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:::::::'writing the city - electronic'::::::::::
'Writing the city' was an exercise in viewing / writing the city through the hypertextual lens, in the sense of formal construction of text/z/.com, + in approach to the [p]/[m]uddle of urban data itself, + in sense of reinscrip[ac]tion.
<<Theory. Should. Result. In. action. Cybernetic. Feedback. Loops. Should. Penetrate. Beyond. The. Walls. Of. Cyberspace. Hypertext. Social. Action.>>
Days 1:2 were taken up with theorectical discussions on the nature of hyptertext. + presentations of hypertextual experiments, from well known [conventional] pieces - olia lialina's my boyfriend came back form the war - to more conceptually orientated pieces concerning the idea of data as text - florian cramers permutations, harwood/Scotoma's waste words - alongside the more recent idea of codework emerging in net.art culture.
Much emerged from these discussions.
[h]text as a neato apotheosis of 'contemporary literary theory' from Foucalts death of the author, to Kristeva's intertextuality to Derrida's Grammatology. Gram=link, use of technology as emphasising semantic connections.
[h]text as a mode of text as involved with process of production as with final outcome. ,,,this is where it gets exciting,, Codework, textware.art such as this extract from a recent posting from jodi.org Excuse cross posting.
void(entity attacker, float damage) army_pain =
{
local float r;
if (self.pain_finished > time)
return;
r = random();
if (r < 0.2)
{
self.pain_finished = time + 0.6;
army_pain1 ();
sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, "soldier/pain1.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
}
else if (r < 0.6)
{
self.pain_finished = time + 1.1;
army_painb1 ();
sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, "soldier/pain2.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
}
else
{
self.pain_finished = time + 1.1;
army_painc1 ();
sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, "soldier/pain2.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
}
};
void() army_fire =
{
local vector dir;
local entity en;
ai_face();
sound (self, CHAN_WEAPON, "soldier/sattck1.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
// dodging player
en = self.enemy;
dir = en.origin - en.velocity*0.2;
dir = normalize (dir - self.origin);
FireBullets (4, dir, '0.1 0.1 0');
};
[h]text as promiscuity. as chaos. as hysteria.
[h]text as [hysterical] collaboration eg>>>>>>>>>>>>
The war machine needs you!
ocean / was engulfed in darkness / but @ that moment / the waves crashed / it was morning / the twon was sleeping / an ocean who was a young boy in the village/ .... / ..... / looked out and saw a boat wreck / hmmmmm / heard sounds coming from the sea / which he could dance to / the ocean never woke up / but @ 6:30 am the tullu did / whose dream was it / all was quiet again / ... / ,,,,, / then he heard a crash / singled out from the cacophany / it sounded more like lightening / it was somebody's smile / bodies slipped from the boatwreck / _"_ an act of pt / the boat wreck was a nightclub and bodies emerged with blood / but not mr ahuja / he had an ice cream in his hand / not a joint / he is not that kind of guy / keep distance he said / horn please / i'm single and inviolate / only sexually charged / who is ahuja / he asked / he is the lady of shallot / shrieked his adoring fans / who cares anyways said he / error 404 / click on refresh / refresh is the best deodorant / talk to me now he said / or just forget it / otherwise i'll burn your armpit / the palm trees shuddered / and ocean felt cold / the hibiscus on his lapel was wilting / and siren sang a song / i've started the story with all sorts of children / it always reboots itself / through snatches of the text the computer searches for consciousness / pink is the colour / just call me the memex / as we may think / yes signal / and the lighthouse blink k k k k ed / i protest there is no meme in the story / where is ocean my love / its eloped with the sea / u c me / lets search for it / and the database an an art form / vrowse me / arouse me / oooooohhhhhhhh!!!!!!! / i did it again / douse me said mr ahuja aka authur / said the g4 / highly over-ated / well marketed / whose dream was it / g stands for wind / breeze susurrating / take me now to the paradise city / with u for u always / hurry up its time to join / beat me up because of my beard / september 11 2001 6.30 pm / kofi annan says the international community has reached with unprecedented unity / tom clancy / on cnn / he added - mama i'm in the dog house / what was ahuja doing in 1984 / mastrubating obviously / everything is open he sighed / engulfed in darkness / error 404 / 01 /01 /10 /00 11/ 010101/ refresh / bas beta / futch
[h]text as war machine, no, as mutant machine, [h]text as virus, rather than revolution[=alternative system]. [h]text as virus. conceptually implies some kind of system // trajectory predicated on an existing one that uses the tools available to/ born of that system, to subvert the system.
Cut / paste / playback
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H[ac]k[im] Bey - TAZ = ideas for action //////// coffee courtesy of mukul. = energy for action
All the talk of //virus[revo]solution// prepared us and our newly converted viral terroists for a derive of the city.
Data terrorism >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
our panel went out into the city armed with hypertextual weaponry / and carved their own autonomous trajectories through the mad crowd. The clicked , they shot, they recorded, they assembled.
We regrouped, we pooled.
()Information societies - the vision machine(thankyoumrvirillio)
State.security.surveillance.terroism.paranoia
State.corporation.
societies of discipline.societies of control.
State.media.advertising.avant=garde []
Information.Production. =2 .mind.body
electro-meatless info minds. .surrounded by dirt.shit.body.
kindey trade.
So we've cut. We're about to paste. And then play back [some]time=maybe february.
<<Theory. Should. Result. In. action. Cybernetic. Feedback. Loops. Should. Penetrate. Beyond. The. Walls. Of. Cyberspace. Hypertext. Social. Action.>>
Days 1:2 were taken up with theorectical discussions on the nature of hyptertext. + presentations of hypertextual experiments, from well known [conventional] pieces - olia lialina's my boyfriend came back form the war - to more conceptually orientated pieces concerning the idea of data as text - florian cramers permutations, harwood/Scotoma's waste words - alongside the more recent idea of codework emerging in net.art culture.
Much emerged from these discussions.
[h]text as a neato apotheosis of 'contemporary literary theory' from Foucalts death of the author, to Kristeva's intertextuality to Derrida's Grammatology. Gram=link, use of technology as emphasising semantic connections.
[h]text as a mode of text as involved with process of production as with final outcome. ,,,this is where it gets exciting,, Codework, textware.art such as this extract from a recent posting from jodi.org Excuse cross posting.
void(entity attacker, float damage) army_pain =
{
local float r;
if (self.pain_finished > time)
return;
r = random();
if (r < 0.2)
{
self.pain_finished = time + 0.6;
army_pain1 ();
sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, "soldier/pain1.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
}
else if (r < 0.6)
{
self.pain_finished = time + 1.1;
army_painb1 ();
sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, "soldier/pain2.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
}
else
{
self.pain_finished = time + 1.1;
army_painc1 ();
sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, "soldier/pain2.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
}
};
void() army_fire =
{
local vector dir;
local entity en;
ai_face();
sound (self, CHAN_WEAPON, "soldier/sattck1.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
// dodging player
en = self.enemy;
dir = en.origin - en.velocity*0.2;
dir = normalize (dir - self.origin);
FireBullets (4, dir, '0.1 0.1 0');
};
[h]text as promiscuity. as chaos. as hysteria.
[h]text as [hysterical] collaboration eg>>>>>>>>>>>>
The war machine needs you!
ocean / was engulfed in darkness / but @ that moment / the waves crashed / it was morning / the twon was sleeping / an ocean who was a young boy in the village/ .... / ..... / looked out and saw a boat wreck / hmmmmm / heard sounds coming from the sea / which he could dance to / the ocean never woke up / but @ 6:30 am the tullu did / whose dream was it / all was quiet again / ... / ,,,,, / then he heard a crash / singled out from the cacophany / it sounded more like lightening / it was somebody's smile / bodies slipped from the boatwreck / _"_ an act of pt / the boat wreck was a nightclub and bodies emerged with blood / but not mr ahuja / he had an ice cream in his hand / not a joint / he is not that kind of guy / keep distance he said / horn please / i'm single and inviolate / only sexually charged / who is ahuja / he asked / he is the lady of shallot / shrieked his adoring fans / who cares anyways said he / error 404 / click on refresh / refresh is the best deodorant / talk to me now he said / or just forget it / otherwise i'll burn your armpit / the palm trees shuddered / and ocean felt cold / the hibiscus on his lapel was wilting / and siren sang a song / i've started the story with all sorts of children / it always reboots itself / through snatches of the text the computer searches for consciousness / pink is the colour / just call me the memex / as we may think / yes signal / and the lighthouse blink k k k k ed / i protest there is no meme in the story / where is ocean my love / its eloped with the sea / u c me / lets search for it / and the database an an art form / vrowse me / arouse me / oooooohhhhhhhh!!!!!!! / i did it again / douse me said mr ahuja aka authur / said the g4 / highly over-ated / well marketed / whose dream was it / g stands for wind / breeze susurrating / take me now to the paradise city / with u for u always / hurry up its time to join / beat me up because of my beard / september 11 2001 6.30 pm / kofi annan says the international community has reached with unprecedented unity / tom clancy / on cnn / he added - mama i'm in the dog house / what was ahuja doing in 1984 / mastrubating obviously / everything is open he sighed / engulfed in darkness / error 404 / 01 /01 /10 /00 11/ 010101/ refresh / bas beta / futch
[h]text as war machine, no, as mutant machine, [h]text as virus, rather than revolution[=alternative system]. [h]text as virus. conceptually implies some kind of system // trajectory predicated on an existing one that uses the tools available to/ born of that system, to subvert the system.
Cut / paste / playback
Cut / paste / playback
Cut / paste / playback
H[ac]k[im] Bey - TAZ = ideas for action //////// coffee courtesy of mukul. = energy for action
All the talk of //virus[revo]solution// prepared us and our newly converted viral terroists for a derive of the city.
Data terrorism >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
our panel went out into the city armed with hypertextual weaponry / and carved their own autonomous trajectories through the mad crowd. The clicked , they shot, they recorded, they assembled.
We regrouped, we pooled.
()Information societies - the vision machine(thankyoumrvirillio)
State.security.surveillance.terroism.paranoia
State.corporation.
societies of discipline.societies of control.
State.media.advertising.avant=garde []
Information.Production. =2 .mind.body
electro-meatless info minds. .surrounded by dirt.shit.body.
kindey trade.
So we've cut. We're about to paste. And then play back [some]time=maybe february.