intelligent agent Vol. 6 No. 1
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Vol. 6 No. 1:
// interfacing //
// fee radical //
// book reviews //
All content is available in html and as pdf files.
//editorial//
+ Patrick Lichty, Hello, Katrina! So Much for New Media Art
In the context of the techno infrastructure breakdown during hurricane
Katrina, Patrick Lichty discusses the (im)possibilities of independence from
information grids and the long-term viability of platforms for creating new
media art.
//interfacing//
+ Andruid Kerne, Doing Interface Ecology: The Practice of Metadisciplinarity
The interface can be modeled as an ecosystem -- connected, dynamic, and
characterized by relationships -- and can be understood as a border zone
between heterogeneous systems of representation. Andruid Kerne uses notions
of sensation, embodiment, and semiotics to initiate a process of
metadisciplinarity that addresses the range of systems of representation
involved in the writing and production of his paper.
+ Yuli Ziv, Parallels between Suprematism and the Abstract, Vector-Based
Motion Graphics of Flash
Yuli Ziv explores parallels between aesthetic concepts surfacing in both the
suprematist art movement in the beginning of the 20th century and the
abstract, vector-based motion graphics associated with the Macromedia Flash
software / authoring environment. The subject of analysis is not the
influence of Suprematism on Flash as a tool in general but on the -- to a
certain degree standardized -- abstract forms that the software produces.
+ Naoko Tosa, Cultural Computing: ZENetic Computer
Through her project ZENetic Computer -- which projects the style of
communication developed by Zen schools over hundreds of years into a virtual
world -- Naoko Tosa explores "Cultural Computing" as a form of cultural
translation that uses scientific methods to represent aspects of culture.
+ Paul Hertz, Drunk on Technology, Waiting for the Hangover: A Test Plot
Paul Hertz's structures 16 short texts on topics ranging from "activism" and
"network" to "collaboration" and "bandwidth" by means of a Graeco-Latin
Square of order 4 -- a combinatorial structure frequently used in
agricultural test plots, typically for combining plant strains with
different fertilizers in such a way that no plants or fertilizers are
repeated in any row or column of the square. (Plants: Network,
Collaboration, Art, Emergence; Fertilizers: Activism, Bandwidth, Naming,
Wildcard)
+ Juan Teodosio Pescador, Thirteen Ignodicta About This Art
Pescador's thirteen short statements reflect on possible effects of art and
suggest appropriate viewer responses. "This art is loaded with cultural
values. Fight, run, or surrender."
//free radical//
+ Andrea Polli, The Sound of Fear
Using a frightening experience on a flight from Chicago to S"o Paulo as a
starting point, Andrea Polli discusses the effects of ultrasound and
infrasound on the body; the connection between sound and memory points; and
whether the emotional, narrative content of sound might enhance the
understanding of abstract information.
//book reviews//
+ Ceri Myers reviews "Carnal Art: Orlan's Refacing" by C.Jill O'Bryan
Ceri Myers reviews C. Jill O'Bryan's book on the works of the French artist
Orlan and their conceptual foundations.
+ Leigh Clemons, "Whale!" by K.L. Evans
Leigh Clemons reviews "Whale!," a poetic, intense, and complex reading of
Herman Melville's famous tale of obsession and fate through the lens of
Wittgenstein's theories. In several ways, "Whale!" relates to concerns of
new media pracitioners, such as metastructures of subjects, objects,
practice, and theory.
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