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| author | s-ol <s+removethis@s-ol.nu> | 2021-10-04 14:13:31 +0000 |
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| committer | s-ol <s+removethis@s-ol.nu> | 2021-10-04 14:48:31 +0000 |
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diff --git a/root/projects/iii-telefoni/text$markdown.md b/root/projects/iii-telefoni/text$markdown.md deleted file mode 100644 index aa9c078..0000000 --- a/root/projects/iii-telefoni/text$markdown.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -<mmm-embed path="boxes" nolink></mmm-embed> -tre telefoni -============ - -*Tre Telefoni* is an installation piece and experimental cooperative game that seeks to unite three strangers by -tasking them with getting to know each other despite complications. - -It consists of three wall-mounted telephone boxes set up out of earshot from each other. -When a player is ready on each of the stations, the phones become active and the three players are connected to each other. -However their communication is complicated by the unconventional nature of the phone system they are using: -Each phone is set up to only relay sound from its microphone to the next station in turn: - -- player A's speech is transmitted only to player B, -- player B's speech is only transmitted to player C, and -- player C's speech is only transmitted to player A. - -<mmm-embed path="heads" nolink></mmm-embed> - -The players have to try to figure out a way to communicate to each other despite not being able to directly respond to each other in order to find out each other's identities. -If they succeed, they can optionally try to arrange a meeting point on the grounds of the showcase to debrief and reflect on their experience. - -Though *Tre Telefoni* has been designed as an installation piece as described above, -a [web-based prototype][proto] is also available to playtest the premise itself. - -artist statement ----------------- -*Tre telefoni* seeks to challenge our notion of *conversation* by letting us experience a mode of communication designed for use by digital agents. - -Conversation traditionally presumes bidirectionality and a way for its subjects to respond directly to each other. -However we are not the only agents conversing: digital devices all around us are also steadily communicating, and while these digital conversations borrow human communication as a metaphor, they mostly take very different forms than our human conversations. -The 'ring topology' (also called 'daisy chaining') is one of the many *network topologies* that digital devices use to communicate. -In a 'ring network topology' each member of the network only talks to its successor, and all members need to collaborate in order to pass messages around. - -technical realisation ---------------------- -Each station is powered by a single-board computer (Raspberry Pi) connected to -- a USB headset (remade into a telephone handle) -- an ethernet switch shared by all stations to network them together -- a small speaker for the ringing sound - -The physical realisation of the station enclosures and telephone handles are currently a work in progress. -The software exists as a protoype version that can be accessed at [iii-telefoni.s-ol.nu][proto] -and playtested for example on mobile phones (compatibility with iOS devices may vary). - -[proto]: //iii-telefoni.s-ol.nu |
