Search Engine Vision "Chair", Single Channel Video, 2011 5min 50sec, 1920 x 1080 HD
The first one thousand videos while searching "Chair" on YouTube are downloaded and organized in a grid with After Effects. Using MAX/MSP and Jitter, the organized video structure was mapped over a 3D modeled chair. Within a virtual space, the artist maneuvers the chair, videos, and camera, to capture a live process of searching and sifting through the collection. Only stopping when an individual video felt definitive of chairness.
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Search Engine Vision "Chair", Single Channel Video, 2011 5min 50sec, 1920 x 1080 HD
The first one thousand videos while searching "Chair" on YouTube are downloaded and organized in a grid with After Effects. Using MAX/MSP and Jitter, the organized video structure was mapped over a 3D modeled chair. Within a virtual space, the artist maneuvers the chair, videos, and camera, to capture a live process of searching and sifting through the collection. Only stopping when an individual video felt definitive of chairness.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2011
- Submitted to ArtBase: Saturday Sep 10th, 2011
- Original Url: http://unseensignals.com/search-engine-vision-chair.html
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Work Credits:
- Eric.Souther, primary creator
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Artist Statement
Users of online communities create visual languages, and as a collective, I am interested in how they define objects and their meaning that exist within the moment. Search Engine Vision “Chair” organizes the first 1,000 videos of a YouTube search in a grid. The collection plays all at once allowing one to experience “chair”, defined by the masses.
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