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Ubiquity: The Journal of Pervasive Media - Volume 1, Issue 1, 2012
Volume 1, Issue 1, 2012
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Long live the thing! Temporal ubiquity in a smart vintage wardrobe
More LessThis visual essay presents ‘Wearlog’, a disruptive innovation in smart wardrobes which logs wearing, washing and mending to promote longer lasting clothes. Wearlog doubles as a critical research tool to investigate the agency of things and to ask how human and nonhuman can conspire together to prolong nonhuman life. Spanning worlds of different durations, Wearlog exposes the tensions between finite matter, infinite data, human lifespans and planned technological obsolescence. The paper asks how ubiquitous systems could flow through time given the entropy endemic within the network and speculates on the long term prospects for things.
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Force/Magnitude workshop
Authors: Jan Andruszkiewicz and Paul ThomasThe short paper plots the inclusion of an art workshop within the realm of the nanotechnological laboratory. The history given to us by Robert Hooke in his book Micrographia, reveals a symbiotic relationship between art and science through the drawings created from his enhanced perceptions through the microscope. This history is re-embedded in the present tense with evidence of the research produced by artists engaged in Force/Magnitude workshop exploring the contemporary imaging via the atomic force microscope.
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Extending the theatre experience: The potential for wearable and onstage cameras
Authors: Phil Stenton, Erik Geelhoed, Stephen Pollard, Gary Porter and Vanessa Bellaar-SpruijtThe National Theatre has led the way in the delivery of live theatre experiences to audiences in cinemas. Audience data suggests that the programme has introduced the theatre experience to a broader audience beyond theatre-goers unable to get tickets for sell-out shows. The success of NT Live led NESTA to conclude that a better understanding of what works for audiences and what does not with respect to digital innovation is ‘crucial for the competitiveness of the Creative Industries in the UK’.
This study presents the analysis of the Extended Theatre Experience project and compares the reactions to a performance captured using camera locations and one that incorporates views from cameras worn by the actors and in the stage props. Home and cinema screenings are compared. Statistical analysis of the data collected is presented and conclusions are drawn regarding the effectiveness of onstage shots to create a sense of the immediacy of the live performance.
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Phylogeny: The science and underlying data
More LessThis article explains the nature of some of the phylogenetic data underlying a 2010 ‘Phylogeny Weekend’ from the viewpoint of a scientist. Phylogenies are a way of visualising inferred evolutionary relationships between organisms, making them intelligible and useful. They may be based upon morphological or genetic data, and are constructed through a series of steps, outlined below, and reliant upon a series of assumptions. I describe how phylogenies are used in my work, to interpret the evolution of plant characters such as the nature of pollen grains. I also explain how the guided walk, Plant Routes, was developed to provide an interactive exploration of phylogeny at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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Reviews
Authors: Ignacio Vinuela-Fernandez, Chris Speed and Paul CoultonSKYLANDERS: NEAR FIELD IN YOUR LIVING ROOM NOW
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Authors: Max R. C. Schleser and Tim Turnidge
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