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In fact, the initial intention was not to develop a companion\napplication at all, but to provide a platform for engaging with the field\nrecordings LiLi (KSA) made from the protests in Myanmar. \n\nOn the 3rd of February, LiLi (KSA) sent recording made from his mobile phone to\nSam Tsao, with the idea that it could \"be use(d) as art\". The recordings from\nthis period were of the nightly 8 P.M. sound protests, with various kitchenwares\nand utensils. Tsao suggested the creation of a site (the web application) to\nengage with these recordings. \n\nOn the 5th of February, Tsao sent LiLi (KSA) a video demonstrating a prototype\nof their idea. In the video, Tsao shakes their mobile phone. As the phone\nshakes, a field recording plays. At this point in time, a UI (user interface)\nhad not yet been designed. Tsao shared an initial design and there were also\nplans to work with a Myanmar designer. This idea was eventually abandoned. \n\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/somecho/tanbone-app-documentation/master/imgs/design1.png\" width=\"720\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst design of the web application\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\nOn the 7th of February, LiLi (KSA) notified Tsao of a possible exhibition of\nTan Bone, which he had been working together with Joshua Weitzel. This marked\nthe beginning of LiLi (KSA), Joshua Weitzel and Sam Tsao's collaboration as a\nsmall collective. \n\n## First Iteration\n\nThe version of the web application that was used for the first exhibition of Tan\nBone was created with a design by French designer Louziness, who lived in\nMyanmar at the time. \n\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/somecho/tanbone-app-documentation/master/imgs/design2.PNG\" width=\"320\" class=\"vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst iteration of the web application\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\nThe web application was a mobile only website, where, upon loading, the user was\nprompted to unsilent the phone and click start before the recordings could be\naccessed via shaking the phone. This mode of interacting with the field\nrecordings was chosen deliberately as a conscious mode of interaction with sound\nmaterial on the internet. The act of shaking the phone, possibly in close\nproximity to the users ear for the recordings to be audible, puts the user in a\nstance somewhat similar to the stance of someone in rage. It is also a conscious\ndecision on the part of the user to symbolically show solidarity, either in\npublic at an exhibition or in the privacy of their own homes, to the people\nprotesting in Myanmar.\n\nThe first iteration of the web application also featured a short introductory\ntext written by Thun Bohn Naing, photographs by Hae That Htet and Emily Fishbein\nand a page with links that was to be constantly updated with the latest mediao\ncoverage of the situation in Myanmar. This version acted as a hub of media and\ninformation for users and is still online as of the time of this writing with\nthe link: \nhttps://tanbonev1.soch.cc. The page with links is, however, no longer\nkept up to date. \n\n## Second Iteration\n\nFor the second version, Tsao redesigned the user interface from scratch. This\ntime, they opted for a design that could be accessed from both mobile and\ndesktop devices. It featured a responsive web layout with a realtime artwork as\nthe centerpiece. The centerpiece was inspired by traditional Myanmar textile\npatterns and is a minimal representation of them, using colors associated with\nthe ongoing protests.\n\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/somecho/tanbone-app-documentation/master/imgs/design3-mobile.PNG\" width=\"320\" class=\"vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMobile view of the second iteration\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\nThis iteration of the web application kept the short introductory text by Thun\nBohn Naing but forgoed the page with links in favor of a dedicated page\ndocumenting the lives of the martyrs, who used the pots at the protests in\nMyanmar. It was designed to identify more with the Tan Bone installation and\ntruly function as a companion application.\n\nUnlike its predecessor, the field recordings are already accessible via shaking directly\nupon loading the application. There was no need for the user to click on any\nbutton to activate it. The played recording was also chosen randomly upon the\nloading the page, so that the chance of multiple viewers engaging with the same\nrecording at the same time was reduced. The idea was that, with enough willing\nparticipants, the viewers could provide an additional dimension of sound to the\ninstallation, one which they themselves actively contributed to.\n\n## Considerations\n\nWith the development of this project having started out as an ad hoc project to\ngive the sounds of the protests in Myanmar presence in Europe, little\nconscious thought was given to the choice of medium for achieving this. \n\nIn retrospect, Tsao felt that it was the right medium. With mobile devices being\nubiquitous and access to the internet just as much so, the web application\ntested whether solidarity through such a medium and mode of interaction was\npossible. Ultimately, the level of solidarity and compassion shown fluctuates\ndepending on various factors, and it is not exactly possible to measure viewer\nresponse with regards to this. \n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsomecho%2Ftanbone-app-documentation","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsomecho%2Ftanbone-app-documentation","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsomecho%2Ftanbone-app-documentation/lists"}