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intelligent agent Vol. 6 No. 1

Articles now available at

http://www.intelligentagent.com


Vol. 6 No. 1:

// interfacing //

// fee radical //

// book reviews //

All content is available in html and as pdf files.

//editorial//

+ Patrick Lichty, Hello, Katrina! So Much for New Media Art

In the context of the techno infrastructure breakdown during hurricane 
Katrina, Patrick Lichty discusses the (im)possibilities of independence from 
information grids and the long-term viability of platforms for creating new 
media art.



//interfacing//

+ Andruid Kerne, Doing Interface Ecology: The Practice of Metadisciplinarity

The interface can be modeled as an ecosystem -- connected, dynamic, and 
characterized by relationships -- and can be understood as a border zone 
between heterogeneous systems of representation. Andruid Kerne uses notions 
of sensation, embodiment, and semiotics to initiate a process of 
metadisciplinarity that addresses the range of systems of representation 
involved in the writing and production of his paper.

+ Yuli Ziv, Parallels between Suprematism and the Abstract, Vector-Based 
Motion Graphics of Flash

Yuli Ziv explores parallels between aesthetic concepts surfacing in both the 
suprematist art movement in the beginning of the 20th century and the 
abstract, vector-based motion graphics associated with the Macromedia Flash 
software / authoring environment. The subject of analysis is not the 
influence of Suprematism on Flash as a tool in general but on the -- to a 
certain degree standardized -- abstract forms that the software produces.

+ Naoko Tosa, Cultural Computing: ZENetic Computer

Through her project ZENetic Computer -- which projects the style of 
communication developed by Zen schools over hundreds of years into a virtual 
world -- Naoko Tosa explores "Cultural Computing" as a form of cultural 
translation that uses scientific methods to represent aspects of culture.

+ Paul Hertz, Drunk on Technology, Waiting for the Hangover: A Test Plot

Paul Hertz's structures 16 short texts on topics ranging from "activism" and 
"network" to "collaboration" and "bandwidth" by means of a Graeco-Latin 
Square of order 4 -- a combinatorial structure frequently used in 
agricultural test plots, typically for combining plant strains with 
different fertilizers in such a way that no plants or fertilizers are 
repeated in any row or column of the square. (Plants: Network, 
Collaboration, Art, Emergence; Fertilizers: Activism, Bandwidth, Naming, 
Wildcard)

+ Juan Teodosio Pescador, Thirteen Ignodicta About This Art

Pescador's thirteen short statements reflect on possible effects of art and 
suggest appropriate viewer responses. "This art is loaded with cultural 
values. Fight, run, or surrender."



//free radical//

+ Andrea Polli, The Sound of Fear

Using a frightening experience on a flight from Chicago to S"o Paulo as a 
starting point, Andrea Polli discusses the effects of ultrasound and 
infrasound on the body; the connection between sound and memory points; and 
whether the emotional, narrative content of sound might enhance the 
understanding of abstract information.



//book reviews//

+ Ceri Myers reviews "Carnal Art: Orlan's Refacing" by C.Jill O'Bryan

Ceri Myers reviews C. Jill O'Bryan's book on the works of the French artist 
Orlan and their conceptual foundations.

+ Leigh Clemons, "Whale!" by K.L. Evans

Leigh Clemons reviews "Whale!," a poetic, intense, and complex reading of 
Herman Melville's famous tale of obsession and fate through the lens of 
Wittgenstein's theories. In several ways, "Whale!" relates to concerns of 
new media pracitioners, such as metastructures of subjects, objects, 
practice, and theory.



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Director: Christiane Paul

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