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a workshop about Near Future Design http://www.artisopensource.net/2013/11/14/openness-and-near-future-design-at-i-lab-at-luiss-university/
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INTRODUCTIONWhat is the Internet
a wire (or a satellite, or some magnetic waves…)1001001001110…
bits transmitted physically
your computer (or smartphone, or
tablet, or…)
a wire (or a satellite, or some magnetic waves…)1001001001110…
bits transmitted physically
your computer (or smartphone, or
tablet, or…)
network your network card, the USB stick through which you connect…
1001001001110…bits interpreted from signals
a wire (or a satellite, or some magnetic waves…)1001001001110…
bits transmitted physically
your computer (or smartphone, or
tablet, or…)
network your network card, the USB stick through which you connect…
1001001001110…bits interpreted from signals
TCPpackets of digital information software on your PC or
on your provider
a wire (or a satellite, or some magnetic waves…)1001001001110…
bits transmitted physically
your computer (or smartphone, or
tablet, or…)
network your network card, the USB stick through which you connect…
1001001001110…bits interpreted from signals
TCPpackets of digital information software on your PC or
on your provider
IP software on your PC or on your provider
decides routing: this packet is for me, this packet is not..
a wire (or a satellite, or some magnetic waves…)1001001001110…
bits transmitted physically
your computer (or smartphone, or
tablet, or…)
network your network card, the USB stick through which you connect…
1001001001110…bits interpreted from signals
TCPpackets of digital information software on your PC or
on your provider
IP software on your PC or on your provider
decides routing: this packet is for me, this packet is not..
http your browserthe web: defines documents. assembles text, images, videos and more from all the data you
receive over the Internet (web pages, social networks…)
network
TCP
IP
http
Each layer is service on the one below
network
TCP
IP
http
Each layer is a form of power
network
TCP
IP
http
Example:
CISCOproduces large part of the network devices all over the planet. !What happens if there is a backdoor on all its devices? !The Internet stops.
network
TCP
IP
http
Example:
How can we avoid catastrophe?
solution: openness! !if source code in the devices is Open Sources, Cisco is not able to hide backdoors.
network
TCP
IP
http
Example:
Telecom Italiais the main provider of connectivity in Italy. !What happens if they do not adopt Net Neutrality? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality !anything from censorship to authoritarian regimes
network
TCP
IP
http
Example:
How can we avoid catastrophe?
solution: openness! !transparency on rules open, transparent protocols neutral, transparent infrastructure
network
TCP
IP
http
Example:
This is true even at physical level
Julian Oliver (artist): images of where internet cables arrive on the beach, among machine guns and tanks !or: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/the-creepy-long-standing-practice-of-undersea-cable-tapping/277855/
network
TCP
IP
http
each of these layers corresponds to
!
INCREDIBLE POLITICAL POWER
!and/or to
!
AMAZING BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
not “free” as in “free beer”, but !
“FREE” as in “FREEDOM”
netwo
TCP
IP
http
netwo
TCP
IP
http
INTERNET does not exist
!!
PEOPLE exist
netwo
TCP
IP
http
INTERNET does not exist
!!
PEOPLE exist
all of this
as a tool for expression
for this
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMAN BEINGS
daily lives
HUMAN BEINGS
daily lives
recurring/emerging behaviors
HUMAN BEINGS
daily lives
RITUALS
UNDERSTAND EMERGING RITUALS
EXAMPLE:
http://www.artisopensource.net/projects/incautious-porn.html
EXAMPLE:
http://artisopensource.net/projects/enlarge-your-consciousness.html
HUMAN BEINGS
Paul Du Gay “Doing Cultural Studies: the story of the Sony Walkman”http://books.google.it/books?id=Gop0dQGKm5sC&dq=paul+du+gay+walkman&hl=it&source=gbs_navlinks_s
the most influential anthropological study of modern times
the iPhone is “empty” !it is ready to be “filled” (with apps)
this is its value: it is a platform for human expression
NEAR FUTURE DESIGN
FUTUREdoes not exist
it’s a performance
HUMAN BEINGS
daily lives
RITUALS
IDEA
SIMULACRUM
SIMULACRUM
“Organize a fake holdup. Verify that your weapons are harmless, and take the most trustworthy hostage, so that no human life will be in danger (or one lapses into the
criminal.) Demand a ransom, and make it so that the operation creates as much commotion as possible — in short, remain close to the “truth,” in order to test the reaction of the apparatus to a perfect simulacrum. You won’t be able to do it: the network of artificial signs will become inextricably mixed up with real elements (a policeman really will fire on sight; a client of the bank will faint and die of a heart
attack; one will actually pay you the phony ransom).” [p. 20] !
(from Jean Beaudrillard’s “The Preecession’s of Simulacra”)
According to Bruce Sterling, Design Fiction is: !
“It’s the deliberate use of diegetic prototypes to suspend disbelief about change. That’s the best definition we’ve come up with. The important word
there is diegetic. It means you’re thinking very seriously about potential objects and services and trying to get people to concentrate on those rather than entire worlds or political trends or geopolitical strategies. It’s not a kind
of fiction. It’s a kind of design. It tells worlds rather than stories.”
According to Kook Agency: !
“to produce Design Fiction means to design a campaign that is seriously possible. An object or a service that captures and focuses attention on a transformation without having to deal with global trends or geopolitical scenarios. A scenography which is able to
catalyze attention and outline a possible world“. And “Design Fiction is not a type of fiction, but rather the design of our interface with reality. The culture of the project applied to the implementation of
possible worlds which can only get built through stories.”
http://www.artisopensource.net/2013/08/02/design-fiction-and-near-future-design-at-frontiers-of-interaction-2013/
http://www.artisopensource.net/2013/05/26/transmedia-narratives-simulacra-simulation-fake-and-design-fiction/
In William Gibson’s “Neuromancer”, a terrorist sect called The Panther Moderns takes advantage of the fuzzy boundary between the
simulacra and the real to create chaos at the Sense/Net Corporation: !
Nine Moderns, scattered along two hundred miles of the Sprawl, had simultaneously dialed MAX EMERG from pay phones.Nine different police
departments and public security agencies were absorbing the information that an obscure subsect of militant Christian fundamentalists had just taken credit for having introduced clinical levels of an outlawed psychoactive agent known as Blue Nine into the ventilation system of the Sense/Net Pyramid. Blue Nine had been shown to produce acute paranoia and homicidal psychosis in eight-
five percent of experimental subjects.
In the narrative, the Panther Moderns combine multiple media and modalities to stimulate as many perceptive
modalities as possible to make the people in the Sense/Net building believe that a fundamentalists have infected the
building with a powerful hallucinogenic drug, thus causing violence and horror.
Transmedia Narratives !
a transmedia story represents the integration of entertainment experiences across a range of different media
platforms !
Henry Jenkins, 2007
Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral elements of a fiction
get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose
of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience. Ideally, each
medium makes its own unique contribution to the unfolding of the story.
SIMULACRUM
WORLD-BUILDING
SIMULACRUM
WORLD-BUILDING
create a trans-media narrative, to suspend disbelief and to create a believable reality,
to form an immersive experience
WORLD-BUILDING
people
reactions
expression of the
“preferred future”
WORLD-BUILDING
people
reactions
expression of the
“preferred future”
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Shifts the perception
of what is “possible”
transforms the future
into a collaborative performance
The Future becomes a performance
The Future becomes a performance
in which people describe their preferred futures
the Workshop
workshop schema
partially composed narrative describes the setup
identify story functions + create story resolution
Research: elements which are useful
for the story, and background information
(society, technology, actors, context...)
1) create the map of the present
• state of the arts and technologies
• market trends
• emerging rituals
• …
2) use them to infer a concept
• setup the story
• imagine world building elements (start)
3) create the story functions
• the story functions are the building blocks of a story
• try to make a strong, reliable, consistent story structure
• try to use classical story structures
• es.: 3 acts (setup, conflict, resolution)
• you can use the story cards (attached to slides)
use story functions as kernel events. map satellite events. balance story logic.
4) create the event map
• the event map is the diagram of the story
• each circle is a section
• each identified story function has a section, of which it is the kernel event
• additional sections can be added, to balance the story
a) Kernel event b) Narrative “block” c) Satellite event d) Anticipatory event e) Possible but unfollowed path f) Retrospective event
Far left: a schematic diagram used in structural narrative theory (Chatman, 1980:54*). Left: the approach adapted for design is a paper-based Event Map.
maps help identify kernel and satellite events in preparation for
crafting a well structured narrative. These can be expressed as
a text, a storyboard or an enactment.
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3
2
represent story in sketch form. increase granularity. make more concrete.
5) create sketches
• sketch the story as if they were the scenes of a movie
• sketch also satellite events, parallel events, flashbacks, flash forwards…
• give consistency, make it tangible: if it isn’t, go back to previous steps
• group sketches in sets, to be implemented as the components of the transmedia narrative
represent in different media. validate. find best representation. communicate (transmedia).
6) create representations
• implement the transmedia narratives
• create the design fictions (diegetic prototypes)
• disseminate
• start the performance
on freedom:
Comprendere il mutamento è essenziale anche e soprattutto per dirigerlo, per fare fronte alle emergenze e ai rischi effettivi di catastrofe (ambientale, nucleare, economica) che «il corso delle cose», da solo, non ci garantisce certo di evitare. Il lavoro di studio e di previsione sul futuro sembra essenziale per affrontare in maniera adeguata tutti questi problemi. A condizione che questo lavoro (come in ogni altro campo della scienza) non generi una nuova casta di super-tecnici che si arroghino il diritto di decidere – soli o in combutta con le burocrazie che governano – il destino di tutti. Su questo destino, non ci deve essere dubbio, la parola spetta agli interessati.
Antonio Caronia
let’s start!
PHASE IDuration: 5+5 minutes
Story SetupForm groups Work in couples Each group sets up a scenario Present it using a single sentence Pass it on to your left, elaborate it
PHASE 2Duration: 15 minutes
Q&AEach group presents scenario: 2 minutes Other groups pose questions: 5 minutes
PHASE 3Duration: 25 minutes
Story FunctionsPick three random story cards (functions) One card from each set (Setup, Conflict, Resolution) Create a story using the functions
PHASE 4Duration: 10 minutes
Event MapCreate Event Map for the story. Using story functions as kernel events.
PHASE 5Duration: 16 minutes
Q&AEach group presents the Event Map: 3 minutes Other groups pose questions: 5 minutes
PHASE 6Duration: 20 minutes
RepresentCreate Sketches for story Think as if you are creating the storyboard for a movie Create sketches for side stories, too
PHASE 7Duration: 20 minutes
ShowEach group can present their sketches in 10 minutes
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