Object Title
@Twitter – Comment on Problems Caused by Twitter
Part of
Series 9. 2010 ➔ Parsons School of Design MFA Design and Technology Program Theses
Material Category
Thesis
Description
@Twitter is a project commenting on the field of information overload, self-exposure and short attention span caused by using Twitter. The project consists of objects and interventions that are meant to bring awareness to each of these issues in a playful and ironic way.
The Twitter Shooting Game installation uses Wii Remote as gun controller to interact with a Flash interface. The game allows participants to respond to the annoying Tweets by shooting a flying bird. In real-time the game will post a “You Got Shot” notification to the Twittererʼs wall.
Date
2010
Related people
Fiorella Yahui Gu (designer)
Katherine Moriwaki (thesis advisor)
Louisa Campbell (thesis advisor)
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)
In accordance with The New School's Intellectual Property Rights Policy, copyright is held by each thesis' respective author. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron. (copyrighted)
Identifier
PC020402_2010_fgu
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Material Category
ThesisDescription
@Twitter is a project commenting on the field of information overload, self-exposure and short attention span caused by using Twitter. The project consists of objects and interventions that are meant to bring awareness to each of these issues in a playful and ironic way.The Twitter Shooting Game installation uses Wii Remote as gun controller to interact with a Flash interface. The game allows participants to respond to the annoying Tweets by shooting a flying bird. In real-time the game will post a “You Got Shot” notification to the Twittererʼs wall.
Date
2010Related people
Fiorella Yahui Gu (designer)Katherine Moriwaki (thesis advisor)
Louisa Campbell (thesis advisor)
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)In accordance with The New School's Intellectual Property Rights Policy, copyright is held by each thesis' respective author. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron. (copyrighted)
Identifier
PC020402_2010_fguThere’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.