[-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment: end of July

2014-07-28 Thread Simon Biggs
are evident here in the Adelaide Hills, with nesting birds, early flowerings and new lambs. empyre will take a break during August and will return in September. Sue and Simon SUE HAWKSLEY independent dance artist s...@articulateanimal.org.uk http://www.articulateanimal.org.uk Simon Biggs si

Re: [-empyre-] collective capture, distributed identity - extension

2014-07-28 Thread Simon Biggs
___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk | @_simonbiggs_ http://www.littlepig.org.uk | http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs simon.bi...@unisa.edu.au | Professor of Art, University of South Australia http

[-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment: week 4

2014-07-21 Thread Simon Biggs
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Virtual Embodiment Welcome to the fourth and final week of the July 2014 discussion on –empyre– soft-skinned space: Moderated by Sue Hawksley (UK/AUS) and Simon Biggs (AUS/UK) with invited discussants Susan Kozel (SE), Johannes

Re: [-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment / whose our systems

2014-07-20 Thread Simon Biggs
, BSc, MFA, PhD grounded on a granite batholith twitter: @neoscenes http://tech-no-mad.net/blog/ ++ ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si

[-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment: week 3

2014-07-14 Thread Simon Biggs
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Welcome to the third week of the July discussion on –empyre– soft-skinned space: Moderated by Sue Hawksley (UK/AUS) and Simon Biggs (AUS/UK) with invited discussants Susan Kozel (SE), Johannes Birringer (UK), Samantha Gorman (USA

Re: [-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment: week 2

2014-07-09 Thread Simon Biggs
/ ++ ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk | @_simonbiggs_ http://www.littlepig.org.uk | http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs simon.bi...@unisa.edu.au | Professor of Art

Re: [-empyre-] whose our systems body weather

2014-07-07 Thread Simon Biggs
after the presence/present and virtual moments (and Simon must then not understand your work at all, does he?)? respectfully Johannes Birringer Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk | @_simonbiggs_ http://www.littlepig.org.uk | http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs simon.bi

Re: [-empyre-] whose our systems body weather

2014-07-06 Thread Simon Biggs
prison system? Right away class enters - violently - into all of this, and class media, etc. As far as memories go, what do we do with abject horror, mediated or not? - Alan On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, Simon Biggs wrote: --empyre- soft-skinned space-- == email

[-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment: week 2

2014-07-06 Thread Simon Biggs
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Welcome to the second week of the July discussion on –empyre– soft-skinned space: Moderated by Sue Hawksley (UK/AUS) and Simon Biggs (AUS/UK) with invited discussants Susan Kozel (SE), Johannes Birringer (UK), Samantha Gorman (USA

[-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment: end of week 1

2014-07-06 Thread Simon Biggs
Hopkins. We hope they all remain engaged in the discussion as it evolves throughout the month. The announcement for next week will be issued shortly. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk | @_simonbiggs_ http://www.littlepig.org.uk | http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs simon.bi...@unisa.edu.au

Re: [-empyre-] whose our systems body weather

2014-07-05 Thread Simon Biggs
are it, how do you now address the kind of questions about memory/subjectivity that I felt are driving the kind of movement workshops Sue detailed? How would you recognize a singular or modulated gesture that had not been maintained already beforehand? Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk

Re: [-empyre-] whose our systems

2014-07-03 Thread Simon Biggs
. My dispositif, a shambles. regards Johannes Birringer Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk | @_simonbiggs_ http://www.littlepig.org.uk | http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs simon.bi...@unisa.edu.au | Professor of Art, University of South Australia http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff

Re: [-empyre-] virtual embodiment - some thoughts on resonances of the virtual in 2014

2014-07-02 Thread Simon Biggs
/overview_ascott.html ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk

[-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment: week 1

2014-06-30 Thread Simon Biggs
--empyre- soft-skinned spaceempyre- soft-skinned space-- Welcome to the first week of the July discussion on –empyre- soft-skinned space: Moderated by Sue Hawksley (UK/AUS) and Simon Biggs (AUS/UK) with invited discussants Susan

[-empyre-] Virtual Embodiment

2014-06-30 Thread Simon Biggs
--empyre- soft-skinned spaceempyre- soft-skinned space-- Welcome to the July discussion on –empyre- soft-skinned space: Moderated by Sue Hawksley (UK/AUS) and Simon Biggs (AUS/UK) with invited discussants Susan Kozel (SE), Johannes

Re: [-empyre-] Surfing: new discussions about new media and theory

2014-05-06 Thread Simon Biggs
@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk | @_simonbiggs_ http://www.littlepig.org.uk | http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs simon.bi...@unisa.edu.au | Professor of Art, University of South Australia http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff

Re: [-empyre-] Surfing: new discussions about new media and theory

2014-05-05 Thread Simon Biggs
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[-empyre-] empyre: Resistance is futile, ISEA, Sydney 2013

2013-07-29 Thread Simon Biggs
will return in September with a new theme, shortly to be announced. As always, thanks to all list members for your attention. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University

Re: [-empyre-] empyre: engagement was all

2013-07-27 Thread Simon Biggs
@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art

Re: [-empyre-] empyre Digest, Vol 104, Issue 25

2013-07-26 Thread Simon Biggs
line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of empyre digest... --empyre- soft-skinned space-- Today's Topics: 1. empyre: Resistance is futile, ISEA, Sydney 2013 - week 4 (Simon Biggs

Re: [-empyre-] empyre Digest, Vol 104, Issue 25

2013-07-26 Thread Simon Biggs
...But that’s another subject... Carol-Ann le 26/07/13 11:52 Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk wrote: --empyre- soft-skinned space-- I want to pick up on Sue's comments about the ubiquity of, and entanglement of ourselves with, technology and Johannes

[-empyre-] empyre: Resistance is futile, ISEA, Sydney 2013 - week 4

2013-07-22 Thread Simon Biggs
of agency? - the challenges and opportunities associated with big data? - urbanism, activism and the socially disruptive potential of technology? Looking forward to another week's discussion... moderator: Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK http://amazon.com

Re: [-empyre-] ISEA Empyre1.docx

2013-07-16 Thread Simon Biggs
in the nineteenth century buildings. The weekly electronic update has just been sent to all the artists in their cottages spread across the landscape and the wombats are out of their burrows. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK http://amazon.com/author

Re: [-empyre-] empyre: engagement is all

2013-07-12 Thread Simon Biggs
@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art

Re: [-empyre-] Resistance is Futile :)

2013-07-02 Thread Simon Biggs
http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff

Re: [-empyre-] Resistance is Futile :)

2013-07-02 Thread Simon Biggs
, Christina On 7/2/2013 8:13 AM, Simon Biggs wrote: --empyre- soft-skinned space-- Hi Terry Some very interesting and nuanced ideas here. Where is thought? Where is mind? Where is the voice in our heads we often characterise as thinking? What other forms

[-empyre-] all call information

2013-06-03 Thread Simon Biggs
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Hi all Welcome to the June on -empyre-soft-skinned space: empyre moderators Renate Ferro (US), Timothy Murray (US), Simon Biggs (UK), and Patrick Lichty (US) According to my records (probably inaccurate) I subscribed to empyre

[-empyre-] July theme request

2013-04-16 Thread Simon Biggs
of participation. best Simon Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff?person_id

Re: [-empyre-] empyre January 2013 wrap: International Art English

2013-01-28 Thread Simon Biggs
[mailto:empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Simon Biggs Sent: 27 January 2013 16:51 To: soft_skinned_space Subject: [-empyre-] empyre January 2013 wrap As we approach the end of the month of January we bring the month's theme on research and practice in relation

Re: [-empyre-] FW: empyre January 2013 wrap: International Art English

2013-01-28 Thread Simon Biggs
] On Behalf Of Simon Biggs Sent: 28 January 2013 09:37 To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] empyre January 2013 wrap: International Art English IAE (on closer inspection) seems to stand for International Art English. Language functions to establish difference and exclusivity. Being

[-empyre-] empyre January 2013 wrap

2013-01-27 Thread Simon Biggs
research and creative practice remains open, active and disputed. Given that as artists and researchers we wouldn't want it any other way we can assume we agree this is generally a good thing. Many thanks to all for this month's enlightening and engaging discussion. best Simon Simon Biggs si

Re: [-empyre-] FW: FW: FW: FW: Research in Practice, week three, January 21-28

2013-01-25 Thread Simon Biggs
only if embedded practitioners make it an agenda and work together to bring about change. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments

Re: [-empyre-] scores, landscapes and defenders

2013-01-25 Thread Simon Biggs
if hypothetical Phd candidate would submit a score of instructions for the examiners to carry out, along the lines of Clifford Owens's Anthology? I think it could work. The Phd project and Viva need a good curator, though. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk

Re: [-empyre-] Practice in Research defenders

2013-01-24 Thread Simon Biggs
forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art

Re: [-empyre-] empyre Digest, Vol 98, Issue 21

2013-01-24 Thread Simon Biggs
available? Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff?person_id=182cw_xml=profile.php http

Re: [-empyre-] empyre Digest, Vol 98, Issue 16

2013-01-22 Thread Simon Biggs
Vicki Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff?person_id=182cw_xml=profile.php http

Re: [-empyre-] January at empyre - Research in Practice

2013-01-22 Thread Simon Biggs
!) Regards All Mike Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff?person_id

Re: [-empyre-] Practice in Research odd methods, rude mechanics

2013-01-20 Thread Simon Biggs
___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh

[-empyre-] Research in Practice, week three, January 21-28

2013-01-20 Thread Simon Biggs
’. The project's main objective was to understand the value of artists employing noise (disturbances) in the formulation of interfaces (i.e. films, videos, photographs, sculptures, etc.) and its implications for the observer’s interpretation. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http

Re: [-empyre-] Practice in Research odd methods, rude mechanics

2013-01-18 Thread Simon Biggs
, astronomy, pure maths, anthropology, philosophy or creative practice. Happily it is still possible to spend tax payers money on useless inquiry. best Simon Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk On 18 Jan 2013

Re: [-empyre-] Executives and corporatization

2012-11-27 Thread Simon Biggs
@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net/ http://www.movingtargets.org.uk

Re: [-empyre-] Executives and corporatization

2012-11-27 Thread Simon Biggs
there. Why are we surprised? best Simon Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk On 27 Nov 2012, at 16:45, Nicky Donald nicky.don...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Simon l agree the status and prospects

Re: [-empyre-] Executives and corporatization

2012-11-25 Thread Simon Biggs
the universities, we will get nothing substantial from them. A great loss, I'd say. in solidarity, Brian ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Simon Biggs
empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net/ http

Re: [-empyre-] performing in virtual

2012-10-11 Thread Simon Biggs
and they might choose to disrupt you for various reasons, none may seem valid to you. ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype

Re: [-empyre-] NA: A parting thought

2012-10-02 Thread Simon Biggs
you mean by NA needs to get some Heidegger. ? thanks pedro On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk wrote: The affected eye we need to be conscious of, which drives the currents in our shallow waters, is not that of the robot or drone but the panoptic

Re: [-empyre-] The New Aesthetic: Seeing Like Machines

2012-09-13 Thread Simon Biggs
correspondents on the subject who have been posting and publishing around the Net on The New Aesthetic. ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http

Re: [-empyre-] split screens

2012-07-31 Thread Simon Biggs
processes are enabled. Or can be. Best, Simon Taylor www.squarewhiteworld.com ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype

Re: [-empyre-] stepping out of the frame to shadow play around

2012-07-30 Thread Simon Biggs
___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-29 Thread Simon Biggs
like empyre. It's great to know we are part of a community of people who, including all the members of the list, sustain their engagement in this way. I know Renate has something to say so I'll keep this short and pass over to her. Many thanks to everyone. best Simon Simon Biggs si

Re: [-empyre-] July on empyre: Sceens (week 3)

2012-07-18 Thread Simon Biggs
of display. Scott On 18/07/12 6:54 AM, Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk wrote: Video needs to step out of the frame, like sculpture needed to step off the plinth 50 years ago. The thing is, from the beginning, video (art) stepped out of the frame (Vostell, Jonas, et al). Ironically

Re: [-empyre-] July on empyre: Sceens (week 3)

2012-07-17 Thread Simon Biggs
___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http

[-empyre-] July on empyre: Screens (week 3)

2012-07-15 Thread Simon Biggs
in the emerging field of urban communication has pioneered new ways of understanding the social impact of large video screens situated in public space. He teaches in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk

Re: [-empyre-] Martin Rieser on Screen/Interface

2012-07-12 Thread Simon Biggs
forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi

[-empyre-] July on empyre: Screens

2012-07-09 Thread Simon Biggs
, the 2012 FutureEverything exhibition, in Manchester. His new book, Community without Community in Digital Culture (Palgrave MacMillan, 2012), will be out later this year. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh

Re: [-empyre-] July on empyre: Screens

2012-07-09 Thread Simon Biggs
... and the question is: what technologies are charachteristic of this new augmented space? 1-Sensors (Simon Biggs wrote: “Kinect literally works like that, turning everything into a screen” and we can also think about the large use of microsoft Kinect for new screens like the Ubi’s 3d screen

Re: [-empyre-] July on empyre: Screens

2012-07-09 Thread Simon Biggs
Marco is one of our MSc students and doing very interesting stuff too! Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk On 9 Jul 2012, at 23:01, Clough, Patricia pclo...@gc.cuny.edu wrote: Thanks for these sites

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Biggs
the moving image camera. We have come a way since then. But let's try to avoid Virilio... best Simon On 6 Jul 2012, at 18:18, Rob Myers wrote: On 07/06/2012 02:16 PM, Simon Biggs wrote: With the death of Flash it's not just the vector based screen on its way out (that's been on the way out ever

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Biggs
film/art world, began to really understand the different places that the screen/lens could exist? Does this tie in to your point, Simon, about ontologies? Cheers M On 7 Jul 2012, at 10:50, Simon Biggs wrote: I know Flash isn't needed. I use Java and Processing and they support vector

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Biggs
the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk On 7 Jul 2012, at 11:58, Sean Cubitt sean.cub...@unimelb.edu.au wrote: I'd like to make a small plea for retaining attention to the specifics of screen types. Rosalind Krauss made her claim that medium

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Biggs
Some BMW and Mercedes models have HUD. Pretty soon a Vauxhall will too. Volvo have a car that drives itself, although it's not road-legal. Just sit back and close your eyes... Best. Simon Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Biggs
wrote: On Jul 7, 2012, at 5:50 AM, Simon Biggs wrote: I think the current debate, about types of screens, is off piste from the original theme, which was to do with agency. Yes, different types of screens will have different affects and effects. But the key point was that we have moved

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Biggs
So many screens that are not screens. I think I'm starting to connect the dots, which can be such a struggle. Perhaps this is the disappearing screen we started with? Best Simon Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Biggs
What have you got in that baguette? Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk On 7 Jul 2012, at 19:10, Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org wrote: On 07/07/2012 03:46 PM, Ian Bogost wrote: On Jul 7, 2012, at 5:50 AM

[-empyre-] screens

2012-07-06 Thread Simon Biggs
___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.eca.ac.uk

Re: [-empyre-] screens

2012-07-06 Thread Simon Biggs
S From: Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk Reply-To: soft_skinned_space empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au Date: Friday, 6 July 2012 08:59 To: soft_skinned_space empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au Subject: [-empyre-] screens The x-ray isn't a screen per se - although it is often displayed upon one

Re: [-empyre-] July on empyre: Sceens

2012-07-06 Thread Simon Biggs
for emails to moderate. I apologise and wonder if we should (ironically) change the subject header. Perhaps sreens or sceens or srceens? Best. Simon Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk On 6 Jul 2012, at 20:39

Re: [-empyre-] konnecting airlines

2012-07-06 Thread Simon Biggs
, thus the brevity. Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk On 6 Jul 2012, at 23:27, Johannes Birringer johannes.birrin...@brunel.ac.uk wrote: well isn't it good to find out that screens and screening are suspicious after all, i had wondered about

Re: [-empyre-] July on empyre: Screens

2012-07-05 Thread Simon Biggs
___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http

Re: [-empyre-] Meillassoux / Harman

2012-06-28 Thread Simon Biggs
things are better than smooth things--this is just aesthetic ideology run mad. Tim http://www.ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com On Jun 26, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Ian Bogost ian.bog...@lcc.gatech.edu wrote: On Jun 26, 2012, at 3:01 AM, Simon Biggs wrote: But Kosuth's chair engaged

Re: [-empyre-] Meillassoux / Harman

2012-06-28 Thread Simon Biggs
on toasters. I won't hold my breath. Good luck with your conceptual art. Ian On Jun 27, 2012, at 3:59 AM, Simon Biggs wrote: Hi Ian Maybe I'm a little old, but 10 to 15 years seems, in terms of human thought, extremely recent. I have read some OOO texts though, during that short

Re: [-empyre-] Meillassoux / Harman

2012-06-27 Thread Simon Biggs
we assume there is some kind of residual and irreducible thinginess in things? A toaster can be an octopus - and whatever it might be, from moment to moment, it is rarely a toaster. best Simon On 27 Jun 2012, at 00:34, Ian Bogost wrote: On Jun 26, 2012, at 3:01 AM, Simon Biggs wrote

Re: [-empyre-] ambiguous artistic strategies critical engineering

2012-02-13 Thread Simon Biggs
:-) Wishing you well. marc ..on Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 03:18:06PM +, Simon Biggs wrote: Much contemporary computer based art work has a cargo-cult like quality due to such illiteracy. This can be interesting but usually in spite of itself. Indeed, also one of the fruits

[-empyre-] wrapping up OSW: open source writing in the network

2012-01-31 Thread Simon Biggs
. We hope this month's discussion, where we saw SOPA debated and shelved and the international agreement of ACTA, was of interest and relevance. Simon Biggs, Penny Travlou and Smita Kheria Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi

[-empyre-] OSW: open source writing in the network

2012-01-22 Thread Simon Biggs
concerning artists' practices with new media. Smita is an associate of SCRIPT: the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology and is Supervising editor (Intellectual Property) for SCRIPT-ed, the journal of Law, Technology Society. best Simon Simon Biggs si

[-empyre-] OSW: open source writing in the network

2012-01-16 Thread Simon Biggs
communities. She is Co-Investigator on the ELMCIP project (www.elmcip.net). best Simon Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net

Re: [-empyre-] OSW: open source writing in the network

2012-01-13 Thread Simon Biggs
such a position has no social power, no political power and no relevancy what so ever. Best, On 12.01.2012 18:12, Simon Biggs wrote: This question of who pays for the writers to write isn't very different as to who pays for artists. Many net artists receive no payment for their work

Re: [-empyre-] OSW: open source writing in the network

2012-01-12 Thread Simon Biggs
being near the top of the list, that shoot down the idea of open book production. adam looking forward to the rest of the discussion tiziana terranova Il 09/01/12 12.07, Simon Biggs ha scritto: Welcome to all empyre subscribers and, especially, this months moderators

Re: [-empyre-] OSW: open source writing in the network

2012-01-12 Thread Simon Biggs
- or are we discussing both (my preferred option)? best Simon On 12 Jan 2012, at 16:26, adam wrote: On 01/12/2012 05:02 PM, Simon Biggs wrote: I'm an academic and an artist and totally champion the open book. Knowledge is made best when it is made shared. There is a conflation often

Re: [-empyre-] OSW: open source writing in the network

2012-01-11 Thread Simon Biggs
12.07, Simon Biggs ha scritto: Welcome to all empyre subscribers and, especially, this months moderators and discussants, Penny Travlou, Smita Kheria, Tiziana Terranova, Dmytri Kleiner, Adam Hyde, Salvatore Iaconesi, Joss Hands and Marc Garrett. We have the collective responsibility

[-empyre-] OSW: open source writing in the network

2012-01-09 Thread Simon Biggs
technologies, including deadSwap, Thimbl and R15N and is the author of the Telekommunist Manifesto. He lives in Berlin and his url is http://dmytri.info Simon Biggs is an artist, writer and curator. His work focuses on interactive systems, new media and digital poetics (http://www.littlepig.org.uk). He

Re: [-empyre-] soft _skinned space and lurking vs.participating

2011-12-01 Thread Simon Biggs
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Re: [-empyre-] short report from NL

2011-11-28 Thread Simon Biggs
doing. Admittance fee: 7.50 euros. Yours, Geert ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi

Re: [-empyre-] panelism and conferencism

2011-09-22 Thread Simon Biggs
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Re: [-empyre-] who owns the city? (Istanbul)

2011-09-22 Thread Simon Biggs
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[-empyre-] can we avoid the corporate pyramid scheme model

2011-09-21 Thread Simon Biggs
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Re: [-empyre-] can we avoid the corporate pyramid scheme model

2011-09-21 Thread Simon Biggs
, but which has been brought to the forefront by history. Davin On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk wrote: Water quality and machine guns aside, I had been under the impression that ISEA was not so much collapsing under its own weight but being built

Re: [-empyre-] Layers of ISEA2011: Corporate/Financial

2011-09-17 Thread Simon Biggs
communicate via list serve. Sent from my iPad On Sep 16, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk wrote: Great. I'm flying in tomorrow. I think I'll cancel. best Simon On 16 Sep 2011, at 16:04, Nicholas Knouf wrote: Hello -empyre-, I'd like to add another layer

Re: [-empyre-] transforming human culture and the ideosphere through collective intellectuality

2011-07-29 Thread Simon Biggs
of humanity. ( http://wakeupdream.blogspot.com/2011/07/kosmic-alignment-principal-of-global.h tml) Simon Biggs | si...@littlepig.org.uk | www.littlepig.org.uk my new work email address from August 1 2011 is s.bi...@ed.ac.uk s.bi...@eca.ac.uk | Edinburgh College of Art www.eca.ac.uk/circle

Re: [-empyre-] from the personal to the political, a p2p confession

2011-07-28 Thread Simon Biggs
identity and offers some kind of process for collective learning and engagement with each other. Perhaps the Republic of Letters of the 18th cy. was its most extensive materialisation? Michel On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk wrote: Perhaps the term

[-empyre-] July on empyre: Reclaiming creativity as agent of change

2011-07-24 Thread Simon Biggs
) and The Strickland Distribution (Glasgow). http://www.constantvzw.org http://www.strickdistro.org The July edition of empyre Reclaiming creativity as agent of change is co-moderated by Simon Biggs (UK/Aus) and Magnus Lawrie (UK). Simon Biggs | si...@littlepig.org.uk | www.littlepig.org.uk s.bi

Re: [-empyre-] Reclaiming creativity as agent of change

2011-07-20 Thread Simon Biggs
is being widened in the UK. This seems to be in contrast to the Danish situation. In regard to melting away, perhaps motley self-institution is best made homeless? Best wishes, Magnus On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:09:33AM +0100, Simon Biggs wrote: The jester worked up close and dirty

Re: [-empyre-] Reclaiming creativity as agent of change

2011-07-19 Thread Simon Biggs
://julianoliver.com ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs | si

Re: [-empyre-] July on empyre: Reclaiming creativity as agent of change

2011-07-19 Thread Simon Biggs
, Julian Oliver jul...@julianoliver.com wrote: The Critical Engineer takes black-box technology and infrastructure as something that must be pared back, cracked open and or re-purposed before both the object and its engineering effects upon the user can be fully understood. Simon Biggs | si

Re: [-empyre-] Piracy at the heart of governing? - Piracy as Business Force

2011-07-11 Thread Simon Biggs
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[-empyre-] July on empyre: Reclaiming creativity as agent of change

2011-07-10 Thread Simon Biggs
creative digital writing practices. The July edition of empyre Reclaiming creativity as agent of change is co-moderated by Simon Biggs (UK/Aus) and Magnus Lawrie (UK). Simon Biggs | si...@littlepig.org.uk | www.littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@eca.ac.uk | Edinburgh College of Art www.eca.ac.uk/circle

Re: [-empyre-] laws, outlaws golden pirates

2011-07-09 Thread Simon Biggs
there isn't one... Best Simon ___ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs | si...@littlepig.org.uk | www.littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@eca.ac.uk | Edinburgh College of Art www.eca.ac.uk/circle

Re: [-empyre-] laws, outlaws golden pirates

2011-07-05 Thread Simon Biggs
@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre Simon Biggs | si...@littlepig.org.uk | www.littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@eca.ac.uk | Edinburgh College of Art www.eca.ac.uk/circle | www.elmcip.net | www.movingtargets.net Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number

[-empyre-] Reclaiming creativity as agent of change

2011-07-03 Thread Simon Biggs
-moderated by Simon Biggs (UK/Aus) and Magnus Lawrie (UK). Simon Biggs | si...@littlepig.org.uk | www.littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@eca.ac.uk | Edinburgh College of Art www.eca.ac.uk/circle | www.elmcip.net | www.movingtargets.net Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland

Re: [-empyre-] Reclaiming creativity as agent of change

2011-07-03 Thread Simon Biggs
Simon Biggs | si...@littlepig.org.uk | www.littlepig.org.uk s.bi...@eca.ac.uk | Edinburgh College of Art www.eca.ac.uk/circle | www.elmcip.net | www.movingtargets.net Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201

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