ÿþ<html> <title>ABOUT MASSIVE CHANGE (AGO)</title> <body bgcolor="000000"> <font color="FFFFFF"> <a href="http://massivechange.ca"><img src="http://massivechange.ca/top.png" border="0"></a></center> <h3></br>Overview</h3> <p> <font color="FFFFFF">Produced by Steve Mann, Connor Dickie and Chris Aimone, this video showcases our first attempt at making something interesting from the vast library of giga-pixel inverse-holographic video we have taken over the last 5 years of the construction of the new AGO. <p> Consider this video just a "quick hack" as Steve Mann's patented "virtual camera" system allows us to do so much more than just linear video. If we can find the funding and time, we plan to put together a project that really exploits the content that we have, like large-scale holograms, interactive VR scene, Omnimax projection... <p> All these are possible with this awesome camera setup. <h3></br>The Process</h3> <p> <font color="FFFFFF">Five years ago a 24-foot long holographic optical rail, Newport holographic optical table, and Ultra High Definition undigital film camera system was set in 12 inch thick cement framing, directly across the street from the <a href="http://www.ago.net/"><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">Art Gallery of Ontario</font></a></span> (AGO). The imaging system spans the entire rooftop of a building located directly across the street from the construction site of Frank Gehry's Ken Thomson-funded Art Gallery of Ontario Transformation construction site. The 24 foot-long holographic table/rail with high-speed Ultra High Definition imaging systems captured (and continues to capture, already having reached over 4 Terabytes in size) lightspace (inverse holograms) with our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigapixel_image"><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">Gigapixel</font></a></span> Ultra High Definition imaging system for the production of a UHD-TV, film and series of photographic and inverse holograhic stills shot entirely in 192-bit-per-pixel-color-depth (capturing almost half a billion colours). The system uses a custom made inverse-holographic undigital camera system for which the Massive Change project director Steve Mann has been awarded patents in a number of different countries around the world. Mann's system gives infinite dynamic range and captures the breathtaking interplay between light and shadow and temporal transitions by an array of high speed lightspace cameras running day-and-night over the past 5 years. The result is the makings of a dramatic film as well as a series of creative photographic lightvector paintings (print media, etc.). Other tangible works of art can include holographic and inverse-holographic prints on glass plates, for laser or white-light viewing in a gallery setting, as well as an interactive art installation that uses a custom-made simulated holographic/inverse-holographic video display intended for installation in a gallery or museum setting. <p> <h3>The film is shot in Ultra High Definition using our gigapixel inverse holographic lightspace camera system. Note the extreme detail when the image is viewed at it's native resolution:</h3> <p> [ Cropped, native resolution still from Massive Change ]</br> <img src="http://www.glogger.mobi/users/mann/image/2008_11_18_09_58_39_81993100.jpg"> <p> <p> <h1>Holographic video</h1> The 24-foot holographic optical rail and Newport holographic optical table gives us unique possibilities to create UHDTV holographic video as well as synthetic holograms and novel interactive works-of-art. <p> Example with a simple stereo pair: <br> <a href=http://wearcam.org/ago/ago167_1.5_1.5_2_172_1_1_1.jpg><img src=http://wearcam.org/ago/ago167_1.5_1.5_2_172_1_1_1.jpg width=400 border="0"></a>(left) <img src=http://wearcam.org/ago/2005jun09.jpg width=400>(right) <br> (Click stereo holographic camera LEFT to enlarge to full size) <p> We're also creating a work in virtual reality for being viewed on a virtual reality headset to be able to look back in time, etc.. <p> Time-lapse lightspace imaging from a small size Newport holographic optical table mounted on a 24 foot long optical rail, set in 12 inch thick cement framing, directly across the street from the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). <p> <h2>PTRZ (pan-tilt-rotate-zoom) lightvector paintings from time-lapse, robotic lightspace camera systems, etc...</h2> <a href=http://wearcam.org/ago/dsc147148rot_ccw.jpg><img src=http://wearcam.org/ago/dsc147148rot_ccw.jpg width=600></a> <h2>A diverse range of possibilities exist to make an exciting memory of the MASSIVE CHANGE within our midst</h2> Notice, again, the time-painting of the streetcar, as movement in the scene is captured as a timeless art form: <br> <a href=http://wearcam.org/ago/dsc150151152153rot_cw.jpg><img src=http://wearcam.org/ago/dsc150151152153rot_cw_und.jpg></a> <p> For other examples of time-lapse lightspace imaging as an art form, see <a href=http://wearcam.org/dusting><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">http://wearcam.org/dusting</a></span></font> as well as <a href=http://wearcam.org/microsec/><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">http://wearcam.org/microsec/</a></span></font>. <p> <p> <h3></br>The Artists</h3> <p> <b>Steve Mann</b> </br> <table border="0" bordercolor="" width="960" bgcolor=""> <tr> <td width="50%" valign=top><font color="FFFFFF">_ Is an artist, sculptor, and inventor, whos cybernetic art deals with light, time-lapse, and the passage and stoppage of time. Mann's work has been shown in numerous galleries and musems around the world, including the useum of Modern Art (MoMA in New York), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Triennale di Milano, Austin Museum of Art, San Francisco Art Institute, the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American History, and The Science Museum (Wellcome Wing, opening with Her Majesty The Queen, and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh). Mann is also a commercial photographer and filmmaker, having shot for such notable clients as Draftfcb, Foote Cone & Belding, Levi Strauss, and has shot numerous magazine covers and large-scale gigapixel photographic works. Additionally, he is the inventor of inverse-holography (OPTICS LETTERS, Vol. 20, No. 24, Dec. 15, 1995) and worked in the lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Techology (MIT) where holographic video was invented.An exhibit of Mann's lightvector paintings entitled "Microseconds and Years", was recently shown in Toronto, at Olga Korper Gallery <a href=http://wearcam.org/microsec/olgakorp.htm><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">http://wearcam.org/microsec/olgakorp.htm</a></font></span> This exhibit dealt with timelapse and passage of time, while using as subject matter, the space best known for "stopping time", namely Harold Edgerton's studio where Mann also worked. Mann, as the inventor of lightspace time-lapse imaging, has been awarded patents in numerous countries around the world. Additionally, he is the inventor of High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging (US Patent 5,828,793), which is now widely used in film production. </td></font> <td width="50%" valign=top><font color="FFFFFF">Mann is also the inventor of electric eyeglasses (laser-eyetap) and computational seeing aids, and other assistive computer vision technologies. His cybernetic photography work (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann</a></font></span>) which he has patented in France, UK, Japan, United States, and Canada, was featured at Toronto International Film Festival (<a href="http://wearcam.org/cyberman.htm"><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">http://wearcam.org/cyberman.htm</a></font></span>), in a film that was described by filmmaker and critic Peter Wintonnick as "the most important Canadian film this year - a film that stands at the crossroads of form at the intersection of old and new." It was also rated by Globe and Mail (2001 Thurs. Sept. 6th, page R6) as third best movie out of 350 movies submitted to Toronto International Film Festival. In addition to being notable for his work in timelapse imaging, Mann is a sculptor whos works include the main centerpiece out in front of the Ontario Science Centre, an interactive stainless steel, bronze, and brass sculpture that's about 20 feet tall and 33 feet in diameter, and is also a musical instrument that can be played by any member of the public, 24 hours a day. As founder of the MIT wearable computing project, Mann has been a "cyborg" for more than 30 years, and now leads a community of more than 30,000 photographic cyborgs: (<a href=http://glogger.mobi><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">http://glogger.mobi</a></span></font>) Steve Mann has written 139 research publications, books, patents, and has been the keynote speaker at more than 25 scholarly and industry symposia and conferences, and has also been an invited speaker at more than 50 university Distinguished Lecture Series and colloquia, as well as a speaker at the prestiguous Kodak Lecture Series.</td> </tr> </table> <p> <p> <b>Chris Aimone</b> </br> <table border="0" bordercolor="" width="960" bgcolor=""> <tr> <td width="50%" valign=top><font color="FFFFFF">_ <a href="http://aimone.ca/"><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">http://aimone.ca/</a></td></span></font> <td width="50%" valign=top><font color="FFFFFF"> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <b>Connor Dickie</b> </br> <table border="0" bordercolor="" width="960" bgcolor=""> <tr> <td width="50%" valign=top><font color="FFFFFF">_ Has consulted for many ad agencies, fortune 500 and fortune 50 corporations worldwide. He has 5 pending patents and has also produced over a dozen research publications. He has exhibited at WIRED Nextfest (New York, NY), PepsiCo World Headquarters (Purchase, NY), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taichung, Taiwan), Ontario Science Centre (Toronto, Ontario), Animamax Biennial @ Museum of Modern Art (MoMa Shanghai, China), Siggraph, Nordic Exceptional Trendshop (Copenhagen, Denmark), Gamania Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan). His work has also been featured on ABC's "Good Morning America", SPACE, Discovery Channel, NHK, CBC, TechTV, BoingBoing, Engadget and Gizmodo. He studied Film & Computer </td></font> <td width="50%" valign=top><font color="FFFFFF">Science at Queen's University (Canada) and was a researcher in the Human Media Lab before studying Media Arts and Science at the MIT MediaLab in 2006. Connor is an active educator, teaching design classes in the School of Computing at Queen's University and lecturing at both academic and corporate colloquia. He is a founding member and contributer at <a href="http://www.creativesynthesis.net/"><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">CreativeSynthesis</font></a></span>; a Cambridge, MA. based 501(c) non-profit research and education institute, and most recently acted as Experience Director for the <a href="http://changingtheworld.ca"><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">Changing the World</font></a></span> conference for Young Innovators (think TED for students). He currently acts as Creative Director for <a href="http://kameraflage.com"><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">kameraflage Inc.</font></a>, a company he founded to commercialize a "Calm Media" display technology he invented.</span></td> </tr> </table> <h1><font color="FFFFFF"> '</font> <a href="mailto:contact@massivechange.ca?subject=Contacting you via massivechange.ca (AGO film)"><font color="FFFFFF"><font color="000000"><span style="background-color:white">Email Us</font></a></span> </html>