The Temporary Travel Office produces a variety of services relating to tourism and technology aimed at exploring the non-rational connections existing between public and private spaces. The Travel Office has operated in a variety of locations, including Missouri, Chicago, Southern California and Norway.
Is MySpace a Place?
Networked Performance pointed me toward an interview (download in PDF)with Networked Publics speaker Henry Jenkins and Networked Publics friend danah boyd about Myspace. The site, popular with teenagers, has become increasingly controversial as parents and the press raise concerns about the openness of information on the site and the vulnerability this supposedly poses to predators (Henry points out that only .1% of abductions are by strangers) and the behavior of teens towards each other (certainly nothing new, only now in persistent form). In another essay on Identity Production in Networked Culture, danah suggests that Myspace is popular not only because the technology makes new forms of interaction possible, but because older hang-outs such as the mall and the convenience store are prohibiting teens from congregating and roller rinks and burger joints are disappearing.
This begs the question, is Myspace media or is it space? Architecture theorists have long had this thorn in their side. "This will kill that," wrote Victor Hugo with respect to the book and the building. In the early 1990s, concern about a dwindling public culture and the character of late twentieth century urban space led us to investigate Jürgen Habermas's idea of the public sphere. But the public sphere, for Habermas is a forum, something that, for the most part, emerges in media and in the institutions of the state:
The bourgeois public sphere may be conceived above all as the sphere of private people come together as a public; they soon claimed the public sphere regulated from above against the public authorities themselves, to engage them in a debate over the general rules governing relations in the basically privatized but publicly relevant sphere of commodity exchange and social labor. The medium of this political confrontation was peculiar and without historical precedent: people's ...
SWITCH: Issue 22
HI everyone. Just wanted to announce the new issue of SWITCH:
SWITCH : The online New Media Art Journal of the CADRE Laboratory for
New Media at San Jose State University
http://switch.sjsu.edu switch@cadre.sjsu.edu
SWITCH Journal is proud to announce the launch of Issue 22: A Special
Preview Edition to ISEA 2006/ ZeroOne San Jose.
As San Jose State University and the CADRE Laboratory are serving as
the academic host for the ZeroOne San Jose /ISEA 2006 Symposium,
SWITCH has dedicated itself to serving as an official media
correspondent of the Festival and Symposium. SWITCH has focused the
past three issues of publication prior to ZeroOne San Jose/ISEA2006
on publishing content reflecting on the themes of the symposium. Our
editorial staff has interviewed and reported on artists, theorists,
and practitioners interested in the intersections of Art & Technology
as related to the themes of ZeroOne San Jose/ ISEA 2006. While some
of those featured in SWITCH are part of the festival and symposium,
others provide a complimentary perspective.
Issue 22 focuses on the intersections of CADRE and ZeroOne San Jose/
ISEA 2006. Over the past year, students at the CADRE Laboratory for
New Media have been working intensely with artists on two different
residency projects for the festival – “Social Networking” with Antoni
Muntadas and the City as Interface Residency, “Karaoke Ice” with
Nancy Nowacek, Marina Zurkow & Katie Salen. Carlos Castellanos,
James Morgan, Aaron Siegel, all give us a sneak preview of their
projects which will be featured at the ISEA 2006 exhibition. Alumni
Sheila Malone introduces ex_XX:: post position, an exhibition
celebrating the 20th anniversary of the CADRE Institute that will run
as a parallel exhibition to ZeroOne San Jose/ ISEA 2006. LeE
Montgomery provides a preview of NPR (Neighborhood Public Radio)
presence at ...
Art & Mapping
The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) has released a special issue of their journal, Cartographic Perspectives:
Art and Mapping
Issue 53, Winter 2006
Edited by Denis Wood and and John Krygier
Price: $25
The issue includes articles by kanarinka, Denis Wood, Dalia Varanka and John Krygier, and an extensive catalogue of map artists compiled by Denis Wood.
[-empyre-] Liquid Narrative for June 2006
Christina McPhee:
hi all, I am not sure we got this message out to Rhizome!
Please join our guests this month, Dene Grigar (US), Jim Barrett
(AU/SE), Lucio Santaella (BR), and Sergio Basbaum (BR) , with
moderator Marcus Bastos (BR), for a spirited discussion of "Liquid
Narratives" ----- digital media story telling with a dash, perhaps,
of 'aura' .
Here's the intro from Marcus:
The topic of June at the - empyre - mailing list will be Liquid Narratives. The concept of 'liquid narrative' is interesting in that it allows to think about the unfoldings of contemporary languages beyond tech achievements, by relating user controlled applications with formats such as the essay (as described by Adorno in "Der Essay als Form", The essay as a form) and procedures related to the figure of the narrator (as described by Benjamin in his writings about Nikolai Leskov). Both authors are accute critics of modern culture, but a lot of his ideas can be expanded towards contemporary culture. As a matter of fact, one of the main concerns in Benjamin's essay is a description of how the rise of modernism happens on account of an increasing nprivilege of information over knowledge, which is even more intense nowadays. To understand this proposal, it is important to remember how Benjamin distinguishes between an oral oriented knowledge, that results from 'an experience that goes from person to person' and is sometimes anonymous, from the information and authoritative oriented print culture. One of the aspects of this discussion is how contemporary networked culture rescues this 'person to person' dimension, given the distributed and non-authoritative procedures that technologies such as the GPS, mobile phones and others stimulate.state of the planet infographics
a small collection of beautiful information graphics documenting the current state of the planet.
see also gapminder & 3d data globe.
[seedmagazine.com]
Re: Linking vs. Plagiarizing (Re: Turbulence.org)
it seems to me that this all comes down to politics (and i don't mean that in the derogatory sense) and all the subtle variations of practice. copyright and fair use were never created out of ethical concern - they engender a specific way of life through an ideology based on private property and darwinian competition. i say "ideology" because "private property" and "competition" are really regulated and controlled by everyone agreeing on the rules of the game - even if they're losing. but the rules are still arbitrary when it comes down to it, not natural.
if you agree with the politics (or see yourself represented in them) that Turbulence represents, you would "respect" their claims to controlling (though not limiting) access to the work. and the politics are important here... if someone wants to argue Turbulence isn't allowing re-contextualizing of work, that's exactly right. but saying that that is more an exercise of privatistic ideology is another matter. the person who wants to re(de)contextualize the work bears as much responsibility here to be open (if there's even an agreement on openness). the key for me is the transparency of the process. otherwise ethics and respect can become code for naturalized censorship (this is why the right celebrates the term "political correctness" isn't it, to make the issue about censorship rather than politics - and giving them back the power to control speach?).
and regarding "punk" and subversion... i don't know how these ideas got crossed. "punk" isn't subversion for me (though it's aesthetic HAS often subverted by fashion and the right), just as DIY culture isn't about subversion. it's about operating in the current while trying to create living alternatives that hopefully won't remain alternative. the ongoing process of trying to create living politics is "punk". as one art history professor used to tell me, "it's not in the object, stupid."
good discussions going on...
best,
ryan
Statement on Iraq * Bristol Labour group
Bristol Labour Group Leader Diane Bunyan today issues
the following
statement on behalf of the Labour Group, Bristol City
Council.
"We decided to make a public statement of the Labour
group position on
Iraq because Labour councillors have spoken with many,
many people in
Bristol who want to know where we stand on this
important issue.
"For a democracy to go to war, its' leaders must
present an
overwhelming case for military action as the option of
last resort. While people
in Bristol are anxious to see Saddam Hussein answer
for his human rights
abuses against the Kurds, Shi'ites and even his own
people, they find
it difficult to understand how military action in Iraq
will benefit
international security. And while I support Tony Blair
in his considerable
achievement in bringing the US to consult with the UN,
I feel that it
would be unwise to take military action against Iraq
at this time.
If the UN inspectors report that Iraq has weapons of
mass destruction
and insists on retaining them then it should be for
the UN Security
council to determine what action should be taken and
not the US. There can
be no justification for unilateral military action by
anyone.
This is a complicated international situation and the
British peace
movement, with active support from Bristol, has become
usefully engaged
with clarifying the issues, and making their views
known. While I
support intervention, I do not support war. I consider
that disarming
Saddam
Hussein without military action remains an option and
should be
supported with further weapons inspections and more
time. Crucially any
future action in dealing with Iraq must be carried out
by the UN."
>>> Ryan Griffis <grifray@yahoo.com> 27/01/03 17:32:03
>>>
Dear Representatives Benson and Saward,
I am writing you at the suggestion of a citizen of
your district, who feels that your support, or dissent
against, the current leanings of the Blair Labor Party
in support of a US led attack on Iraq are crucial to
the direction of policy in the UK.
As a US citizen, I can tell you that US popular
support for military action is dwindling, while direct
criticism of such action is gaining numbers and
validity. The Bush Administration does not seem to
represent any notion of consensus, whether
international or in terms of our own national
politics. Such political ambitions are imperial at
best and catastrophic at worst. As our own voices and
civil rights are being slowly, but surely, squashed,
it is crucial for representatives of influential
governments (as well global/local grassroots
movements) to vocally oppose US unilateralism.
While the concerned citizen from your district
suggests you resign out of protest, I cannot say the
action you should take, but any form of protest is
welcome, and indeed, necessary.
Thank you for your time.
Ryan Griffis
Citizen, Missouri, USA
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Re: Deconstruct the Narrative = Protocolian positioning
it seems that sometimes saying something is dead is a
way to rhetorically revive it...
and institutional critique isn't pomo by default is
it?
most of it seems at least a bit modernist, if just in
its "ethics" and concern for the material.
either way, "institutional critique is dead."
best,
ryan
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ready.gov
too much...
ryan
Date: 21 Feb 2003 11:03:48 +0100
From: Quim Gil <qgil@lawebespiral.org>
Subject: <nettime> Ready.gov
I like spoof websites but some real websites are
better than any spoof
version you could think for them...
http://ready.gov
>From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Terrorism forces us to make a choice.
Don't be afraid... B e R e a d y
MAKE A KIT
Water & Food
Clean Air
First Aid Kit
Supply Checklists
Special Needs Items
MAKE A PLAN
Creating a Family Plan
Deciding to Stay or Go
At Work and School
In a Moving Vehicle
In a High-Rise Building
BE INFORMED
About what might happen
Biological Threat Chemical Threat Explosions
Nuclear Blast Radiation Threat
etc...
For instance, if There is a Nuclear Blast "Take cover
immediately,
below
ground if possible, though any shield or shelter will
help protect you
from the immediate effects of the blast and the
pressure wave."
You must be kinda Bruce Lee to do that, but the second
thing to do is
even more interesting:
"Quickly assess the situation."
For instance, check that your investments are still OK
in the stock
exchange. Or try to tune CNN in your TV (if you still
have one, or a
wall to plug it).
http://www.ready.gov/nuclear.html
It reminds me that episode of The Young Ones in which
the hippy creates
a nuclear shelter in his shared council flat in
London...
Quim
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Re: RHIZOME_RARE: Deconstruct the Narrative = Protocolian positioning.
> Cory's art is not 'Punk', it
> advocates the style of it, but it certainly does not
> fill the void that punk
> fills for me. if you have to pin an art reference to
> justify its being, it
> certainly ain't Punk.
my vote for "most accurate bit of criticism of the
year"
ryan
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