Jim Andrews
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BIO
Jim Andrews does http://vispo.com . He is a poet-programmer and audio guy. His work explores the new media possibilities of poetry, and seeks to synthesize the poetical with other arts and media.
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DISCUSSION

Re: Net Baroque


Hi Christina,

What is the plugin to install for
<http://www.internet3d.net/paratopias/piranesia/index.html> ? I got a new
hard drive and did a clean install of xp, so i don't have all the plugins
installed i used to, but would like to view your vrml.

concerning 'baroque', it seems like a term that has been used by some to
primarily disparage plugin net.art. and it is misapplied to work that uses
plugins but doesn't really seem baroque, though there is some net.art that
does seem (vaguely) baroque. but it seems mainly a term of disparagement,
doesn't it? Though I should add I don't think that's the way you're using
it.

looking at the def below, for instance, i don't see it applying to my own
work or much of the work discussed at
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/Review/index.cfm?articleE , which is interactive
audio work.

are you 'reclaiming' the term 'baroque'?

ja

ba

DISCUSSION

Re: Fwd: <nettime> ars lecture on software / art / culture


good on you for actually reading it--that's kind of heroic in itself.
enjoyed your comments, pall.

all i would add, at the moment, is that, like the process of writing or
making other forms of art, so much depends on the activity itself; like when
you write, you normally don't sit down to more or less transcribe something
you've already worked out in your head; instead, much is arrived at in the
process of writing. this is much the same with programming. particularly if
you're trying to create something the experience of which can't really be
anticipated before you have some code written to explore the experience. I
am almost certain you would have found this the case in writing your
Intercontinental Spontaneous Jam Session, since the experience is not at all
one we understand from previous experience.

ja

DISCUSSION

Re: Chogpyrit


i tnhik it's mroe comtpiacled tahn a mtater sleloy of the wrods tevmseelhs.
the wrdos taht aepapr porir to a geivn wrod set criaetn ettipcenaoxs
cenrioncng wrehe the sceennte is gniog; if the sencetne tehn dpetars for
iutkrsk or the wdros are rlielaetvy eioxtc, we hvae a herdar tmie
dpenhriiceg it. aunmsig, tghouh.

ja

> Prhaeps smoe of you hvae rvceeied the flwlooing msgesae taht saeprd
> the web sncie serveal wkees:
>
> "Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
> in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
> taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be
> a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is
> bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
> wrod as a wlohe."
>
>
> I've mdae a lltite parrgom taht slffhue aaumolittacly the odrer of the
> lteters in the wrods wtih a cateirn ieda: tsnfroram txets taht
> cproghiyt semes ecisxesve or irppomer to me itno sntgrae, fnuny but
> siltl rdaeable txets (aolsmt):
>
> www.teleferique.org/stations/Cliquet/scripts/chogpyrit/enilgsh.htm
>
>
> Eteinne Clquiet

DISCUSSION

Interactive Audio on the Web


Interactive Audio on the Web:
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/Review/index.cfm?articleE

This essay looks at a few works that have been created over the last few
years, discusses elements such as interface, composition, instrumentality,
and music, and then provides lots of great links to work that highlights
interactive audio; there's also links to offline interactive audio projects,
and links to news sources about the art.

Works discussed:
Electrica by Gundula Markeffsky, Peter Huehlfriedel, and Leonard Schaumann
(Germany)
Intercontinental Spontaneous Jam Session by Pall Thayer (Iceland)
Pianographique by Jean-Luc Lamarque (France)
Music Generator by James Tindall (Britain)
Nio by yours truly (Canada)
Network Auralization for Gnutella (NAG) by Jason Freeman (USA)

"It is important to point out that the most notable works on the web in
interactive audio are done by individuals or small groups of artists
producing their own work. We don't see music companies doing the outstanding
work. This is not often so in other areas, such as computer games. Part of
the reason why interactive audio is dominated by individuals is because of
the artistic fusion it demands in various realms. We see a creative
synthesis of audio, visuals, animation, interface design, and programming.
Interactive audio is about changing music and hypermedia, not marketing the
same old stuff repackaged for the web."

ja
http://vispo.com

DISCUSSION

fibovich


one does not get the impression of an intellectually exciting writer
brilliant in his ranging synthesis over contemporary art. filmovich's
writing is dull.

what did bosma write about 'how to make a net.art star' concerning the
fu-fme.com guy? much the same with a critic. give him a book and an expense
account and set him upon conferences hither and yon. his biggest stretch is
across America, Europe, and Russia; not across new media. a dangerous man
with an expense account. less clement greenberg than alan greenspan.

art is dead but sneaks out for fun. he has fun. gotta give him that.

ja
http://vispo.com