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]
Fwd: Microcosm Update for February 1st!
>
> p.s. For you livejournal internet types I have created a Microcosm
> live journal at http://www.livejournal.com/community/microcosmpub/ to
> post new things in stock and discuss other microcosm related stuff.
> Check it out if it is your sort of thing.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------
>
> NEWS:
> We moved our office into the basement of a community center called
> Liberty Hall (www.liberty-hall.org). We are now open to the public
> Sun-Fri, 11:30- at least 6 PM if you want to drop by and check it out
> or purchase things. It's more fun to meet the people who get stuff
> from us rather than pack envelopes all day long! Hopefully you feel
> the same way. Liberty Hall is located at 311 N Ivy St. in Portland, If
> you want to come by other times give us a call at 503-249-3826.
> Directions are available on the FAQ on our website.
>
> Green Zine #14 *** out now!!! *** Cristy Road has always brought us
> breathtaking artwork (some of my favorite) along with literary stories
> that remind us of the strength and ability of punk youth. This new
> issue is more of the same with some reflection of Cristy's various
> homes between Miami and Philadelphia, racism in her communities, the
> strength of her friends, coming to terms with assault, gender,
> sexuality, and identity, and much more. The words are powerful, the
> stories make you feel like anything can be accomplished, and the
> artwork adds another strong element. Once a true fanzine devoted to
> Green Day, this zine has now evolved into literary prose devoted to
> the strengths of our communities. $2.50
>
> Journalsong #6 ***coming in tomorrow!*** Steve Gevurtz has been
> publishing the Portland zine Journalsong for years about his personal
> turmoil. The new 96 page issue shares more of his self reflective
> stories like ups and down in relationships, tours with bands, doctor
> visits, and other writing that captures life in Portland, making you
> laugh, think, and feel. Steve's storytelling just keeps getting better
> and better and is accompanied by beautiful and cute drawings by Nicole
> Georges of Invincible Summer zine. We've respected his writing,
> aesthetics, and ethics for quite some time and felt that it was our
> time to work together. $2
>
> On Subbing: The First Four Years Book
Fwd: [news] Iraq vote unfaq
> http://electroniciraq.net/news/1836.shtml
>
> Or read on
>
> A Brief Guide to the Iraqi Elections
> Jo Wilding, Electronic Iraq, 29 January 2005
>
> 1. Iraqis are voting not for a party or an individual but for a list.
>
Fwd: [FPTQ] ALERT: Eyes On The Prize
> Eyes on the Screen
>
> "Eyes on the Prize", Civil Rights Documentary, To Be
> Released Over the Internet Despite Copyright Disputes
>
> A day of public screenings of the legendary documentary,
> to be organized for February 8th, 2005
>
> HYPERLINK: http://www.eyesonthescreen.org
>
> According to some, it's illegal for makers of the civil
> rights documentary "Eyes on the Prize" to put it on DVD or
> show it in public. But at 8:00 PM on February during Black
> History Month, Downhill Battle (downhillbattle.org) is
> encouraging Americans to celebrate the struggle and triumph
> of the civil rights movement with screenings of "Eyes on the
> Prize" in homes and public places with the goal of having a
> screening in every major city in America. The campaign is
> called Eyes on the Screen.
>
> "Eyes on the Prize" is the most comprehensive and revered
> civil rights documentary ever made. But the documentary has
> not been available for public viewing for the past 10 years
> because of unreasonable copyright laws that impose stifling
> restrictions on artists and filmmakers. In one instance,
> copyright holders believe they should receive licensing fees
> for the song "Happy Birthday," which appears in footage of a
> group of people singing to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
>
> "To celebrate Black History Month, we believe that "Eyes
> on the Prize" should be seen by as many people as possible,"
> says Tiffiniy Cheng of Downhill Battle. "The civil rights
> movement is just too important for this invaluable resource
> to be denied to the public. So, we're going to help
> distribute "Eyes on the Prize" to a mass audience and
> communities can have screenings."
>
> "Eyes on the Prize is one of the most effective
> documentaries ever put together that dealt with civic
> engagement," says civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot. "This
> is analogous to stopping the circulation of all the books
> about Martin Luther King, stopping the circulation of all
> the books about Malcolm X, stopping the circulation of books
> about the founding of America... I would call upon everyone
> who has access to 'Eyes on the Prize' to openly violate any
> and all laws regarding its showing."
>
> "Eyes on the Prize" is an award-winning 14-volume
> documentary made by the late Henry Hampton, tracking the
> Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1965. Clayborne Carson, a
> Stanford University history professor, has said, "It is the
> principal film account of the most important American social
> justice movement of the 20th century" (Wired News, 12/22/04).
>
> "Eyes on the Prize" was the first introduction to the
> history of the Civil Rights Movement for millions of
> people," says Nicholas Reville of Downhill Battle, "But our
> corporatized copyright system is keeping it locked away."
>
> "The situation of "Eyes on the Prize" is a perfect example
> of why copyright law isn't working for the public," says
> Cheng. "It's ridiculous that this documentary is languishing
> in copyright purgatory, instead of being shown in classrooms.
> "Eyes on the Screen" is a perfect example of how people can
> bring attention to bad copyright law and start turning the
> situation around."
>
> For background, see this article:
>
> http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14801-2005Jan16.html
Fwd: CLUI/LA - New Exhibit: Immersed Remains - January 21, 2005
> Dear CLUI email list,
>
> The Center for Land Use Interpretation presents:
>
> IMMERSED REMAINS
> Towns Submerged in America
>
> Elbowoods, North Dakota; Kennett, California; Enfield, Massachusetts;
> Neversink, New York; Butler, Tennessee; St. Thomas, Nevada. Each of
> these towns represents a different element of America's development.
> Yet they all share the same fate: they, and hundreds of other
> communities like them, were vacated, demolished and flooded to make
> way for dams and reservoirs. Yet their remnants persist, preserved
> underwater, and sometimes emerge, as reminders of what was not allowed
> to be.
>
> Exhibit opens Friday, January 21, 2005.
> Reception on Friday, February 4 / 7:30 pm.
> More info: http://www.clui.org/clui_4_1/ondisplay/submerged/
>
> ----
> Also new at the Center:
> An interactive version (CD-R) of the Nevada Test Site Guide:
> http://www.clui.org/clui_4_1/shop/index.html