intelligent agent - Vol. 3 No. 1, New Articles

March 27, 2003

Type: discussion

Vol. 3 No. 1, Winter '03
A new series of articles from Vol. 3 No. 1 is now available at
http://www.intelligentagent.com

intelligent agent is published as a quarterly online magazine in a modular
format:
*3 thematic threads
Threads of Vol. 3 No. 1:
//the political sphere//
//biotech/transgenics//
//new media curation//
*reviews on festivals, net art, exhibitions, books, tech sector

All content is available in html and as pdf files with layout, which allow
readers to assemble customized issues. The content of each quarterly issue
becomes available over a period of 3 months.

NEW:
//the political sphere//
+ Nathan M. Martin (for the Carbon Defense League), Parasitic Media:
Creating Invisible Slicing Parasites and Other Forms of Tactical
Augmentation
Martin outlines possibilities of 'parasitic tactical response,' applying
mechanisms of biological parasites to invisible subversion of existing
communication systems. Distinguishing genres of parasitic media, he explores
the potential of a practice and tactical response that hops the meta-train
of media.
Coming soon: Mike Mosher, G.H. Hovagimyan.

//biotech/transgenics//
+ Gregory Little, Toward an Aesthetics of Synnoetic Interactivity
Gregory Little analyzes interactive, telematic art in terms of the
meta-discipline of "synnoetics" – a term coined by Louis Fein to describe
the cooperative interaction of people, mechanisms, plant or animal
organisms, and automata into a system that results in a mental power greater
than that of its components. According to Little, synnoetics predicts the
current development of biological, genetic, and transgenic art forms
currently under development by artists like Vibeke Sorensen, Eduardo Kac,
and Tiffany Holmes.
Coming soon: Ricardo Dominguez, Tiffany Holmes.

//new media curation//
+ Jennifer Crowe, An Interview with Steve Dietz
Jennifer Crowe talks to Steve Dietz, Director of New Media Initiatives at
the Walker Art Center, about the status of the "New Media Art" exhibition
within the American institution, the problems of introducing new forms of
artistic expression, as well as possible new media spaces and their
functions.
Coming soon: Patrick Lichty

EXHIBITION REVIEW
+Hope Childers and Susan Ryan, Documenta11_Platform5: Exhibition as Research
Childers and Ryan discuss D11 as archive and "research," an ongoing project
that must be "finished" by its audience. "The entire event may be emblematic
of our age: our society's inability to keep up its own technical
capabilities."

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