Re: [-empyre-] Thanks, and wrapping up.

["empyre-admin" <empyre-admin@imap.cofa.unsw.edu.au>]

Patrick
thank you very  much for expanding on several of your areas of your
practice, specifically the (re)distributions exhibition on wearable,
handlheld and nomadic appliances and writscam video, and related  -and often
non-related -  issues..:).As you mentioned in your wrap up, as this
technology getts smaller and cheaper i guess we all need to keep watching
our watches and speculating...

 I know you participate in many other artitsic, curatorial, editorial, and
activist arenas as well, and -empyre- sincerely appreciates the time and
energy you have put into the list so far, both as a guest over the last few
weeks, and in previous list discussions.

-empyre- admin


> It seems that my time of talking about PDAs, information appliances and
> other strange devices such as wearble recorders and low-tech interventions
> is at a close.  Thanks so much to Melinda for having me.
>
> To wrap up, I think that some things were very obvious from the
interaction
> on this forum.  First, these genres define many agendas of privilege,
> technological determinism, access, and so on.  Mostly, as some of these
> devices (such as the wristcam, cybiko, etc are quite affordable).  The
> audience for the embodied devices is a niche at this time, and work being
> done on these platforms not even being in their adolescence yet.  However,
> work like 8 Bits or Less is has much broader accessibility, and represents
> the integration of these forms into previously extant forms,such as video.
>
> Therefore, while this body of inquiry is still of interest to me, it
> represents a more cul-de-sac strategy than other forms of artistic
> expression.  It seems to be more effective when it is part of a larger
> discursive structure.
>
> I will probably not be for another 2-5 years for the widespread use of
these
> devices as artisticplatforms, and much more likely that they will be used
> through the coming of device convergence, if it comes at all. I find the
> much more likely scenario to be the aesthetic repurposing of embedded
> processors in devices like appliances, credit cards, and the like.
However,
> the applications for which I am speculating do not exist yet, so I am left
> with my speculations.
>
> But the personal/wearable/embodied device as aesthetic platform reflects
the
> tangible impact that these devices have had on technological culture.
What
> impact they will have on the larger global community is suspect unless
> grass-roots programs create some unforetold synergy through distributed
> devices.
>
> I don't know.  However, I will keep watching.
>
> Thanks, again,
> Patrick
>
>
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