| 5.
LIA
+ DEXTRO
- TURUX
"Is
GHB toxic? Is it addictive? Does it induce serious convulsions,
drowsiness, hallucinations or confusion? Does it cause aggression
and self-injurious behaviour?
"In
keeping with the end of intellectual property rights, my work has
been created using images, sounds and scripts pirated from magazines,
books, CDs, and corporate and pornographic web sites. My sites work
like meta-collages in which the hyper-linkage between pages acts
as an active element in its assembled logic. From the autistic web
paradise of Subculture, full of information but stuck in annoyingly
repetitive patterns, to the digital epileptic seizure of Snowcrash:
loud, retinal, and disturbing, with data behaving in ways they shouldn't
be behaving. A big-bang which changes the computer's interface into
a chaotic universe, combining slogans, impossible forms and recycled
material from the Internet, which make the user surprised and almost
dazed."
"Feed
is an online artwork, designed to exist in the Internet and to explore
the ideas of ownership, authority, territory, and communication
in the virtual world. Many of my pieces appropriate the text, images
and data that make up the web. The software uses this information
as raw material to create an aesthetic experience. As I program
these interfaces, the coding process creates unforeseen possibilities
that add another dimension to the work. The technology reveals unprecedented
possibilities. Accidents happen and mistakes in the code produce
unexpected but wonderful qualities. This creative chaos extends
to the works themselves. My works are not objects but interfaces.
The users become collaborators in the artwork, upsetting the conventions
of ownership and authority. By interacting with the work, the visitors
shape the piece, causing it to change and evolve, often in unpredictable
ways. The user is an integral part of the design. Technology provides
the interface through which the user engages in the aesthetic process.
The artwork is not a thing, it is a process, an interface, an invitation
to participate in a creative act". 8.
JOSHUA NIMOY
- TEXTENSION
"My
work can be seen as an effort to apply music-production methods
towards visual design and motion. I'm currently learning how to
create work through a balance of design and performance. This is
not a new idea, jazz musicians have been doing so for years by improvising
on musical structures. In many cases, I cannot find the tools to
create what's in my mind, so behind the scenes I am developing custom
tools that enable this exploration. James and I share a mutual interest
in accessing the connections between sound, visuals and motion." "I
use a computer the same way I use a sketchbook. I work all the time,
developing small ideas. When I stumble over one or a combination
of ideas that I find interesting I will take them further and develop
them. Both Amit and me are inspired for music first and foremost."
"Programming
is a kind of creative writing. Unfolding Object is an endless book
that rewrites itself and whose use dictates its content. When you
visit the Unfolding Object, you see a blank square on a web page
that unfolds in response to clicking on any of its edges. Each page
is patterned with a graphic that reflects the state of the object.
For example, a page that has been opened four times in the past
is marked with four horizontal lines; a vertical line stands for
ten unfoldings. The idea for Unfolding Object comes from many sources.
Physicist David Bohm theorizes about a level of information below
the quantum level where all matter is interconnected. In his terminology,
the object unfolds information about itself. The outward expression
of an object is the unfolding of this potential. I detected a similarity
between Bohm's description of nature and software objects. The potential
for the Unfolding Object is contained in the source code, which
is unfold by the interaction of the user. Another source was Klee,
who wrote about how a drawing is defined by its cosmogenic moment,
when the symmetry of the blank page is broken by the first mark,
the first decision of the creator." |
