I saw this recently on the NYTimes and it's just GREAT! Nothing more to say....

The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.

 

Work of Meta-Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

The mind creates, the chaos permeates. In the synaptic artifice, art objects are reproductions of the imaginations of the mind -- a mind that uses the chaos as an organism to represent ideas, patterns, and emotions. With the rationalization of the electronic environment, the mind is approaching a point where it will be free from the chaos to consume immersions into the parameters of the delphic artifice. Work of Meta-Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction contains 10 minimal dhtml engines (also refered to as "clipper chips") that enable the user to make absurd audio/visual compositions.

• measuring chains, constructing realities
• putting into place forms
• a matrix of illusion and disillusion
• a strange attracting force
• so that a seduced reality will be able to spontaneously feed on it

Micah Walter's work investigates the nuances of surveilance cameras through the use of stopframe motion and close-ups which emphasize the Mechanical nature of digital media. Walter explores abstract and inorganic scenery as motifs to describe the idea of imaginary artifice. Using deviant loops, non-linear narratives, and allegorical images as patterns, Walter creates meditative environments which suggest the expansion of culture.

 

 

I have a new project. It uses something called The Mechanical Turk. The above video is a sort of proof of concept, using bogus data. I will have much, much more to say about all of this, but my dogs are crying to go for a walk, so I have my priorities…. BRB!

-m