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diff --git a/index.html b/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e7ec9e --- /dev/null +++ b/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html> + <head> + <meta charset="UTF-8"> + <title> p.s.: QUANTIFY WHOLEHEARTEDLY </title> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/reset.css"> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/qw.css"> + </head> + <body> + <header> + <h1> + <a href="https://ps.lesoiseaux.io/" + title="Petites Singularités"> + <img src="assets/img/logo-ps-32x32.png" alt="p.s.: "></a> + Quantify Wholeheartedly + </h1> + <h2>Quantify With Others</h2> + </header> + <main> + <article> + <header> + <h3>Collective Interface That Permits Plural Body Measurements</h3> + </header> + + <a href="https://qw.lesoiseaux.io/butterfly" + title="Step in here and start contributing your steps"> + <figure> + <img src="/assets/img/qw-butterly.svg" alt="butterfly" + onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='assets/img/qw-butterfly.png'"> + <figcaption>enter</figcaption> + </figure> + </a> + + <p>While you walk this app (we) synthesise the data from your + phone accelerometer, measure the number of steps you make, and + feed it back to the construction of an amazing drawing.</p> + + <p>You are not alone into this, contrary to usual 'self + tracking app' this one allows you to collectively contribute + your steps to the project. The data you give out will not be + fed by to you in bars and charts, but will generate a + beautiful drawing.</p> + + + <footer> + <p>Opening at + <a href="http://constantvzw.org/site/QUANTIFY-WHOLEHEARTEDLY.html">Constant VZW</a> + on June, 8<sup>th</sup>, 2017. + <br><small>Quantify Wholeheartedly was made possible by a + prototype grant from DICRéAM.</small></p> + + <p>In a world where digital practices are omnipresent, + everything is measurable, including the number of steps we + make, the amount of water we drink daily or even one's level + of happiness. Self-quantification inhabits everyday + practices. It becomes a game in which our body is envisioned + as a set of numbers and charts that suppose to coach us + towards a "better life".</p> + + <p>Self-quantification is at the origin of forms of body + representations that blur the boundaries between what is + considered to be direct social control (measuring and + quantification) and other forms of spectacle where bodies + are constrained in aesthetic modelled forms and visualised as + charts.</p> + + <p>This project was launched within the Brussels' women and + free software + group <a href="http://www.samedies.be/"><strong>Samedies</strong></a> + to explore the differences between community health support + groups and commercial social networks organised by the + corporations that develop self tracking + applications. Participants in Samedies developed their own + interfaces and tools and came up with a series of small + games that propose a different approach, both feminist and + collective.</p> + + <p>The 'butterfly' image is + <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_diagnosis_of_diseases_of_women_%281905%29_%2814576843969%29.jpg">in the public domain</a>. + </footer> + </article> + </main> + <footer> + <p class="cnc-dicream"> + <img src="assets/img/logo-dicream.png" alt="CNC-DICREAM"> + </p> + </footer> + <aside> + <div id='discourse-comments'></div> + + <script type="text/javascript"> + DiscourseEmbed = { discourseUrl: 'https://ps.zoethical.com/', + discourseEmbedUrl: 'https://qw.lesoiseaux.io/' }; + + (function() { + var d = document.createElement('script'); d.type = 'text/javascript'; d.async = true; + d.src = DiscourseEmbed.discourseUrl + 'javascripts/embed.js'; + (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(d); + })(); + </script> + </aside> + </body> +</html> + + |