F O C U S : THAW 97 is a festival of alternative film, video and digitally-produced moving images. The festival was organized in the spring of 1996 as a forum for the presentation of new experimental works which have often been unrecognized, overlooked or refused by conventional exhibition circuits.
Not to abuse the RHIZOME system- but right after I sent the last email on ISEA and the problem of representation/inclusion - I went to work on Leonardo Digital Reviews which I edit. We publish reviews of books, electronic publications, events and run them in Craig Harris's monthly Leonardo Electronic ...
This is for the benefit of anyone interested in virtual humans research who can get to the Virtual Heritage '96 conference in London in December (12-13).
The high spot this year will be the unveiling of Nadia Thalmann's celebrated project to bring virtual life to a group of the Chinese ...
In response to J.M. Cheddie's post "<a href="/cgi-local/query.cgi?action=grab_object&kt=kt0279">ISEA 96 and RHIZOME E-MAIL</a>" [RHIZOME CONTENTBASE, 10.29.96], Lily Diaz wrote:
I was at ISEA 96 and I agree with you on issues related to the notable absence of multi-cultural presence within ...
Responding to Kenseth Armstead, J.M. Cheddie wrote:
You sent me an email regarding what I would like to see on RHIZOME E-MAIL. Though I value the list for keeping me informed of current events, there are a number of things that I would like to see which at the ...
Reading through Mathew Ritchie's internet project, The Hard Way (http://www.adaweb.com/influx/hardway/), is like reading through a piece of contemporary mythology.
Yes, there are gods, elemental portraits, archetypes, allegories and the like, yet it is a curious sort of mythology, one that uses myth as a stylistic ...
Technophobia, a new CD-ROM, manages to cover a real variety of computer-based art by an international assortment of artists–from lush "VR" graphics to ironic pop culture commentaries, from posing conceptual or intellectual problems to exploring machine-body interactions. The most successful of these were those which took into account the specific ...
I read JM Cheddie's piece with much interest. It is a relief to see someone expanding the debate around art and technology to one beyond the technology itself, into a larger social context.
Cheddie wrote:
"The Displaced Data (J.M. Cheddie, Roshini Kempadoo, Keith Piper, Derek Richards) an evolving organisation ...
On Thursday, October 24th, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) was opened in Paderborn, Germany – the largest museum for computers, communications, and office technology worldwide. In the last months, I worked as a freelancer for the HNF, mainly responsible for the Hacker exhibition.
Enter the Malice Palace and experience virtual pain. Set in San Francisco 2001, this Palace is my 1st step toward creating a multimedia & multiuser environment.
Come be annoyed by robots with artificial unintelligence and abusive simulations.
It is about to launch to the world via HotWired who is THANKFULLY ...