Mapping of the global economic data to a dynamic visual system. Representation of two hundred and thirty-two world nations with visual cells. Economic information – GDP, GDP growth rate, inflation rate – is mapped to the geometry and speed of the circles. Military power is simulated by the physical power relationship between the cells.
Collection of visual/kinetic performative artifacts. 21 pieces of custom visual software. Image above Timewarp 2009, Mannheim, DE.
In collaboration with Ali Demirel. Performed with Richie Hawtin’s music.
Selected videos from performances:
Time Warp, Mannheim, 2007
Club Phazon, Tokyo, 2007
Videos by the audience, 2007
TERMS & CONDITIONS exhibition view, 2009, Miami
Terms & conditions of five social web services re-written using a custom typeface.
When a digital camera is placed close to a computer screen we can discover a new disharmony. The intersection of the limits of the devices – the camera’s zoom and the screen’s resolution – creates blurry images. Having world flags on the screen to which the camera moves too close reminds the problem of having physically distinct but politically blurry borders between nations.
SPS (Simple Project Syndication) is a dialect of XML for project syndication over the Internet. It proposes an open schema for the organization of information flow between people, documents, and tasks in a distributed ecosystem rather than a hierarchical one.
SPS Sample (XML)
SPS Schema (XSD)
Open-tasking (2004-2005) was an experimental web application that utilized the SPS schema. It enabled people to create and manage tasks that can be altered by other people to include more detail. In Open-tasking, people collectively designed vertically deep or horizontally wide projects based on other people’s skills. The distributed and open architecture of the Open-tasking system enabled people to manage their own complexity, so as the project develops, a worker becomes a manager and vice versa.
| Element Structure
The top element is <project> that describes the main container for tasks. The element structure for projects is below: |
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| Element | Description | Example | |||||||||
| title | The name of the project | The Ultimate Potluck | |||||||||
| link | The URL to the website corresponding to the task. | http://plw.media.mit.edu/ treehouse/projects/ultimatePutlock |
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| description | Description of the project. | We are going to cook food for everyone here. Join us. | |||||||||
| language | The language the channel is written in. | en-us | |||||||||
| creator | Name and email address for person who created the project. | Burak Arikan arikan *at* mit.edu | |||||||||
| A project contains any number of <task>s. The sub-elements of a task represents the essential information about the task. These are important for easy syndication of the project. | |||||||||||
| Element | Description | Example | |||||||||
| title | The title of the task. | Spicy BBQ Hot dogs | |||||||||
| link | The URL to the website corresponding to the task. | http://plw.media.mit.edu/ treehouse/projects/task/?= bbqhotdogs | |||||||||
| description | Description of the task. | Cooking BBQ hot dogs for fifteen people. | |||||||||
| creator | Name and email address for person responsible for the project. | Burak Arikan arikan *at* mit.edu | |||||||||
| implementors | List of people who are going to execute the task. It containts sub-elements that are in the <implementor>. | ||||||||||
| dateStart | Date and time of the task. | 2004-05-28T12:00:10 | |||||||||
| duration | Duration of the task. | P2H | |||||||||
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| dateCreated | The task is created on this date and time. | 2004-05-17T08:30:00 | |||||||||
| dateModified | The task is created on this date and time. | 2004-05-17T08:32:11 | |||||||||
| milestones | List of milestones on the task timeline. It contains sub-elements that are in the <milestone> | ||||||||||
| budget | Budget of the task, that is going to be paid to the implementor by the creator. | $15 | |||||||||
| parentTask | Link to the task that is on top of this task. This may not exist. | http://plw.media.mit.edu/ treehouse/projects/task/?=bbqparty | |||||||||
| nextTask | Link to the task after this task. | http://plw.media.mit.edu/ treehouse/projects/task/?= mixsauce | |||||||||
| prevTask | Link to the task before this task. | http://plw.media.mit.edu/ treehouse/projects/task/?= doshopping | |||||||||
| pubDate | Indicates when the task was published. | 2004-05-30T09:30:10 | |||||||||
| Each implementor is a list of people who are exeucting tasks, and they are contained in the <implementor>. Implementor has two elements: | |||||||||||
| Element | Description | Example | |||||||||
| contact | Information about the responsible person. | Noah Fields noah **at** noah.cx | |||||||||
| role | Description of the responsibility. | Chef | |||||||||
| <milestones> is a list of milestones that points important dates on the task timeline. Milestones are contained in <milestone>. Implementor has two elements: | |||||||||||
| Element | Description | Example | |||||||||
| title | Description of the milestone. | Heat hot dogs as directed on package, or grill until heated through. | |||||||||
| date | DAte and time for the milestone. | 2004-04-28T12:30:00 | |||||||||
ActiviXML is a dialect of XML that intends to abstract the information flow particularly between large scale social activist communities and individuals in order to reinforce the impact of social activism events.
ActiviXML proposes a standard format, ActiviXML Schema, for the documents that describe a social activism event. This standard format categorizes information and builds information hierarchy.
In collaboration with Engin Erdogan.
ActiviXML Sample
ActiviXML Schema (XSD)
| Element Structure
The top element is the <channel> that describes the source of the information as it is in the popular syndication format RSS. These are the channel elements: |
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| Element | Description | Example | |||||||||
| title | The name of the channel. | Anti-war Actions | |||||||||
| link | The URL to the website corresponding to the channel. | http://www.anti-war.org | |||||||||
| description | Description of the channel. | Compilation of anti-war events. | |||||||||
| language | The language the channel is written in. | en-us | |||||||||
| contact | Email address for person responsible for the channel. | contact@anti-war.org | |||||||||
| A channel contains any number of <event>s. The sub-elements of event represents the essential information about the event. These are important for easy syndication of the event. | |||||||||||
| Element | Description | Example | |||||||||
| title | The title of the event. | March on Washington! | |||||||||
| link | The URL of the event. | http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ article.php?id=3091 |
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| who | Participating individuals and organizations. | INTERNATIONAL ANSWER, United Peace and Justice | |||||||||
| where | Location of the event. | Washington Monument | |||||||||
| when | Date and time of of the event. | 2004-05-30T09:30:10 | |||||||||
| duration | Duration of the event. | P2H | |||||||||
| what | Manifesto, call to action | March in Washington, D.C. largest anti-war protest since George W. Bush’s May 1 speech on the U.S.S. Lincoln aircraft carrier where he proclaimed “Mission Accomplished.” | |||||||||
| contact | Email address for the responsible person. | contact@anti-war.org | |||||||||
| pubDate | Indicates when the event was published. | 2004-05-30T09:30:10 | |||||||||
Dynamic Compositions includes 35 programs for exporing the medium of computation by organizing the elements in space and time to create unified structures. It has 5 sets, Active, Reflexive, Reactive, Image-Video, and Information/Noise.
Active set elements change with time. Modulation of movement and phase shifting is used to create patterns in time.
Reflexive set elements change in relation to environment, such as reponse to inputs of mouse, keyboard and time. These inputs are used to alter position, size, direction, and speed of movement.
Reactive set elements have ability to remember their properties such as position, size, color, speed and switch between modes.
Image-Video set explores computational expression in the context of scene-capture, image-play, and interaction.
Information / Noise set explores the information as figure noise as ground relationship through rendering the same structured and unstructured data in the same visible space.
http://plw.media.mit.edu/people/arikan/2003/dynamic_compositions/
A virtual camera follows geometric instructions instead of the shooting paths used in conventional cinematography. It moves along three geometric paths –-flower, helix, star-– while looking at the abstract object, and generates the resulting movies.
Ucantekme.com started in June 2001 as a blog for publishing commentary about internet culture and politics. After the 9/11 attacks, it became an active community where participants discussed related events in custom forums and voting systems about related issues. The liberal Turkish newspaper Radikal selected Ucantekme.com as one of the best community websites in 2001.
The custom publishing software, forums, voting systems, and visual templates were designed and developed by Burak Arikan and Engin Erdogan. Ucantekme.com went offline in 2005.