1. Danchuk Y.S, PerevalovD.S.
EACA (Ekaterinburg Academy
Modern Art), Ekaterinburg
TELEPRESENSE PROJECTS IN OPEN SPACES
Abstract
The paper is devoted to the analysis of the projects, related to the telepresense
art. This field of the arts deals with virtual movement and presence of the
human in the physically distant spaces. In the paper we give analysis of the
technical scheme of the several projects European program "Connecting
Cities". Based on this, we build classification of the structure, used equipment
and technical features of the projects. Finally, we give conclusion about
general and distinct features of the considered projects.
Keywords: telepresense, public art, Connecting Cities project,
interactive billboard.
Direction of art telepresence (telepresense art) is a part of interactive
digital art. It aims to study the effect of human transport to remote locations in
real-time [1]. telepresence differs from virtual reality [2] is that the transfer is
carried out not in the illusory, non-existent space, but physically existing
place. In this virtual displacement is usually bilateral - a person perceives a
remote location by the senses and is also able to work on a remote space one
way or another.
Possibility of telepresence is provided by technical means of
telecommunications, robotics, computers and other devices [1]. Availability
of video surveillance systems, interactive billboards and interactive light
illumination of buildings has opened the possibility for the creation of public
art telepresence projects [3], when not a single viewer, and several viewers
simultaneously from different cities, can participate in the communication
from the public street space.
In this paper we study the technical features of public art telepresence
projects on the example of several projects of the European program
Connecting Cities (Engl. "Connecting Cities", 2013-2015) [3,4]. This
program was aimed at the realization of art projects using urban screens
infrastructure as a means of artistic and social bonding cities.
Our selection of projects for the study was conditioned, first of all, the
desire to see projects that would diversify and, in a sense, suddenly opened
the topic of telepresence using the latest technologies.
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The table shows that a common feature of all the projects is the result
of the issuance of the work on the big screen or on a mobile device. In
addition, all the above projects other thanTrans Europe Slow, working with
cameras built into fotobudki, billboards or mobile devices. Thus, all the above
designs are based on visual communication.
Of course, among the outstanding projects of the program Connecting
Cities and other projects telepresense, there are works based on the use of
other types of communication, such as sound, and which is used to
interactively camcorder, and other sensors, such as a microphone and motion
sensors [3]. At the same time, one can assume that the dominant technological
trend telepresense public projects is the use of it is visual communication.
Literature
1. Eduardo Kac, "Telepresence: A New Communicative Experience",
Epipháneia, N. 2, March 1997, Salerno, Italy, pp. 53-55.
2. Jerald J., The VR Book: Human-Centered Design for Virtual Reality -
London: Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2015 - 550 pages.
3. Pop S., Toft T., Calvillo N., Wright M., What Urban Media Art Can
Do: Why When Where and How? - Stuttgart: AveditionGmbh, Csi,
2016 - 450 pp.
4. Web page of the project Connecting Cities. [Electronic resource]. -
http://connectingcities.net/ (Reference date: 31.01.2017).
5. The definition of "scotoma" in Wikipedia. [Electronic resource]. -
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Скотома (Reference date: 31.01.2017).