講題&工作坊：Telepresence Art – the evolution from proto-Internet to XR technologies in communication
演講者：Patryk Lichota 博士
時間：2022年11月23日 16:20-18:20PM
地點：清華大學台達館 R102教室
內容：在演講與工作坊，Patryk博士將向學生展示 theremin 的工作原理以及它的信號如何轉換為數據以及如何處理它。 Patryk博士將展示一些他長久以來所從事的 VR 和 AR 應用程序，以及他在 Ars Electronica 中的作品〈Datafixation〉，展示此作品“內部運作方式”，以及它是如何在虛幻引擎環境中構建的。
Lecture
The lecture will present the phenomenon of telepresence from a broad historical perspective – starting from ancient Greece and ending with telerobotic engineering. Telepresence has its own ontology and research methodology, not only from a technological perspective but also from a media studies, anthropology, and performative perspective. During the presentation, the definition of telepresence will be confronted with virtual reality and telematics. Telepresence reveals modern thinking about communication and changing the sense of the presence of users, which was strongly revealed in the 70s and ’80s in art and early technological solutions, gaining the name of proto-Internet, prototyping many phenomena of modern applications and hardware devices.
Workshop
It will be an approximation of the practical applications of telepresence today with the use of webVR and webAR technologies (using Three.js, HTML5, and A-Frame library) and the environment for creating video games and 3d real-time interactive applications – Unreal Engine. The first electric instrument will also be presented – the theremin, which works touchless. Its electromagnetic waves can be disturbed by hand movements, thanks to which we can change the frequency of the acoustic wave oscillator, which in turn can be converted into any data (datification/sonification) and used to control any media (light, video image, sound sequences).
Patryk Lichota is a musician, composer, improviser, radio producer and curator. He holds a degree in culture studies and musicology from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He is Ph.D. at Theatre and Media Art institute in Poznań, and teaching students of the programme Interactive Media and Performance, film post-production at the University of the Arts Poznań and at the Academy of Art in Szczecin. He is a member of the HAT Center – Humanities, Art and Technology research centre, as well as artistic director and producer of the festival of improvised music FRIV. He composes music for theatrical productions and radio drama, while creating multimedia installations as well. He composed music for The Case of Josephine H. (2014), The Poison, 16 (2017), Hybryda (2018) by Izabela Gustowska and Transandino and Pierogarnia by Kasper Piasecki. He created the video project Fonoleptic, and is the author of the conception for performances, theatre projects and installation. Together with Marta Romaszkan he is developing FRIV MOVE, a project devoted improvised music and dance. For 9 years has been hosting Audiosfera, a radio show on contemporary music on Radio Afera. He is an author of book “Traditions of noise in sound art”
