Jason Van Anden
Since 2004
Works in Brooklyn, New York United States of America

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BIO
Jason Van Anden is a new media activist, artist, inventor and robot maker. His creations are exhibited internationally, receiving recognition in the art, science, technology and gaming communities. More about Jason and his work can be found at his website www.smileproject.com.
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DISCUSSION

Re: Mac + Intel??


Hi t.whid,

Good point regarding VirtualPC. I currently accomplish this by connecting my Mini-Box to my Powerbook via crossover cable and running Windows Remote Access. Dorky to be sure, but personally entertaining.

J

t.whid wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> Being a cross-platform type you should be especially happy. Most
> things I'm reading speculate that you'll be able to run Virtual PC on
> a Mac with no performance hit. So basically, unless MS quashes it, you
> can run both OSs on Apple hardware -- making your life easier most
> likely.
>
> There a bunch of other reasons that folks are interested but there's
> so much cover elsewhere...
>
> As far as net art (or even software art) is concerned, I don't see any
> big implications, I'm more interested from the
> craftsman-concerned-about-his-tools perspective.
>
> Jason Van Anden wrote:
>
> > Am I missing something? I do not see how this news impacts anyone
> > except shareholders in Intel, Apple or Motorolla. It is as if Ford
> > announced that it would start using Mazda Engines.
> >
> > For the record: I develop on Windows XP (VB 6) using a VIA based
> > Mini-Box for clients/money and OS X.3 (Java/Python) on a G3
> Powerbook
> > Pismo for art and love.
> >
> > Jason Van Anden
> >

DISCUSSION

Re: Mac + Intel??


Am I missing something? I do not see how this news impacts anyone except shareholders in Intel, Apple or Motorolla. It is as if Ford announced that it would start using Mazda Engines.

For the record: I develop on Windows XP (VB 6) using a VIA based Mini-Box for clients/money and OS X.3 (Java/Python) on a G3 Powerbook Pismo for art and love.

Jason Van Anden

DISCUSSION

Re: New Membership Policy


Hi Francis,

A few hours after posting my comments about the new policy, I cringed as I thought "Wow - that was kind of arrogant." Although the format of Rhizome lends itself to the ideal that any member can have an impact on its policies - its easy to forget that in fact there is a really smart group of professional staff devoted to this task. Your blog entry underscored this for me.

That being said ...

What kind of feedback would the Rhizome Staff find useful from its membership?

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com

DISCUSSION

Re: New Membership Policy


This policy change is super - thank you! Offering value-added features for paying members makes a lot of sense - and I look forward to the features Rhizome has in store.

I disagree with the archiving concept though. I feel the membership gets more value by the "old" content being freely available. Placing this content in a lock box prevents a casual audience from discovering Rhizome (and its membership's art and words) via the serach engines. It seems to me that a better model might be the reverse - paying members would have access to fresher content - and everyone else would have access after some time period (a day, a week, etc...).

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com

DISCUSSION

Re: How Did I Get Here ?


Hi Jess,

I am super interested in reading this post - but on the Rhizome site it is all marked up with visible tags. Is there any way you could resend without the formatting for those of us who view posts online, as opposed to via email?

Jason

Jess Loseby wrote:

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> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">E:VENT</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">eventnetwork.org.uk</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#008000"><span
> style="font-size:10pt"><u>root@eventnetwork.org.uk</u></span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">+ 44
> (0) 20 7613 0300</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">96
> teesdale street, London E2 6PU</span></font></div>
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> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Leon
> Barker</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">Tobie Kerridge</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Jess
> Loseby</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">Dallas Seitz</span></font></div>
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> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">How
> Did I Get Here ?</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">Curated by Brian Reed</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">Opening Friday 20th May 6pm -
> 9pm</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May 12 noon - 6
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> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">E:VENT is pleased to present 'How Did I Get
> Here ?' a showcase that brings</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">together four artists, who through the use of
> digital media express a</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">personal, social or political commentary. The
> common thread between the</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">works is a sense of mortality expressed with
> the use of parody and</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">absurdity as a critical
> tool.</span></font></div>
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> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Leon
> Barker</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Work
> in progress</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">A
> sense of danger and the reality of physical harm prevail the
> sculptural</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">works of Leon Baker. Here he exhibits a work in
> progress, a kinetic</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">sculpture exploring gesture through action and
> reaction. ~~~ Tobie</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">Kerridge Life Event Using data retrieved every
> minute from the Justice</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">Department web-site, Life Event tracks the
> final days of Gary Lynn</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">Sterling on death row in Texas. When the
> execution of the prisoner is</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">reported on the site, the object will turn on.
> Brine shrimp ­ or Sea</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">Monkeys ­ are injected into the salt
> water, a pump and light source are</span></font></div>
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> organisms periodically.</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">Until then Life Event is mechanically and
> biologically dormant.~~~</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">Control</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">A
> series of films showing an individual absorbed in an activity; a
> bike</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">ride, a console gaming session , waiting for a
> letter to be delivered. By</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">using 2 cameras these activities become split
> across 2 frames, dividing</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">the
> subject from the object of their attention. This division
> is</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">artificial, there are moments of synthesis and
> absorption as the</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">individual becomes fused with their
> object-world. ~~~ </span></font></div>
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> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Jess
> Loseby </span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">Andum</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Jess
> Loseby takes her personal domestic environment as reference for
> her</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">exploration and fascination of borderlands and
> 'beautiful seams' between</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">the
> ubiquitous worlds of computing and the 'real' (domestic). The use of
> a</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">low-fi approach to new media encapsulates
> the  female domestic</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">routine synonymous with repetition and
> triviality. ~~~</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">Proteus Syndrome </span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">Proteus Syndrome is the rare genetic disorder
> that</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> style="font-size:10pt">inflicted Joseph Carey Merrick, commonly known
> as the Elephant Man. The</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">physical effects of the disorder become part of
> Dallas Seitz gothic horror</span></font></div>
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> style="font-size:10pt">lexicon in his continued self-colonization that
> remains at the centre of</span></font></div>
> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">his
> practice. ~~~ </span></font></div>
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