One of the outcomea from the project i wanted the viewers to think about item after the initail usage. The they dont need to be thrown away when replaced. Showing there is ability to repair, and when not being able to repair to fully working condition to repurepose the indivitual parts. Not just decontructing the item into their individual raw materials such as main stream recycling.
In my midn there are three methods of presenting the ...
I have decide to keep the lenght at 22min.
Seeing as the laptop was not repairable unfortunatly due to the conidition it was in. Too much corrosion from water damage. Many of the parts will past from being repairs. The hard drive needed to be replace. the Cd player needed to be replaced. Many of the metalic structual components inside the laptop needed to be refurbushed or replaced. I did not have the budge to buy these items of the time ...
I want to make the viewer to think about Taking apart objects, especially laptop that are synonamous with everyday life and society. How easy and not easy to take apart something if someone had the intent to do it. Therefor bringing the aspects of repairablilty. If all of items that we own can be repaired in any manner increasing longevity.
When thinking of longevity in society. Items do not last longer as they used to. We are pushed to ...
I have decide to use only jony ive as the main voice from apple. To censor my teardown video i have decide to overlay the promo video on top with some opecity so its diffecult to make out whats going on. As Apple is making it hard for people and even repair shop to know to to repair newer laptop.
One of the outcome i was pleased with some of the video, the out line of jony ive head you are able to see with video below of the teardownl and ...
I have decided to keep the screen on a stand to be easy views as it does not hace the best viewing angle, and to be easy to view if people are standing around a table.
I made a bod to stand the screen on top and to place teh contorllor board with it.
if i had time i would have used the 3D workshop to build a wooden box and painted to make a better finished product.
Now the question of to hide the contorllor board or leave it visable?
i had tried keeping it visable, or usuing the screen back casing to cover the contorllor board.
i would like the item from the laptop to be placed around on a table. placeing ...
Excellent news the playback on the dissassemabled laptop screen worked.
I was unsure whether to keep the full lenght of the video or make a shorter version. I had already planned to Censor the video from the steps. I asked my self some question:
- Would it make sense to keep the video at real time length?
- Would anyone actually watch the full 2.30 min of the real time video from start to finish?
- Having a shorter video, would any informtaion be lost, and therefor conveying a different meaning?
- Is ...
When the First edit was complete i had 2 and half hours of footage. This was real time of taking the laptop apart and putting back together.
I had assumed this would take me 45min to take apart and put back together. I was estimating this time frame from previous experince of taking apart Apple computer. Due to budget contraints i was not able to find the same laptop i had previous experince with. Origibnally i was searching for First generation ...
I began Creating a backup of all the video cards and imported all the footage into a Final Cut Pro Project. I had about 3 Hours of footage in 4 different angles. This equaled to 12 hours of recording. I set up a multicam Clip to begning editing. This reduced the need to watch all the angles seperatly. I had never used the Multicam editing on FCPX, however i had used it on the previous version of Final cut pro 7 Studio. Some of the issues i had ...
Filming continues as batteries need be recharged and and low day light.
Unfortunatly, I could not film everything in one sitting. I did not have spare batteries. Therefor i had to stop and set all batteries to charge and waited for more daylight.
On the second day, i continued the disassembly of the logic board from the bottom of the case. Then start to assemble back the laptop again.
Began the Set up of 4 different angles, Usuing A Canon 60D, 2x GoPro Hero, iPhone.
With a single light.
A GoPro Strapped to my head. For POV angle of the disassembly.
Another GoPro for the Top down angle filled at 4k resolution to have the ability to zoom in in post production.
After the idea from peter to use the screen for video play back i search online how to repourpose and old laptop LCD pane and use it as a monitor without th need for the laptop logic board.
I found a lot of videos on youtube giving detials how to use old LCD panel as a second monitor. The video i used was this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfirQC99xPc&t=101s
- I ...
The Second Tutorial, Main outcomes:
I need more add more contextual research to the Blog. I have many ideas and artest research that i had not placed in the blog.
Talking about lenght of video.
THe manner of the teardown, in sterialised looking area, White table, Gloves and strong white light like a medical procedure.
How i display the project. Orginally i had an idea of sticking all the items to onto a while canvas. ...
Computer is Purchased from Ebay.
I Placed a maximum budget of £100 for this project. I had thought how I can display the broken down laptop. Due to the nature of the pruchased laptop repair so its becomes functional will be difficult.
Searching different listening on eBay for a laptop.
Preferable, MacBook from 2008/2010 are in the price budge.
TO even reduce the amount I can find a non-working version… but this mean it would not start or boot when it is placed back together.
Is this what I intend.
What took the most of the time setting up the different angels To be perfectly in place and the phone to be in frame.
I was fond of the amature look, and ...
Micheal landy - Break down 2001,
Was and installation at the old C&A (now Primark) on oxford street london.
It was a installation of the destruction of everything that he own. everyting was reduced to broken down raw Metairal in plastic bins.
What facinate me is the spectical it created. I would have loved to visit the exhibit when it was on. It showing how society is becoming materialistic when in reality these materials ...
Erwin Wurm, an Austrian born artist. Known for his sculpture and photogrpaher. He has produced Video Sculptures which i think are important to my project for inspiration on how to present my own work.
He has a comical flare towards his sculptures, asking the audience to think differently about the realtionhsip they have with inanimate objects. Interacting with with in a non-Normal Way, One of his Works that stood out to me was called UNTITLED ...
The videos from Casseetteboys are politcally motivated. it is interesting use of found footage. Taking what is being said by people out of context.
I wanted to use the same concept but not as short. I want to use the same concept of the design motivate of apple computers especially what is being said by jony Ive overlaid with the teardown video. Take what he said out of context to push the message that being the best design products the ...
Real time or short cut version of
Ervin Wurm - Video fo absurd objects.
Swiss artist - fichilly and vest - they way things go. Deconstructed items that are links
Considered cutting out of parts as corporate secrecy.
Example: Distortion. Absurd Concertino.
Adverts - found footage that is manipulated. Play with exerts of videos.
Politically motivated. Cassette boring. - Cassette Boy- artist ...
Fischli and Weiss remove everyday general items that surround us from their contexts of our daily lives, and then restructure their relationships to one another. The artists aim neither to glorify nor to alienate these common objects, but merely to create new references in which they might be considered. Without narration or interviews - simply they record the self-destructing performance of 100 feet of physical interactions and chemical reactions.
Unfortunatly ...
There are many items that I can choose to tear down.
But I an starting to focus on on laptop. Specifically MacBooks
Todd McLellan is the main insperation for the project. He notes:
New objects become old objects faster than ever before. The waste and expense of having to replace everything in your life after just a few years of use is exasperating.
He uses teardown of mordern living item to challange our disposable culture by exposing just what we are throwing away.
He has two Ways of Photographic is sculptures. ...
I was recomended to visit the strange days exhibit at 180 strand by Peter Dukes. To have a better understand how moving image is used with in a installation.
The Exhibit that stood out for me was the 4th floor to mildness by Pipilotti Rist - exploring the social and meditative aspects of image consumption. Questioning the aspect of how we consume ...