Essays

I think both of these essays are of great significance to Fine art and new media practices.

Net Art in the age of Digital reproduction [1997]
Art in the age of mechanical reproduction [1937]

Read these as I'd like to discuss them during one of our sessions. Also please leave any ideas, comments, questions or thoughts about it on this blog.

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Blogging

Hi guys this post is about how to start a blog. The next session will be next Tueday. I hope to concentrate on the more technical side of creating a blog and adding images, video etc.

The blog we're going to look at is
Tumblr.com
This is a website that allows you to create a 'Tumble Blog'. The difference between a norma blog and a tumble blog are explained here: http://www.tumblr.com/faqs

So the first thing to do is goto Tumblr.com and press the button that says, 'Start your own in 30 sec.'
Follow the on screen instructions to start your blog. For now that's all I want you to do. If you want and can follow the instructions and add some posts. However on Tuesday we will look at how to add media, links and customise your blog. We will also look at how to use web browser tools to quickly add intersting media as well as your own.

Other Blog providers:
Blogger - Widely used blogging website
Wordpress - Widely used blogger website

Tools:
Flock - Free web browser has built in tools to blog, add photos, search video. Take a look.
Firefox - Free web browser - can add extensions which allow you to blog simply and quickly.
Deepest Sender - Extension that allows you to post from th ebrwoser

Blog search:
Technorati - Main search engine for searching blogs on the web.

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Maya Deren

Film maker, performer, artist, voodoo priestess [really]. Pioneered the dance film note her use of cutting to reconstruct time, space and form.

A selection of her films can be seen here.

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Some videos of Keir's work

Here's a few random youtube movies of pieces I've done in the last year:

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Massive art archive

This site is an amazing resource for art film, sound and texts.
HERE

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Online Projects

Here are projects and archives that are designed to be viewed through a web browser. They include Flash and html sites.

Tubulence - Archive and commissioning organisation for net art.
Tate Online - Net ART
Superbad - Html Madness
Infinite wheel - Dub selection Flash stylee
Tokyo Plastic - Slick U.K. Flash, design site
Rhizome.org - - Archive and commissioning organisation for net art.

D.I.Y. gorilla technology

Graffiti Research Lab

Home Page

This group of artist, computer scientist and graffiti writers collaborate on projects ranging from drawing on skyscrapers to bikes that can print text messages. Amazing.

Throwies

"LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it up high and in quantity to impress your friends and city officials." - Graffiti Research Lab

Train Bombing, Venice

Laser Tagging

A system that allows you to 'draw' on massive buildings.

Audio Projects

I've attached some links and videos of sound based new media projects.

Reactable

This is an instrument that uses infrared project, motion detection and audio synthesis. Bjork has uses it as part of her new album.

Basic Overview



Bjork-Declare Independence-Live ( Later with Jools Holland )



@ Sonar Festival

Messa Di Voce

"A performance and installation in which the speech, shouts and songs produced by two vocalists are augmented in real-time by custom interactive visualization software."
- http://www.tmema.org/messa/

Messa Di Voce Project Site
Messa Di Voce Video page

Pitch Paint


Bubbles


Messa di Voce: Space Chicken Module (2003)

Fluid

Marek Choloniewski

-Image studiomch.art.pl

Home Page

"1979 member of Cracovian Group Art Association. Choloniewski writes instrumental and electroacoustic music for theater, film and radio, author of sond and video installations, audio-visual, outdoor and net projects. A world renown lecturer, composer, sound artist and live art performer." - Global music Village

In this performance Face Choloniewski uses three light sensors positioned around his face to modulate and trigger sound.