Look, no text! visual searching techniques

look, no text! supposed 'copy + paste boom' photo by Ze Clou, http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4196036644 licensed under Creative commons cc by-nc-sa 2.0 BBC news (2011). 'Plagiarism: The Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V boom' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12613617 the Internet is often reported to have led to a..... visual work research on plagiarism in universities has tended to focus mainly on text-based work and not... Investigate the concept of ‘visual plagiarism’ consider the potential applicability that visual search technology may have in this area investigate the sustainability of any future service grey area appropriation, homage, pastiche how? elicit staff views and experiences on 'visual plagiarism' development of visual search pilot tool by cvssp through literature review, sector-wide survey, and interviews workshops at four specialist arts universities in 2012 learning through copying student sketching in the ashmolean museum in oxford, photo by martin beek widely accepted artistic practices with a long history duchamp's ready-mades such as his 1917 signed urinal collages by picasso and braque 1920s 1940s 1960s 1980s 2000s pop art such as warhol's 'Campbell's soup cans' prince and levine's re-photography of existing works surrealist objects such as dali's 'lobster telephone' john heartfield's photomontages satirising hitler and the nazis work by street artists such as banksy and shepard fairey work by contemporary artists such as damien hirst and glenn brown what do you think? 1) first iteration of the tool 2) initial web design mock-ups contact lgarrett@ucreative.ac.uk arobinson@ucreative.ac.uk project blog and visual plagiarism bibliography at: vads.ac.uk/spot anti-copying organisations & websites it is a topic of great interest amongst students - they are also concerned that their own work is not plagiarised - images/film/photos etc - survey respondent Staff often don't reference their visual sources in their teaching presentations and therefore students don't see the importance of doing so. - survey respondent ...often students cite 'google' as their source without understanding the distinction between where they found the idea and where the idea actually 'comes from'. - survey respondent from project survey results regular tutorials ensures that I can see students' work development. - survey respondent focus on teaching students what they need to know rather than policing. - survey respondent 158 survey responses I run a brief that requires students to research and write about visual plagiarism...supported by a mock trial event - a role play event where students test and play out whether it is acceptable to copy in their specialism. - survey respondent 6% plagiarism in visual work lack of referencing for images in written work lack of referencing for images in presentations 42% 46% of staff say this happens frequently of staff say say this happens frequently of staff say that this happens frequently Students show development of their ideas and technique in workbooks. - survey respondent plagiarism may be an over-rated problem in a digital age - survey respondent " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " ____ ____ ____ image from vads http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=60448 the plastic mac by tim mara © tim mara estate from across uk and some international homepage search results page plenary feedback on the itrace pilot tool questions ideas for future applications and development visual search demo by cvssp, using images from vads: http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=91599 faith, hope and charity, painting by studio of francesco albani, c.1650-60 © birmingham museum and art gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos/4131668838 licensed under creative commons CC by-nc-sa 2.0 spot the difference project overview introduction to visual plagiarism itrace demo and try it yourself! context and rationale for project understand methods used recognise complex nature of visual plagiarism upload image to itrace & explore its potential & limitations learning outcomes... vads at university for the creative arts www.vads.ac.uk rhoda bag by sarah bayley, 2009 museum of design in plastics arts university college at bournemouth lots road power station by john minton, 1953 royal college of art collection tuart forest II by tom cross, 1999 university college falmouth evening gown by david styne, 1967 london college of fashion • Understand how users engage • Identify issues/bugs • identify opportunities for future development for the project team... 3) web-based tool to gather feedback and user requirements private beta testing based on index of images from vads.ac.uk technology from cvssp at university of surrey web development by bullet creative itrace.ac.uk introducing itrace... follow the project on our blog at: vads.ac.uk/spot we want to hear your feedback! e: amy@vads.ac.uk t: 01252 892723 the development process the testing process e: lgarrett@ucreative.ac.uk e: arobinson@ucreative.ac.uk project blog: vads.ac.uk/spot visual searching techniques leigh garrett, john collomosse, amy robinson who are we? sculpture by jeff koons, in venice photo by devastar, licensed under creative commons CC by-nc 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/devastar/259864987/ book end, park life Store, san francisco image used with permission from park life store http://www.parklifestore.com/ some real life examples.... the background to the project... cropping an image painting over an image rotating and combining two images try it yourself.... eckersley, tom. [poster] at: http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=115917 eckersley, tom. (1986). worldwide wildlife fund poster at: http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=92477 french School. (probably about 1840-1850). peasant woman at: http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=89337 sketch of cottages near boulogne-sur-mer by josephine bowes, about 1865-70 at: http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=89450 acid.uk.com plagiarius.com youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Designers-and-Illustrators-Against-Plagiarism/190313407647321 itrace... session outline: vads at university for the creative arts cvssp at university of surrey funded by jisc partners objectives project overview no text is required! protect ipr for: students practitioners museums/picture libraries other potential applications... content-based image retrieval colour shape texture points of visual interest digital fingerprint future development... gillette poster by tom eckersley, http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=115925 increase image index batch upload email alerts http://www.nobuyukitaguchi.com/article/photography_and_plagiarism.aspx http://www.3songsnoflash.co.uk/blog/2011/03/24/sony-world-photography-awards-plagiarism-or-coincidence/ http://www.tattydevine.com/blog/2012/02/can-you-spot-the-difference/ tatty devine versus claire's accessories sony world photography awards 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/arts/design/20suit.html