User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery/The Institute - Revision history

Thijshijsijsjss: Fix typo

2024-09-26T06:47:29Z

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	* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]		* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]

	''The Institute'' is a 2012 documentary directed by Spencer McCall on the alternate reality 'Game of Nonchalance' initiated by Jell ~~HHull~~ that was ran from 2008 to 2011 in San Fransisco. This game featured a story centering around the concept of 'socio-reengineering', and focussed on shifting a the participants' perspectives on the everyday cityscape with a 'hidden-in-plain-sight wonderland'. The documentary is told as a retrospective, combining interviews from participants and creators with archival footage and new reconstructions. In particular, just like the game's ambiguous veracity, the film is created in such a way that the viewer can question how truthful its contents are. In fact, not having been part of this experience, the whole documentary could be a fabricated story.		''The Institute'' is a 2012 documentary directed by Spencer McCall on the alternate reality 'Game of Nonchalance' initiated by Jell Hull that was ran from 2008 to 2011 in San Fransisco. This game featured a story centering around the concept of 'socio-reengineering', and focussed on shifting a the participants' perspectives on the everyday cityscape with a 'hidden-in-plain-sight wonderland'. The documentary is told as a retrospective, combining interviews from participants and creators with archival footage and new reconstructions. In particular, just like the game's ambiguous veracity, the film is created in such a way that the viewer can question how truthful its contents are. In fact, not having been part of this experience, the whole documentary could be a fabricated story.

	This documentary was shared by [[User:Louisa\|Louisa]] as an extension to what we had been discussing during the [[SI24]] prototyping classes. [[SI24]] (on loitering and other forms of in-situ computation) focusses on activating the city, challenges our perception of our environment, and tries to critically reflect on the ways urban and social infrastructures influence each other. This very much resonates with ''The Institute''. In my personal practise, I am very interested in bringing interaction to static media, which is also much involved with changing perspective. Also using gaming and narrative devices.		This documentary was shared by [[User:Louisa\|Louisa]] as an extension to what we had been discussing during the [[SI24]] prototyping classes. [[SI24]] (on loitering and other forms of in-situ computation) focusses on activating the city, challenges our perception of our environment, and tries to critically reflect on the ways urban and social infrastructures influence each other. This very much resonates with ''The Institute''. In my personal practise, I am very interested in bringing interaction to static media, which is also much involved with changing perspective. Also using gaming and narrative devices.

Thijshijsijsjss: Change position of images

2024-09-26T06:45:04Z

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	One particularly exciting technique that was briefly shown in the documentary, was using a flyer / postcard to overlay with the city, highlighting a certain buyilding (see photo, compare to Viewfinder). This has the potential more much more applications, e.g. providing an alternative view on the postcard. I have been playing around with this idea for a while, for example in a game prototype I made that uses different shaders to reveal different parts of a landscape (~~see below~~).		One particularly exciting technique that was briefly shown in the documentary, was using a flyer / postcard to overlay with the city, highlighting a certain buyilding (see photo, compare to Viewfinder). This has the potential more much more applications, e.g. providing an alternative view on the postcard. I have been playing around with this idea for a while, for example in a game prototype I made that uses different shaders to reveal different parts of a landscape (left). In the 2024-05-07 Prototyping class, in which we made an small alternate reality game in a single day, I explored this technique with Michel (right).

	[[File:3d-pixilizer-shader-example.png\|~~600px~~\|thumb\|~~center~~\|alt=Screenshot within the Godot Game Engine featuring a 3d scene and two shader views\|A 3d scene with two alternative shader views]]		{\|align=center
			\|[[File:3d-pixilizer-shader-example.png\|500px\|thumb\|left\|alt=Screenshot within the Godot Game Engine featuring a 3d scene and two shader views\|A 3d scene with two alternative shader views]]
	~~In the 2024-05-07 Prototyping class, in which we made an small alternate reality game in a single day, I explored this technique with Michel.~~		\|[[File:20240507-prototyping-map.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|alt=A sticker on a thrashcan in a park with a map put over it in such a way that the gap in the map lines up with the sticker\|A map with two pieces cut out, one of which can be lined up with a sticker in the environment. The other gap then points to another location.]]
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	[[File:20240507-prototyping-map.jpg\|~~600px~~\|thumb\|~~center~~\|alt=A sticker on a thrashcan in a park with a map put over it in such a way that the gap in the map lines up with the sticker\|A map with two pieces cut out, one of which can be lined up with a sticker in the environment. The other gap then points to another location.]]

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Thijshijsijsjss: Remove a line for Gossamery consistency

2024-05-08T10:26:44Z

Remove a line for Gossamery consistency

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	~~Notes and thoughts on scifi docu 'The Institute'~~

	* Watched: 2024-04-25		* Watched: 2024-04-25
	* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]		* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]

Thijshijsijsjss: Fix internal links

2024-05-08T10:25:53Z

Fix internal links

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	* Wikipedia pages on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jejune_Institute The Jejune Institute] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Institute_(2013_film) the documentary]		* Wikipedia pages on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jejune_Institute The Jejune Institute] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Institute_(2013_film) the documentary]
	* [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-institute/ The Letterboxd page]		* [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-institute/ The Letterboxd page]
	* [User:~~vitrinekast~~\|Rosa] shared a link to [https://vimeo.com/6559514 this HKU 2008 graduation project] in response to ''The institute''		* [[User:Vitrinekast\|Rosa]] shared a link to [https://vimeo.com/6559514 this HKU 2008 graduation project] in response to ''The institute''
	* [[User:Louisa\|Louisa]] shared a link to [https://tzvetnik.online/article/unrealism-by-omsk-social-club-at-kunstraum-kreuzberg-bethanien-berlin this project] in response to Rosa's link.		* [[User:Louisa\|Louisa]] shared a link to [https://tzvetnik.online/article/unrealism-by-omsk-social-club-at-kunstraum-kreuzberg-bethanien-berlin this project] in response to [[User:Vitrinekast\|Rosa]]'s link.

Thijshijsijsjss: Add some imagery for the environment-line-up-technique

2024-05-08T10:23:54Z

Add some imagery for the environment-line-up-technique

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			One particularly exciting technique that was briefly shown in the documentary, was using a flyer / postcard to overlay with the city, highlighting a certain buyilding (see photo, compare to Viewfinder). This has the potential more much more applications, e.g. providing an alternative view on the postcard. I have been playing around with this idea for a while, for example in a game prototype I made that uses different shaders to reveal different parts of a landscape (see below).

			[[File:3d-pixilizer-shader-example.png\|600px\|thumb\|center\|alt=Screenshot within the Godot Game Engine featuring a 3d scene and two shader views\|A 3d scene with two alternative shader views]]

			In the 2024-05-07 Prototyping class, in which we made an small alternate reality game in a single day, I explored this technique with Michel.

			[[File:20240507-prototyping-map.jpg\|600px\|thumb\|center\|alt=A sticker on a thrashcan in a park with a map put over it in such a way that the gap in the map lines up with the sticker\|A map with two pieces cut out, one of which can be lined up with a sticker in the environment. The other gap then points to another location.]]

	'''Relevant links:'''		'''Relevant links:'''

Thijshijsijsjss: Add two followup links by Rosa and Louisa

2024-05-08T10:10:34Z

Add two followup links by Rosa and Louisa

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	* Wikipedia pages on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jejune_Institute The Jejune Institute] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Institute_(2013_film) the documentary]		* Wikipedia pages on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jejune_Institute The Jejune Institute] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Institute_(2013_film) the documentary]
	* [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-institute/ The Letterboxd page]		* [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-institute/ The Letterboxd page]
			* [User:vitrinekast\|Rosa] shared a link to [https://vimeo.com/6559514 this HKU 2008 graduation project] in response to ''The institute''
			* [[User:Louisa\|Louisa]] shared a link to [https://tzvetnik.online/article/unrealism-by-omsk-social-club-at-kunstraum-kreuzberg-bethanien-berlin this project] in response to Rosa's link.

Thijshijsijsjss: Add words on relevance

2024-05-08T10:08:13Z

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	* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]		* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]

	'The Institute' is a 2012 documentary directed by Spencer McCall on the alternate reality 'Game of Nonchalance' initiated by Jell HHull that was ran from 2008 to 2011 in San Fransisco. This game featured a story centering around the concept of 'socio-reengineering', and focussed on shifting a the participants' perspectives on the everyday cityscape with a 'hidden-in-plain-sight wonderland'. The documentary is told as a retrospective, combining interviews from participants and creators with archival footage and new reconstructions. In particular, just like the game's ambiguous veracity, the film is created in such a way that the viewer can question how truthful its contents are. In fact, not having been part of this experience, the whole documentary could be a fabricated story.		''The Institute'' is a 2012 documentary directed by Spencer McCall on the alternate reality 'Game of Nonchalance' initiated by Jell HHull that was ran from 2008 to 2011 in San Fransisco. This game featured a story centering around the concept of 'socio-reengineering', and focussed on shifting a the participants' perspectives on the everyday cityscape with a 'hidden-in-plain-sight wonderland'. The documentary is told as a retrospective, combining interviews from participants and creators with archival footage and new reconstructions. In particular, just like the game's ambiguous veracity, the film is created in such a way that the viewer can question how truthful its contents are. In fact, not having been part of this experience, the whole documentary could be a fabricated story.

			This documentary was shared by [[User:Louisa\|Louisa]] as an extension to what we had been discussing during the [[SI24]] prototyping classes. [[SI24]] (on loitering and other forms of in-situ computation) focusses on activating the city, challenges our perception of our environment, and tries to critically reflect on the ways urban and social infrastructures influence each other. This very much resonates with ''The Institute''. In my personal practise, I am very interested in bringing interaction to static media, which is also much involved with changing perspective. Also using gaming and narrative devices.

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Thijshijsijsjss: Add some relevant links

2024-05-08T09:50:57Z

Add some relevant links

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			'''Relevant links:'''
			* Wikipedia pages on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jejune_Institute The Jejune Institute] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Institute_(2013_film) the documentary]
			* [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-institute/ The Letterboxd page]

Thijshijsijsjss: Add synopsis on what the docu is about

2024-05-08T09:46:22Z

Add synopsis on what the docu is about

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	* Watched: 2024-04-25		* Watched: 2024-04-25
	* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]		* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]

			'The Institute' is a 2012 documentary directed by Spencer McCall on the alternate reality 'Game of Nonchalance' initiated by Jell HHull that was ran from 2008 to 2011 in San Fransisco. This game featured a story centering around the concept of 'socio-reengineering', and focussed on shifting a the participants' perspectives on the everyday cityscape with a 'hidden-in-plain-sight wonderland'. The documentary is told as a retrospective, combining interviews from participants and creators with archival footage and new reconstructions. In particular, just like the game's ambiguous veracity, the film is created in such a way that the viewer can question how truthful its contents are. In fact, not having been part of this experience, the whole documentary could be a fabricated story.

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Thijshijsijsjss: Add photos of photos

2024-04-25T13:50:09Z

Add photos of photos

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	* Watched: 2024-04-25		* Watched: 2024-04-25
	* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]		* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]

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			\|[[File:The-institute-viewfinder-1.png\|thumb\|Screenshot from The Institute, at 10:44]]
			\|[[File:The-institute-viewfinder-2.png\|thumb\|Screenshot from the game Viewfinder]]
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