Friday, December 14, 2007

Storynest故事巢and Techart Group天工開物


Two years ago, when people asked me why I wanted to study interactive design, the answer is “because it sounds cool.” Although later I realized that I am too “cool” for interactive design, I still have to admit that interactive design is HOT (are you happy now, Uom?).
Anyway, there aren’t many hard-core interactive design companies in Taiwan, Storynest and Techart Group are two of them. By hard core, I mean doing something other than websites, banners, and flash games.

The founder of Storynest, Hsin-Chien Huang, is one of the pioneering interactive artists in Taiwan. He likes to use stories to express his thoughts about lives. So his work usually has a strong narrative character. Techart group, according to their website, is “formed in 2004 by AI Republic and CS groups. It's powered by participating partners' creative design, chipset programming application, and interactive multimedia creation.”

One good thing about those two companies is that they hold a seminar together every other week. In this regular event, they invite guest speakers form art and design related field to share their experience and thoughts. Unfortunately, it is a closed event, but that’s the only way to keep the quality.
兩年前,當別人問我為什麼要念互動設計時,我的答案是”因為聽起來很酷”,雖然後來我了解我實在是太”酷”而不適合念互動,我還是承認互動設計實在是熱門極了。
總之,台灣作互動裝置的公司不多,而故事巢天工開物是其中兩家。其他大部分的公司還是主攻網頁、網路廣告跟flash遊戲之類的。
故事巢的創立者,黃心建,是台灣作互動藝術的先鋒之一。他喜歡用故事的方式來表達他的想法,所以他的作品有強烈的敘事性。而天工開物,根據其網站,由「中國A.I.」與「晶矽族群」共同成立於2004。他們的”動力”來自成員的創意、晶片程式設計及綜合互動媒材的創造。
值得一提的是,這兩家公司共同合作,每兩個禮拜舉行一次講座,邀請藝術設計相關領域的人來演講討論。可惜的是,這活動不對外公開,不過這也是控制講座品質的唯一方法…
By Techart Republic-Office Life

By Storynest:
Interactive Installation 互動裝置:
Diamond Sutra: http://art.storynest.com/_ch/_5projects/installation_diamondSutra.htm
金剛經:http://art.storynest.com/_ch/_5projects/installation_diamondSutra.htm
Interactive Performing 互動表演:
Poetronic:http://art.storynest.com/_en/_5projects/perf_poetronic.htm
電詩小王子: http://art.storynest.com/_ch/_5projects/perf_poetronic.htm

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