I think it's a great idea. It puts me in mind of the Flintstones ( in a good way) m.
--- On Tue, 11/3/09, marc garrett <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> wrote: > From: marc garrett <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] DIWO at The Dark Mountain - Scrolling Machine. > To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 2:57 PM > May be so, > > I don't remember Napier's piece, the influence for me is > from an exhibit > in a low-fi exhibition Scotland 2005 - Ruth & myself > went there and > reviewed the show for furtherfield > http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=157 > > The artist in question here is Cavan Convey, his was > vertical, ours > would be horizontal... > > "A mechanical device sits whirring in the main window of > the gallery, > passing a paper scroll under a tiny web cam, controlled via > a web > interface at a computer sited some 20 feet away. It has the > appearance > of a prototype for some prematurely lopped branch of > Victorian > scientific experimentation. Cavan Convery's Vertical Scroll > > <http://www.low-fi.org.uk/verticalscroll/> is a > whimsical artefact. > Visitors can use a slightly clunky and lagged digital > interface to > navigate and scrutinize, inch by inch, a series of modern > day > hieroglyphs that, suggest a kind of comic-strip blog; > documentary > images, drawing on both personal and public imagery, > including > contemporary news iconography of the day. We recognise the > face of Osama > Bin-Laden on protesters' banners. > > This work has a light touch that both evokes and chuckles > at the > objectifying interest in human relations of an imagined > turn of the > century anthropologist. The last images on the scroll > depict an Eve > figure kicking an Adam figure in the balls- a reference to > the spaceship > Pioneer 10 which only recently left our galaxy, carrying > messages > inscribed on an external plaque to intergalactic aliens. On > this is a > depiction of our species with a muscle bound, superior man > (with small > genitals) waving, and a woman who appears to stand behind > him, > submissively looking on. > > This is a most unusual networked artwork in that it > studiedly refuses > the transitory, and deliberately makes searching and > information > retrieval nigh on impossible. It conjures up the > obsessional life's work > of a difficult, unknown 19th century amateur > archaeologist." > > marc > > Reminds me of a web browser that Mark Napier made in > around 1995 – > > where you scrolled through the web using a manual > scrolling device he > > made, like an old washing machine mangle. I think it > was Mark’s > > project. It may have been another artist. > > > > Best > > > > Simon > > > > > > Simon Biggs > > > > Research Professor > > edinburgh college of art > > s.biggs@ eca .ac.uk > > www. eca .ac.uk > > > > *C* reative *I* nterdisciplinary *R* esearch into *C* > o *L* laborative > > *E* nvironments > > CIRCLE research group > > www. eca .ac.uk/circle/ > > > > si...@littlepig.org.uk > > www.littlepig.org.uk > > AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk > > > > > > *From: *marc garrett <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> > > *Reply-To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed > creativity > > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > > *Date: *Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:08:06 +0000 > > *To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed > creativity > > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > > *Subject: *[NetBehaviour] DIWO at The Dark Mountain - > Scrolling Machine. > > > > Hi Netbehaviourists, > > > > I was thinking about ways in how to present the > discussion around DIWO > > and The Dark Mountain, happening on the list, for > exhibiting in the HTTP > > Gallery space. And wanted to share this idea with you > - remember, this > > is also a co-curation project ;-) > > > > So, > > > > I am going to jump in here and throw into the > 'imaginative', collective > > ether - the Idea of presenting an object. > > > > This object would be a manually operated scrolling > machine, mimicking a > > web site page but made out of wood. And readers can > scroll down to read > > threads of the discussions (agreed texts) on a > continual loop. > > > > Whaddya reckon? > > > > wishing all well. > > > > marc > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered > in Scotland, number SC009201 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
