Stopmotion Photowalk Animation for Spatial Immersion in a Remote Cultural Heritage Site

This paper explores the use of an animation technique, the stopmotion photowalk, to convey a spatial awareness to the viewer for individual extant buildings and a discrete section of buildings and ground, using case study from the disused whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia Island. Possible mechanisms for immersion resulting from the technique are discussed in terms of flow and spatial presence. Some implications of immersion are considered for virtual tourism, personal remembrance, memorialisation and situated decision making of policy makers for remote environments. The station considered was in operation in the Antarctic Convergence region from 1904-1965 and a wide range of nations are represented in the cultural heritage of the island, which has no indigenous population and is a remnant from the British Empire, currently designated as a British Overseas Territory. This case study is part of a broader PhD research agenda which will culminate in the production of a virtual reality environment of a section of the contemporary station and examine presence and immersion achieved through these means while documenting an attempt to create an ontological reproduction of a walk through the station by virtual means.

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Scott L. Smith

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Publication date: July 2015

Publication date (Print): July 2015

Pages: 298-305

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Centre for Remote Environments, University of Dundee

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152 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DY, Scotland, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/eva2015.33

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2015)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 7 & 9 July 2015

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Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Foremen’s Barracks site (38) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015
S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Little Villa (37) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015
S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Managers Villa (36) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015
S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station New Bakery site (47) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015
S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Old Bakery (43) site in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015
S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Provisions Store 41 in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015
S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Provisions Store 42 in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015
S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Slop Chest (46) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015
R Stang 2014 Panoramas Grytviken http://www.antarctic.eu.photos-videospanoramas/antarctic-panoramas/south-georgia/grytviken.html 18 March 2015
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B. G WitmerM.J Singer 1998 Measuring presence in virtual environments: A presence questionnaire Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 7 3 225 240
University of Dundee 2012 The Island of South Georgia (1.0) [application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch] developed by the Centre for Remote Environments https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-island-of-south-georgia/id492532701?mt=8 5 March 2015

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[1] J AndersonB Anderson 1993 The myth of persistence of vision revisited.Journal of Film and Video 45 1 3 12

[2] B Basberg 2002 A ship ashore? Organisation and living conditions at South Georgia whaling stations, 1904–1960 International Journal of Maritime History 15 June 93 113

[3] B Basberg 2004 The Shore Whaling Stations at South Georgia. A Study in Antarctic Industrial Archaeology Novus Press Oslo

[4] British Antarctic Survey 2015 King Edward Point Research Station Webcam. British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/images/webcams/kep/ 17 February 2015

[5] P Cross 2012 Stopmotion Photowalk – Times Square YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9R9NaGNVY0 16 February 2016

[6] P Cross 2012 ‘TWiT Photo 62: Stopmotionista Petra Cross’ interviewed by Catherine Hall and Leo Laporte TWiT Netcast Network. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbOhajZHwts#t =1562 25 February 2015

[7] C D’Almaine 1921 The Sailors Hornpipe Antique phonograph music programme 09/22/2009 [Download] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Antique_Phonogr aph_Music_Program_Various_Artists/Antique_Pho nograph_Music_Program_09222009/ 20 March 2015

[8] Facebook n.d. Sputnik Booster & the Future Posers ‘Fan Page Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sputnikbooster/info?tab =page_info 25 February 2015

[9] J Foer 2012 Moonwalking with Einstein: The art and science of remembering everything London Penguin Books

[10] T KimF Biocca 1997 Telepresence via television: two dimensions of Telepresence may have different connections to memory and persuasion Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 3 2

[11] National Maritime Museum 2015 What are the origins of the sailor’s hornpipe? http://www.nmm.ac.uk/explore/sea-andships/facts/faqs/customs-and-origins/what-are-the-origins-of-the-sailor-s-hornpipe 18 March 2015

[12] K O’Rourke 2013 Walking and mapping: Artists as cartographers Cambridge, Massachusetts MIT Press

[13] F Rheinberg S EngeserR Vollmeyer 2002 Measuring components of flow: the short scale Proceedings of the 1^st International Positive Psychology Summit Washington D.C USA October 2002

[14] R. N ShepardS.A Judd 1976 Perceptual illusion of rotation of three-dimensional objects Science 191 4230 952 954 doi:10.1126/science.1251207

[15] R. A Shields 2013 Spatial questions: cultural topologies and social spatialisation London Sage Publications

[16] S Smith 2015 Grytviken, South Georgia a stopmotion photowalk Vimeo https://vimeo.com/122367078user5300158/grytvike nstopmotionphotowalk 20 March 2015 password for access = eva2015

[17] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Coffee Roasting House (45) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[18] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Foremen’s Barracks site (38) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[19] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Little Villa (37) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[20] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Managers Villa (36) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[21] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station New Bakery site (47) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[22] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Old Bakery (43) site in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[23] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Provisions Store 41 in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[24] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Provisions Store 42 in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[25] S Smith 2015 Photographic coverage of defunct whaling station Slop Chest (46) in Grytviken, South Georgia Figshare [Cross Ref] 20 March 2015

[26] R Stang 2014 Panoramas Grytviken http://www.antarctic.eu.photos-videospanoramas/antarctic-panoramas/south-georgia/grytviken.html 18 March 2015

[27] D WeibelB Wissmath 2011 Immersion in computer games: the role of spatial presence and flow International Journal of Computer Games Technology Article ID 282345 doi:10.1155/2011/282345

[28] B. G WitmerM.J Singer 1998 Measuring presence in virtual environments: A presence questionnaire Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 7 3 225 240

[29] University of Dundee 2012 The Island of South Georgia (1.0) [application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch] developed by the Centre for Remote Environments https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-island-of-south-georgia/id492532701?mt=8 5 March 2015

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