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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.







dancing elvis
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!
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
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