Art you can make by spying on yourself with your phone
summary
Builds an Android app called phonelovesyoutoo that automatically records front back and screen video whenever the device unlocks then runs it for 31 days producing 1100 clips and dozens of hours of footage. Processing choices: tried Cinder and TouchDesigner but stitches frames with ffmpeg + Processing + Python and a GLSL shader for compositing. Results become immersive multi-projector and 24‑hour pieces, a three‑portrait gallery work at SFMOMA, and behavioral shifts: less phone use, surprising blank affect in the videos, and careful participant data filtering.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:24Mobile devices as strange
- 8:24Smartphone sees its user
- 9:30Phone Loves You Too app
- 13:46Changes in phone habits
- 15:1124-hour video piece
- 19:21Screen activity capture
- 21:10Including other participants
- 24:39Data control and ethics
- 27:28Audio and generative work
- 28:11Android app challenges
- 30:37Processing videos
- 32:23Technology and bodies
- 33:06Q&A
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