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This is a record of works I've enjoyed in each month - not ones that have been newly made, but that I have encountered or re-encountered, and struck a chord at this particular time. It's an attempt to overcome my terrible memory for names; a crib sheet for tutorials, etc.

Jan 2012

Bicycle Built for 2,000 (?), Aaron Koblin http://www.bicyclebuiltfortwothousand.com/

Another nice example of the many vs the individual; nice how individuals work in isolation & are then combined into a whole

10,000 Copyrighted Images, Richard Wright

Deceptively simple format; bases a critique of copyright in age of 'information overload' on human perceptive capability

ExtInked, UHC Collective

Beautiful use of volunteers in ritual-like format; demands long-term commitment; participants are 'witnesses not spectators' a la Etchells

Newstweek (2011), Julian Oliver & Danja Vasiliev

Very clean & sophisticated implementation of a simple idea intercepting wifi hotspots. Golden Nica award, Ars Elec. 2011

The Sheep Market (), Aaron Koblin

Similar aesthetic to InBFlat. Nice how it uses the system itself in an unorthodox way, to critique it

Dec 2011

Virtual Choir (ongoing) Eric Whitacre

beautiful juxtaposition of the everyday/isolated and the sublime/communal, as isolated voice uploads become a full choir

Listening Post (2004), Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen http://earstudio.com/2010/09/29/listening-post/

Meditation on collective mind; integration of pre-designed elements with live data; creation of physical space from virtual material

Coal Fired Computers (2010), YoHa http://yoha.co.uk/cfc

Strong conceptual linking of hardware/body to 'virtuality'; not just conceptual but visually engaging

Internet Topography (2006-11), Nicholas Maigret & Nicholas Montgermont (collaborating as 'Art of Failure' http://www.triangulationblog.com/2011/04/nicolas-maigret.html

Beautiful abstract, minimalist exploration of the physical medium of 'the internet' and its glitches

With You (various performances)

Thoughtful integration of performance into social media; 'fake'/hijacked identity; nice solution to documentation in USB format

Packet Garden (2006), Julian Oliver http://julianoliver.com/pg

links physical geography to virtual travel; re-imagining geography in networked world

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 ==Jan 2012==
+* Bicycle Built for 2,000 (?), Aaron Koblin http://www.bicyclebuiltfortwothousand.com/
+:: Another nice example of the many vs the individual; nice how individuals work in isolation & are then combined into a whole
 * 10,000 Copyrighted Images, Richard Wright
 :: Deceptively simple format; bases a critique of copyright in age of 'information overload' on human perceptive capability
 * ExtInked, UHC Collective
 :: Beautiful use of volunteers in ritual-like format; demands long-term commitment; participants are 'witnesses not spectators' a la Etchells
+* Newstweek (2011), Julian Oliver & Danja Vasiliev
+:: Very clean & sophisticated implementation of a simple idea intercepting wifi hotspots. Golden Nica award, Ars Elec. 2011
+*  The Sheep Market (), Aaron Koblin
+:: Similar aesthetic to InBFlat. Nice how it uses the system itself in an unorthodox way, to critique it
 ==Dec 2011==
-*  Listening Post (2010), Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen http://earstudio.com/2010/09/29/listening-post/
+* Virtual Choir (ongoing) Eric Whitacre
+:: beautiful juxtaposition of the everyday/isolated and the sublime/communal, as isolated voice uploads become a full choir
+*  Listening Post (2004), Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen http://earstudio.com/2010/09/29/listening-post/
 :: Meditation on collective mind; integration of pre-designed elements with live data; creation of physical space from virtual material
 * Coal Fired Computers (2010), YoHa http://yoha.co.uk/cfc