O/P 1 - High Definition Video and Experiences of Immediacy and the Environment
High Definition Video and Experiences of Immediacy and the Environment is one of a number of portfolios containing the outputs from Flaxton’s AHRC Creative Research Fellowship (2007 – 2010), entitled ‘High Definition Imaging: An Investigation in the Actual, the Virtual and the Hyper Real’.
As part of a scaffolded investigation derived from the production of artefacts, a number of other research outputs relating to this portfolio were created to explore the immersive properties of the higher resolution image and framed by the following research question: ‘In what ways will the advent of high resolution imaging change the work produced and in the convergence of art and visual technologies and consequently, our experience of that work?’
Within Output One (O/P 1) there are 5 supporting artefacts i.e. ‘In Other People’s Skins’ (2008), ‘Water Table’ (2008), which were staged in public and academic arenas to examine audience response. This supporting contextual and preparatory material was exhibited to over 300,000 people at eight UK cathedrals, Vasteras Cathedral (Sweden), the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, the Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China, Fabricca del Vappore, Milan.
The Article ‘Time and Resolution: ‘Experiments in High Definition Image Making’, published in Journal of Media Practice 10.2&3, is a comprehensive discussion of Flaxton’s AHRC Fellowship.
Subsequent research has shown that increased resolution produces longer engagement times. This has prompted partnerships between Faculty of Engineering, Experimental Psychology at University of Bristol and BBC R&D to explore immersion characteristics of advanced parameters of the digital motion image. In 2012 Flaxton and his collaborators created the first HDR motion picture and then undertook the first immersion tests for Higher Dynamic Range Displays.
O/P 1: High Definition Video and Experiences of Immediacy and the Environment is comprised of 5 artefacts, 25 exhibitions, 1 peer reviewed article and 1 industry article,1 conference paper and 1 invited talk to a research community.
ARTEFACTS
The following Artefacts were created to explore the research question. All were intended to have a sculptural element to enhance audience engagement.
· In Other People's Skins 2008 and a second version in 2011 http://www.visualfields.co.uk/IOPSVideo.htm a life-sized projection onto a table top covered by a floor length table cloth (72 inches by 40.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio HD Video) with 12 white plates to catch the images of flood, surrounded by 12 chairs for the audience to sit upon
· Dance Floor, 2008, a life-sized projection down onto a recess in the floor 2 foot deeper than the surrounding floor (108 inches by 60.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio both standard and HD versions) the floor of the exhibition space scattered with shoes for audience to pick their way through http://www.visualfields.co.uk/NEDANCE.htm
· Water Table, 2008 and a second version in 2010
http://www.visualfields.co.uk/NEWATER.htm a projection onto a table top (72 inches by 40.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio both standard and HD versions) again similar to the 12 seat version, table covered with large pebbles
· The Dinner Party, 2008 http://www.visualfields.co.uk/IOPSVideo.htm a life-sized projection onto a table top (72 inches by 40.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio both standard and HD versions) – similar to above but with 8 seats
· The Sum of Hands, High Resolution Digital Installation, Various, 2009. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/sumofhands.htm a life-sized projection onto a table top (72 inches by 40.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio HD Video), similar to 12 seat version
EXHIBITIONS (25)
· In Other People's Skins, The Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, 07/06/10-07/11/10, 2010. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· In Other People's Skins, Vasteras Cathedral, Sweden, 19/02/10-06/04/10, 2010. http://www.flaxton.btinternet.co.uk/indexArt2.htm 136316 In Other People's Skins, Walcott Gallery, Bath, 12/11/10-14/11/10, 2010. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· In Other People's Skins, Xi'an Academy of FIne Art, 01/07/10-31/07/10, 2010. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/chinareports.htm
· Time and Resolution: Experiments with High Resolution Imaging, P3 Gallery, London (University of Westminster), 07/12/10-21/12/10, 2010. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/P3exhibition.m4v
· In Other People's Skins, Fabricca del Vappore, Milan, 22/04/09-27/04/09, 2009. http://www.bestup.it/new/images/stories/home/Comunicato_FDV_inglese.pdf
· In Other People's Skins, Southwell Minster, 14/04/09-08/05/09, 2009. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· In Other People's Skins, The Phoenix Arts Center, Galstonbury, 2009. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/history0.htm
· A series of 4 HD installations over four days, Wickham Theatre, 22/09/08-26/09/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/NE57.htm
· A series of 4 HD installations over three days, 18/09/08-20/09/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/history0.htm
· In Other People's Skins, 6 Cathedrals & Bath Abbey, 07/02/08-16/05/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· In Other People's Skins, St James Cavalier Center for the Arts, Malta, 01/10/08-31/10/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· The Dinner Party, Phoenix Arts Centre, Glastonbury, 17/10/08-20/10/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/history0.htm
AUDIENCES
In total over 300,000 people have engaged worldwide with this work during its lifetime. About 150,000 people had engaged with In Other People’s Skins during the tour of British Cathedrals and churches – the numbers were recorded by each institution (for instance, Gloucester cathedral recorded around 28000). About 40,000 people engaged with the installation during the exhibitions in the Cathedral of Vasteras in Sweden (8 weeks) Southwell Minster (4 weeks), St James Chevalier in Malta, (4 weeks), Fabricca del Vappore, Milan, (1 week), Xi’an Academy of Fine Art China (4 weeks). The Xi’an Daily reported the exhibition at the Academy of Art on its front page, (circulation of 6 Million) and Chinese TV reported too. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/chinareports.htm
When the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York took the installation for 5 months at the end of 2010 they recorded around 150,000 engaging with the installation. This work has been asked back to St John the Divine for the Autumn season in 2014.
ARTICLES
· The effect of the creation and exhibition of the artefacts associated with this (and Other) outputs was discussed in an article for the Journal of Media Practice Volume 10 Numbers 2 and 3 - 2009: ‘Time and Resolution, Experiments in High Definition Image Making’ (pp. 123-147, 7000 words): http://www.academia.edu/204068/Time_and_Resolution_Experiments_in_high_definition_image_making
· A professional journal article was published: 'Feeding the World', Showreel Magazine, 2008 http://www.academia.edu/227289/Feeding_the_World
CONFERENCE
· ‘High Definition Aesthetics’, University of Cardiff, Newport 2008, AVC Phd Conference http://www.academia.edu/272811/HD_aesthetics_Newport_2008_AVC_Phd_Conference
INVITED TALKS
'High Definition Technologies and Aesthetics', Bergen Institute of Fine Art 2009.
IOPS was also shown in collaboration with University of Westminster at the end of 2010 in a summative exhibition for the fellowship. Academics were approached to discuss issues around the methodology of practice as research and these are available online totalling 4 hours: http://www.visualfields.co.uk/KTWest.htm
High Definition Video and Experiences of Immediacy and the Environment is one of a number of portfolios containing the outputs from Flaxton’s AHRC Creative Research Fellowship (2007 – 2010), entitled ‘High Definition Imaging: An Investigation in the Actual, the Virtual and the Hyper Real’.
As part of a scaffolded investigation derived from the production of artefacts, a number of other research outputs relating to this portfolio were created to explore the immersive properties of the higher resolution image and framed by the following research question: ‘In what ways will the advent of high resolution imaging change the work produced and in the convergence of art and visual technologies and consequently, our experience of that work?’
Within Output One (O/P 1) there are 5 supporting artefacts i.e. ‘In Other People’s Skins’ (2008), ‘Water Table’ (2008), which were staged in public and academic arenas to examine audience response. This supporting contextual and preparatory material was exhibited to over 300,000 people at eight UK cathedrals, Vasteras Cathedral (Sweden), the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, the Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China, Fabricca del Vappore, Milan.
The Article ‘Time and Resolution: ‘Experiments in High Definition Image Making’, published in Journal of Media Practice 10.2&3, is a comprehensive discussion of Flaxton’s AHRC Fellowship.
Subsequent research has shown that increased resolution produces longer engagement times. This has prompted partnerships between Faculty of Engineering, Experimental Psychology at University of Bristol and BBC R&D to explore immersion characteristics of advanced parameters of the digital motion image. In 2012 Flaxton and his collaborators created the first HDR motion picture and then undertook the first immersion tests for Higher Dynamic Range Displays.
O/P 1: High Definition Video and Experiences of Immediacy and the Environment is comprised of 5 artefacts, 25 exhibitions, 1 peer reviewed article and 1 industry article,1 conference paper and 1 invited talk to a research community.
ARTEFACTS
The following Artefacts were created to explore the research question. All were intended to have a sculptural element to enhance audience engagement.
· In Other People's Skins 2008 and a second version in 2011 http://www.visualfields.co.uk/IOPSVideo.htm a life-sized projection onto a table top covered by a floor length table cloth (72 inches by 40.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio HD Video) with 12 white plates to catch the images of flood, surrounded by 12 chairs for the audience to sit upon
· Dance Floor, 2008, a life-sized projection down onto a recess in the floor 2 foot deeper than the surrounding floor (108 inches by 60.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio both standard and HD versions) the floor of the exhibition space scattered with shoes for audience to pick their way through http://www.visualfields.co.uk/NEDANCE.htm
· Water Table, 2008 and a second version in 2010
http://www.visualfields.co.uk/NEWATER.htm a projection onto a table top (72 inches by 40.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio both standard and HD versions) again similar to the 12 seat version, table covered with large pebbles
· The Dinner Party, 2008 http://www.visualfields.co.uk/IOPSVideo.htm a life-sized projection onto a table top (72 inches by 40.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio both standard and HD versions) – similar to above but with 8 seats
· The Sum of Hands, High Resolution Digital Installation, Various, 2009. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/sumofhands.htm a life-sized projection onto a table top (72 inches by 40.5 inches - 16:9 aspect ratio HD Video), similar to 12 seat version
EXHIBITIONS (25)
· In Other People's Skins, The Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, 07/06/10-07/11/10, 2010. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· In Other People's Skins, Vasteras Cathedral, Sweden, 19/02/10-06/04/10, 2010. http://www.flaxton.btinternet.co.uk/indexArt2.htm 136316 In Other People's Skins, Walcott Gallery, Bath, 12/11/10-14/11/10, 2010. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· In Other People's Skins, Xi'an Academy of FIne Art, 01/07/10-31/07/10, 2010. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/chinareports.htm
· Time and Resolution: Experiments with High Resolution Imaging, P3 Gallery, London (University of Westminster), 07/12/10-21/12/10, 2010. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/P3exhibition.m4v
· In Other People's Skins, Fabricca del Vappore, Milan, 22/04/09-27/04/09, 2009. http://www.bestup.it/new/images/stories/home/Comunicato_FDV_inglese.pdf
· In Other People's Skins, Southwell Minster, 14/04/09-08/05/09, 2009. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· In Other People's Skins, The Phoenix Arts Center, Galstonbury, 2009. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/history0.htm
· A series of 4 HD installations over four days, Wickham Theatre, 22/09/08-26/09/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/NE57.htm
· A series of 4 HD installations over three days, 18/09/08-20/09/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/history0.htm
· In Other People's Skins, 6 Cathedrals & Bath Abbey, 07/02/08-16/05/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· In Other People's Skins, St James Cavalier Center for the Arts, Malta, 01/10/08-31/10/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/indexArt2.htm
· The Dinner Party, Phoenix Arts Centre, Glastonbury, 17/10/08-20/10/08, 2008. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/history0.htm
AUDIENCES
In total over 300,000 people have engaged worldwide with this work during its lifetime. About 150,000 people had engaged with In Other People’s Skins during the tour of British Cathedrals and churches – the numbers were recorded by each institution (for instance, Gloucester cathedral recorded around 28000). About 40,000 people engaged with the installation during the exhibitions in the Cathedral of Vasteras in Sweden (8 weeks) Southwell Minster (4 weeks), St James Chevalier in Malta, (4 weeks), Fabricca del Vappore, Milan, (1 week), Xi’an Academy of Fine Art China (4 weeks). The Xi’an Daily reported the exhibition at the Academy of Art on its front page, (circulation of 6 Million) and Chinese TV reported too. http://www.visualfields.co.uk/chinareports.htm
When the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York took the installation for 5 months at the end of 2010 they recorded around 150,000 engaging with the installation. This work has been asked back to St John the Divine for the Autumn season in 2014.
ARTICLES
· The effect of the creation and exhibition of the artefacts associated with this (and Other) outputs was discussed in an article for the Journal of Media Practice Volume 10 Numbers 2 and 3 - 2009: ‘Time and Resolution, Experiments in High Definition Image Making’ (pp. 123-147, 7000 words): http://www.academia.edu/204068/Time_and_Resolution_Experiments_in_high_definition_image_making
· A professional journal article was published: 'Feeding the World', Showreel Magazine, 2008 http://www.academia.edu/227289/Feeding_the_World
CONFERENCE
· ‘High Definition Aesthetics’, University of Cardiff, Newport 2008, AVC Phd Conference http://www.academia.edu/272811/HD_aesthetics_Newport_2008_AVC_Phd_Conference
INVITED TALKS
'High Definition Technologies and Aesthetics', Bergen Institute of Fine Art 2009.
IOPS was also shown in collaboration with University of Westminster at the end of 2010 in a summative exhibition for the fellowship. Academics were approached to discuss issues around the methodology of practice as research and these are available online totalling 4 hours: http://www.visualfields.co.uk/KTWest.htm