[-empyre-] staged spaces

[Felix Sattler <felix@querformarte.de>]

Dear -empyreans-,

Marius wrote:
> I agree with Adam that the web is actually not important to these 
> content
> streams. Rather, it is a convenient way of documenting or publicizing
> broadcasts. But I see a problem in how one will "watch" internet
> broadcasts. Internet users tend to have even shorter attention spans 
> than
> TV zappers. Even if the streaming software / hardware works 
> effortlessly,
> how will one keep the attention? Is the computer the end receiver, or 
> will
> it only function as an antenna, with the final output being a TV, 
> stereo,
> whatever?

this makes me think of pingfm's performances that very often have 
focussed on
an expansion of the screen experience into the surrounding space
and is also evident in their current exhibition in Brazil/Germany.

 jan wrote:
> and lastly, creating an exhibition from an archive of webcasts shows 
> the
> potential for hybridization and networking this medium has. the common
> practice of linking together streaming with fm-radio can be expanded 
> into
> other fields, like cinema, theatre, clubs and conferences. and all of 
> this
> on an international level, with distance being much less important than
> time in the internet. actually some of the most enjoyable webcasts 
> we've
> had were the ones crossing over several timezones, different locations 
> and
> medias, with all the confusion involving such events.

i believe that one major difference to traditional broadcasting formats 
such as
radio/TV lies in the fact that webcasts don't end at the receiving 
device.
TV/Radio's technical devices are at the same time the "stage" of the 
action and their
is a very well-defined way we (passively) have to perceive the content.
there are very limited ways of responding to the sender at all (phone 
polls probably) and
is the construction/expansion of space is limited to the screen surface.
with webcasts' possible interaction/collaboration , i.e. recursive 
loops,
playing ball the ball and adding data to it this is quite different as 
we have to be aware of
the others and their space somehow.

this leads me to a question to all but especially pingfm: Do you think 
it is necessary for
your work to experience the space of the other participants in a 
collaborative webcast? And how
do you include space (i.e. the studio but also public space like 
bordercamps)
 into the webcasts?

Best

Felix



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