ITERATING MY WAY INTO OBLIVION by Carlo Zanni

ITERATING MY WAY INTO OBLIVION

July 2010 -- 9'43'' - 720p Video.
Server side code / software, Film, Net Data

A Server Side generated movie where a guy is listening to a voice reading YouTube Terms of Service.

When YouTube changes its Terms of Service, the server behind the movie gets the new text and through a text-to-speech software renders the voice over which is then imported into the filmed sequence.

The movies are always different while maintaining their narrative.

This project loosely refers to George Orwell's "Animal Farm", speculating on the relationships between creative energies and corporate policies evoking the morphing of enlightened arcana into established powers.

This work follows two previous experimental movies done in the past four years for which I coined the neologism "DATA Cinema", suggesting a new way to approach filmmaking and narrative forms at large based on the use of live Net data, to create ever changing cinematic live environments.

www.zanni.org

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Carlo Zanni
• Data Cinema
• zanni.org
• Kazimir Boyle
• Federico Maccagni
• lab8
• contemporary art
• video art
• net art
• new media

[goodgoodgoodful]

how about terms of lots of other soft wares and web sites, I have not read them all well yet... seriously... oh, noooooo......

[catadeluxxe]

People seem quite happy about this, could anyone please explain me what is going on in this video ??? I've watched it all and I can't understand anything. The description won't help, please someone explain me. Much appreciated :)

[roxybel]

Congratulation, i linked it in my web site: museodelmetaverso.it

[norznorznorz]

fascinating clip. very good

[UNRdigitalmedia]

Nice job Carlo, sublime...

[thecollective10]

Anyone know the name of the music at the beginning?

[Ratzez2]

Sprankton. A noun.

[ht2k]

Awesome, but then again.... I'm drunk. Still, nice hats. Many people may wish for a soundtrack to their life but I doubt anyone wants the youtube TOS to be it. (Clicked over from wired.com).

[AguxGarzon]

It's so well done I would like you to tell me where are the data-driven spots !

[pauwaelder]

A great work, as usual. I like the way you play with the Goorin ballcaps (maybe you could have included "cock", "ass", "eager beaver" or "stallion" in the keywords and see what happens) and the contrast between the automated voice, the legalese and the intimate environment of a bored user... great cinematography, too!