*For Immediate Release* NetArt Initiatives presents: "Alternate Mach(inations): Netomat + glasbead" (two works which challenge + explore how information and databases are interfaced and experienced as stand-alone applications and which utilise low-level coding) Maciej Wisniewski and John Klima: live presentation organised by Zhang Ga & Cristine Wang Friday, November 10, 2000 presentation at 7 PM Parsons Center for New Design 55 West 13th Street, 9th Fl. live online at: http://netart-init.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ Maciej Wisniewski: "n e t o m at": http://www.netomat.net is a meta-browser that engages a different Internet - an Internet that is an intelligent application and not simply a large database of static files. netomat(TM)dialogues with the net to retrieve information as unmediated and independent in form. Our current point-and-click navigation, rigid information distribution, and passive browsing of "authored" information in today's interactivity will be of little use when using netomat(TM). Maciej Wisniewski is an artist and programmer whose work focuses on the underlying social implications of technology and the network. Netomat and his earlier projects ("m e t a V i e w ", "T u r n s t i l e 2", "S c a n l i n k", "J a c k p o t", and "T e l e - T o u c h") have been featured in online and offline exhibitions at Postmasters Gallery, New York; ZKM, Karslruhe Germany; ICA, London; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Guggenheim, SoHo; Johannesburg Biennial; and Benjamin Weil's ada'web. Wisniewski studied toward a Ph.D. program at the Institute for General Linguistics and Computational Linguistics, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ John Klima: "glasbead": http://www.glasbead.com is a an ongoing exploration into sound/music interfaces implementing multi-user gaming technology. By manipulating an entirely graphical 3d interface, the collaborative sound interface allows players to upload and trade sample sounds without restriction as to content. Current bandwidth allows 20 online participants to manoever through glasbead simultaneously. John Klima is an artist and programmer who recently received the "Golden Lasso" award for Web3d RoundUp at the Siggraph computer graphics convention in New Orleans this summer. glasbead and other vrml works and installations have been exhibited at the ICC, Tokyo in New Media New Faces; Postmasters Gallery, NY; Viper Int'l Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland; European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ The NETART INITIATIVE is a loosely knit, open source based, hub styled, forum oriented, action enabled consortium, where people meet, virtually and bodily, to communicate, exchange, and discourse for advancing the understanding of a virtual art, a networked art and an art that is pervasive and ubiquitous in the years to come. jihui (the meeting point, a project of NetArt Initiative), a self-regulated digital salon, invites all interested people to send ideas for discussion/performance/etc, jihui puts you right under the spotlight. For more info, visit http://netart-init.org check under toBeIsToDo. jihui is sponsored by Center for New Design @ Parsons School of Design ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++ Cristine Wang Director New Media Initiatives The Alternative Museum 594 Broadway NYC 10012 http://alternativemuseum.org http://alternativemuseum.org/tam_monitor
