The daily progress of my internship at V2 for the project Closer. www.v2.nl

Day 20 - ICT Delta

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Posted by Ash | Posted on 13:38 | Posted in

The day started by going in the conference and look at the program of ICT Delta. Looking trough the list we noticed here and there few presentations we would like to see. There also plenty of demo stands to check out.

Around 14.00 we had our discussion table. At first I was happy that there so many people but perhaps there were a bit to many. There were some interesting things mentioned but I also think that we should have approached it at a different way. Perhaps with a bit more of concrete examples and then guide the conversation more to the conceptional theory behind it, visuals would also have helpt. Non the less it was a good process to go trough.

At the end of the day we had a short meeting. Here we decided on that on Monday we would make a plan on how the rest of time would be spend. Divide some work and have more concrete deadlines to complete.

I am also going to think in the lines of small experiments to try out.

Day 19 - Happy B Day

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Posted by Ash | Posted on 15:42 | Posted in


Today (17th of march) is my birthday so it was a relaxing day.
After our meeting we eat some pancakes (made by Shauna and Connie) and the chocolate cupcakes, I baked.

The meeting was about what we were going to do for the discussion and getting things in order.

Day 18

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Posted by Ash | Posted on 02:04 | Posted in ,

Tomorrow we have a discussion table at the ICT Delta convention. We took the time to figure out what we were going to with this “discussion table”. Also we presented our research to Jan and had a small conversation about the material and what we are going to discus at the ICT Delta.

Here is our invitation:

PROJECT CLOSER | Round-table Discussion | March 18th, 14.00-15.00

Audiovisual cultural heritage collections nowadays are becoming accessible on a large scale through digital networks. Innovative ways of presentation and interaction can create an added value in disclosing these archives to the audience. CLOSER is a multidisciplinary research project, initiated by V2_ and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

There is a gap between the use and the potential in the archive. As more archives move towards digitalization, questions for archivists surround increased accessibility and the meaning of future archival practice. Simultaneously artists are using the archive to critique systems of power, history, memory, and identity. In CLOSER we are exploring the territory between these two perspectives in hopes of making archival use a more meaningful experience. In this round-table discussion we start a dialogue between artists, theoreticians, archivists, and ICT practitioners about:

Building a bridge between the concerns of institutional archives and artistic critique in a way that empowers the individual.

The discussion will take place on 18 March, 2010 at ICT Delta conference in Rotterdam, from 14.00 to 15.00. Registration is free on the website. http://www.ictdelta2010.nl/

Information on our discussion table can be found at: http://www.ictdelta2010.nl/ICTD/Discussietafel-V2_Beeld-en-Geluid-.html

The CLOS(AR) project blog: http://closar.blogspot.com/

Please respond to closar@v2.nl if you are able to join the discussion. Thanks and we look forward to talking with you!

All the best,
CLOS(AR) team

Day 17

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Posted by Ash | Posted on 13:01 | Posted in ,

We presented our research in some slides to give a view on what we discovered.
Here are my slides:


For the rest of the week we are preparing for the discussion table at the ICT convention in Rotterdam.

Day 16

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Posted by Ash | Posted on 08:41 | Posted in

Basically today we did allot of reading and searching for material within the categories we gave ourself''s.

During the day I found a few examples and reading materials such as articles.
I also have been reading a few books:
  • Interact or Die!
  • Space Time Play
  • The New Everyday
  • Nieuwsgierigheid (curiosity)

I am still processing al the information. The next step is to make a connection to the archive and somehow create a clear presentation to able to share it with my group.

Lets continue the research.