Friday, January 14, 2011

Ha! You thought we were dead!

Still no new hands... It's not like I'm not trying, I've milked family and friends a lot for videos, but that can't be my only resource.
like I have said before, the life of this experiment depends on the input of fans.
so far, fans of GHAE are as real as unicorns or good puns--that is to say (spoiler alert), they aren't real--or at least have not shown any evidence of it. every video has been a friend, family member, or me.
If you are reading this, and haven't been on here (all, what is it, six of you?) please, act now, forget the rules... just video of hands playing a video game, thats all I need--even a control video would be great...
if I don't get anything soon, well, then I'm gonna have to say this is officially dead.
I hoped I'd never have to type those words.
on this side of reality, I am going to make one last ditch effort to save this project.
I scored a gallery show in champaign Illinois at the Indi Go gallery ( http://www.indi-go-art.com/ ) where I will have some of my stuff displayed, alongside another more famous (and probably better) artist.
I'll give more details later on, but suffice to say early March, We will have an opening reception, at which I will have a booth of sorts set up, where people can sit down and play a game, as long as they let their hands be recorded... I don't know what game yet, just that there will be one. Hopefully, this will get some support going.

If not... well, then I'll be sure to post an eloquent fairwell to GHAE...

If this does happen, I will open up all restrictions I have on my videos, and remove any creative commons licensing on them.

I would only ask that you treat them with respect, and give me just a little credit...
maybe someone else can find a home for this where it will thrive

BUT THAT DAY IS NOT HERE YET...

still looking for a hand,
Quinn K.
AKA wavefunction22

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Back from thanksgiving: the first control video

I just noticed: I have four followers on the Google thing (sorry-it's about 9 am here and snowing, so this may be a dreary podcast)
I didn't do a post last week in lieu of enjoying thanksgiving, and the disappointing fact that no one would miss the blog anyway (feel free to email me and tell me I am wrong). I was kind of hoping I could have shot something then, but oh well.
I have a couple of friends I am hoping to mooch a set of data off of, but haven't yet.
one of them, I think I might give a plug for, simply because he is doing a neat project of his own:
Ironically, I know a couple of these people.
his business, Subtletees (here's the store) has some fairly clever shirts--and considering the kid is a High School Freshman (full disclosure: I'm a Junior. this experiment is run by a high school student) it's quite an accomplishment
If you are local (by the way, all videos so far have been Central Illinois, with one from Chicago area) 
anyway, to the post!
In hopes that it will broaden the demographic, I'm adding control videos.
the variable being videogames, controls are all in color, and are of hands doing normal things, like driving a car. (as in this one)
this first control of the section is of me.
again, please please consider giving us a hand
-wavefunction22