intelligent agent - Vol. 4 No. 3: architecture / sound

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intelligent agent is published in a modular format:

+Thematic threads

Threads of Vol. 4 No. 3:

//architecture//

//sound//

+reviews of games, exhibitions, Web projects, books

NEW:

//architecture //

+ Ranulph Glanville, Architecture as Ecosystem

Ranulph Glanville approaches buildings as natural ecosystems, an argument r=
unning counter to many centralized approaches to "intelligent buildings" be=
cause it places building occupants in a larger situated system, with possib=
ilities of emergent behavior. His essay looks at edge conditions – the bou=
ndaries of a building – and their possibilities as a place for hypothetica=
l robots or "edge monkeys."

//free radical //

+ Andrea Polli, The Dragonfly and the Peering Locust

Using the dragonfly and the locust as a case study, Andrea Polli examines h=
ow the vision of insects relates to that of humans. Polli discusses the or=
igins of the theory that the visual scene unfolds over time – from portray=
al of motion using photography to the description of apparent motion in Ge=
stalt Psychology – and connects this theory to current machine vision rese=
arch. The essay suggests that interactive moving image technology presents =
a unique opportunity to not only portray objects and subjects in motion, bu=
t to portray the experience of the observer in motion.

//sound //

+Eric Redlinger, Sound Night at Share

Eric Redlinger discusses the weekly SHARE party at New York's OpenAir bar -=
- the east-coast Mecca for real-time performance – in the context of the e=
volution of self-styled VJing.

//probe //

+Manik, A New Page in Art History

//review: tool/stock media//

+ Patrick Lichty, JumpBacks / Video Traxx / Directors' Toolkit

Patrick Lichty reviews JumpBacks, Video Traxx and the Director's Toolkit, a=
series of royalty-free stock video and stock imagery for media producers, =
and discusses their shortcomings and merits for artists who appropriate ind=
ustrial imagery.



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This issue was made possible by funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.



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