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BEACON and the use of datasets in media art

When I attended at the ‘Accelerated Living’ conference as a part of the Impakt Festival (Utrecht), it once more appeared there’s plenty of academic prospect on the subjects of time and space. As the works often build on theory...
By Sjoerd Tuinema on 11/01/09 Comments Off on BEACON and the use of datasets in media art

Medium specificity: the difference between analogue literature and electronic literature

Medium specificity is a principle in aesthetics and art criticism. Clement Greenberg believed that “the unique and proper area of competence” for a form of art corresponds with the ability of an artist to manipulate those features that are...
By Suzanne Schram on 11/01/09 5

“iWATCH my neighbor, because iTHINK he is up to no good.”

Last week I came across an internet posting about the new commercial for a new campaign by the Los Angeles Police Department. This commercial shows different kinds of American people all promising to do their best in order to...
By Thomas Fonville on 11/01/09 Comments Off on “iWATCH my neighbor, because iTHINK he is up to no good.”

Ask The Readers: Hey YOU. Let’s talk!

Arguably the title of this post is a bit direct, but I thought it was a sure way to get your attention. And if you’re reading this, it means I’m right. The thing is this; there’s a lot of...
By Joery Bruijntjes on 11/01/09 3

Weerwoord.nl as a Digital Public Sphere

Weerwoord.nl is a Dutch website that functions as a political en social forum where people can deliberate. The subjects that people deliberate on are various and their viewpoints are often contradictory, making Weerwoord.nl a divers and interesting website to...
By Gwen Keupe on 11/01/09 Comments Off on Weerwoord.nl as a Digital Public Sphere

Information Overload at eComm

The first day of the Emerging Communications (eComm) Conference & Awards was an excellent opportunity to make a first acquaintance with Google Wave, the new communication platform by Google. Participants of the conference were all provided with an invite and...
By Jelle Kamsma on 11/01/09 Comments Off on Information Overload at eComm

Git Virtue?: Github and Commons-based Peer Production

Github, online beginning in 2008, has quickly changed the face of source code hosting. Called “social coding” by participants and commentators alike, the site has propelled the adoption of distributed version control systems (DVCS) in general, and git in...
By John Haltiwanger on 11/01/09 6
Google Wave is waving at YOU

Google Wave is waving at YOU

Google Wave attempts to encourage Google users jump out of search box. To start with Google Wave, you need to find ‘friends’ in order to wave each other. Revealing your real identity is the first as well as a...
By Yu-Fen Chen on 11/01/09 1

Blog-art

A Few weeks ago I attended the Blog-art Festival in The Hague. I was eager to see how they interpreted the concept of ‘blog-art’, but as it turned out they did not interpreted it at all.
By Kimberley Spreeuwenberg on 11/01/09 2