From: "sixpm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: <ambit> hello basel >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:22:28 -0000 > >the network plateau phase is fixed and apparent. almost solid though it is >liquid. ne tart has tested its substance. it survived and was even >fortified. stage two: stand on the netting. build extra dimensional to the >web(bing). *livy near*. or create a channel and maintain open access. the >walls are closing in and the entry points are being fixed. advertising >hoardings are covering the infinite horizon. new comers are barracaded from >the void. vito stopped following people and started following himself. >IMPULSE is the data packet. > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Simon Yuill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:40 PM >Subject: <ambit> hello basel > > >> 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 >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >
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