“AN OBJECT CANNOT COMPETE WITH AN EXPERIENCE”, but

I stumbled across walking artist Hamish Fulton (his works) whilst in Paris. He takes photos while he walks. He claims the walk is the artwork but the photographs are the only thing he can sell. Love this:

Hamish Fulton

I like this because of the truth of it, experiences reign supreme. But I’d also like to add a perspective in light of the frenzied production of transmedia experiences that are provided to consumers/users/people for free, because their is no business model yet. There is an increased awareness of the value of tangible goods (books, comics etc) and how people are willing to pay for tangible goods that are provided as part of the experience. An object cannot compete with an experience, but it sure can fund it. 

Check out Hamish Fulton: http://www.hamish-fulton.com/
Image from Stunned weblog.

Videogame symphony hits Australia!

PLAY! is coming to Sydney
Jason Michael Paul Productions, Inc. and Sydney Opera House has announced that Sydney will be the first Australian date on the world tour of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony. A new concert series that draws its scores from a catalogue of blockbuster video games, PLAY! will be premiered at one of the most distinctive and famous 20th century buildings, the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House. PLAY! A Video Game Symphony will be performed by the Sydney Symphony conducted by Arnie Roth and backed by choral sensation Cantillation. PLAY! will be performed from June 20 2007.

Brought to vibrant life by a full orchestra and choir, the PLAY! concert features award-winning orchestral music from popular video game titles including Final Fantasy, Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid, The Legend Of Zelda, Super Mario Bros., World Of Warcraft, Lost Odyssey, Sonic The Hedgehog, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross. Highlights of the concert include performances of the monumental Final Fantasy VI – Dancing Mad and Castlevania presented by full orchestra, choir and pipe organ. The Sydney Opera House Grand Organ is the largest tracker action organ ever built. Outstanding graphics on large screens above the orchestra will accompany the scores to highlight memorable moments from the games.

“Since the launch of PLAY! we have been working on bringing this show to Australia. With the cooperation of such distinguished organizations our mission of bringing video game music to the masses is being realized!”, says Jason Michael Paul, producer of PLAY!.

The two-hour concert will be conducted by Grammy Award-winning artist Arnie Roth. “It’s no secret among game lovers and connoisseurs of orchestral music that some of today’s most thrilling scores are coming out of the video game genre,” says Roth. “This spectacular concert series speaks to the growing popularity and artistic sophistication of this form of entertainment and will attract people of all generations to some of the world’s greatest concert halls.”

Register at the Sydney Opera House today to be part of a priority booking in early 2007.
Link: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/play

CFP: 3rd International Conference on Automated Production of Cross Media Content for Multi-channel Distribution

Whew! What a title. AXMEDIS looks interesting. The conference is being held on the 28-30th November at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

In the Internet as well as in the digital era, cross-media production and distribution represent key developments and innovations that are fostered by emergent technologies to ensure better value for money while optimising productivity and market coverage. AXMEDIS2007 aims to explore all subjects and topics related to cross-media and digital-media content production, processing, management, standards, representation, sharing, protection and rights management interoperability, to address the latest developments and future trends of the technologies and their applications, its impact and exploitation. We are particularly interested in exchanging concepts, requirements, prototypes, research ideas, and findings which could contribute to academic research or could be beneficial to business and industrial communities.

Areas they cite that are of interest to me:

  • * Formats and models for multi-channel content distribution and interoperability
  • * Web services for content distribution
  • * Semantic Web for multimedia production and distribution
  • * Collaborative models and tools
  • * Context Awareness
  • * Synchronisation technologies and solutions
  • * Systems and approaches for content production/distribution on demand
  • * Content adaptation
  • * Accessibility and multimodal user interfaces
  • * Novel applications and case-studies of relevant technologies

The CFP has been extended to the 27th April.

Thankyou Monique for the heads up.