Less than enthusiastic response to the games theme, no? I think the parallel question of why curators are so interested in it is quite interesting. In the case of the national Museum, it's quitre simple. Paying punters through the door and a pre-packaged show which makes life easier. But what about new media curators, that shadowy species? Perhaps the mantra of populism, of reaching new audiences etc etc has reached into cyberland. Perhaps they wish that the body of artists working with new media was different to what it is, and would like to constitute another one. More seriously, i think it might be related to a feeling that art has to relate to a social structure- and that the relevant structure for new media is that of the game in that it constitutes a collective interaction, a shared dream/fantasy. But the problem is that the Game constitutes a collective without a "socius", without a reflexive space...
I've met Jodi, they're nice people. But the response I have to their work is "so what?" what is the use of a tactical refusal in a context where you're either playing or not? anyway perhaps debate about games is just as uninteresting as gamelife itself... see you around, G ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
