September 2008
1 post
WatchThis is an example of some material from DVD-video
May 2008
25 posts
The challenge of preservation →
Google Sites →
Another (free) option for putting content online
WatchTutorial working with keyframes, still images, and multiple layers on timeline in Final Cut Pro
WatchOutline of how to export an image sequence from FCP and then view in Preview.
WatchTutorial on how to add ROM content to a DVD Studio Pro project, and then check the build of your DVD-video/ROM on a hard drive
WatchVideo tutorial describing how to export a still image from Final Cut and then deinterlace it and change its aspect ratio in photoshop
WatchVideo tutorial showing basic workflow for authoring a very simple DVD in DVDSP, and including generating an overlay-based menu in photoshop
WatchVideo tutorial for compressing FCP materials using Compressor and ready for uploading with vimeo
WatchVideo tutorial for compressing video from FCP in Compressor ready for DVD authoring (mpeg2 compression)
Tributaries & Text-Fed Streams →
J. R. Carpenter →
Art research methods ... →
Simon Biggs →
Questions about navigtation, interactivity, and even artists in research environments. Check it out.
Performativity and what Phil says →
Philip Auslander - The Performativity of Performance Documentation - PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 28:3 PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 28.3 (2006) 1-10
The Documentation of Fine Art Processes and... →
Sophia Lycouris →
Michael Biggs on artefacts →
Photoshop support/shortcuts etc →
tvCast concerning using photoshop: tips, ideas, shortcuts …
Wordpress →
Thinking of using wordpress for blog documentation?
Tacita Dean
Marx, Kristine (2008). The materiality of impermanence. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 88: 64-70. Link to abstract This journal is in the library.
ArchiveArchiveArchive →
Project/discussion going on in Bristol today - just to give you a sense of how ‘current’ these issues of absence/presence are for some people.
RSS - explained →
April 2008
35 posts
DVD-R media →
Remember how I said it was important not to go cheap on DVD-R media? This link is to a shop that sells these highly reliable Taiyo Yuden DVD-R blank discs (which you can print directly to). Perhaps pitch in together as a group to get an entire spindle?
Comments
You are now able to comment on posts as you see fit. So, if anything doesn’t make sense, or you spot an error, or you just have something you want to add, then go for it. All comments will be moderated so they might take a wee while to appear.
Working Papers in Art and Design →
Invaluable resource for considering the ‘problems’ of practice-led research, and in particular the role of the ‘artefact’ in relation to the ‘project’.
PARIP →
Documents emerging from PARIP (practice as research in performance). Required reading (and then some).
Caroline Rye
Go digging: 790.20904/RYE (Video Collection) 790.20904/MNE (Video Collection)
Exiting from FCP checklist
Seven steps to getting out of final cut pro: Save all: Option-Apple-S Close project: Apple-W Reset System Settings so that the Scratch disk is the same as when you started your session (Shift-Q) Quit FCP (Apple-Q) Remove tape from camera Power down camera Recharge battery on camera
Launching FCP checklist
Attach camera with 4-6pin firewire cable. Take care to ensure the 6pin end is correctly oriented before inserting into firewire port on the computer. Turn camera on and set to playback or VTR mode Launch FCP - either from dock, or from “Applications” folder If your camera is NOT connected, or not connected correctly, you will get a message that looks like this: Check your camera is...
Square & rectangular pixels →
You know I’ve been battling on about 720x576 pixles for PAL video? Well, it’s been kind of a fib, and at some point I needed to lay this information on you all. I figured it was better sooner than later. This link is the best thing I could find that CLEARLY explains what is actually a damn confusing issue. It still frustrates me, many years after I first encountered it, but there...
Assessment 1 running order
Here is the running order for your first assessment on 6 May. It was determined by a random number generator that utilises atomospheric noise - and you can’t get anymore random than that apparently. 1. DH 2. CM 3. KL 4. TM 5. AC 6. MM
Shortcuts →
Further evidence of the depths of my nerdiness.
"Presence" in absentia →
“Presence” in absentia: experiencing performance as documentation - performance art focusing on the human body in the early 1960s through the 1970s. Art Journal, Winter, 1997, by Amelia Jones
Shameless →
In a shameless act of self-promotion, here is a link to some online documentation of a project I am currently researching and developing - just as an example of some documentation occuring ‘before’ the event.
Ken Stone on log and capture →
Fantastic tutorial covering stuff we covered yesterday in terms of logging and capturing. Two things: it’s for a much older version of fcp, AND it’s American centric (so you might see the occasional reference to NTSC video.
Lecture 2 from 22 April 08 →
My rough notes from yesterday’s lecture. Feel free to send me your notes for me to upload as well.
Updating for changes
Have updated the following documents to reflect changes in timetable due to shift in Assessment 1 date. Assessment1.pdf LectureSummary.pdf LectureOverview.pdf
More info about getting used to Macs →
Lecture 1 from 15 April 08 →
Materials considering valourisation (is that spelling better Tom?) of liveness, and concerns about ontological tainting of performance. PPT document printed as a PDF for your viewing pleasure.
Lecture 2 from 15 April 08 →
The second part of the ‘formal’ lecture today - mostly consiting of provocations from Angela Piccini. A PPT document ‘printed’ as a PDF.
artm012 module guide →
This is the official artm012 module guide. Hours of excellent reading.
Real Time →
Real Time magazine from Australia - strong arts writing from all over the place.
Peggy Phelan
Phelan, P. (1993). Unmarked: The Politics of Performance. London, Routledge. Phelan, P. (1999). Foreword. Certain Fragments. T. Etchells. London, Routledge: 9-14. Phelan, P. and J. Lane, Eds. (1998). The Ends of Performance. New York, New York University Press.
Philip Auslander
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~auslander/ Auslander, P. (1997). From Acting to Performance: Essays in Modernism and Postmodernism. London, Routledge. Auslander, P. (1999). Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture. London, Routledge. Auslander, P. (1997). “Ontology vs. History: Making Distinctions Between the Live and the Mediatized.” Performance Studies Conference Retrieved 15 April,...
Introducing the Mac OS X Finder →
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