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Interfaces of Performance
(Networked_Performance) discourse in the field that is often led • Part 4 Politics: The tendency to
by formalist analysis focusing on ‘trans-’: the political aesthetics of the
Submitted at 2/14/2010 8:39:58 AM technology per se. The proposed biogrammatic zone, Sher Doruff
Interfaces of Performance, edited by approach intends to unpack • Guillermo Gómez-Peña: ethno-
Janis Jefferies, Goldsmiths, conceptual elements of performance techno politics, Guillermo Gómez
University of London, Maria practice, investigating the strategic Peña and Lorena Rivero de Beer
Chatzichristodoulou, University of use of a diverse spectrum of • Performative science in an age of
Hull and Rachel Zerihan, Queen technologies as a means to artistic specialization: the case of critical art
Mary, University of London, UK; ends. The focus is on the ideas, ensemble, Nicola Triscott.
Ashgate, November 2009. objectives and concerns of the artists • Part 5 Affect: Affective connection,
This collection of essays and who integrate technologies into their Bojana Kunst
interviews investigates current work. In so doing, these inquisitive • Love at first byte, Melinda
practices that expand our practitioners research new Rackham
understanding and experience of dramaturgies and methodologies in • Conclusion, Janis Jefferies
performance through the use of state- order to create innovative experiences • Bibliography
of-the-art technologies. It brings for, and encounters with, their • Index.
together leading practitioners, writers audiences.
and curators who explore the Contents: About the Editors: Janis Jefferies is
intersections between theatre, • Introduction, Maria Professor of Visual Arts, Artistic
performance and digital technologies, Chatzichristodoulou and Rachel Director of Goldsmiths Digital
challenging expectations and Zerihan Studios and Director of the Constance
furthering discourse across the • Creative media: performance, Howard Resource and Research
disciplines. As technologies become invention, critique, Sarah Kember and Centre in Textiles, Goldsmiths,
increasingly integrated into theatre Joanna Zylinska • The path to silence, Allucquére University of London. Maria
and performance, Interfaces of • Part 1 Environments: Rosanne Stone. Chatzichristodoulou[aka Maria X] is
Performance revisits key elements of Environments, interactions and • Part 3 Audiences: Reactivation: Lecturer in Theatre and Performance
performance practice in order to beings: the ecology of performativity performance, mediatization, and the at the School of Arts and New Media,
investigate emergent paradigms. To and technics, Chris Salter present moment, Philip Auslander University of Hull (Scarborough
do this five concepts integral to the • Blurring the boundaries: • Moving audiences: strategies of campus) and PhD candidate
core of all performance are performance, technology and the exposure in the work of Gob Squad, (completion) at Goldsmiths Digital
foregrounded, namely environments, artificial sublime – an interview with Patrick Primavesi Studios, University of London. Dr.
bodies, audiences, politics of practice Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli, • How to kidnap your audiences: an Rachel Zerihan is Visiting Lecturer at
and affect. igloo, Janis Jefferies. interview with Matt Adams from Queen Mary, University of London.
The thematic structure of the volume • Part 2 Bodies: Orlan-vertigo/self- Blast Theory, Maria
has been designed to extend current touching-you, Simon Donger Chatzichristodoulou.
KEVIN
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The digital arts program was an friendship through software. and use the revenues and time (I total gamble.
interdisciplinary fine arts amalgam of As a subscriber to Treehouse(a figured it should only take up 2 However, half way through our
computer science, art and music. Out downloadable web magazine) back in weeks a month to produce the thing if second issue, we found out that we
of college I was into creative writing the day, I have always wondered why we developed the process correctly) were accepted by Y Combinator and
and electronic art. Graphic design, it stopped and if you have any plans to then make the software we always that changed everything. What most
software interfaces, digital to bring it back? wanted to make. people don’t realize during that
photography, video installations, Well, you can thank Y Combinator We didn’t have a lot of money saved period is that while we were working
sensor research, online storytelling, and Wufoo for its discontinuation. up at that time and so only Ryan and I 16 hours a day building Wufoo out in
conceptual weirdness ‚ all of it Our goal with Treehouse was always quit our jobs to work on it full time California and trying to solicit
excited me. to be a means to an end. When it was while Chris kept his job in the funding, we also had to
I initially was only interested in the just the three of us and before there government and split his paycheck simultaneously create 4 more issues
Web as a medium for my art work, as was even any hint of funding in the with us. I worked out our editorial of Treehouse to fullfill the 6 month
an expression of myself. CSS was air, Chris, Ryan and I knew we direction and design and Ryan built subscription obligations we promised
just a tool to help me express my wanted to make a company and make the digital download system. to our readers. We were so exhausted
ideas better. Yes, it separated my software around the ideas we had All three of us had to solicit writers by the end of it all that something had
design information from my experimented with on our web and write reviews and articles to fill to give and it was, unfortunately,
structural information‚ but I was development blog, Particletree. The up the 60 pages of content that we Treehouse.
mostly interested in the fact that it problem was time and money. planned for each issue. I was We do, however, still have high
was easier for me to layer 57 pictures Because I had a background in responsible for the design content, hopes for the format and content we
of robots on top of each other (I was publishing and served as Editor-in- Ryan was responsible for the formulated with Treehouse and
very weird in college). To me, Wufoo Chief of my college newspaper, I programming content and Chris was maybe, one day, it’ll be resurrected.
was an opportunity to extend my pitched to the guys that we could responsible for the business content. You never know.
experiments in that space–eliciting probably create a monthly PDF It was actually a really scary and
real emotions and the feeling of magazine about web development exciting time for us because it was a
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DAZZLING
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GOOGLE
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Art. Ryohei Hase idea what I would become without 4 Comments - Click Here to Read also unlikely to usurp any of these
With a background in the video it…” Want More? Click for Great More »» players overnight, and will more
game industry, Tokyo artist Ryohei Related Content on WebUrbanist: A Mind-Bending Digital Photo likely coexist for a long time. This
Hase has now turned to what he Separate Reality: Digital Art by Alex Manipulation by Erik Johansson might not be good news for social
describes as “realistic fantasy art”. Andreyev Ghostly alien landscapes, Roads unfurl like fabric and human media marketers and bloggers who
In a December 2009 interview Hase floating structures and otherworldly faces are frighteningly elastic in the already have a bunch of tools
told Swide, “Internet stimulates creatures characterize the "hermetic digitally manipulated photographs of (Twitter, Facebook, Digg,
people’s emotion. The environment art" of digital painter Alex Andreyev. artist Erik Johansson. 3 Comments - StumbleUpon) to learn, but it’s good
which people can easily see the art of Click Here to Read More »» Click Here to Read More »» news for the industry because it will
another country can be a trigger to Digital Painters: Old World Art [ WebUrbanist- By Steph in Gadgets open up another ecosystem of
create new artists.This is the easiest Meets Modern Tech Working as & Geek Art, Graffiti & Drawing, applications.
and closest place to showcase my concept artists and illustrators, these Technology & Futurism. ]
works. My work has the chances to 15 incredible digital artists have
be seen by many people around the mastered modern computer-based
world because of internet. I have no media to create stunning works of art.
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Photosynth creator
walks us through Bing
Maps, gives us a taste
of augmented reality's
future (video)
(Engadget)
Submitted at 2/15/2010 9:58:00 PM
We were pretty stoked when we
heard all about the new toys that
Microsoft was adding to Bing
Maps(Street View-esque navigation,
Photosynth integration, crowd
sourcing content, so on and so forth),
and it looks like things are really
coming together nicely. If you hop on
past the break, we've thoughtfully
embedded Blaise Aguera y Arcas'
TED Talk where the Microsoft Live
Labs architect and co-creator of
Digg’s Read-Write API Photosynth gives a pretty sweet
overview of the project as the
foundation for a pretty robust
(ProgrammableWeb) the new API were identified: documentation for the new API has
augmented reality setup. The crowd
The new writable API will likely also been made available.
Submitted at 2/15/2010 11:45:00 PM mean easier content sharing. Users Developing a writable API is a big gasps, applauds, and speaks in
Do you remember a time when web will be able to authorize an move for Digg, as their existing API tongues repeatedly throughout the
pages proudly displayed hit counters? application via a protocol called only allowed developers to use Digg eight minute talk -- which is really
These have long since been replaced OAuth and allow it to send actions to as a data source. The move may have what you'd expect from the Glenn
by counters showing how many times Digg on their behalf. For example, been inevitable though, with sites like Beck crowd, not the head of the
a site has been mentioned on a social you could vote up, or “digg,” a story Facebook and Twitter, both of whom technology, entertainment, and design
network site. Digg was one of the on Forbes.com without ever having to have writable APIs, making inroads fraternity (at least those who attend
pioneers in the field of social leave the site. That, says Hodsdon, into the social bookmarking scene conferences). But don't take our word
bookmarks, and now they are looking means a likely increase in the amount with their “Tweet This” and for it! Check it out and tell us what
to make their service even easier to of actions shared through the “Facebook Share” widgets (with you think.
integrate in external web pages by platform. more than one site using these Continue reading Photosynth creator
releasing a new writable API. In an Users will still have to go through widgets at the expense of Digg’s own walks us through Bing Maps, gives us
under-reported blog post just before the Digg site to submit a story story submission widget). a taste of augmented reality's future
the end of the year the Digg API team though. Hodsdon estimates that This competition in the API space is (video)
announced this change: overcoming obstacles in CAPTCHA good news for developers, who are Photosynth creator walks us through
Today we are releasing a revamped verification and story duplication gaining more freedom Bing Maps, gives us a taste of
API that allows developers to detection, designed to keep Digg free and functionality when interacting augmented reality's future (video)
write/contribute data using OAuth, a from spam, will take around 6 with Digg behind the scenes. It also originally appeared on Engadget on
feature that many developers have months. highlights how important APIs are to Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:58:00 EST.
been eagerly anticipating. In this To show off the new API a reference the success of a site. You can more Please see our terms for use of feeds.
release, Digging and burying both application called Digg Lite has been examples of how the Digg API has Permalink| TED| Email this|
stories and comments are now released. It demonstrates the OAuth been used in our Digg API Profile. Comments
supported. authorization, and allows users to Related ProgrammableWeb
Forbes have interviewed Jeff digg or bury stories without leaving Resources
Hodsdon, Digg’s lead developer on the site. Developers can download the Digg API Profile, 56 mashups
the project, where some benefits of source code from GitHub. The
AT&T: Wholesale
Applications Community is
a platform, not an app store
(Download Squad)
Submitted at 2/15/2010 4:00:00 PM
Filed under: Business, Developer,
Mobile To follow up on some earlier
news about AT&T's possible
deployment of a new, cross-platform
app store, I received a clarification
from AT&T about what the
Wholesale Applications
Community(that's what they're calling
it) is and isn't. It's NOT an app store.
Windows Phone 7
It IS an international coalition of
around 25 telecom companies that's
aiming to create a platform open to
all developers and selling to all
Series Marketplace gets
mobile phone users.
So, to be perfectly clear, I was wrong
about AT&T launching an app store
interesting to see what types of stores
the Wholesale Applications
Community's members end up
launching.
pictured
that competes directly with Apple's. (Engadget) advertising) spot before you get into
Share the market proper. The Marketplace
Here's what AT&T told me: "We AT&T: Wholesale Applications
don't see this effort as competing
Submitted at 2/16/2010 12:25:00 AM is then fragmented into its constituent
Community is a platform, not an app Microsoft's Joe Belfiore did a really elements, with apps, games, music
directly with any single existing apps store originally appeared on thorough job yesterday of walking us
platform. As a matter of fact, the and podcasts leading you into their
Download Squad on Mon, 15 Feb through the key hubs on the shiny respective subsections. We've
coalition is open to any stakeholder 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our new Windows Phone 7 OS, but one
who is interested in joining." grabbed an image of how the
terms for use of feeds. Read| area that was conspicuously missed Applications section will look as
I'm somewhat doubtful that Apple is Permalink| Email this| Comments out in the overview was the
interested in joining, but that's hardly well, which you can see for yourself
Apple- App Store- Mobile phone- Marketplace. Well, let us fill in that after the break.
AT&T's problem. It never hurts Wholesale Application Community- gap of knowledge right quick with the
consumers to have more apps to Continue reading Windows Phone 7
Download Squad above image of the interface. As you Series Marketplace gets pictured
choose from and more potential app can see, the first thing visible when
retailers in the pool, so it will be very Windows Phone 7 Series
you enter the hub is a full-screen Marketplace gets pictured originally
feature for individual games or appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Feb
SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 now applications -- this could either work
as with the music hub, wherein you
see the last bit of content you
2010 03:25:00 EST. Please see our
terms for use of feeds. Permalink
Pocketnow| Peter Wissinger| Email
available for Android, accessed or, less awesomely, could
function as a promotional (read:
this| Comments
Nulaz wint
Navteq-prijs van
450.000 dollar
(Emerce Nieuws)
Disney’s Rapunzel Submitted at 2/15/2010 8:00:00 AM
Het Nederlandse Nulaz heeft een
is now Tangled prijs van 450.000 dollar gewonnen in
(Animated Views)
Submitted at 2/13/2010 7:51:03 AM
de Navteq Global LBS Channel. De
interactieve locatiegebaseerde
dienst... Odd
Walt Disney Studios have announced
that their 2010 film will no longer be
called Rapunzel and will now be
MTV lanceert Runway Jonas Hemsida
known as Tangled, reports Collider. mobiele provider (Google Earth Hacks) (Illustrationmundo.com)
Produced by Roy Conli, Tangled is
slated to hit theatres on November 24,
2010.
MTV Mobile Submitted at 2/13/2010 11:21:35 AM
What was once a 4000 foot hole, has
Submitted at 2/15/2010 1:27:03 AM
Lots of interesting work by Jonas
(Emerce Nieuws) now become a warped runway. Went Hemsida
from a terrain error to a map error.
'Ik ben de Submitted at 2/16/2010 12:38:00 AM
Naast een televisie en een digitaal
eerste met kanaal, zet MTV nu in op mobiel met
de lancering van de virtuele mobiele
provider MTV Mobile....
deze functie' King of Cheez: The
(Emerce Nieuws) Internet's Meme
Submitted at 2/15/2010 11:26:00 PM Maestro Turns Junk
[Mover & Shaker] Sander ten Dam Into Gold
(36) ruilde zijn baan als uitgever bij
Kieskeurig in voor een baan bij
Sanoma Digital als Uitgever...
by Wired.com (Wired: Tech
Biz) whale
(Google Earth Hacks)
Layar opent Submitted at 2/15/2010 9:00:00 PM
Lolcats. FAIL Blog. GraphJam. Ben Illustrator SEAN Submitted at 2/13/2010 11:20:19 AM
commercieel
Huh built an empire out of irresistible
time wasters. METCALF this is a possibility whale
(Illustrationmundo.com)
platform Submitted at 2/15/2010 4:00:11 PM
More about SEAN METCALF at:
(Emerce Nieuws) Profile/ Website
Submitted at 2/16/2010 12:30:00 AM
Uitgevers en producenten kunnen
hun content betaald aanbieden in de
agente reality-browser Layar.
SPRXMobile, het bedrijf achter de...
Help-U-Sell goes
mobile
(Inman News Headlines)
Final Approach
Submitted at 2/15/2010 12:00:28 PM to Logan intl
Launches site with 'intelligent
search,' calculators
read more
airport
(Google Earth Hacks)
Submitted at 2/13/2010 11:16:14 AM
Arriving to Logan Airport Boston,
MA