Calendars:XPUB/XPUB Calendar/03-11-2025 -Event 1: Difference between revisions

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XPUB1: SI #28 – week 6 in the Aquarium WH.4.115✅

Roles

Producer: Robin
Hosts: Daan,Tommi, Luca, Lea, Ema

Monday 3 November

10:00 - 11:00: Radio Broadcast Those with assigned roles at Radio WORM Studio, the others at school (aquarium) to listen
11:15 - 13:00: Broadcast debrief / discussion
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00: This afternoon we will look at some “open ended media systems” from the 1960s and early 1970s, including House of Dust; Ant Farm and Radical Software

We will be looking at:
Alison Knowles – House of Dust (1967) – on line version– https://nickm.com/memslam/the_house_of_dust.html
Intro to Alison Knowles' House of Dust (for context): https://fonderiedarling.org/depliant%20house%20of%20dust%20complet%20EN.pdf Maud Jacquin and Sébastien Pluot – House of Dust Journal (2016)
https://monoskop.org/images/1/15/Knowles_Alison_The_House_of_Dust_Research_Journal_2016.pdf
Here is an example of output generated by Alison Knowles’ House of Dust (1967)

"A HOUSE OF WOOD
UNDER WATER
USING NATURAL LIGHT
INHABITED BY FRIENDS

A HOUSE OF LEAVES
IN A METROPOLIS
USING ALL AVAILABLE LIGHTING
INHABITED BY ALL RACES OF MAN REPRESENTED WEARING PREDOMINANTLY RED CLOTHING

A HOUSE OF ROOTS
IN AN OVERPOPULATED AREA
USING ELECTRICITY
INHABITED BY HORSES AND BIRDS…

A HOUSE OF WOOD
IN A METROPOLIS
USING ELECTRICITY
INHABITED BY FRIENDS AND ENEMIES"

Lejaren Hiller (pictured) and John Cage wrote their harpsichord, tape and computer work HPSCHD in 1967-69

Steve will talk briefly about the links between cybernetics, the Fluxus art movement and (media) ecology pioneers Ant Farm and Radical Software.

Steve's Notes on those issues here: Steve's Notes 3-11-25

15:15-17:00 work on writing machines and/or annotations; preparation for the Worm event, A Mazing Machines.

Ant Farm's Media Van (c1971)

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 ====Roles====
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+*Producer: Robin
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+*Hosts: Daan,Tommi, Luca, Lea, Ema
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-*Host
 ====Monday 3 November====
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 *11:15 - 13:00: Broadcast debrief / discussion
 *13:00 - 14:00: Lunch break
-*14:00 - 17:00: Afternoon session: in which cut-up translates to computer software<br>
+*14:00 - 15:00: This afternoon we will look at some “open ended media systems” from the 1960s and early 1970s, including House of Dust; Ant Farm and Radical Software <br><br>
+We will be looking at:<br>
 Alison Knowles – House of Dust (1967) – on line version– https://nickm.com/memslam/the_house_of_dust.html<br>
 Intro to Alison Knowles' House of Dust (for context): https://fonderiedarling.org/depliant%20house%20of%20dust%20complet%20EN.pdf
 Maud Jacquin and Sébastien Pluot – House of Dust Journal (2016)<br> https://monoskop.org/images/1/15/Knowles_Alison_The_House_of_Dust_Research_Journal_2016.pdf<br>
 Here is an example of output generated by Alison Knowles’ House of Dust (1967)<br>
 "A HOUSE OF WOOD<br>
 UNDER WATER <br>
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 USING ELECTRICITY <br>
 INHABITED BY FRIENDS AND ENEMIES"<br><br>
-Joseph Weizenbaum – Eliza (1966)<br>
-Will Crowther and Don Woods – Adventure (1977) in:<br>
+[[image:Lejaren-Hiller-0000803-e1544717057220-300x300.jpg|thumb|left|Lejaren Hiller (pictured) and John Cage wrote their harpsichord, tape and computer work HPSCHD in 1967-69]]<br>
-Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montford – Output – an anthology of computer generated Text 1953-2023<br>
+Steve will talk briefly about the links between cybernetics, the Fluxus art movement and (media) ecology pioneers Ant Farm and Radical Software.<br><br>'''Steve's Notes on those issues here''': [[Steve's Notes 3-11-25]]<br>
+*15:15-17:00 work on writing machines and/or annotations; preparation for the Worm event, A Mazing Machines.
+[[image:MediaVan.jpg|thumb|left| Ant Farm's Media Van (c1971)]]