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	Objectophilia by carlgoodman :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Some parts of this message have been removed. Learn more about Nabble's security policy. You may find the below video informative and entertaining within the context of Fluid Engage. Museum professionals often profess a love of objects, which they strive to pass on to audiences through their work. In his talk at a recent conference, Kevin Slavin from the mobile game developer Area/Code treats Objectophilia as prophecy rather than pathology. Using as examples a woman’s marriage to the Berlin Wall, a twittering London Bridge, network-aware Taco Trucks, (not to mention shoes, balls, and plants), and a stuffed otter living a double life, Slavin looks somewhat cheekily at how digital networks can imbue objects with behaviors normally attributable to human beings.. Here’s the link: http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-kevin-slavins-this-platform-called-everyday-life.html Fast forward to about 1:20 in order to avoid the customary introductions. Cheers, - Carl _______________________________________________________ fluid-talk mailing list - fluid-talk@... To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-talk
	Re: Objectophilia by Anastasia Cheetham :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On 18-Jun-09, at 10:35 AM, Goodman, Carl wrote: > http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-kevin-slavins-this-platform-called-everyday-life.html Wow! This talk is absolutely fascinating. And frankly, a bit disturbing... -- Anastasia Cheetham a.cheetham@... Software Designer, Fluid Project http://fluidproject.org Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto _______________________________________________________ fluid-talk mailing list - fluid-talk@... To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-talk
	RE: Objectophilia by carlgoodman :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Yep. The scariest presentations are often ones in which presenter and audience are gleefully unaware of the scariness. Rest assured that Kevin's in on the joke (he's also a professor at NYU). Advertising and marketing professionals are charged with creating instense though subliminal bonds between people and brands via the physical and digital embodiments of these brands. This practice is a driving force behind the development of technologies and digitally driven experiences in the pubic sphere. Our visitors are bringing their expectations of and associations with mobile and digital media into our environments. How do we, as purveyors of beneficial relationships between people and objects (or among people through objects) react to, exploit, or subvert these expectations in a constructive, or at least non-destructive manner? Sorry, end of day and lack of food makes me more unintelligible the I already am. - Carl -----Original Message----- From: Anastasia Cheetham [mailto:a.cheetham@...] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:53 PM To: Goodman, Carl Cc: fluid-talk@... Subject: Re: Objectophilia On 18-Jun-09, at 10:35 AM, Goodman, Carl wrote: > http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-kevin-slavins-th > is-platform-called-everyday-life.html Wow! This talk is absolutely fascinating. And frankly, a bit disturbing... -- Anastasia Cheetham a.cheetham@... Software Designer, Fluid Project http://fluidproject.org Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto _______________________________________________________ fluid-talk mailing list - fluid-talk@... To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-talk