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de rive: (French) to drift<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/2.derive.htm">http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/2.derive.htm</a><br>
<blockquote type="cite">One of the basic situationist practices is
the <em>dérive,</em><sup><a
href="http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/2.derive.htm#1.">(1)</a></sup>
a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiences. Dérives
involve playful-constructive behavior and awareness of
psychogeographical effects, and are
thus quite different from the classic notions of journey or
stroll. </blockquote>
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When I was living in Asheville, NC, one of the members of the
Western NC Media Arts Project proposed a Derive.<br>
The actual night of the planned Derive turned out to be horribly
cold, so we quickly abandoned it.<br>
But, in connection with Situationist filmmaking, I keep thinking
about ways in which conscious mediation or augmented reality<br>
can be injected into the intent of the Derive.<br>
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How can the handheld camera convey the psychogeographical effects of
the experience?<br>
Augmented reality -- psychology can be injected into the physical
geography via graffiti or projected images.<br>
I was also thinking that the physical experience of the geography
can be mapped back into<br>
virtual reality -- the psychosphere or noosphere -- by very
accurately recording the camera's<br>
position and orientation via GPS, digital level and digital compass
at each point where images are recorded.<br>
Then the psychology of the geography can be processed in VR. (Or
Google Earth)<br>
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So, in short, agile, portable technology is essential: Portable
image projector with self-contained power supply;<br>
A "SteadiCam" rigged with GPS, digital level, digital compass and
the real-time recording of orientation with image.<br>
I was thinking what it would take to be able to create stencils of
QR Codes. They contain a lot of floating squares<br>
that would need to be suspended in the stencil on thin strings or
wires. Better would be prints on paper applied to<br>
the geography with wallpaper paste.<br>
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A portable media production studio including a printer could be
housed in a car with a 12VDC-120V AC Inverter.<br>
It changes the character of the derive from Parisian (pedestrian) to
automotive (Los Angeles). But, I have been<br>
thinking of similar, mobile digital production in connection with my
'Monumental Lite-Brite' project:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/sw/LiteBrite/doc/toLiteBrite.html">http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/sw/LiteBrite/doc/toLiteBrite.html</a><br>
The components are large-format light boxes (4'x8') with
'Lite-Brite'-formatted perforated boards (Aluminum @ $125<br>
per 2'x4' panel), digital camera, printer and participants at an
outdoor festival, such as Burning Man.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.burningman.com">http://www.burningman.com</a><br>
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Or, quicker is to hack Adams Outdoor Advertising to put up your own
images on their LED billboards.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://filetrans.adamsoutdoor.com/login.cfm?CFID=362828&CFTOKEN=10c7da1cf6f45a69-66CB0D28-3048-D277-CACD4462E3F80151">http://filetrans.adamsoutdoor.com/login.cfm?CFID=362828&CFTOKEN=10c7da1cf6f45a69-66CB0D28-3048-D277-CACD4462E3F80151</a><br>
Here's the portal -- how does their internal network work? Ever
seen a Windows "File not found" error message on a<br>
Adams Outdoor Advertising e-Billboard? I have!<br>
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