Fiction Machines - Oporavak (video stills)

Fiction Machines is a multi-component output comprising a body of video art works, a journal article, a curated symposium and a journal special issue. The research considers how media art works can be developed that expose, rewrite and critique the mechanisms of contemporary control technologies from informational and affective perspectives.This item contains documentation of the initial video work Oporavak that was made in response to the research questions, in the form of video stills. The full film is documented in another item, via Vimeo link. Oporavak (2016) (4:40 minutes) proposes a methodology for what it calls ‘information recovery’ and the solving of ‘integrity problems’. Taking its inspiration from data recovery solutions and appropriating the language of achieving ‘complete visibility’ via forms of HD technology and big data, the film is part alternative software training video and part the voice of a subversive machine. It takes the intent of information restoration into a new context with its apparent ability to manipulate all sorts of digital and non-digital materials via its sentient interface and performative actions which can operate at molecular level. The film utilises the voice of an unreliable narrator, which acts to draw viewers in and raise their awareness of inbuilt human desires for clarity and visibility. It also attempts to make viewers aware of the affective content and remixing tools that are constantly used to manipulate their senses within post-internet culture and it does this by exposing the software tools and revealing the video effects that are being used. The final section of the film looks towards a ‘sensing mechanism’ that has the functionality to manipulate and alter any type of visual material at its source and the capability of connecting with and manipulating the subconscious of its viewers.虚构机器（Fiction Machines）是一套多组件产出体，包含一系列影像艺术作品、一篇期刊论文、一场策划研讨会以及一期期刊特刊。本研究探讨如何从信息与情感双重视角，开发出能够揭露、改写并批判当代控制技术运作机制的媒体艺术作品。 本数据条目包含为回应研究课题而创作的首部影像作品《Oporavak》的视频静帧文档。完整影片的文档则收录于另一数据条目，可通过Vimeo链接访问。 《Oporavak》（2016，时长4分40秒）提出了一种针对其所谓「信息恢复」与「完整性问题解决」的方法论。该片灵感源自数据恢复方案，借用高清技术与大数据语境下的「完全可见性」表述，兼具另类软件教学视频与颠覆性机器之声的双重特质。它将信息恢复的意图置于全新语境中，凭借可在分子层面运作的感知界面与表演性操作，能够操控各类数字与非数字素材。本片采用不可靠叙事者的旁白，旨在引导观众沉浸其中，并唤起他们对人类与生俱来的清晰性与可见性渴求的认知。同时，该片也试图让观众意识到后互联网文化中，那些不断被用于操控其感官的情感化内容与混剪工具，并通过揭露所用软件工具与视频特效来达成这一目的。本片的最终段落展望了一种「感知机制」，该机制能够在源头层面操控与修改任意类型的视觉素材，同时具备连接并操控观众潜意识的能力。