New Publication on Network and Narrative
networked narrative environments as imaginary spaces of being edited by andrea zapp Published by Faculty of Art & Design, MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University in collaboration with Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, FACT, Liverpool February 2004 ISBN 1 900756 24 2 144 pp., 30 b/w illustrations, size 120mm x 170mm, price �8.99 Distributed by Cornerhouse Publications 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH, England tel: +44 (0)161 200 1503 fax: +44 (0)161 200 1504 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cornerhouse.org/publications Via various forms of audio-visual communications, from chat protocols, net and software art to online theatre and immersive telepresence, artists are using a wide range of technologies to explore the digital network as a narrative space. Human presence is increasingly subject to a constant flow of online contributions, material, and data. How does this reposition our collective understanding of the physical and the virtual, the real and the imaginary? In this context the 'networked narrative environment' must be defined as an artistic modus operandi and experiment that reflects medial and social processes. The book documents exemplary and unique artistic research positions within a developing genre. It serves as a resourceful illustration of the cultural debate on narratives, networking, and media art. Leading international artists, writers, and curators examine specific examples of public installations and dramatic spaces that are linked to the Internet with the aim to integrate the viewer into the artwork. Key artistic projects and initiatives reflect sophisticated and complex new models of audience participation, real-time experience, and production of content. Content: Introduction Andrea Zapp Network Aesthetics: Strategies of Participation within Net.Art Gloria Sutton An Archaeology of Networked Art: A Symptomatic Reading of The Messenger by Paul DeMarinis Erkki Huhtamo The Actual and the Imagined Susan Collins 'A Fracture in Reality': Networked Narratives as Imaginary Fields of Action Andrea Zapp The Emergence of User- and Performer-Determined Narratives in Telematic Environments Paul Sermon Adventures in Cyber-theatre (or the Actor's Fear of the Disembodied Audience) Steve Dixon Mediapoiesis, Autopoietic Compiling, and Code Critique in the Technological Narrative: Narratives of the Code Margarete Jahrmann Plus Bibliography ------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------
