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RHIZOME DIGEST: 2.10.02

RHIZOME DIGEST: February 10, 2002 Content: editor's note 1. alex galloway: Commissioning Program & Rhizome.LA +work+ 2. Helen Thorington: "The Secret Life of Numbers" +announcement+ 3. Honor Harger: Surveillance & Control +opportunity+ 4. Ars Electronica Center: Ars Electronica 2002–1st Announcement 5. Andy Clarke: COSIGN 2002 cfp 6. nick.kilroy: OPEN_SOURCE EVENT–submissions welcome +report+ 7. RSG: Trigger Words #2 (a Carnivore Client) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 1. Date: 2.10.02 From: alex galloway (alex@rhizome.org) Subject: Commissioning Program (deadline approaching!) & Rhizome.LA This is a final call for the Rhizome Net Art Commissioning Program. The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2002. Read more information and submit your proposal at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/commissions">http://rhizome.org/commissions</a>. We look forward to your proposals! Also, west coast Rhizomers should check out our latest event in Southern California. Rhizome.LA and ZeroOne present "The Art of Extreme Robotics" on February 24, 2002, from 5pm to 8pm, at Whose Café, in Hollywood and in early March, in Silicon Valley. More info at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/LA/">http://rhizome.org/LA/</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/commissions/">http://rhizome.org/commissions/</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/LA/">http://rhizome.org/LA/</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +ad+ **MUTE MAGAZINE ART ISSUE** Peter Fend 10 page special, Andrew Gellatly on selling art online, Benedict Seymour on the closure of London's Lux Centre, Michael Corris on Conceptual art, Hari Kunzru in Las Vegas. Reviews: Don't blow IT conference, Wizards of OS, Wolfgang Shaehle's 2001 Show <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.metamute.com/mutemagazine/current/index.htm">http://www.metamute.com/mutemagazine/current/index.htm</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 2. Date: 2.8.02 From: Helen Thorington (newradio@si.rr.com) Subject: "The Secret Life of Numbers" Turbulence is pleased to announce the launch of "The Secret Life of Numbers" by Golan Levin with assistance from Martin Wattenberg, Jonathan Feinberg, David Becker, David Elashoff and Shelley Wynecoop. "The Secret Life of Numbers" is about the popularity of numbers. With the aid of custom software, public search engines and powerful statistical techniques the artists conducted an exhaustive empirical study to determine the relative popularity of every integer between one and one million. The resulting popularity profile exhibits an extraordinary variety of patterns and singularities which reflect and refract our culture, our minds and our bodies. The analyses are returned to the public in the form of an interactive visualization, the aim of which is to provoke awareness of one's own numeric manifestations. Golan Levin, who is responsible for the concept, design and interface programming of "The Secret Life of Numbers" creates artifacts and experiences which explore supple new modes of audiovisual expression. Between 1998 and 2000, he studied with John Maeda in the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Laboratory; prior to this, he worked as a research scientist and interaction designer at Interval Research Corporation. Levin has exhibited interactive artworks and performances at several venues, including t SIGGRAPH 1996 and 2000, ISEA 1997, Ars Electronica 1997 and 2000, the San Jose Technology Museum of Innovation, and the American Museum of the Moving Image. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://turbulence.org">http://turbulence.org</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +ad+ STATE OF THE ARTS SYMPOSIUM * UCLA APRIL 4-6, 2002 * RHIZOME DISCOUNT * <<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.eliterature.org/state">http://www.eliterature.org/state</a>> ELO invites Rhizome subscribers to join leading web artists, writers, critics, theorists for the seminal e-lit event of 2002. Rhizome subscribers who register before FEB 15 2002 may register at ELO member rates ($25 discount). + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 3. Date: 2.5.02 From: Honor Harger (honor.harger@tate.org.uk) Subject: Surveillance & Control ANNOUNCING AN EVENT ON SURVEILLANCE + CONTROL AT TATE MODERN Surveillance and Control A half-day conference in March Saturday 9 March <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/webcasting/surveillance.htm">http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/webcasting/surveillance.htm</a> As part of Tate Modern's Interpretation and Education programme, a half day conference on surveillance technologies and new media art will be take place. SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL considers widespread uses of electronic surveillance, analysing recent social and political developments, and asking how various surveillance technologies have impacted on new media art practice. We are living in a medialised society. Surveillance devices are used increasingly to monitor physical space, while the operation of global interception systems show the vulnerability of electronic space. The increasing ubiquity of surveillance has radically transformed the relation between public and private spheres, as well as the very nature of political and technological control. This half day conference will probe recent developments in surveillance debates. Investigative journalist, Duncan Campbell and media theorist, Eric Kluitenberg look at issues such as the use of the English/American automated interception and relay system, Echelon, and the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPa), which updates UK law on the interception of communications. Presentations by artists, Marko Peljhan, Kate Rich and Julia Scher will ask how artists are responding to, or subverting the surveillance strategies employed by the commercial and governmental sectors. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/webcasting/surveillance.htm">http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/webcasting/surveillance.htm</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +ad+ Read Peter Anders article "Anthropic Cyberspace" in the latest LEONARDO Digital Salon Volume 34 Number 5. Learn first hand about defining electronic space and give yourself space to think. Visit our web site @ <a rel="nofollow" href="http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo">http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4. Date: 2.5.2002 From: Ars Electronica Center (announce@aec.at) Subject: Ars Electronica 2002–1st Announcement Keywords: fund, competition, art world Ars Electronica 2002 September 7 - 12, 2002 Linz, Austria 1.1 Prix Ars Electronica 2002 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://prixars.orf.at">http://prixars.orf.at</a> Entry Deadline: March 31, 2002 The Prix Ars Electronica 2002 marks the 16th edition of the competition for cyberarts, which is organized by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), Upper Austrian Regional Studio, in conjunction with the Ars Electronica Festival. The Prix Ars Electronica 2002 is announced internationally for the categories Computer Animation / Visual Effects, Digital Musics, Interactive Art and Net Vision / Net Excellence. In addition, there is also a competition category for young people under the age of 19 in Austria: Cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing. The total prize money for the Prix Ars Electronica 2002 amounts to Euro 100.000 / USD 88,466. The international juries will award 6 x 3 money prizes and up to 52 Honorary Mentions. Selected works of all categories will be presented to the public in the exhibition Cyberarts 2002 at the O.K Center for Contemporary Art during the Ars Electronica Festival. You will find detailed information on each category, the names of the Jury members, the competition regulations and all information you need to register online under: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://prixars.orf.at">http://prixars.orf.at</a> Deadline for entries is March 31, 2002 (postmarked)! <a rel="nofollow" href="http://prixars.orf.at">http://prixars.orf.at</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 5. Date: 2.6.02 From: Andy Clarke (andy@kinonet.com) Subject: COSIGN 2002 cfp First Call For Papers COSIGN 2002 The 2nd International Conference on COMPUTATIONAL SEMIOTICS FOR GAMES AND NEW MEDIA Augsburg (Germany) 2nd September - 4th September, 2002 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2002/">http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2002/</a> This cross-disciplinary conference explores the ways in which semiotics (and related theories such as structuralism and post-structuralism) can be applied to creating and analysing computer systems. It is intended for anyone with an interest in areas of overlap (or potential overlap) between semiotics and computers. This would include, but is not limited to, the following: computer scientists; HCI and AI practitioners; creators of expert systems; digital artists; designers; critics; semioticians; narratologists; etc. COSIGN 2002 invites submissions in the following categories: 1. Academic Papers 2. Artworks 3. Posters 4. Technical Demonstrations Information about the conference is available at the following web address: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2002/">http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2002/</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 6. Date: 2.9.02 From: <<<nick.kilroy>>>>>……… (kilroy@gabba.net) Subject: OPEN_SOURCE EVENT–submissions welcome <PLUG_AND_PLAY> open_source event - request for submissions @ <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gabba.net/pnp">http://www.gabba.net/pnp</a> One of the aims of this night is discover how to mediate/curate net.art and music; find the space between 'the gallery', 'the monitor', 'the cinema' and my headphones. Encourage any bedroom genuises to come down and play-out. ENTRY IS FREE PLUG AND PLAY allows people to PLUG in their laptops and PLAY music they have made or interests them … and project a visual output. Music policy is eclectronic [sic] …. anything electronic really, however obscure…….. or mainstream. Or upload music/data. We'd welcome any hard-drive detritus: music, programs, films, generative software/programs or new projects. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gabba.net/pnp">http://www.gabba.net/pnp</a> for uploads more info, FTP details etc Better still, if you're around London, come down and PLAY! Vinyl, MP3, MDs, CDs, or … laptop! It doesn't have to be your own music either, just music you wish to…… present The event takes place in PUBLICLIFE in Shoreditch (opposite Spitalfields) and it runs on the last Sunday of each month in the late afternoon/evening, (nxt on the 24thFeb). The club is fully on-line capable of downloading an entire set, with sockets along the walls so people can bring their laptops down and surf, download .. You might also wish to pass this information onto anyone you think may be interested in having their work amplified in a space, albeit in another country. </PLUG_AND_PLAY> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gabba.net/pnp">http://www.gabba.net/pnp</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 7. Date: 2.5.2002 From: RSG (rsg@rhizome.org) Subject: Trigger Words #2 (a Carnivore Client) Keywords: surveillance, security, media activism, language, internet During the weekend of February 1st 2002, delegates from the World Economic Forum arrived in the Midtown area of New York City. To greet them were thousands of protestors, themselves greeted by what the New York Times called a "stern police response." The police and the protesters generally kept the peace, with only 200 arrests and little violence. Meanwhile, in a different corner of the city, a small group of hackers, artists, and activists–or "hacktivists"–met to catch their breath, organize political materials, and of course check their email. They chose a venue unknown to the police, the Eyebeam center for media art on West 21st Street. They also chose their own security system, one that would protect the integrity of their sensitive computer communications. They chose Carnivore. Carnivore is an efficient data collection and analysis system used to monitor all forms of Internet communication. It is a premium service of Radical Software Group (RSG), the all-star collective of computer artists hand selected from cities around the world. Like the FBI software on which it's based, Carnivore is a non-invasive spying tool that collects email and web traffic from its local environment. Because Carnivore was installed last weekend in the same building where the hacktivists were checking their email, RSG was granted a unique perspective on the use of digital communications inside the protest zone. During the weekend of demonstrations the following organizations used the Eyebeam facilities: Las Agencias (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lasagencias.net/">http://www.lasagencias.net/</a>), The "bike writer" group from MIT (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://architecture.mit.edu/~atmarcus/bikewriter/writer.html">http://architecture.mit.edu/~atmarcus/bikewriter/writer.html</a>), Bureau of Inverse Technology (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://bureauit.org">http://bureauit.org</a>), Institute for Applied Autonomy (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.appliedautonomy.com/">http://www.appliedautonomy.com/</a>), RTMark (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://rtmark.com">http://rtmark.com</a>), and The Yes Men (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://theyesmen.org/">http://theyesmen.org/</a>). It is not known how long each group used the facilities. Some simply visited, others used it often. However, once inside the Eyebeam surveillance zone, one hundred percent of the hacktivists's Internet communications were monitored by Carnivore. Data collection itself is worth nothing without appropriate analysis. Thus, Carnivore offers superior diagnostics created by the world's leading software artists. For example Mark Napier, a New York artist, has released an analysis tool for Carnivore called "Black and White" (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.potatoland.org/blackwhite/">http://www.potatoland.org/blackwhite/</a>). He used this tool to calculate the overall truth or falsity of the hacktivists's data. After several days of monitoring, their data was found to be %37 true and %63 false. Another diagnostic is called "Trigger Words." This tool records the frequency of sensitive words–words such as "nuclear" or "White House." After several days of monitoring, the hacktivists maintained a fairly mainstream communications vocabulary. For example, while the word "anarchy" was used 3 times, the word "freedom" was used 64 times. "Hate" scored a high 75, however it was outranked by "hope" with 138 instances. Several rare or unusual terms were also employed by the hacktivists at at least once during their weekend of web use. These include: kiwi, Fukuyama, and ninja (used 29 times!). Complete statistics appear at the end of this message. If you are in search of an effective data collection and analysis solution, please try Carnivore. From schools to cybercafes to corporate offices, Carnivore brings meaning to information. Analysis tools are now available from Cory Arcangel/BEIGE, Mark Daggett, Josh Davis, Entropy8Zuper! and others. For more information, visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/carnivore">http://rhizome.org/carnivore</a> + + + DIAGNOSTIC TOOL Trigger Words #2 (a Carnivore Client) LOCATION Eyebeam Atelier, 540 W. 21st Street, New York City DURATION Start time: 13:57:28 Jan 30, 2002 End time: 23:11:23 Feb 2, 2002 ANALYSIS SUBJECTS Las Agencias (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lasagencias.net/">http://www.lasagencias.net/</a>) The "bike writer" group from MIT (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://architecture.mit.edu/~atmarcus/bikewriter/writer.html">http://architecture.mit.edu/~atmarcus/bikewriter/writer.html</a>) Bureau of Inverse Technology (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://bureauit.org">http://bureauit.org</a>) Institute for Applied Autonomy (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.appliedautonomy.com/">http://www.appliedautonomy.com/</a>) RTMark (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://rtmark.com">http://rtmark.com</a>) The Yes Men (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://theyesmen.org/">http://theyesmen.org/</a>) TRIGGER WORD USAGE ————————- Meta 2226 Sport 1151 Cards 975 Chan 826 York 611 Keywords 547 Global 446 Rsta 397 Privacy 369 Erco 326 Tools 282 Virtual 275 Ssor 258 Electron 240 Market 239 Import 232 Package 198 Secure 198 Rail 173 D-11 165 SHAPE 164 Society 161 Mexico 157 Bank 143 Rita 143 Hope 138 Vale 138 Solo 114 SORT 112 Passwd 106 Force 104 Guest 103 Chelsea 98 Jack 97 Mole 96 Angela 89 Contacts 87 Zone 87 Unix 86 Blocks 85 Osco 82 Edition 77 Hate 75 Government 73 Tiger 73 NTIS 72 Football 67 Dictionary 65 Consul 64 Freedom 64 Garbage 64 Qrss 59 Tokyo 58 Virus 56 JAVA 52 Austin 50 Quarter 50 Taiwan 50 Evil 48 Fish 47 Mega 46 Fake 45 Archives 44 Alex 43 Chosen 41 Mania 40 President 40 Resta 40 Smith 40 Cocaine 38 Police 38 South Africa 38 RENS 37 Golf 36 Centro 35 Dead 33 Executive 33 Jasmine 32 Texas 32 White House 32 Credit card 31 Honor 31 Harvard 30 Replay 30 Face 29 Ninja 29 Reno 28 Bronze 27 SERT 27 Nike 26 Bach 23 Beef 23 Buzzer 23 CIDA 23 Gorilla 23 Starr 23 Codes 22 Floss 22 Atlas 21 MSNBC 21 Gatt 20 Panama 20 Military 19 Basement 18 Schloss 18 Asset 16 Illuminati 16 Morgan 16 NASA 16 Threat 16 Aladdin 15 Soros 15 Trump 15 Spook 14 Anonymous 13 Dolch 13 Flame 13 Jackson 13 Rubin 13 Siemens 13 Advise 12 Debugging 12 Kiwi 12 ISEC 11 MISSI 11 NAIA 11 Porno 11 ISSO 10 Mace 10 Toad 10 AT&T 9 Cowboy 9 EADA 9 Stanley 9 DERA 8 ISPE 8 ISTA 8 Rhost 8 Submiss 8 CUSI 7 Fraud 7 JICA 7 Marx 7 Moore 7 Sweep 7 USSS 7 ASIS 6 CISE 6 Clone 6 Embassy 6 Lynch 6 Nuclear 6 Pixar 6 Platform 6 Stephanie 6 Unclassified 6 Baldwin 5 Captain 5 Goldman 5 Iris 5 Morse 5 Nash 5 Smuggle 5 Active X 4 ASIO 4 Bess 4 Cable & Wireless 4 Explicit 4 Gamma 4 LATA 4 Monica 4 Nitrate 4 Roswell 4 SAFE 4 SARA 4 Shelter 4 SLIP 4 Anarchy 3 Badger 3 CCSS 3 Daisy 3 Delta 3 Investigation 3 Larson 3 LITE 3 Maple 3 NIMA 3 Nowhere 3 NSES 3 PCMT 3 Playboy 3 Recon 3 SAAM 3 Tajik 3 Vanuatu 3 Advisors 2 Agfa 2 BECCA 2 Bluebird 2 CBOT 2 Csim 2 DDIS 2 Elvis 2 Embassy 2 IDEA 2 JICC 2 JOTS 2 Montenegro 2 Nuclear 2 Pirg 2 RAID 2 Razor 2 SORO 2 Spoke 2 Sweeping 2 Talent 2 USCODE 2 Varon 2 Yakima 2 Analyzer 1 Armani 1 ASTS 1 BIOL 1 Blackjack 1 Bootleg 1 Burns 1 Canine 1 CCSC 1 Chatter 1 Competitor 1 Dort 1 Encryption 1 Fetish 1 Forschung 1 Freeh 1 Fritz 1 Fukuyama 1 Goodwin 1 GOTS 1 Grom 1 Gulf 1 Hackers 1 HALO 1 Indigo 1 ISAF 1 IWIS 1 Kosovo 1 Lacrosse 1 Lander 1 LLNL 1 Loch 1 Locks 1 Mantis 1 Merlin 1 MOSAIC 1 NCSA 1 NLSP 1 NSAS 1 Ortega 1 OTAN 1 OTAT 1 Peapod 1 Press-release 1 Reflection 1 S511 1 Salsa 1 SARD 1 SART 1 Schengen 1 SFPD 1 Sneakers 1 SSCI 1 STEP 1 T2S2 1 Telex 1 TSCM 1 Veggie 1 VFCT 1 WWSV 1 Yukon 1 ZNI1 1 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rhizome.org/carnivore">http://rhizome.org/carnivore</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.potatoland.org/blackwhite/">http://www.potatoland.org/blackwhite/</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lasagencias.net/">http://www.lasagencias.net/</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://architecture.mit.edu/~atmarcus/bikewriter/writer.html">http://architecture.mit.edu/~atmarcus/bikewriter/writer.html</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bureauit.org">http://bureauit.org</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.appliedautonomy.com/">http://www.appliedautonomy.com/</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rtmark.com">http://rtmark.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://theyesmen.org/">http://theyesmen.org/</a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Rhizome.org is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization. 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