Platform
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| Creator | Mihail Bakalov |
| Year | 2015 |
| Bio | Mihail Bakalov [BG] is a media artist dealing with on-line social networks, digital footprints and metaphysical characters of objects. His methodology of working is through observation and isolation of hidden or neglected elements in daily life. Some of the visuals he creates appear as dreamlike images with fictional elements, where meanings of reality shift. |
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| Website | http://cargocollective.com/mihailbakalov |
Platform is an audio-visual installation, which gives an alternative view of mundane messages posted on on-line social networks. This project presents the loneliness in the on-line socialization on everyday basis. The construction of the piece is similar to a musical composition, reflecting the emotion that the content carries. Platform consists of scraped messages from twitter from different users and combines them into a new collective profile. The tweets verbalized and synchronized with visuals try to bring out the personal character that stands behind the message. The piece also tries to show a deeper meaning to the otherwise dry statements.
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This morning before I opened my eyes I heard the sound of incoming emails. TOday is going to be busy.
So tired today, can't even talk, but I can't stop tweeting about last night.
It is good that my skills of combining and multitasking jobs is amazing, I do it 24/7.
While going to work I can work on my own work
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why am i going home, when i will go back to work in a couple of hours
Today work is going to tough, but i can always take a quick break and see whats up with my friends
As long as I am on-line, I can be anywhere
Yesterday I forgot my phone + I was late for work and I couldn't even tweet about it.
on my way now , will broadcast later and share everything interesting i found today
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE WORLD TO FINISH ALL THE WORK I HAVE
I have the freedom to work anywhere, so that is really great, I can work all the time.
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Social networks have given users the space to express them selves and socialize. Although internet allows us to be connected all the time technology has changed the way of connecting with each other, which is different from the face-to-face experience. The collections of tweets used in this work brings up the effects of being always connected. For this project I took inpiration from authors such as Sheryl Turkle and particularly the book Alone together, which from the title clearly describes the situation technology has put us. The project “Platform” presents the transient situation people are in. The verbalized tweets show the merging of the our free time and work within the immaterial labor. The filmed material shows a transient space, a public transport stop, where people who look at their smart phones wait for the tram or the metro to arrive.
