From: "sixpm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: <ambit> hello basel
>Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:22:28 -0000
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>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]>
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>Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:40 PM
>Subject: <ambit> hello basel
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>> 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.
>>
>>
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