User:FLEM/Final presentation

Special issue 16

My main project during the special issue 16 was the impossible process project.

Wiki research & documentation: poems translations.

Website: https://hub.xpub.nl/soupboat/theimpossibleprocess/

the impossible process of grasping the other side

the impossible process of grasping the other side is a project by Emma Prato, as part of the Special Issue 16 //Learning How to Walk While Catwalking// carried out by Piet Zwart Institute (XPUB) students on the topic of Vernacular Language Processing.

the impossible process basically wants to play around with the structure of poetry translations and mix together different versions of the same text.

translating a poem into another language is an impossible process - so what if we gather translations from different people? from different languages? and what if then we mix them up? what if we change them? what if we play with words? it probably won't solve the impossible process but for sure is an interesting experiment.

//multiple translations can give us a much better sense of the poem than a single translation can, so that even if we can’t read the poem in the original language, we can come closer to that experience° // the impossible process is made of two sections: one (THE CROWD) is to gather //vernacular// information and the other (THE MASHUP) is to process texts, which can be both taken from the vernacular content or from already existing translations. The poetry archive (work in progress) will showcase the results.

Connection with second year project

In the SI16, I analysed patterns and disrupted common structures to create new versions of texts. I created a prototype of linguistic patterns and the impossible project website, a tool for vernacular translations. Plus, I used the annotation system created for Special Issue 16 to gather translations from users. The final publication for the public to interact and understand the Python function I created has been the "letter bag", an activity that would reproduce what happens in the function and ask the user to do it by hand. In recalls what I am making in the Second Year project with the following question: what happens when you mirror digital interactions into a physical movement? In both cases, I reckon, it is a very interesting tool to make people who know nothing about coding, what is happening.

I started to understand how python scripts work and started making some website to try out things.

Contribution/groups

I was part of ADMIN TEAM: creating the meetings, schedules, keeping track of the work.
I was part of LAUNCH TEAM: event coordination, organisation and user experience for the launch day.
I was part of FRONT-END TEAM: support during the creation of front-end of the website, advices and considerations.
Content group: research on python function, set up, layout and flask for website of “the impossible process”; prints and booklet for the same project. In addition, general research for the “vernacular maps” group.

Side things

My notes documentation: User:FLEM/1.1

User:FLEM/The rejected side

Gallery

Special issue 17

The crossword experience

The crossword experience is a reference to the crosswords as well as an overview of the productive play glossary, that will be found inside the loot box and represents the research part of our project. The post-its/squared pieces of paper definitions act as a go-between the content and the players, and obviously share the values and reasons why post-its have been chosen as the mean for this project. The idea emerged to reflect on some of our main topics (slow-thinking, delayed rewarding, gamification processes, competition, individuality, productive environment) in a gamified way.

The player will:

1. Complete a puzzle to create a word, therefore to play a game to obtain a drink, instead of having a need and satisfying it immediately. It is a critic of loot boxes philosophy and serves to slow the pace down because the players can't get the drink immediately (delayed-reward and slow-thinking).

 2. By the end of the event, the public will have produced a collective work, a big crossword made by everyone in the room. It's a way to create interaction and criticise the videogames world that produces a lot of individuality and competition. Instead, this method invites the player to embrace collectivity and inclusivity.

Wiki research & documentation: User:FLEM/Crosswords

Connection with second year project

Again, I always tried to involve a public, to explain more than what seems like needed, had in mind the idea that our public should understand and it has been underlined my intent of translating one form of research into an activity/event. One of the results of this has been the crosswords game, both for the launch day and for the publication. I like the idea that an audience can interact with what is shown to them: everyone has different learning methodologies, and it’s our job to put everyone in a situation where they can get the best out of the experience.