RE: [-empyre-] interactive video software

[Helen Varley Jamieson <helen@creative-catalyst.com>]

i often find when viewing 'interactive' video on the web that my 
interactivity consists of randomly clicking & wondering what effect 
the click has had or whether clicking in a different place, or at a 
different time, might have a produced a different result. it's 
interactive in that the viewer can have some effect on the work, 
without any real agency.

furtherfield's visitors' studio is a great example of interactivity, 
where it's all handed over to the viewer/mixer - you can upload your 
own files and mix them into the general pool, creating a mix on your 
own or collaborating in realtime with others. 
http://www.furtherstudio.org/live

h : )

> The interesting things about interactive video for the Web/Net, compared
> with the typical VJ situations, are that the interactivity and pace are in
> the hands of the audience; the audience is globally distributed; as we see
> in Barbara's C-SPAN X 4 piece, work can draw on resources from the Net;
> given that the pace is controlled mainly by the individual audience member,
> things like text can be more prominent and extended than in live
> performance...
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> ja
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