, you will receive 3 prompts per day (don’t worry – these are very short responses). I will initially reveal the prompt on 12seconds.tv which will auto-post to Twitter as well as Facebook. I will also send each of you the prompt via an @reply on twitter if you list an account. This way you’ll be notified and won’t miss the prompt if you’re away from the computer for awhile.
You will then translate it visually (on 12seconds) using either a webcam, a mobile device, or even an edited file that may be uploaded. These will be very quick responses that mimic the micro-blog style of communication. You may make as many video responses as you like for each prompt. The interpretation or translation is entirely up to you. Narrative, non-linear, abstraction, video art, performance, music, etc. Many of the original core members of Inter.sect will also be participating, so you’ll have a few examples to start if need be. Do take time to think about your response. You ARE posting a work of art. Or… perhaps the performance as a whole becomes the work of art. You, as the artists, will define this during the week.
I will be posting updates here during the week, and I’ll do my best to see everything. But if I miss something you feel needs to be mentioned, let me know so I can get it on the blog. Also – you can embed your 12seconds videos on your own site if you want to document your performance!
If you want to see an example of how some of the original members responded when we used mobile devices and text messages, you may watch this video. This installation was edited and shown at the Dallas Museum of Art. Performances after this installation have all been done in real time.
If you want to see an example of the TimeFrame exhibition on Seesmic, click here. This exhibition was not based on prompts, but you can get a sense of the online format with audience interaction.
This will be a lot of fun and a great chance for you to experiment with new media. Join us for SecondHand! I’m sure there will be lots of questions. Feel free to ask. Cheers!
***update*** Some folks are asking for some clarification because this is a lot of info. I made a video on Seesmic that will hopefully help explain. Let me know if you have more questions! http://seesmic.com/videos/ngxbVJcPWi
*****Update: Evidently Google Friend Connect polls no workie. So I've removed the poll. Please just comment on this post with the word or words that you associate with femininity/masculinity, ideal female/ideal male. Thanks everyone!******
I'm working on a new video project that deals with text, body, and gender. I would really appreciate it if you would participate in a poll that merely asks for words that you associate with femininity/masculinity, ideal female/ideal male. The poll is right over on my side bar to the right. You'll need to sign in to Google Friend Connect (right above the poll) to vote.
If you don't want to vote through Google Friend Connect, you can just leave a comment on this post.
I will not use anyone's name or identity in the video. I just need words.
This week I'm participating in Co-Modify, a free-form public art performance where performers enact a fictional "sponsorship" by a company. This is an online happening that spans across multiple social networking sites. The project is directed by artist An Xiao who directs @Platea.
The performance speaks to the way the context of your social life online is used to send you embedded advertising catered to your lifestyle and interests. It's a "commentary on the commodification of social media and, by extension, the commodification of our social lives in general."
Since the last thing I wanted to do is to provide yet more advertising to a company, I created a fictional business called C-URCHIN. It's a beauty cream that supposedly reduces the appearance of a double chin. Containing high levels of vitamin C and a compound found only in sea urchins, a free one-week trial shows dramatic results!
You'll see me posting on twitter, facebook, 12seconds.tv, seesmic.com, flickr, and here. I'm interested to see what happens. Who knows what crazy ads will be thrown my way or how many people start trying to find C-URCHIN.
"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what a feminist is, I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat." ~Rebecca West
"Well behaved women rarely make history." ~Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
