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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Re: Blog vs Board (re: Blogging Survey)


I am still confused. Might graffiti be a better analogy?

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com

atomic elroy wrote:
> indeed! lee's on it!

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Re: Independent Radio and Sound Art Fellowships


Super cool - thanks...

Correction though, the info you Kevin is announcing is here:
http://www.mediaalliance.org/adv.corp.priv.html#anchor438137

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com

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Re: Blog vs Board (re: Blogging Survey)


What do you mean by the "daddy, daddy, look at me!" mentality?

atomic elroy wrote:

> I've read this entire thread.. and I'm coming around to value of
> blogs. and the value they could have on a site like this one, they can
> transcend the "daddy, daddy, look at me!" mentality.

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com

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Re:randomness


My current work is time based. I use probablistic algorythms to create unexpected, but resonable outcomes. This makes the work appear to have a life of it's own - even to me. I believe that this reflects our experience of nature, because it approximates how we misinterpret the deliberate behavior we see around us.

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Re: Blog vs Board (re: Blogging Survey)


I think the artornot.com example was a poor choice.

Liza wrote:
>That would mean changing the whole structure of how the (non-profit) business of >Rhizome is run. It's not just about the technology.

This was an attempt to answer Francis's question about what I meant by community participation. My example was not meant to suggest that we should be developing profitable products umbrellaed under the Rhizome brand. Later posts by Joy Garnett and T.Whid actually illustrate my point much better. Disenfranchised by activities going on within the Rhizome community, they were motivated to start their own blogs: T.Whid had a problem with the fee structure, Joy Garnett with the flame wars. Clearly both of these members contribute (a lot) regardless or I would not know this, however, this suggests to me that this board is quieter since they decided to focus their efforts on their blogs.

I think both Joy and T.Whid have excellent blogs, so perhaps it is not a bad thing that they were inspired to do what they do.

But doesn't this suggest that this board (and community) might be more active if members were more motivated to focus their thoughts and idea here instead?

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com