Category Archives: Theory & Discourse

Robert Scoble vs Facebook (or Freedom of Information vs. Commercial Silo-ing)

By André SC | Published: 3 January 2008
The Robert Scoble vs. Facebook saga is me thinks a taste of some of what is to come in the year and even years ahead. Its the old silo-race rearing its ugly little head again. Basically Facebook is saying you’re allowed to use ‘your’ accounts information as long as you do so manually, thus their [...]
Also posted in Media & Resources, Technology | 2 Comments

open innovation dinner gig was interesting

By André SC | Published: 23 June 2007
I don’t think I spotted a single novel idea or argument in the presentation, the official presentation that is. Both Eddie Obeng and Jon Foster-Pedley are wonderfully charismatic speakers.
Posted in Theory & Discourse | 2 Comments

Whats wrong with news media?

By André SC | Published: 8 June 2007
I think that observation is spot on, at least in terms of why the "News" is so incredibly depressing - the whole after the fact-ness. That there is F-all you can do about it except be grateful it is not you being written about - in most cases. Maybe the "News 2.0" approach
Also posted in Links and Things | 5 Comments

Post-Derridian rubrics

By André SC | Published: 24 June 2006
Since Derida, separating rubrics such as art and design, or old- and new media art just doesn’t seem to make all that much sense any more.
Also posted in 9: Backend | Leave a comment

Shirky on Categories, Links, and Tags

By André SC | Published: 8 June 2006
Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags, Clay Shirky Starts off a bit wordy, but is as straight forward, accurate and as comprehensive as this kind of essay should be. Clear explenations, though assumes readers know what Flickr and del.icio.us are. Definitely recommended reading for new web developers/designers.
Also posted in 9: Backend, Media & Resources | Leave a comment

Media Design Technologist : Identity Assignment

By André SC | Published: 6 June 2006
Consider ‘Media Design and Technologies’, in relation to contemporary art. Question: What are the most pertinent new ideas in contemporary art? (This is not a rhetorical question) Consider the keywords locus, network, software, generative, agency and avant-garde. How should we know? Research! How, if at all, does the ideas that emerge from the above impact on your Identity [...]
Also posted in 9: Backend | Leave a comment

Assorted cerebral skims

By André SC | Published: 5 June 2006
Enola Gaia, Dr Randall Whitiker, Autopoiesis & Enaction + Information Warfare What is art? (in What is Philosophy?) Reading group on What is Philosophy? re nonlinearity: “…Pierre Huyghe strikes a universal chord when he explains that he carves up the narratives in his video installations to escape overly efficient, and therefore limiting, storytelling. Fragmentation enables him to access [...]
Also posted in 9: Backend, Links and Things | Leave a comment

It’s Art Magazine ‘Interview’

By André SC | Published: 1 June 2006
The latest issue of IT’s Art Magazine, #0004 is available online free for view-only pdf and and $3.50 for the printable version. It includes interviews with and work by Eric Scala, Fred Bastide, Marc Simonneti, Ziv Qual, Isabelle Hubert Olivier, Philippe Batini and yours truly, André SC. Availble in French and reasonable English. So, in view [...]
Also posted in 0: My Art, 9: Backend, Links and Things | 1 Comment

Quiddity: Exhibition Concept Proposal (Working Draft)

By André SC | Published: 29 April 2006
Quiddity: being is not an exact thing For the first solo exhibition of pieces by André SC in November 2006, or there about. Artists statement: My intentions involve exploring relationships, between figments of recognition and interpretation, through abstraction and resemblance, both reductive and transcendent, in technological culture. I translate this intention digitally into [...]
Also posted in 0: My Art, 9: Backend | Leave a comment