Background
Cyborgs
Cyborgs by definition are extensions of someone physically.
For example glasses enhance people’s vision, and are therefore classed as an
extension of the eyes. So people who wear glasses, by definition can be classed
as cyborgs.
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Avatars can be classed in the same area, as avatars express
our personalities. An example of an avatar would be: the “XBOX 360 Live
Avatar”. Social avatars are extensions of our essence of who we are and how we
express ourselves. As an example my XBOX 360 personal avatar is designed to
look like me with the same hair and a beard. Also because I’m a geek and my
favourite superhero is “Batman”, my avatar is also wearing a Batman costume.
This is an extension of my personality.
Usernames
Usernames relate to the same principle as avatars. It is a
text representation of how we identify ourselves. So for the avatars I have
asked my group for their own personalised user ID. Usernames normally consist
of something relating to that person: i.e. a name, nickname, a date (DOB) or
something personal. For example: my username for everything is: tjcooper91.
Just by googling that user ID you can find most of my work, I use this as it is
the first two initials of my name then my last name, the 91 is the year I was
born.
Virtual Societies
Virtual societies are increasingly growing with advancements
in Facebook and online gaming. Digitally native people will grow up to be more
active in a virtual society than the physical one. Because of this we came up
with the idea of using science fiction virtual realities combined with our
concept of avatars.
Plan and Concept
We originally planned on having this as a projection of us
discussing the exhibition and bantering amongst ourselves and the watching
audience. The idea and concept got great feedback from our tutors in the
presentation; from this they offered us a greater challenge. We were then asked
to orchestrate the exhibition with our idea and concept.
So our idea evolved in to bringing all of the 16 final pieces
together around our idea. This is done by introducing the exhibition and having
us act out as though directly in front of an audience, and acting like a tour
guide to all the work.
Our group introductions will be played around the other
groups’ physical or digital work. In our own way we explain what there final
work is.
As well as being a tour guide we are a stand alone piece.
This is emphasised with bantering comments and conversations with the avatars
(this will be played at random in between the work). This also pulls us away
from being direct guides to the exhibition and makes our piece a stand alone
article as well.
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