The links for the second artist, Ken Goldberg, listed on the Zero Gravity web site all lead to active web pages. The Telegarden site has links to several other projects. The Mori installation is ongoing, so viewers can watch "streaming seismographic data" of the Hayward Fault in California. Goldberg's home page looks very ordinary but the links lead to technical papers for those who want to know the details behind the art. Other links take you to the artworks themselves which are well documented, and offer video clips or live interaction. There is even an online Tele-Twister game.
The Audio and Video Archives link of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium, curated by Ken Goldberg, leads to audio and video files of "lectures from invited artist and media theorists", including Sara Diamond, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, and Christiane Paul. You will notice that I'm not including very many links here. Clicking on 'Zero Gravity' above will take you along a web journey to these sites and half the fun in travel is the side trips.
I've looked at the InterCommunication Center (ICC) site several times and I haven't found links to archived performances or lectures. There seems to be live internet feeds of some conferences but I haven't been online when any of them were being presented. Exploring the site will find information about past exhibits, artists's statements, and descriptions of installations. The site is tricky to explore but each time I visit it I find more links and more information. For instance, the image of four faces on the home page leads to lots of other webpages, if you have patience.
January 16, 2004
Ken Goldberg et al
January 06, 2004
In the fall, 2000, class description for Electronic Media and Culture, Randall Packer has a link for Zero Gravity, a list of artists, galleries, and publications. As I explore this list, I'll do a write-up on what I found for each entry on the list.
Showing once again how annoying, and/or wonderful, the Web can be, none of the links for Shu Lea Cheang will lead you directly to her works. Exploring the sites that are indicated will find her works eventually. Buy One Get One is described at http://www.ntticc.or.jp/Collection/Icc/Buy/index.html. Clicking on the link listed there takes you to a webpage for the work - watch out for the persistent Java applet, and read the lines scrolling across the bottom of your screen.
The link from the artist's name leads to a '404 not found' but if you go to Bomb magazine's main site and then check out the archives, you can find an interview with Steve Earle and some very nice audio files. Browsing through the back issues will find some very interesting interviews, including one by Atom Egoyan of Janet Cardiff. Leaf virtually through the magazine to find artists and writers of your choice.
The Guggenheim link for Brandon sent Netscape's icon twirling aimlessly, but a visit to the Guggenheim Museum site's Virtual Projects page provides information that the work has been archived. You can find Mark Napier's Net Flag from 2002, apparently still a work in progress - it can be changed by the viewer and has been, often.
A Google search for Cheang was frustrating until I found some of her works at the Video Data Bank. The VDB site has video clips from works by many other artists, including Laurie Anderson and Bruce Nauman.
January 04, 2004
Randall Packer's class in Intermedia Studio
In the Spring, 2003, session, a class in Intermedia Studio was offered. Students from MICA and other college classes collaborated on projects using audio and video. Some are digital only, some are part performance and installation. Macintosh computers and programs were used. Max/MSP/Jitter which is a "software environment" for controlling audio and video input/output was used in several of the projects. The Cycling '74 website describes the programs, which are also available, some in beta, for Windows XP.
Some student projects are listed at http://digitalmedia.jhu.edu/Gallery/Gallery.cfm, although I'm not sure that all are from students of this class. [The page seems to be updated regularly with new files. /March 7, 2006] Some of the projects are very good, and make me wish I used a Mac. My favourite is the last project on the list - "The Little Things", which uses 3D animation.
The Sample Project Proposal has a description of the steps needed to set up a collaborative project and would likely contain useful information for anyone having to take part in a collaboration for an art class.
