ARTWORK CONNECTIVITY ART VIEWING / PROGRAMMING / TECH DEMO DOCUMENTATION + PRESENTATION PROPOSAL November 20 2013 / Met Museum + Parsons Collab Jackie, Danielle, Carmelle and Jacob
Project Overview Viewer Artwork Viewing through Seeing The personal and immediate impression of art Tracking Through technology applications Discovery By analyzing how viewer experiences art, particapants can discover a relationship to art
Project Overview Art Programming Programming techniques allow visitors to learn about art themes as well as provide hands-on experiences with the artwork Technology Seeing through physical tracking by technological applications may allow the viewer to discover more about art and the art process
DEMO DAYS Parsons & Met Purpose: To test how users see art through tracking simulation Focus: + Dialougue between viewer and programmer + Unvailing process + First impressions + Recording: Audio and Visually + Reciept
ARTWORK INFORMATION Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses Paul Cézanne Date:ca. 1890 Medium:Oil on canvas Dimensions:28 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm) Classification:Paintings Credit Line:Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 Accession Number:51.112.1 Vibrant colors were being explored in the impressionist moevement. Cézanne rarely painted flowering plants or fresh-cut bouquets, which were susceptible to wilting under his protracted gaze. Cézanne wanted to make paintings whose compositions were more tightly organized and "make of Impressionism something solid and durable, like the art of the museums". The objects in this painting, such as the apples and the tablecloth, are portrayed without the use of shadow, but through extremely subtle shifts of color. Cézanne wanted to make paintings whose compositions were more tightly organized and "make of Impressionism something solid and durable, like the art of the museums". Cézanne seems to have reserved this particular table, with its scalloped apron and distinctive bowed legs, for three of his finest still lifes of the 1890s.
USER TESTING Kamilla Viewing Artwork: Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887 Vincent van Gogh Oil on Canvas Observations: Portrait of a man in a vertical composition Interpretation of physical characteristics of man, i.e. eyes Color palette: warms colors, illumination of cold colors Movement of brush strokes Rebecca Viewing Artwork: Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, 1890 Paul Cézanne Oil on Canvas Observations: Characteristics of objects: fruit, table, cloth Shadows have bluest cast Solid background and composition of shades and hues Steve Viewing Artwork: Still Life with Bottle of Rum, 1911 Pablo Picasso Oil on Canvas Observations: The title of the image revealed an interpretation of the piece when it was first viewed Metaphysic exploration of objects in multiple viewpoints in one image Greater dialogue about Picasso and association with date (1911) We see what we are told to see, What would happen if you didn t tell someone the title of the painting in the initial introduction?
RECEIPTS
VISUAL DOCUMENTATION
DEMO DAY 2
USER TESTING Demo 1 Alba & Constance Viewing Artwork: Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887 Vincent van Gogh Oil on Canvas Observations: Viewers took a moment to examine art, followed by the facilitator speaking about the work. Positive to having brief background about art before viewing experience. Suggested sticking to one piece. Demo 2 Dana Viewing Artwork: Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, 1890 Paul Cézanne Oil on Canvas Observations: Caught bright colors in lower foreground, appearing traingles and objects, noticed what could be apples Moved upwards, observed blue colors of wall When I look at things, I have to look at it at a long in order to focus on it.
USER TESTING Demo 3 Emanuel & Don Viewing Artwork: Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, 1890 Pablo Picasso Oil on Canvas Observations: Light blue background, and the white paper cloth with the apples Warm colors against cool colors, emphasis on depth-of-field Flowers are the last thing to notice Demo 4 The Jacobsons Viewing Artwork: Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, 1890 Paul Cézanne Oil on Canvas Observations: What do you see? What fruit do you see? Fruit on table cloth, organe, yellows, colors and shades Flowers in a vase Blue background Absent of people, threes and sixes grouping of fruit
VISUAL DOCUMENTATION
Final Proposal User flow 1 Arrival & Greeting 2 Program Overview Topic, subject matter, objectives, technology by facilitator 3 Art Brief Pre-viewing: title, period and medium 4 Viewing First impression and tracking
Final Proposal User flow 5 Receipt Reciept is generated: provides visualized tracking & information 6 Partipant Response Recieves reciept 7 Discussion Participant + Facilitator Dialogue 8 Tactile Experience Swatches and/or props used
Final Proposal Floor plan Art Cart Standing space Chairs Table with equiptment
Final Proposal Reciept sketch Paul Cézanne Text about the painting according to the viewer s eye tracking - colors, areas of interest, about the artist, about how the painting was created, composition, light, shades, forms and textures. Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses Text about the painting according to the viewer s eye tracking - colors, areas of interest, about the artist, about how the painting was created, composition, light, shades, forms and textures. Text about the painting according to the viewer s eye tracking - colors, areas of interest, about the artist, about how the painting was created, composition, light, shades, forms and textures. Receipt made of two papers. This is the buttom one, and above a transparent paper with the eye tracking exactly above the image of the painting. Text about the painting according to the viewer s eye tracking - colors, areas of interest, about the artist, about how the painting was created, composition, light, shades, forms and textures.