The project Bev put forward is one also described, like the one Cavan brought up, in Myron Krueger's book "Artificial Reality".
I'd like to stretch the boundaries of the theme and put forwrad Vito Acconci's "Following Piece" (1971): Choosing a person at random, in the street, any location, each day. Following him wherever he goes, however long or far he travels. (The activity ends when he enters a private place - his home, office, etc.) - from Lippard, Six Years ..., 1973 The "networks" it uses are those which arise from the intersections between existing urban and transport networks and a person's activities, the person becomes a mobile data packet which Acconci does a "traceroute" on. The modern counterpart to this would be Forced Entertainment's SURRENDER CONTROL - http://www.forced.co.uk Question for discussion: I think net.art has reached a plateau phase, do people agree, what are the signs for or against this? I don't think that this is necessarily a bad thing, it shows a certain degree of maturation within the medium. best wishes, Si. ------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------
