Sunday, January 08, 2006
Searchscapes
http://www.searchscapes.net/
por Juliana Sato Yamashita
apresentação disponível no site do projeto:
The intent of "Searchscapes" is to design a tridimensional map of Manhattan using existing data from the web. The objective is to compare representations of the city’s “physical spaces” and “information spaces”. Taking the metaphor very literally, a specific address is searched on Google (ex: “1 Broadway” + “New York, NY”). SUch a search
will bring mostly results that correspond to this specific location. The total number of text results is parsed and then plotted on a map of the physical space. The height of the “building” on that location will correspond to the number of results found. More results will correspond to higher “information buildings”. This is an attempt to materialize information: to give it dimension, physicality. Contemporary architecture seems to be driving in the opposite
direction: becoming more mediated, more ephemeral, “bodiless”. This project is an attempt to give “shape” to the data that we find on the Internet, but not “quantify”.
por Juliana Sato Yamashita
apresentação disponível no site do projeto:
The intent of "Searchscapes" is to design a tridimensional map of Manhattan using existing data from the web. The objective is to compare representations of the city’s “physical spaces” and “information spaces”. Taking the metaphor very literally, a specific address is searched on Google (ex: “1 Broadway” + “New York, NY”). SUch a search
will bring mostly results that correspond to this specific location. The total number of text results is parsed and then plotted on a map of the physical space. The height of the “building” on that location will correspond to the number of results found. More results will correspond to higher “information buildings”. This is an attempt to materialize information: to give it dimension, physicality. Contemporary architecture seems to be driving in the opposite
direction: becoming more mediated, more ephemeral, “bodiless”. This project is an attempt to give “shape” to the data that we find on the Internet, but not “quantify”.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
russian roulette
ATENÇÃO: não abram arquivos com extensão .EXE, .COM, .SCR, .BAT ou .PIF
http://aqua.subnet.at/carlos/projekte/netart/roulette/
por carlos katastrofsky
apesar da Internet ser um espaço prioritariamente de navegação, boa parte dos internautas já tem a sua lista de sites preferidos, que visita com freqüência. Pouco tempo é dedicado à exploração do espaço virtual e de sites desconhecidos. Nos contentamos em visitar os primeiros sites listados pelo Google, quando precisamos pesquisar algum assunto, e voltamos aos nossos trabalhos. "Russian roulette" nos traz de volta aos momentos em que nos perdemos e encontramos o inesperado (que, como diz a apresentação do trabalho, "pode ser algo pornográfico, um vírus que quebrará o seu computador, ou a britney spears (...) quem sabe?".
http://aqua.subnet.at/carlos/projekte/netart/roulette/
por carlos katastrofsky
apesar da Internet ser um espaço prioritariamente de navegação, boa parte dos internautas já tem a sua lista de sites preferidos, que visita com freqüência. Pouco tempo é dedicado à exploração do espaço virtual e de sites desconhecidos. Nos contentamos em visitar os primeiros sites listados pelo Google, quando precisamos pesquisar algum assunto, e voltamos aos nossos trabalhos. "Russian roulette" nos traz de volta aos momentos em que nos perdemos e encontramos o inesperado (que, como diz a apresentação do trabalho, "pode ser algo pornográfico, um vírus que quebrará o seu computador, ou a britney spears (...) quem sabe?".
Monday, January 02, 2006
sLowlife - a exposição de arte biológica da semana
http://www.slowlife-exhibit.org/
uma exposição sobre a vida das plantas ;-)
Contém vídeos de plantas em crescimento e de outros processos.
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sLowlife offers a journey into altered perceptions—a window into the world of plants. It accelerates the time-scale of plants into our own frame of reference, speeding up their everyday lives to a pace that resonates with our own.
www.slowlife-exhibit.org
sLowlife is a multi-media/discipline exhibition that exists both in a physical space (a travelling exhibit currently at The United States Botanic Gardens in Washington DC) and as a print and on-line catalog. sLowlife was conceived by biologist Roger Hangarter and artist Dennis DeHart and inlcudes original sounds by John Gibson. sLowlife is funded by The National Science Foundation, The United States Botanic Gardens, The Chicago Botanic Gardens, and The Society of Plant Biology.
uma exposição sobre a vida das plantas ;-)
Contém vídeos de plantas em crescimento e de outros processos.
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sLowlife offers a journey into altered perceptions—a window into the world of plants. It accelerates the time-scale of plants into our own frame of reference, speeding up their everyday lives to a pace that resonates with our own.
www.slowlife-exhibit.org
sLowlife is a multi-media/discipline exhibition that exists both in a physical space (a travelling exhibit currently at The United States Botanic Gardens in Washington DC) and as a print and on-line catalog. sLowlife was conceived by biologist Roger Hangarter and artist Dennis DeHart and inlcudes original sounds by John Gibson. sLowlife is funded by The National Science Foundation, The United States Botanic Gardens, The Chicago Botanic Gardens, and The Society of Plant Biology.
