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Posted Jan. 1 1998 20:00

Interview with Andrew Wanliss-Orlebar

Andrew Wanliss-Orlebar is a founder of totalny.com, the first designer
of ada'web, and former Interface Director for WP Studios and the Primary
Group. He is one of the youngest members of the New York Art Director's
Guild.

I know Andrew from University – there he worked with computers,
moonlighted ...

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Posted Jan. 1 1998 20:00

Arco Electronico 98, curated by Aleph

Aleph (http://aleph-arts.org/) have been commisioned by Arco 98 [the
Spanish Art Fair, 12-17 Feb 98] to coordinate the Arco Electronico web
site.

Working title for the page: "the best of the two worlds."

Our intention is to present a selection of 20 - 30 art web sites, all ...

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Posted Dec. 31 1997 20:00

Hacker Pranks

G.H. Hovagimyan wrote:

Just to alert everyone. A programmer friend tells me there is a group of
people who get on mailing lists with the intention of destroying open
discussion. Often they use totally plausible language and sometimes
false names. This has happened on The Things messaging forum as ...

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Posted Dec. 30 1997 20:00

text

how was your trip to NY? What did you see? After the outing there was
counting but you can think in other ways as well. Brute as the painter
no think as the thinking painters thought. When is it ever worth it to
not think as much as we can ...

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Posted Dec. 29 1997 20:00

Structures & Strategies in Developing Multimedia

Structures & Strategies in Developing Multimedia: On-line and Off-line
in Cluj, Romania, December 9-12, 1997

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The long trip to Cluj started at 4 a.m. from Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. As
the sole sleepy passenger in a large van, I found myself looking down a
dark, narrow road heading towards Belgrade ...

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Posted Dec. 28 1997 20:00

mapping information

The Guggenheim recently sent out a press release. Here is that release,
along with some commentary from the RHIZOME community…

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Visitors to the Guggenheim this month should have an easier time
orienting themselves even if they arrive from cyberspace. CyberAtlas, a
new interactive feature of the Guggenheim's Web site, offers ...

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Posted Dec. 20 1997 20:00

Heath Bunting--Wired or Tired?

Heath Bunting: Wired or Tired?

In the December issue of Wired magazine we find amidst the pre-Christmas
consumer spectacle of seductive scanners, professional sports watches,
expensive liquors and scantily clad savy female computer nerds, a
seductive spectacle of another shape. The current offering is a glossy
close up of the ...

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Posted Dec. 20 1997 20:00

impartial media hype

As part of a recent thread on the status of net.art and its critics,
G.H. Hovagimyan referred to Michael Gibbs as an "impartial media type"
(query http://www.rhizome.org/query for "Hovagimyan"). Here is the
continuation of that thread, beginning with Michael Gibbs:

I'm not quite sure ...

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Posted Dec. 20 1997 20:00

art.review: Mona Hatoum

art.review: Mona Hatoum
by Tina LaPorta

I have been waiting for several years to see Mona Hatoum's work up close
and personal. So now that my wish has materialized, what do I think?

The mini-retrospective here in NYC is an eclectic mixture of sculptural
objects, videos, photographs, and installation ...

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Posted Dec. 18 1997 20:00

tx6

Concerning space 3D environments: pictorial, virtual
and literal space.

> space in
virtual environments has no absolute scale and
no distance.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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scale and distance are relative measuremnts. This is also
> true of pictorial space using the size of familiar objects. In an
> abstract environment ...

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Posted Dec. 18 1997 20:00

SIGGRAPH 98 ART SHOW Deadline Approaching!!!

CALL FOR ELECTRONIC ART SUBMISSIONS

Touchware
SIGGRAPH 98 Art Show, July 1998

Submission Deadline: January 14, 1998

This exhibit will probe the physical, conceptual, and psychological
issues of touch–the tactility of the image, the responsiveness of an
artwork through the sense of touch, or the ephemeral sensation of touch
and ...

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Posted Dec. 17 1997 20:00

net.art--"I feel so used!"

Well There are over 5,000 artists works up on the web. Of course Mr.
Gibbs has done what every other impartial media type does [see Gibbs
article available through http://www.rhizome.org/query]. Rather than
look at the work on the web and research it and maybe find ...

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Posted Dec. 17 1997 20:00

D I G I T A L T Y P O G R A P H Y

m i t m e d i a l a b o r a t o r y
20 ames street, cambridge
12 december 1997
4-6 pm

p r o c e s s

D I G I T A L T Y P O G R A P H ...

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Posted Dec. 15 1997 20:00

How do you say "Full Screen"?

In order to make sure that the Internet network really induces a
universal and unprecedented type of commmunication, I invite you to the
following address: http://www.mygale.org/06/ecrantot/

"Ecran Total" is an hypertextual, rhiz(o)m(at)ic text (but… in
French…).

I wish you a pleasant ...

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Posted Dec. 14 1997 20:00

Font review--Eurostile

Eurostile. The typeface seems to be in a class of its own. It is
distinctively bulky, bold, and has unique width-oriented proportions.
Cool elegance. The sans Serif typeface has the aura of an airport
entrance hall in 1963. The font is ideal for Logotypes, fashion and
stylish designs. It has ...

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Posted Dec. 14 1997 20:00

The Opening of the ZKM Media Museum

The Opening of the ZKM Media Museum
a report by Sonya Rapoport

On October 18, 1997 the ZKM (Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe,
Germany) opened the doors of its Media Museum, an electronic counterpart
to the Louvre. The structure, originally conceived architectually as a
glass cube to echo ...

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