31 March 98 - Quote of the day
IMMEDIATISM
All experience is mediated - by the mechanisms of sense perception, mentation, language,etc.- and certainly all art consists of some further mediation of experience.However , mediation takes place by degrees. Some experiences (smell, taste, sexual pleasure, etc.) are less mediated than others (reading a book, looking through a telescope, listening to a record). Some media, especially "live" arts such as dance, theater, musical or performance, are less mediated than others such as TV, CD's, Virtual Reality. Even among the media usually called "media", some are more and others are less mediated, according to the intensity of imaginative participation they demand. Print and radio demand more of the imagination, film less, TV even less, VR the least of all - so far.
Immediatism. Essays by Hakim Bey. AK Press. Anticopright 1994.
Okay, so we'll be doing some CU-SeeMe stuff. I can't garuntee that you'll meet Elvis though. Sorry. Anyway, here's a list of reflector addresses I tried out that work - well, they did yesterday! |
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Fenris/Norway | 158.36.33.3 |
Trondheim University | 129.241.164.13 |
Texas University | 128.83.42.61 |
YAS Tokyo | 133.31.113.50 |
China Junior Technology University | 140.129.142.203 |
And now, moving on, here are a few reference links that may come in handy, as examples of net-based projects and applications, information resource, or just stuff to play with. | |
The birthplace of CU-SeeMe. | Cornell |
Useful for information about interactive performance technologies - visit the Roll Your Own page. | Dance Technology Zone |
Custom made robot manufacturers. Profiled as educational games, but, hey, we like to play too! Motherboard are currently auditioning the Hyper Peppy robot as a dancer in their current performance, Switch Bitch! | Mondotronics |
Take the advertising quizz! Make your own billboard. | Madison Avenue |
Fujimiya's Computer Graphics laboratory. There is some fun java stuff here, and a great little morphmaker to download. | FUJI |
Live broacasting of police radio. For that feeling of immediacy. You'll need Realaudio plugged in. | Police Scanner |
Live and groovy net radio. Join the show, chat with the c+dj's. Make demands on them. Realaudio required. | Interface Pirate Radio |
Playing sound by colours. You'll need to download and install the pixound plug-in. | Pixound |
Simple, but alluring image- based lesbian project.
Here's the blurb:In former days WOMEN WITH BEARDS were exposed as an aberration at fairs.In the 21st century female facial hair will be the ultimate of sexual seductiveness. |
Women with Beards |
A strange and beautiful hungarian tale of, well, take a look for yourself! | Agatha |
Non-linear story telling where you get to be the Peeping Tom by choosing your own route through a labarynth of text and image. Here's the blurb: When Peeping Tom spied on Lady Godiva, his name became synonymous with the voyeur. This site invites both the virtual and the physical gallery visitor to explore a private space. |
Peeping Tom |
As a counterpoint to artworks, visit this commercial site advertising a computer game. Image sound, and text based story telling. Pretty linear, but effective. Quicktime plug-in needed. | Ultravixen |
Digital media news, views, reviews and discussion. | Telepolis |
Digital media news, views, reviews and discussion. | Thing |