Re: [-empyre-] Viral Witnessing Part 6

2009-12-07 Thread Ashley Ferro-Murray
Hello all! After spending yesterday's Future of the Forum symposium at Berkeley hearing big-wig social media executives dodge questions regarding intersubjectivity and marginality, while still preaching net neutrality (from their perspectives in support of their own companies and therefore the

Re: [-empyre-] Viral Witnessing Part 6

2009-12-07 Thread Lynn Hershman
I had a live feed of my own last night munching dinner and the conference tidbits simultaneously. Of course the ownership of posts to a private corporation sent for viral consumption extends the menu further. x l On Dec 6, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Ashley Ferro-Murray wrote: Hello all! After

Re: [-empyre-] Viral Witnessing Part 6

2009-12-07 Thread Gerry Coulter
For Lynn H. who wrote: ...should I continue to feel discouraged ... that many games are conceived and funded by the military, like DARPA's Red Balloon Challenge that occurred just yesterday? I wouldn't recommend feeling too bad about the fact that most of research into the more interesting

[-empyre-] Viral Witnessing Part 6

2009-12-06 Thread Patricia R. Zimmermann
More (alas) speculations and unresolved questions from Patty and Sam, on viral witnessing: How can we begin to understand the different temporalities of fixed media forms and viral/spreadable forms? *Temporalities are different between these two forms * The curated object is an aestheticized

[-empyre-] Viral Witnessing Part 6

2009-12-06 Thread Patricia R. Zimmermann
More (alas) speculations and unresolved questions from Patty and Sam, on viral witnessing: How can we begin to understand the different temporalities of fixed media forms and viral/spreadable forms? *Temporalities are different between these two forms * The curated object is an aestheticized