[-empyre-] week three | locative scraping and counter-surveillance

[Michael Takeo Magruder]

Many thanks to Dale and Patty for inviting me to be a part of this week's
conversation.

The artworks of mine that Dale referenced in his introduction are still
online and working (even though they were created around a decade ago). They
can be accessed here:

"[ FALLUJAH . IRAQ . 31/03/2004 ]", 2004
http://www.takeo.org/nspace/ns011/

"{transcription}", 2006
http://www.takeo.org/nspace/ns017/

Both projects are aligned to my longstanding exploration of global news
media. This thread of my practice certainly relates to examining the
contextualization/decontextualization of information flows, and how history
is formed - or even fabricated - in the present data-driven age. Within this
context, I am particularly interested in how the notion of 'truth' is
derived and then propagated or subverted by systems of "freedom and control"
(linking into Robert's thoughts from his last post).  

A few years ago Jo-Anne Green (co-director of Turbulence.org) authored a
very insightful essay - entitled "Parsing Truths" - about this area of my
work. In it she writes:

"Frequently, Takeo arrests this often instantaneous, sometimes contextless
'reportage' and re-mediates it within a 'contemplative space' in which
deeper truths stand a better chance of being revealed and understood. He
captures headlines and articles about worldwide, often catastrophic, events
from the 24/7 'space of flows' (Manuel Castells), demanding that we see,
read and listen. He juxtaposes/opposes multiple media streams - image, text,
sound - within single works, bombarding our senses until we are able (if we
are able) to separate the 'signal' from the 'noise': 'narratives are like
temporal filters whose function is to transform the emotive charge linked to
the event into . units of information capable of giving rise to something
like meaning.' (Lyotard) While Takeo rescues some of these events from
potential obscurity, he does not pretend to present them factually. He does,
however, want us to experience them authentically."

The full essay is available in my 2012 monograph "(re)mediation_s" -  a free
PDF version of the book is available to download here:

http://www.takeo.org/projects/remediations/

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Michael Takeo Magruder
www.takeo.org
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