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1. what makes someone think twice?

2. what grabs the immediate attention of people the most?

3. why do humans enjoy learning?

4. what happens to medical waste? gloves after surgery etc

5. what external factors determine the kind of art people like? eg how does age change someones taste

6. why do humans enjoy competition?

7. what is the history of optical illusions?

8. who came up with hand drawn illusions?

9. how has the way humans interact with optical illusions changed over time?

10. what are the other kinds of illusion?

11. can ai be classified as an illusion?

12. why am i interested in illusions/trickery personally?

13. what type of illusion will i look the most at?

14. what are the differences between human versus computerised illusions?

15. what is political disillusionment and is it relevant?

16. how will my audience experience illusions in my work?

17. how did people used to react to magic versus now?

18. are people still interested in illusions or have they 'seen it all?'

19. are things less believable now, or are we less trusting?

20. how will i link materials to this concept?

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richard koenig

photographer - looks into illusion and deception

using still image and photography could be used, but i think ill use moving image more than photography.

i would most like to deceive not using sosftwares, and so physically editing moving film may be something i do, but i dont have an analog camera.

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yoko ono (tate) to see early examples of performance art, ono also focuses on audience and their interaction or reaction with/to work.

lookout, robin finch pickering - camberwell space (exhibition - seems right up my alley) - about the relaying of information, absurdist, using childhood and imagination in his art

agata madejska at flat time house (peckham), looking into word and language, soemthing i will be using in this project for sure, as well as in the context of resources and spaces.

science museum to find out cool facts and find out how our brains work in conjunction with illusions. 'who am i?' exhibition currently on

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reflective writing (what assessment criteria i want to develop)

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reflective writing (what assessment criteria i want to develop)

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in this fmp i would like to develop my realisation the most. i find that my research and understanding of what i make or wan to create is usually let down by my realised outcomes. for example, i put a lot of time into planning and iterising my wip show piece (a complex system designed to track subjects gait and determine their mood based off of their footsteps) but the final outcome looked a little messy and haphazard which wasn't what i was going for. i want to use materials i find around in the environment (which i already do a lot of) but also go out of my way to get a specific material or product to use in my works so that the materiality and concept work together conjunctively as well as looking good. therefore over this fmp i'll focus on using better materials (while also considering WHY those materials contextually) and spending more time carefully making the final result instead of being a little messy like i usually am. i also want to develop my communication and how i make other peoplee understand my work. for example, in the wip show i found it difficult to explain to the viewers that they had to go to the second bit of my piece and that they go together. using some form of communication which isnt my own voice is very important as i dont want to have to hang around my piece until i have to explain it. i dont necassarily want the work to be self-explanatory but i want to be able to communicate the meaning behind it/how it works better, perhaps using text, lines on the floor, etc. overall, i would like to develop my techniques more when making to encourage a more polished result of work by going into the workshops (especially the print workshop) and make sure that the work makes sense without me having to be there to explain it.

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toastmasters speech contests - competitive talking.

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paragraphia camera - context to image camera uses location and ai to make the 'photo'

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 David Lieske on Instagram: "Paragraphica is a context-to-image camera that uses location data and artificial intelligence to visualize a “photo” of a specific place and moment. The camera exists both as a physical prototype and a virtual camera that you can try. The viewfinder displays a real-time description of your current location, and by pressing the trigger, the camera will create a scintigraphic representation of the description. On the camera, there are three physical dials that let you control the data and AI parameters to influence the appearance of the photo, similar to how a traditional camera is operated. The camera operates by collecting data from its location using open APIs. Utilizing the address, weather, time of day, and nearby places. Comining all these data points Paragraphica composes a paragraph that details a representation of the current place and moment. Using a text-to-image AI, the camera converts the paragraph into a “photo”. The resulting “photo” is not just a snapshot, but a visual data visualization and reflection of the location you are at, and perhaps how the AI model “sees” that place."

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peter campus (american b.1937) "three transitions"(1973)4:53m video

explores themes of cognitive psychology, identity construction and existentialism.

In three short exercises, Campus uses basic techniques of video technology and his own image to create succinct, almost philosophical metaphors for the psychology of the self. In these concise performances, he employs video's inherent properties as a metaphorical vehicle for articulating transformations of internal and external selves, illusion and reality.

using video could defo be something i work with in this project - using technological and manmade illusions.

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Three Transitions (excerpt). Peter Campus

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competition of zoning out in south korea

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Amy Dee & Andy on Instagram: "@vice #Themontaukaffect"

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145K likes, 902 comments - themontaukaffect on November 7, 2023: "@vice #Themontaukaffect"

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ames window

an image that looks like a rectangular windw, but in fact is a trapezoid, both sides having the same imagee. when spinning it looks cool, i might try and come up with my own one.

one of the first reference points i used, saw it on instagram and was enamoured!

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MPD - most prized dream

a dream you'll always remember. some doctors say they act as anchors to balance memory loss.

MPD's are known to interact with your relationship to suburban architecture. new and empty houses are candidates for MPD anchors. some say this is because of the structures expression and how it guides our travel through frames.

(stairs and bannisters are living extensions of our arms and legs, not working for you but working with you.

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stefan vizan - artist. cool video works. looks into changing how mundane objects are seen,

his instagram is pack with these and is a huge reference point for me, especially when looking at distortion and trickery

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Welcome to the crazy world of Stefan Visan | Collater.al

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Stefan Visan is an artist who manages to create something special from a simple fork, his creations are really unique and never seen before.

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this is the vibe

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hito steyerl

Her prolific filmmaking and writing occupies a highly discursive position between the fields of art, philosophy and politics, constituting a deep exploration of late capitalism’s social, cultural and financial imaginaries. Her films and lectures have increasingly addressed the presentational context of art, while her writing has circulated widely through publication in both academic and art journals, often online.

looking into her commentary on observation and consent and often intertwines philosophy and art which i find interesting

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stilts

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an old, very specific, and strange sounding experiment which piqued my interest.

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Movement Interpretations of the Silhouette of a Revolving Fan on JSTOR

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W. R. Miles, Movement Interpretations of the Silhouette of a Revolving Fan, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul., 1931), pp. 392-405

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to link ideas of illusion to my bruise work im thinking og making a silhouette of a body, seeing how i can make marks on it which show through a shadow?

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i saw this cool piece of reference for looking at shadows and light for our group project show, and when i clicked on it to find out more, it was an ai prompt!

i cant believe ai can come up in a google search and i think that this itself is a kind of illusion

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copenhagen contemporary exhibition - light and space, james tyrell

is kind of the real version of the ai one, puts the audience into the experience.

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i got pranked by will smith

i saw this reel which i assumed was just real, showing how much ai has developed in terms of video.

e.g. sora ai

but then i saw that actually will smith posted it and it was fake. i was tricked!

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i made this fake phone to see if i can change how people interact with a 'screen' but it looks much too fake. still fun though and will continue working with the idea of a screen.

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i started off looking into random things i found interesting and looking at this stuff along with all my work in my portfolio, i realised that i always centre the audience and the impact the work can have; making people think twice or 'tricking' them. after seeing a shadow which looked like an arm extending a gun, i realised that these ideas could all be combined into the idea of illusions and looked into the ames window illusion. after this, i immediately thought about purely optical illusions and researched these using jstor documents and old scientific research. i saw that most of this research was done from around the 1930s to the 60s and theres little since. this begged questions about if optical illusions have lost their 'magic' and that people are just simply uninterested nowadays, or that all of them have been 'come up with' and theres no other possibilities of optical illusions, which seems strange and surely impossible. i then started looking at artists who use objects and technology to 'trick' their viewers, like peter campus' three transitions and stefan vizan.

i then started to question illusion in a broader sense, thinking about what qualifies as an illusion. this led me to researching shadow and moving image, seeing how i could trick viewers using these methods and technology.

while researching shadow and light for another project, i saw a exhibition which looked cool, but then discovered that it was from an ai prompt. i had been tricked myself! i also got tricked with a video of will smith which i thought was comparing last years ai capabilities with nowadays; but it was just will smith.

being tricked by ai made me question if ai itself can be used as a tool to trick someone.

im going to take these ideas of what is an illusion and making the audience think twice, or tricking them into fmp. something which i might leave behind is ideas of physical, drawn optical illusions as i dont feel i can progress too far with this, i think i would reach a dead-end fairly early on if it was my sole focus.

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Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, Magic and the Brain, Scientific American, Vol. 299, No. 6 (December 2008), pp. 72-79

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4. Sensing Screens: From Surface to Situation From Surface to Situation from Screen Genealogies: From Optical Device to Environmental Medium on JSTOR

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Nanna Verhoeff, Sensing Screens:, Screen Genealogies, pp. 115-134

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Online Dating and The Illusion of Choice

Jasbina Ahluwaliadiscusses with Christie Hartman, author ofChanging Your Game: A Man's Guide to Success with Women Find The Love of Your Life Online:

Success with women equals masculinity plus respecting women. It's about being secure in your manhood. We know that confidence is so important for both men and women in life in general but also in the dating process.

There are people who are secure in themselves and accept those parts of them. Like you said, masculinity is part of being a man. When they accept that part of themselves, it makes it easier to accept others even if they're different, which women can be in certain ways.
I found your book's discussion of the illusion of endless options in online dating Dr. Christie Hartman interesting. I run across that all the time. I'd love for you to share about that with our audience.
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This is a huge problem in online dating. Online dating is a whole different ballgame than what I call conventional dating. It has different rules and assumptions. You have to approach it entirely differently. Otherwise, there will be huge frustration. When you get online and do a search for women in a certain age bracket with certain attributes, you can get a pretty big list.

You get this idea that you have all these options. You might think, "Wow, look at all these women. Look at all these amazing women who live in my city that fulfill my general attributes for height and weight." It's easy to assume that you have all of these options.
There are even fewer that you're going to connect with. You need to find those people by broadening your criteria and changing how you approach all of this.
People compensate for that illusion by being pickier and pickier. They think, "If there are 1,000 women between 30 and 40 who have bachelor's degrees and they're all attractive, why can't I start being pickier about how thin they are or narrowing that age range even more? I only want women with master's degrees. They have to be women who want two kids, not three."

It's easy to assume that there are so many options. You get pickier and pickier. That actually works against you. That fact is, the illusion of endless options is an illusion.

In reality, when you get online, there are a ton of people on there but there are very few that you're going to interact with.

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Online Dating and The Illusion of Choice - Intersections Match by Jasbina

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Choice Feminism and the Fear of Politics on JSTOR

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Michaele L. Ferguson, Choice Feminism and the Fear of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 8, No. 1 (March 2010), pp. 247-253

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Emancipation and Sexual Politics in the Digital Age: Indeterminacy and the Dialectics of the Real on JSTOR

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Matteo Stocchetti, Emancipation and Sexual Politics in the Digital Age: Indeterminacy and the Dialectics of the Real, DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, Sexuality, politics and digital media infrastructures: Challenges for diversity (2019), pp. 5-22

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The Illusion of Choice in Choice Feminism | Anupama Dalmia

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Meet South Korean visual artist, Sungsil Ryu.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

I'm a visual artist based in Seoul. I'm interested in the interactions between the locality and materiality of Korea. I attempt to capture the black comedy that is life in Korea through images and installation art. Recently, I have been creating a series of artworks involving a princess character called "Cherry Jang," and currently I am working on "Big King Travel," a work based on an imaginary eastern travel company.

Describe the city you're living in and what it's like to live there.

I was born and grew up in Seoul, but the city seems more unfamiliar the more time passes. Seoul is a city obsessed with the "new," making the city more and more unrecognizable to me by the day. As a consequence of the obsession with the new and trendy in Seoul, I find that I also end up participating in the war between "trend chasers" and "trend makers." If possible, I want to avoid this kind of thing, but it is not easy.

I'm interested in the interactions between the locality and materiality of Korea. I attempt to capture the black comedy that is life in Korea through images and installation art.

What is the best and worst thing about living in your city?

The good: In always-changing Seoul, if you have a transit card, a delivery food app on your phone, and an account with an online shopping mall offering same-day delivery (and money), you can solve almost any problem quickly.

In Seoul, there is this large market called "Eulji-ro" where artists working in installation art or sculpture can buy all kinds of materials, from lumber to motors. After listening to friends who have done work abroad talk about how difficult it can be to get supplies, I realized how convenient Eulji-ro is. Recently, however, the Seoul city government is trying to bulldoze the area under the pretext of revitalizing run-down neighborhoods. A good number of artists are speaking out against this.

The bad: There are too many people. You can't help but bump into people while walking down the street. Just today I bet I ran into five or six people. Of course, I enjoy being around people, but sometimes you just want your own physical space and it can be hard to escape from the crowds. So, these days I'm just looking up at the sky when I walk.

Give us 3 words that describe what it's like to be a creative in your city.

Trend (following), selfishness, emptiness

How did you start your career in art?

There are lots of kids who "have an aptitude for art," but I was lucky enough to also have parents who supported me financially, which allowed me to major in art (especially considering how much money it costs to do fine art).

I remember that in high school I really had no intention of doing art, but some fellow students who kind of studied art would brag that they were going to be "artists." I wanted part of the action, so I remember saying something like, "Hey punks, I'm going to be an artist, too!" I got lucky and in university, I made friends who had similar sensibilities to mine, and things have gone well from there. If it weren't for my friends, around now I probably would have stopped doing art and started working a different job. Maybe If I did, I would love art a little more...

The ability to get feedback on projects I'm working on is a big source of momentum for me, and they give me a lot of support and encouragement.

Were the people around you supportive of your decision on working as a creative?

Most of my friends are artists like myself, so we often get together and offer each other feedback. The ability to get feedback on projects I'm working on is a big source of momentum for me, and they give me a lot of support and encouragement. In particular, I have gotten a lot of help from two friends and fellow visual artists, Minki Hong and Kim Chae-young.

My parents, however, seem to want me to quit art as soon as possible and take over the family business. Hearing that makes me sort of upset and uneasy, but on the other hand, it also feels like a pretty reasonable choice (considering how hard it is to make money as an artist). Anyways, for the moment I am seeking a sensible middle ground.

What are some goals and ambitions you have for your future work?

I hope that for me and the friends I love, we can resist being swept up by all the noise, and just keep making art. But honestly, for that to all work out, you need to have money. With money, you don't need to appeal to people's sincerity or exhaust one's emotional reservoir to get what you want. So, I would like to become wealthy and create an environment with better conditions under which my friends and I can work.

I hope that for me and the friends I love, we can resist being swept up by all the noise, and just keep making art.

If you could collaborate with any person in the world who would it be?

This year I collaborated with the collective 업체eobchae and an artist named HWI, which was a great experience. Honestly, I was a little worried that I've never done collaboration before, but they really brought out my creativity, which resulted in us being able to create some great work. As a fellow artist, I was consistently blown away by their amazing energy and artistic sensibilities.

Recently I have had thought about working with other female artists from countries belonging to the Confucian cultural sphere. And what do you know, I got contacted by Girlsclub Asia, which was exciting. Personally, I am interested in exploring the intersection of how Confucianism intervenes in Koreans women's lives and the lives of women in other Confucian-influenced countries.

How would you describe the women around you?

Honestly, I wasn't too aware of the other women around me when I was in college. Suddenly, after I started my adult life after college, I was so thankful for all the loving support and interest I was getting from other older female artists. I still remember all the messages of support I got from older women who graduated ahead of me around the time of my graduate exhibition. I hope that one day I can properly repay them for that.

Were there any local female creatives that you looked up to when you were growing up?

Most of my role models I find from my surroundings. My fellow artists and older women I went to school with have all been role models for me. I feel so thankful to now be active in the same scene as them.

Are there any challenging aspects of being a female in your industry?

Thanks to the effects of the Me Too movement in the Korean art world, things have improved compared to the past. Just a few years ago, I also encountered a couple of men who made unfair sexual demands on the pretext of arranging an art exhibition. I think especially for young aspiring artists, it was easier to find yourself in that kind of situation. However, it seems these kind of things are improving, and I am so thankful for female artists who came before me and fought for their rights as women.

I would like to become someone that doesn't "just" does art, but "also" does art in addition to other things.

Do you have any advice to young women who are aspiring to work in your field?

I haven't been active in the art world for that long so I don't really think I am in a position to give advice, and I honestly don't like getting advice from others. But, if I were to give myself advice, by next year I would like to become someone that doesn't "just" does art, but "also" does art in addition to other things.

Photos courtesy of Sungsil Ryu.

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South Korean visual artist, Sungsil Ryu, talks about life as a creative living in Seoul.

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The Psychology of Assessment Quizzes: Why Users Love to Engage

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Before diving into the psychology of assessment quizzes, it's crucial to understand why user engagement matters. Engagement is the foundation upon which relationships between users and digital platforms are built. It's the measure of how much time and attention users are willing to invest in your content or brand.