Re: [-empyre-] machine

[geniwate <geniwate@ozemail.com.au>]

Mike,

I thought http://terror-machine.com was pretty boring so i don't think i've
got much to say about it. This: http://terror-machine.net didn't exist for
me...

as for online satire, i think it's so easy to satirize corporate websites;
it works like a dream. My collaborator and I did this with
www.machinecorporation.com. The trick is to get people interacting with it,
so we did a lot of action scripting.

I think you've got to choose your subject matter, find something that suits
the information system ... Like Swift chose the political pamphlet as the
medium of his satire and it worked perfectly ... but that comment is
possibly not limited to satire.

cheers, geniwate

 13/5/02 4:07 PM, Michael Connor at michael_j_connor@hotmail.com wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I've been considering the power of humor and satire online and I find your
> discussions both interesting and thorough.  I'm wondering what you think of
> this site:  http://terror-machine.com
> 
> There are many possible readings of it.  It clearly mirrors
> http://terror-machine.net.
> How would you critically decipher it?  Could we look at it through the lens
> of Rtmark, GWBush.com, and/or spoofs in general?
> 
> Have you seen anything like this before?  Why and how could it be considered
> net art?
> 
> best,
> 
> Mike.C.
> 
> 
> 
> ++++++++++
> the full moon
> shining off
> a camaro's hood
> 
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