NML Mapping Think Tank

Activity Using Low Tech - cellphone cameras

http://www.santiago.cn/flash/world/indexweb.html

WORLD is an ongoing collection of videos and audio clips captured with a cell phone camera and microphone. These clips are presented in an interactive and random way to the user on the computer screen using Flash. The program allows the usage of XML to retrieve and load dynamically the files required, separating the visual and the audio component so that the image and the sound can never be viewed at the same time. The user needs to rollover and click on the movies to change their content and appearance. The concept of synchronization and the possible mental associations happen in the user’s mind. This de-contextualized group of memory loops, becomes a chaotic narration of the author’s life and experiences in the World, presenting images and sounds from Istanbul, Paris, Boston, Bogota and Tampa, among other places. The low resolution of the video and the audio is magnified with an aesthetic purpose, exploring the beauty of the pixelated moving images and the hypnotic effect of low frequency noises.