Turbulence Spotlight: "Logozoa" by Robert Kendal
May 21, 2006
Turbulence Spotlight: "Logozoa" by Robert Kendall
http://turbulence.org/spotlight/kendall/index.htm
Words change everything. We create poems and stories to free the world from
itself, to reveal the many feral faces of life. But ironically these
liberating words are usually imprisoned on the page or computer screen. Out
in the "real" world of day-to-day activity, we use words more crassly. We
put labels and signs on things to tame them-identify, categorize, explain,
instruct, proclaim ownership. What if instead the labels could liberate the
everyday world from the literal, proclaim rather than cover up the
mysteries? What if they could become Logozoa-textual organisms that infest
the literal with metaphor and give impetuous life and breath to meaning?
Lo.go.zo.a n [fr. Gk logos word + zoia animals] (2005) 1 : word animals:
textual organisms 2 : a phylum or subkingdom of linguistic entities that are
represented in almost every kind of habitat and include aphorisms,
anti-aphorisms, maxims, minims, neokoans, sayings, left-unsaids,
proverbialisms, poemlets, microtales, instant fables, and other varieties of
conceptual riffs
Find out what happens when you let word animals roam your daily life.
Download Logozoa, print them onto your own stickers, and let them loose in
your home or neighborhood. Visit the Logozoo to see photos of Logozoa in
their natural habitat. To help ensure that these unique creatures do not go
the way of so many once-endangered, now-extinct species, photograph your
Logozoa and send them to the Logozoo. Explore the Soothcircuit, a unique
colony of Logozoa that responds to your questions with insights and
prognostications.
BIOGRAPHY
Robert Kendall has been writing electronic poetry since 1990. He is the
author of the book-length hypertext poem "A Life Set for Two" (Eastgate
Systems) and other electronic works published at BBC Online, Iowa Review
Web, Cortland Review, Eastgate Hypertext Reading Room, Cauldron & Net, and
other Web sites. His electronic poetry has been exhibited at many venues in
the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia, and he has
given interactive readings of his work in many cities. Kendal's printed book
of poetry, "A Wandering City," was awarded the Cleveland State University
Poetry Center Prize, and he has received a New Jersey State Council on the
Arts Fellowship, a New Forms Regional Grant, and other awards. He has taught
electronic poetry and fiction for the New School University's online program
since 1995. Kendall runs the literary Web site "Word Circuits" and the ELO's
"Electronic Literature Directory," and is co-developer of "Word Circuits
Connection Muse," a hypertext tool for poets and fiction writers. He has
written many articles about electronic literature for national publications,
such as Poets & Writers Magazine, and he lectures frequently on the topic.
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Turbulence Spotlight: "Logozoa" by Robert Kendall
http://turbulence.org/spotlight/kendall/index.htm
Words change everything. We create poems and stories to free the world from
itself, to reveal the many feral faces of life. But ironically these
liberating words are usually imprisoned on the page or computer screen. Out
in the "real" world of day-to-day activity, we use words more crassly. We
put labels and signs on things to tame them-identify, categorize, explain,
instruct, proclaim ownership. What if instead the labels could liberate the
everyday world from the literal, proclaim rather than cover up the
mysteries? What if they could become Logozoa-textual organisms that infest
the literal with metaphor and give impetuous life and breath to meaning?
Lo.go.zo.a n [fr. Gk logos word + zoia animals] (2005) 1 : word animals:
textual organisms 2 : a phylum or subkingdom of linguistic entities that are
represented in almost every kind of habitat and include aphorisms,
anti-aphorisms, maxims, minims, neokoans, sayings, left-unsaids,
proverbialisms, poemlets, microtales, instant fables, and other varieties of
conceptual riffs
Find out what happens when you let word animals roam your daily life.
Download Logozoa, print them onto your own stickers, and let them loose in
your home or neighborhood. Visit the Logozoo to see photos of Logozoa in
their natural habitat. To help ensure that these unique creatures do not go
the way of so many once-endangered, now-extinct species, photograph your
Logozoa and send them to the Logozoo. Explore the Soothcircuit, a unique
colony of Logozoa that responds to your questions with insights and
prognostications.
BIOGRAPHY
Robert Kendall has been writing electronic poetry since 1990. He is the
author of the book-length hypertext poem "A Life Set for Two" (Eastgate
Systems) and other electronic works published at BBC Online, Iowa Review
Web, Cortland Review, Eastgate Hypertext Reading Room, Cauldron & Net, and
other Web sites. His electronic poetry has been exhibited at many venues in
the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia, and he has
given interactive readings of his work in many cities. Kendal's printed book
of poetry, "A Wandering City," was awarded the Cleveland State University
Poetry Center Prize, and he has received a New Jersey State Council on the
Arts Fellowship, a New Forms Regional Grant, and other awards. He has taught
electronic poetry and fiction for the New School University's online program
since 1995. Kendall runs the literary Web site "Word Circuits" and the ELO's
"Electronic Literature Directory," and is co-developer of "Word Circuits
Connection Muse," a hypertext tool for poets and fiction writers. He has
written many articles about electronic literature for national publications,
such as Poets & Writers Magazine, and he lectures frequently on the topic.
For more Turbulence Spotlights, please visit http://turbulence.org/spotlight
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
UPGRADE! BOSTON: ERYK SALVAGGIO
< UPGRADE! BOSTON: ERYK SALVAGGIO >
WHEN: June 1, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, at the corner of Prospect
Street, Cambridge. [Red Line to Central Square]
Join us for a presentation by net artist Eryk Salvaggio followed by a
dialogue between Eryk and Brooke A. Knight. As usual, the atmosphere will be
warm and the fake oreos and conversation will flow.
ABOUT ERYK SALVAGGIO: Called "The Harry Potter of the Digital Avant Garde"
by the Dutch Press, Eryk Salvaggio has been creating internet art since he
was 17 years old. His work has been compared to "a more human Andy Warhol,"
and strictly adheres to his own "6 Rules Toward a New Internet Art." This
formula has led to articles in the New York Times* as well as mentions in
ArtForum, alongside several international exhibitions and talks.
Turbulence commissioned Salvaggio's "American Internet" in 2002, and he
curated "Duchamp's Ideal Children's Children: Net.Art's Brat Pack" for
Turbulence's Guest Curator series in 2003. He's currently working on
"MySpaces," a piece about the projection of self onto social networking
sites such as friendster and myspace, and a degree in New Media and
Journalism at the University of Maine.
Artist and educator BROOKE A. KNIGHT has been working with digital media for
over a dozen years. His current interests include webcams, the landscape,
and text in all forms. Knight is Assistant Professor in the Department of
Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, Boston. He received his MFA in
photography from CalArts in 1995.
Links:
*September 11, 2001 -- http://anatomyofhope.net/wtc/2/
American Internet -- http://www.turbulence.org/Works/Eryk/ai/index.html
Duchamp's Ideal Children's Children: Net.Art's Brat Pack --
http://www.turbulence.org/curators/salvaggio/index.html
MySpaces -- http://cordova.asap.um.maine.edu/~salvaggioe/autobot.html
Eryk Salvaggio -- http://www.salsabomb.com
Brooke A. Knight -- http://www.brookeknight.com/
<< UPGRADE! BOSTON: NANCY NISBET AND AMBER FRID-JIMENEZ >>
WHEN: June 29, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Art Interactive
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Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
WHEN: June 1, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, at the corner of Prospect
Street, Cambridge. [Red Line to Central Square]
Join us for a presentation by net artist Eryk Salvaggio followed by a
dialogue between Eryk and Brooke A. Knight. As usual, the atmosphere will be
warm and the fake oreos and conversation will flow.
ABOUT ERYK SALVAGGIO: Called "The Harry Potter of the Digital Avant Garde"
by the Dutch Press, Eryk Salvaggio has been creating internet art since he
was 17 years old. His work has been compared to "a more human Andy Warhol,"
and strictly adheres to his own "6 Rules Toward a New Internet Art." This
formula has led to articles in the New York Times* as well as mentions in
ArtForum, alongside several international exhibitions and talks.
Turbulence commissioned Salvaggio's "American Internet" in 2002, and he
curated "Duchamp's Ideal Children's Children: Net.Art's Brat Pack" for
Turbulence's Guest Curator series in 2003. He's currently working on
"MySpaces," a piece about the projection of self onto social networking
sites such as friendster and myspace, and a degree in New Media and
Journalism at the University of Maine.
Artist and educator BROOKE A. KNIGHT has been working with digital media for
over a dozen years. His current interests include webcams, the landscape,
and text in all forms. Knight is Assistant Professor in the Department of
Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, Boston. He received his MFA in
photography from CalArts in 1995.
Links:
*September 11, 2001 -- http://anatomyofhope.net/wtc/2/
American Internet -- http://www.turbulence.org/Works/Eryk/ai/index.html
Duchamp's Ideal Children's Children: Net.Art's Brat Pack --
http://www.turbulence.org/curators/salvaggio/index.html
MySpaces -- http://cordova.asap.um.maine.edu/~salvaggioe/autobot.html
Eryk Salvaggio -- http://www.salsabomb.com
Brooke A. Knight -- http://www.brookeknight.com/
<< UPGRADE! BOSTON: NANCY NISBET AND AMBER FRID-JIMENEZ >>
WHEN: June 29, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Art Interactive
Upgrade! Boston' schedule is available here:
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archive.html
If you no longer wish to receive these notices, please reply to this email
with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line.
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
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Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
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Turbulence Spotlight: "Community of Words" by Silvia Laurentiz and Martha CC Gabriel
May 7, 2006
Turbulence Spotlight: "Community of Words" by Silvia Laurentiz and Martha CC
Gabriel
http://turbulence.org/spotlight/cm/community-of-words.htm
Requirements: Flash plug-in; click on "Set Up" for further instructions.
The "Community of Words" is a 3D environment governed by the Theory of
Emergence. Users are invited to add their own words to the system thereby
becoming part of the community of words; they can interact with and navigate
the environment, and observe the actions of other participants.
One of the system's main characteristics is the feedback phenomenon that
happens while one navigates the 3D environment: the words already present in
the space influence other participants, who may interact with them and
create new texts in response to them. Participant characteristics such as
language, slang, or culture form completely different communities of words
and, subsequently, the words that emerge within them.
BIOGRAPHIES
SILVIA LAURENTIZ: Professor in the department of Fine Arts at the School of
Communication and Arts, University of Sao Paulo, Laurentiz holds a PhD in
Communication and Semiotics and a Masters Degree in Multimedia. She is also
a graphics and multimedia designer; an artist who works in virtual reality,
multimedia and web art; an art and new technologies researcher; and a
speaker at art and technology conferences.
MARTHA CARRER CRUZ GABRIEL: An engineer with postgraduate studies in
Marketing and Graphic Design, Gabriel's Masters Degree in Art & Technology
is in progress at the University of Sao Paulo. Web/MM artist, professor at
the Business School and Digital Design Program of the Universidade Anhembi
Morumbi, and director of technology at New Media Developers (NMD), Gabriel
is the winner of 11 Internet Best Awards from 1998 to 2005 and a highly
acclaimed speaker.
For more information about Turbulence, please visit http://turbulence.org
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780
Turbulence Spotlight: "Community of Words" by Silvia Laurentiz and Martha CC
Gabriel
http://turbulence.org/spotlight/cm/community-of-words.htm
Requirements: Flash plug-in; click on "Set Up" for further instructions.
The "Community of Words" is a 3D environment governed by the Theory of
Emergence. Users are invited to add their own words to the system thereby
becoming part of the community of words; they can interact with and navigate
the environment, and observe the actions of other participants.
One of the system's main characteristics is the feedback phenomenon that
happens while one navigates the 3D environment: the words already present in
the space influence other participants, who may interact with them and
create new texts in response to them. Participant characteristics such as
language, slang, or culture form completely different communities of words
and, subsequently, the words that emerge within them.
BIOGRAPHIES
SILVIA LAURENTIZ: Professor in the department of Fine Arts at the School of
Communication and Arts, University of Sao Paulo, Laurentiz holds a PhD in
Communication and Semiotics and a Masters Degree in Multimedia. She is also
a graphics and multimedia designer; an artist who works in virtual reality,
multimedia and web art; an art and new technologies researcher; and a
speaker at art and technology conferences.
MARTHA CARRER CRUZ GABRIEL: An engineer with postgraduate studies in
Marketing and Graphic Design, Gabriel's Masters Degree in Art & Technology
is in progress at the University of Sao Paulo. Web/MM artist, professor at
the Business School and Digital Design Program of the Universidade Anhembi
Morumbi, and director of technology at New Media Developers (NMD), Gabriel
is the winner of 11 Internet Best Awards from 1998 to 2005 and a highly
acclaimed speaker.
For more information about Turbulence, please visit http://turbulence.org
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780
!! Tomorrow Night !! Upgrade! Talman and Thorington
UPGRADE! BOSTON: JEFF TALMAN AND HELEN THORINGTON
Join us for an evening of listening and dialogue with award winning sound
artists Jeff Talman and Helen Thorington.
When: May 2, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Where: Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, at the corner of Prospect
Street, Cambridge
More Information:
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/05_06JT.html
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/05_06HT.html
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
Join us for an evening of listening and dialogue with award winning sound
artists Jeff Talman and Helen Thorington.
When: May 2, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Where: Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, at the corner of Prospect
Street, Cambridge
More Information:
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/05_06JT.html
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/05_06HT.html
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
Turbulence Commission: "The Saddest Thing I Own" by Matthew Belanger, A. Elizabeth Mikesell, and Marianne R. Petit
May 1, 2006
Turbulence Commission: "The Saddest Thing I Own" by Matthew Belanger, A.
Elizabeth Mikesell, and Marianne R. Petit
http://turbulence.org/Works/saddest/
There are some things that we own that are just so sad. You know what we
mean. Sad. It seems likely that these sad things illuminate our vulnerable
places, one way or another.
"The Saddest Thing I Own" invites people everywhere to share the saddest
thing they own. What are these sad things? What makes things sad? Do things
start off sad? Do some sad things begin as happy things that then become
sad? Are some things only sad because for some sad reason we kept them? Are
some things just plain sad no matter what? This is what we want to know.
"The Saddest Thing I Own" is a 2006 commission of New Radio and Performing
Arts, Inc. (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible
with funding from the Jerome Foundation.
BIOGRAPHIES
MATTHEW BELANGER is a New York based new media artist, programmer, and
consultant. He dedicates this site to his mother, Wendy, who passed away in
October of 2005 after a long battle with cancer. His works include
documentary video, large-scale digital photography, interactive online
applications and software development. His complete portfolio can be seen
at: http://www.matthewbelanger.com/
A. ELIZABETH MIKESELL is an artist and writer who lives in New York City.
She is on the faculty of New York University's Expository Writing Program,
in which she teaches writing to students in the Tisch School of the Arts.
Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in a number of small
literary magazines.
MARIANNE R. PETIT is an Associate Arts Professor at the Interactive
Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York
University. Her artwork, including video, animation, and installation, has
been exhibited in international festivals and exhibits and reviewed in a
variety of publications including Leonardo, Wired and World Art. Her work
can be seen at: http://www.mariannepetit.com.
For more information about Turbulence, please visit http://turbulence.org
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
Turbulence Commission: "The Saddest Thing I Own" by Matthew Belanger, A.
Elizabeth Mikesell, and Marianne R. Petit
http://turbulence.org/Works/saddest/
There are some things that we own that are just so sad. You know what we
mean. Sad. It seems likely that these sad things illuminate our vulnerable
places, one way or another.
"The Saddest Thing I Own" invites people everywhere to share the saddest
thing they own. What are these sad things? What makes things sad? Do things
start off sad? Do some sad things begin as happy things that then become
sad? Are some things only sad because for some sad reason we kept them? Are
some things just plain sad no matter what? This is what we want to know.
"The Saddest Thing I Own" is a 2006 commission of New Radio and Performing
Arts, Inc. (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible
with funding from the Jerome Foundation.
BIOGRAPHIES
MATTHEW BELANGER is a New York based new media artist, programmer, and
consultant. He dedicates this site to his mother, Wendy, who passed away in
October of 2005 after a long battle with cancer. His works include
documentary video, large-scale digital photography, interactive online
applications and software development. His complete portfolio can be seen
at: http://www.matthewbelanger.com/
A. ELIZABETH MIKESELL is an artist and writer who lives in New York City.
She is on the faculty of New York University's Expository Writing Program,
in which she teaches writing to students in the Tisch School of the Arts.
Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in a number of small
literary magazines.
MARIANNE R. PETIT is an Associate Arts Professor at the Interactive
Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York
University. Her artwork, including video, animation, and installation, has
been exhibited in international festivals and exhibits and reviewed in a
variety of publications including Leonardo, Wired and World Art. Her work
can be seen at: http://www.mariannepetit.com.
For more information about Turbulence, please visit http://turbulence.org
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
