from "Rebecca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Desktop Drum 'n' Bass 17 November 3pm CCA 4 Free Simon Yuill talks about the work of net art pioneers JODI in relation to networked arts practice and the aesthetics of error.
Simon Yuill is currently completing his PhD on the idea of the digital artifact at the Department of Television and Imaging, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. JODI launched their first web site in 1995 and have ever since been considered pioneers of the 'net.art' scene that emerged in the mid to late 1990s. They have created works that continually challenge the standardisation of the internet and the software we use on desktop computers, often finding inspiration in the mistakes that arise from computer coding. In Untitled Game Jodi have modified the underlying code of the classic computer game Quake. Jodi have made 14 versions of the game stripping the game of its characters, walls and buildings to reveal the skeletal landscape that gives the game its structure. Then in a series of versions they mutate or replace elements of the remaining game, devising new variations. 'We make abstractions of existing popular code, and we dress/undress the code with graphics we believe express the underlying code 'better'. A formalist exploration of reduction, opening up a view to the underlying codes to understand user/player behaviour.' Rebecca Shatwell Education Programmer CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD www.cca-glasgow.com <www.cca-glasgow.com> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 00 44 (0)141 332 7521 (reception) Tel: 00 44 (0)141 352 4912 (direct line) This email has been virus scanned using Sophos Anti-Virus by intY (www.inty.net) ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
