i am back from japan. iamas students and professors were extremely supportive and kind. [big thanks to all!]
still busy with the daily life circulation. hopefully going to find sometime for holiday and visit friends & family.
this is the catalog image i submitted. i’ll present the project during “the media facades festival europe 2010″ co-organised by ars electronica futurelab.
I arrived to IAMAS – Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences – Japan to complete 3 months of exchange program. I’ll mainly focus on my thesis research and writing. hopefully collaborate with people here & enjoy the japanese spring by visiting other japanese cities. Here is the URL of my blog http://onursoninjapan.tumblr.com/ – you can follow and see regular posts about my days in IAMAS & Japan.
I completed designing Post Dial’s new EP – You Are Not Alone. I did the cover & the website design as well as a poster for the event . i must say i am extremely happy with the outcome and the responses. You can visit the bands website http://postdial.net/youarenotalone to download the new ep.
In this video; it’s taking more than 1 minute to sustain a concentration level enough to shoot.
Onur Sonmez – Tim Devine / The Mexican Standoff
The Mexican Standoff removes the link between the persons thoughts and actions; people are directly thinking about what they are doing – creating a hyperreality.
Two people use their minds via EEG headsets to fire their guns in a Mexican Standoff realized in an ultra-violent first person shooter (FPS). To trigger the EEG interface the person needs to relax. When this is detected the avatar will begin to shoot the other. In popular culture, a Mexican Standoff is usually portrayed as two or more opponents with guns at the ready, creating a very tense situation. A Mexican standoff is a slang term defined as a stalemate or impasse, a confrontation that neither side can win.
dadagear – my old interactive fashionable tech. project with anika hirt & mauro arrighi. i think anika explained the project like this…
“Rejecting logic, embracing chaos and irrationality with a playful attitude. Wireless communication between capacitive sensors equipped hoodies and computers enables wearers to play with words and sounds while touching themselves and the other players”
you can click to the image and visit dadagear.org to see the details.
A system that is completely described by mathematical equations is more than capable of being unpredictable without any outside interference whatsoever.
while i was thinking about the assignment for the media theory – youtube lecture (yes the course is really about youtube),
i realized actually i have one video on youtube which has ~1.000.000 hits. Details »
