as of today
http://vogmae.net.au/drupal/files/IAPLAffect.pdf
Notes Towards Affect Engines printable page Wed, 02/07/2008 - 10:48 — Adrian Original Citation: Miles, Adrian. "Notes Towards Affect Engines." International Association of Philosophy and Literature. Melbourne, July 2008. abstract: Contemporary theory in its approach to digital media has largely relied upon traditional notions of story and narrative to understand the similarities and differences afforded by digital media. While this work has been invaluable it has emphasised the ways in which things like hypertext may, or may not be, story like and so has examined the new roles of the reader (Douglas 1994; Douglas 2000), and the implications for multilinearity for story sense. (Bolter 1991; Joyce 1995; Joyce 1995; Joyce 1995; Aarseth 1997; Gaggi 1997; Bernstein 1998; Dovey 2002; Landow 2006) However, emerging dominant digital forms juxtapose highly local content and practices with system wide and global combinatory systems. Traditional approaches which retain assumptions of media as narratively informed run the risk of misreading or ‘missing’ what is peculiar to the possibilities of these digital systems where there are an enormous number of discursive forms available which probably fall outside of what we would ordinarily identify as the subject of the literary or narratological.(Eskelinen 2001; Eskelinen 2004) Many of these forms, while clearly story like (for example blogs) also move away from the regimes of representational narratives, whether fiction or non fiction, and produce work that could be characterised as ambient. For example, a video sharing site such as YouTube, while consisting of millions of micro narratives in the form of televisual fragments, only has the possibility of coherence in any formal narratological sense through theoretical sleight of hand, however is much more amenable to theorisation when considered as an ambient form. When considered in this light it is clear that much contemporary online systems are in fact systems for the production of ambient narrative, and as a consequence are moving away from representative narrative (stories about things) towards affective assemblages — systems for the production, distribution and participation of affects.
Remix Theory is an online resource by Eduardo Navas that offers some of his research on Remix. Navas focuses on Remix itself as opposed to Remix Culture. In this site you will find a brief definition of Remix, which is examined more extensively in essays that will be added to this website as they become available. Remix Theory is not meant to function on a daily basis. It is a resource updated periodically, according to the flow of research. It does not focus on the latest information, but on relevant material to the history of Remix, some which may have been published years ago. The site contains material that is obtained from other online sources, with the proper reference. The content of the site consists of reviews, articles, projects and images relevant to Remix. The site also features texts and projects by Eduardo Navas. Remix Theory is designed to move towards a remix of itself, by recombining much of the material that is archived to put to test the possibilities of Remix. This will become transparent as the database grows, and specific projects are developed. The site is designed to host, archive and promote projects which explore the current possibilities of Remix online and offline; it is prepared to become a repository of collaborations with different people and institutions. To learn more about the interdisciplinary practice of Eduardo Navas, Please visit http://navasse.net
Reconstructing Mayakovsky: a novel of the future
http://www.reconstructingmayaovsky.com
The site employs a Futurist/Dada aesthetic that privileges “found” media objects, readymade open source code and thought experiments over technological wizardry. As readers discover Mayakovsky’s page-turning biography (prison at age 15, a lifelong affair with his editor’s wife, fame, revolution, suicide, and posthumous resurrection by Joseph Stalin), they also explore their own fears and fantasies about the uncertain future.
Revolution Nostalgia Disco Theater
http://www.reconstructingmayakovsky.blogspot.com
QUESTION: What is Revolution Nostalgia Disco Theater? REVOLUTION NOSTALGIA DISCO THEATER IS A MULTIFARIOUS ENTERPRISE FOR non-violently DEFINING, CREATING AND ANIMATING THE WORLD IN THE IMAGE OF THE NEW HUMAN. WE look to THE PAST FOR OUR CODES. WE OPERATE IN THE PRESENT TO PERTURB THE COMMON LANGUAGE. OUR PRIMARY METHODS ARE SEDUCTION, APORIA, and HUMOR.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1032447@N20/
a group created for submitting/archiving images for my new online writing project that recounts the life of a gay man who dies of AIDS at the height of the epidemic who may or may not be a saint. I write the text, you respond to it with images (video, photo accepted.) The finished novel will consist of fragment of memory (text, sound, image) that will be presented in a free, interactive format on the web. As the novel is non-linear, images need not be illustrative. Chosen images will be used under a creative commons, attribution, non-derivative, non-commercial license.
http://bombsite.powweb.com/?p=1417
A review of the Jenny Holzer show now on at the Whitney which I wrote for BOMBLog
The virtual life of a character in the current live dance performance Dark Horse/Black Forest by Yanira Castro & Co. See PS122 for info. Dark Bloom character created by Rozalia Jovanovic.