let's talk about the bigger picture
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A little lecture I gave at Colin Owens' RISD course 'Design for Dynamic Media' on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. I talk about: my work as Senior User Experience and Innovation Architect at Mobiquity; how I leverage satire, parody and various degrees of humor in my design approach; and my thesis work and research into cyberSurrealism out at Dynamic Media Institute — MassArt's future-forward MFA graduate degree program for design, technology, creativity and innovation.
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- 22. and i know how to
- 23. work the system
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- 35. cyberSurrealism
- 37. performance art
- 39. found systems
- 43. laughter
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- 69. exploit areas of unintended usage
- 70. commentary
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- 78. provoke action from the user
- 80. embarrassment
- 81. social dynamics
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- 83. hawtSeat Dynamic Media Institute | lou suSi + David Tamés | October 20, 2010
- 84. the laughterLife case study — stream four — exhibit d the funny business of dynamic media
- 94. so
- 109. laugh infection Dynamic Media Institute | lou suSi | October 20, 2010
- 110. laugh infection project description i will create various public scenarios that examine laughter taken out of context as a means to explore social dynamics and laugh permission systems ‘out there’ in the world
- 111. laugh infection what’s the definition of ... infectious 1 a : capable of causing infection <viruses and other infectious agents> b : communicable by infection <an infectious disease> — compare contagious 2: that corrupts or contaminates 3: spreading or capable of spreading rapidly to others <their enthusiasm was infectious> <an infectious grin> — in·fec·tious·ly adverb — in·fec·tious·ness noun
- 112. laugh infection what’s the definition of ... contagious 1: communicable by contact : catching <contagious diseases> 2: bearing contagion <contagious people> 3: used for contagious diseases <a contagious ward> 4: exciting similar emotions or conduct in others <contagious enthusiasm> — con·ta·gious·ly adverb — con·ta·gious·ness noun
- 113. laugh infection what’s the definition of ... virus 1 archaic : venom 1 2 a : the causative agent of an infectious disease b : any of a large group of submicroscopic infective agents that are regarded either as extremely simple microorganisms or as extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, lower animals, or plants; also : filterable virus c : a disease or illness caused by a virus
- 114. laugh infection what’s the definition of ... virus 3: something that poisons the mind or soul <the force of this virus of prejudice — V. S. Waters> 4: a computer program that is usually hidden within another seemingly innocuous program and that produces copies of itself and inserts them into other programs and usually performs a malicious action (as destroying data)
- 115. laugh infection live user testing all quantitative results will be captured using a simple tripod + my flipVideo Mino HD — through these experiments i hope to discover critical insights related to context, audience, delivery, presence and non-verbal communication
- 116. laugh infection project plan 1. live, present laughter photograph by Joshua Dolby
- 117. laugh infection project plan 2. video laugh delivery
- 118. laugh infection project plan 3. dynamic, disembodied laughter
- 119. laugh infection added note one of the main objectives of these cyberSurreal experiments with laughter is to determine the invisible boundaries between what is funny ‘ha ha’ and what is just funny ‘weird’ — i am interested in the very primal aspect of the human stimulus-response mechanism to these different delivery modes for laughter and how shifting the context will effect reception + reaction to these laugh episodes
- 122. laugh infection some conclusions •people are extremely camera-focused
- 123. laugh infection some conclusions •people are extremely camera-focused •the current laugh trigger system reacts too slowly
- 124. laugh infection some conclusions •people are extremely camera-focused •the current laugh trigger system reacts too slowly •context | location can totally change participant permission structures
- 125. laugh infection some conclusions •people are extremely camera-focused •the current laugh trigger system reacts too slowly •context | location can totally change participant permission structures •the most delighted participants were the ones ‘in’ on the joke
- 126. laugh infection what’s next? results from these very simple first few laugh explorations should point out some obvious areas of exploit for me to consider in my next rounds of prototyping and testing — shifting the environmental context to the subway, a library, restrooms and other interesting settings could provide interesting, valuable data about social dynamics, laugh permissions and delivery
- 127. laugh infection project plan as a limited time, bonus feature — i will also then ‘infect’ multiple machines in a local Mac Store with both the pure audio laugh + audiovisual pre-recorded loops photograph from a quick Google Search
- 128. infectBoston Dynamic Media Institute | lou suSi | October 20, 2010
- 129. infectBoston Dynamic Media Institute | lou suSi | October 20, 2010
- 133. laugh infection: Apple Store, Boylston some conclusions
- 134. laugh infection: Apple Store, Boylston some conclusions •i’m really great at the failure thing
- 135. laugh infection: Apple Store, Boylston some conclusions •i’m really great at the failure thing •i learn best by actively doing things improvisationally
- 136. laugh infection: Apple Store, Boylston some conclusions •i’m really great at the failure thing •i learn best by actively doing things improvisationally •next infection will need at least 30 people to ‘set off’ the laughs
- 137. laugh infection: Apple Store, Boylston some conclusions •i’m really great at the failure thing •i learn best by actively doing things improvisationally •next infection will need at least 30 people to ‘set off’ the laughs •there are many ‘anti-fun’ forces embedded in the world
- 138. laugh infection: Apple Store, Boylston some conclusions •i’m really great at the failure thing •i learn best by actively doing things improvisationally •next infection will need at least 30 people to ‘set off’ the laughs •there are many ‘anti-fun’ forces embedded in the world •coffee makes everything seem achievable
- 139. lou suSi thank you ls@loususi.com | 617.750.2922
- 141. so, what’s next?
- 143. lou suSi thank you ls@loususi.com | 617.750.2922
- 144. thank you