Tales of Things: Exhibition and symposium on the Internet of Social Things.

整个TOTeM项目的创造性探索已经定义了阐明物联网社会形式潜力的多种方式。通常以制造和分销的物流解决方案为特征，对物的故事平台的艺术和有趣的使用引入了一个原则，即物体可以以一种良性和可访问的方式连接到互联网上。因此，似乎只有继续使用这种类型来探索“普遍性”所创造的更广泛的机会和恐惧才是合适的。随后，我们提议举办一场展览和研讨会，展示TOTeM所参与的各种工作，并将其置于其他机构和艺术家对物联网的更广泛研究的背景下。展览将在高知名度的场所举行，如媒体城、索尔福德、苏格兰国家美术馆或格拉斯哥的灯塔（苏格兰建筑与设计中心）。这在一个大城市提供了一个大的展览区域，以最大限度地增加观众，并向学术领域以外的更广泛的公众开放辩论。专题讨论会将集中讨论该项目的学术研究方面，并由TOTeM小组主办，结果将小规模出版该项目的迄今成果。该报告将在研讨会上提供，但也将发给该领域的主要利益攸关方。按照设想，这次展览将是向英格兰艺术委员会、威尔士艺术委员会和创意苏格兰提出申请的全国巡回展览的试点。作为一个艺术、设计和工业作品的巡回展览，该展览将独特地向公众介绍物联网的文化和社会复杂性。展览和研讨会将以物联网的社会用途为主题。展览的重点将是创造性地使用物联网，创造一个视觉上吸引人的展览，让公众理解。我们将邀请艺术家和设计师，如Anab Jain， Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, Durrell Bishop, Christian Nold， UsmanHaque和Anne Galloway，并扩展我们与微软研究实验室，Mozilla和NCR的现有关系，探索创意和工业平台之间的连续性。设想这种连续体将允许公众参与复杂的社会、伦理和技术问题，这些问题随着我们越来越多的个人和商业网络与构成社会的环境、人工制品和人“挂钩”而出现。

The creative explorations across the TOTeM project have defined the many ways of articulating the potential for a social form of an Internet of Things. Often characterised by logistical solutions for manufacturing and distribution, artistic and playful uses of the Tales of Things platform have introduced the principle that objects may be linked to the internet in a benign and accessible manner to people. Therefore it seems only appropriate to continue to use this genre to explore the broader opportunities and fears that 'ubiquity' creates.Subsequently we propose to have an exhibition and symposium showcasing the variety of work that TOTeM has been involved in and setting it within the context of wider research on the Internet of Things by other institutions and artists.An exhibition would be held in a high profile venue such as Media City, Salford, National Galleries Scotland or The Lighthouse (Scotland's Centre for Architecture and Design) in Glasgow. This offers a large exhibition area in a big city to maximize audience and open up the debate to a wider public outside the academic field. The symposium would be focused on the academic research aspect of the project and would be hosted by the TOTeM team resulting in a small publication of the project's outputs to date. This would be available at the symposium but also sent out to key stakeholders in the field.It is envisaged that the exhibition would be a pilot for a national touring exhibition with applications made to the Arts Council of England, the Arts Council of Wales and Creative Scotland. As a touring exhibition of arts, design and industrial works the exhibition will be unique in introducing the public to the cultural and social complexity of an Internet of Things.The exhibition and symposium would follow the theme of social uses of the Internet of Things. The emphasis on the exhibition would be on creative uses of the Internet of Things creating a visually appealing exhibition made understandable to a general public. We would invite artists and designers such as Anab Jain, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, Durrell Bishop, Christian Nold, UsmanHaque and Anne Galloway, as well as extend our existing relations with Microsoft Research Labs, Mozilla and NCR to explore a continuum between creative and industrial platforms. It is envisaged that this continuum would allow the public to engage with the complex social, ethical and technical issues that are emerging as more of our personal and business networks become 'hooked' up to the environments, artefacts and people that constitute society.