ISEA ISTANBUL,

SEPT 20 TH 2011

ANNE NIGTEN

THE PATCHING ZONE

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COLLABORATION MODELS IN THE BIG SOUTH LAB

THE PATCHING ZONE

THE PATCHINGZONE IS A TRANSDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY FOR INNOVATION WHERE MASTER, DOCTOR, POST-DOC STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WORK TOGETHER.

WE WORK ACCORDING TO THE PROCESSPATCHING APPROACH.

OUR WORK MODEL

TWO CASE STUDIES

CONTEXT: THE BIG SOUTH LAB, TRAINING, THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND CO-CREATION PROJECTS FOR YOUNGSTERS 15 -27.

VJACKET, COORDINATED BY TYLER FREEMAN AND ANDREAS ZINGERLE

VJACKET IS A PIECE OF WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY THAT OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO ACCESS AND MANIPULATE AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT.

BROAD BAND BAND AND T BIG SOUTH ORCHESTRA, COORDINATED BY LARS KYNDE AND MAARTJE VAN DEN HURK

BROAD BAND BAND IS A VARIETY OF SMALL MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS ACTIVATED BY MOTORS AND SOLENOIDS, CONTROLLED FROM MULTIPLE COMPUTERS VIA A GUI.

VJACKET BY FREEMAN AND ZINGERLE

OBJECTIVE: TO FREE THE DJ/VJ FROM THE ‘BEHIND THE SCREEN’ POSTURE YOU CAN NORMALLY FIND THEM AT PARTIES OR IN NIGHTCLUBS

INSPIRED BY “THE DJAMMER” [SLYADEN], “GO DANCE” BY [NEGRILLO] OR THE “SENSORSUIT” BY THE DUTCH PERFORMER ‘EBOMAN’ [EBOMAN]

INITIAL CONCEPT, ORIGINATING FROM MEDIA ART, DEVELOPED WITH TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FOCUS GROUP: GEOFFREY FRIMPONG AND KEVIN BRITO

VJACKET IN DIFFERENT PHASES

VJACKET BY FREEMAN AND ZINGERLE

ARDUINO AND SENSORS

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

VJING AND SOFTWARE

MAKING OF THE JACKET

VJACKET PLANNED COLLABORATION MODEL

COMBINED USER CENTERED AND USER DRIVEN DESIGN [REISS]

DESIGNED IN A MODULAR WAY

CUSTOM MADE VERSIONS

FROM A USER CENTERED APPROACH TOWARDS A USER DRIVEN AND FINALLY TOWARDS A PARTICIPATORY APPROACH

BROAD BAND BAND AND THE BIG SOUTH ORCHESTRABY KYNDE AND VAN DEN HURK

THE PLAN WAS TO DEVELOP A MUSICAL INSTALLATION, WITH YOUNGSTERS FROM THE HOOD, THAT CONSISTED OF A VARIETY OF SMALL MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS ACTIVATED BY MOTORS AND SOLENOIDS, CONTROLLED FROM MULTIPLE COMPUTERS VIA A NETWORK BASED GRAPHICAL INTERFACE. THIS INSTALLATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE AUDIENCE TO PLAY THEIR OWN CONCERT.

THE PROJECT’S MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO ESTABLISH A CREATIVE CO-CREATION PROCESS THAT INCLUDED ENGAGEMENT AND POSSIBLY CO-OWNERSHIP.

MAKERS

LIVE CONCERT

COMPOSERS

DEVELOPERS

WORKSHOPS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS

BROAD BAND BAND AND THE BIG SOUTH ORCHESTRABY KYNDE AND VAN DEN HURK

WE PASSED THE AUTHORITY ON TO THE PARTICIPANTS

PARTICIPATORY DESIGN, BOTTOM-UP APPROACH, AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS

THE DESIGNERS CREATED THE OVERALL CONCEPT, THE FRAMEWORK AND INTERFACE

FROM USER CENTERED TOWARDS USER DRIVEN

BROAD BAND BAND AND THE BIG SOUTH ORCHESTRA COLLABORATION MODEL

CONCLUSION

VJACKET, THE USER-CENTERED DESIGN PROCESS WAS A GOOD ATTEMPT TO START FROM, WHEREAS THE USER-DRIVEN PROCESS WAS MORE PROBLEMATIC.

BROAD BAND BAND THE COLLABORATION MODEL SHIFTED FROM USER-CENTERED TOWARDS USER DRIVEN AND PARTICIPATORY DESIGN, THE PROCESS WAS EXPERIENCED AS MORE VALUABLE THAN THE FINAL RESULT.

FUTURE RESEARCH

FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SUCCESS CRITERION AND COLLABORATION MODELS

INVESTIGATE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN (CO-) OWNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION MODELS (PARTICIPATORY DESIGN AND SHARED REPERTOIRE)

MORE INFORMATION

PATCHINGZONE.NETBIGSOUTHLAB.NLPROCESSPATCHING.NETANNE@PATCHINGZONE.NET

http://www.youtube.com/user/BigSouthLab?blend=22&ob=5#p/u/4/hSdXbHukoDo

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