INTELLIGENT AGENT Vol. 6 No. 1
http://www.intelligentagent.com 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ intelligent agent Editor-in-Chief: Patrick Lichty Director: Christiane Paul http://www.intelligentagent.com intelligent agent is a service organization and information provider dedicated to interpreting and promoting art that uses digital technologies for production and presentation. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
