Chris Milk: The birth of virtual reality as an art form
Kris Milk (Chris Milk): Rođenje virtuelne stvarnosti kao umetničkog oblika
Working at the frontiers of interactive technology, Chris Milk stretches virtual reality into a new canvas for storytelling. Full bio
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searching for it,
have more emotional resonance.
at the right time fuses with us
u pravom trenutku se stapa s nama
back there again.
where I got a little greedy.
gde sam postao malčice pohlepan.
on top of the music,
još slojeva povrh muzike,
even more powerful.
još snažnija osećanja.
to look more like this.
for the same thing, though,
added narrative dimension, yes,
je dodalo pripovednu dimenziju, da,
imala za mene.
when you've devoted your life
ako ste posvetili svoj život
da postanete reditelj muzičkih spotova.
to becoming a music video director.
did I take the wrong path?
da li sam krenuo pogrešnim putem?
involve you, the audience, more,
da više angažujem vas, publiku,
feel something more as well.
da osetite nešto više.
auditioning new technologies
počeli da isprobavamo novu tehnologiju
inside of the work,
in "The Wilderness Downtown,"
"The Wilderness Downtown",
in "The Johnny Cash Project,"
u: "The Johnny Cash Project",
experiential power of pure music for me.
iskustvenu moć čiste muzike.
za novom tehnologijom
in science fiction.
u naučnoj fantastici.
I found a prototype.
otkrio sam prototip.
in Mark Bolas's lab in USC.
u laboratoriji Marka Bolasa na USC-u.
znao sam da to je to.
when I ran into it.
in this new medium,
u ovom novom mediju,
we realized something:
an incredibly important role
neverovatno važnu ulogu
that actually makes the jump
koji zapravo pravi skok
of an author's expression
I'll explain. Don't worry.
with a good story.
on the tundra that day.
runastog mamuta po tundri.
into our own internal truths.
u naše lične unutrašnje istine.
version of the story,
na slikama iz pećina,
what we call "suspension of disbelief,"
nešto što zovemo "ukidanjem neverice",
between the reality of the story
između stvarnosti priče
interpreting the story
as a feeling of reality that we get
kao osećanje stvarnosti koje dobijamo
the world around us.
koja doživljavaju svet oko nas.
hunting with the clan leader.
of year one of cinema.
of people running for their lives
ljudi da beže da sačuvaju glavu,
was coming toward them.
of this medium,
past the spectacle
da prevaziđemo spektakl
language of storytelling,
at our VR company, Vrse,
u našoj firmi VS-a, Vrsi,
direct path into your senses,
direktan pristup vašim čulima,
that you could possibly look,
u kojem možete da gledate,
u ovaj džinovski pravougaonik.
is tricky in VR.
su komplikovani u VS-u.
zapravo može da vam pozli.
at a constant speed in a straight line,
ustaljenom brzinom pravolinijski,
every single rule
baš svako pravilo
na polju kreativnosti možemo postići.
we can accomplish.
off the ground, I added acceleration.
od zemlje, dodao sam ubrzanje.
to give you a physical sensation
da vam pružim fizički utisak
in this medium as well.
veoma važna i u ovom mediju.
with the New York Times, Zach Richter
sa Zakom Rikterom iz "Njujork Tajmsa"
2,000 feet above Manhattan,
zbog Džej-Arovog lika.
different than in film,
where your consciousness exists
mesto gde počiva svesnost
which was a collaboration between Vrse,
koji je saradnja između Vrse,
and Imraan Ismail,
i Imrana Ismaila,
of the close-up in virtual reality.
krupnog kadra u virtuelnoj stvarnosti.
you're actually close up to someone.
da ste zapravo blizu nekoga.
of your personal space,
unutar vašeg privatnog prostora,
for the people that we love.
za ljude koje volimo.
closeness to the character
to be a physical closeness.
directing for the rectangle.
režiranja u pravougaoniku.
of the viewer's attention.
gledaočeve pažnje.
to guide your attention
za usmeravanje vaše pažnje
in front of you, to left or right,
ispred vas, levo ili desno,
the sound will rotate accordingly.
zvuk će da se rotira u skladu s tim.
to where I want you to see.
vašu pažnju tamo gde želim da gledate.
singing over your shoulder,
da peva iza vašeg ramena,
like we are part of something.
we lived in small family units.
smo živeli u malim porodičnim krugovima.
then villages and towns,
zatim u sela i gradove,
hardwired to care the most
predodređeni da najviše marimo
and anyone feel local.
i bilo ko doživljavaju domaćim.
takes you to a Syrian refugee camp,
vas vodi u sirijski izbeglički kamp
about people over there,
with all previous mediums,
što kod svih prethodnih medija,
or paper or TV signals.
ili papira ili TV signala.
to make sense of the world.
ono čime osmišljavamo svet.
as the paints on the canvas,
all of our human senses employed,
da li ćemo da angažujemo sva ljudska čula,
the story in any path we choose.
priču na način koji odaberemo.
virtuelnom stvarnošću,
past simulated realities?
kad prekoračimo simuliranu stvarnost?
telling you about a dream,
da živite unutar tog sna?
visiting some reality on Earth,
posećivanja neke stvarnosti na Zemlji,
on the edge of a black hole,
na ivici crne rupe
not using words
bez korišćenja reči,
what that's called.
a medium I'm saying is experiential.
za koji kažem da je eksperimentalan.
a piece of cardboard.
držite parče kartona.
to unlock the phone.
this experience on your phone yourself,
da skinete ovo iskustvo na vaš telefon,
of your own to try it with.
Guglovu kutiju da to isprobate.
u kartonskim kutijama,
a little bit of that lightning
možemo pronaći trag tog bleska
naše glave u jednu od njih.
VR viewing in history.
posmatranju VS-a u istoriji.
style of yesteryear,
stilu davnih vremena,
look like? I can't see.
za časopis "Njujork Tajms":
of the New York Times Magazine,
outside the helicopter,
sa spoljnje strane helikoptera,
vertical so I could grab it.
u vertikalnom položaju da bih je uhvatio.
we had to redo it a few times --
nekoliko puta da ponavljamo -
who have lost loved ones.
koji su izgubili voljene.
in Zaatari than adults right now.
nego odraslih u Zatariju.
to do a standing ovation.
na stojeće ovacije.
Znao sam da ćete aplaudirati na kraju.
I knew you'd applaud at the end.
needs to experience
trebalo da doživi
start to shape this,
da počnemo da oblikujemo ovo,
VS projekat nazvan: "The Displaced".
a VR project called "The Displaced."
Google Cardboards
with their newspaper.
uz njihove novine.
that Sunday morning.
tog nedeljnog jutra.
on the mailing label.
označeni na pošiljci.
all over Instagram.
širom Instagrama.
like the unattainable
što se činilo nedostižnim
the same formative experience
isto formativno iskustvo
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chris Milk - Immersive storytellerWorking at the frontiers of interactive technology, Chris Milk stretches virtual reality into a new canvas for storytelling.
Why you should listen
Chris Milk is a visual artist who has created music videos for Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Beck, U2, Johnny Cash, Gnarls Barkley and many more. He is known for weaving artistic and technological innovations in pursuit of the next great platform for storytelling. Milk's acclaimed interactive projects include Wilderness Downtown (with Arcade Fire), The Johnny Cash Project and The Treachery of Sanctuary. His interactive installation artworks have been showcased at the MoMA, the Tate Modern and museums around the world.
Milk's most recent contribution to the art and tech frontier is as founder and CEO of the virtual reality company Within (formerly Vrse). In collaboration with the New York Times, Zach Richter and JR, Milk created two VR films, Walking New York and The Displaced, which were distributed along with Google Cardboard viewers to 1 million NYT subscribers in 2015. He has also collaborated on VR projects with the United Nations (Clouds Over Sidra and Waves of Grace), Vice, SNL and U2.
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