communication
DEATHDISCO SPARK MIX
09/09/08 22:13
DEATHDISCO SPARK MIX from NEWFUTURENOW on Vimeo.
!!!NEWSFLASH!!!
Niall and Anna at the Scottish Event Awards
DEATHDISCO recently scooped the top award for Best Marketing Strategy at the SCOTTISH EVENT AWARDS last thursday. beating off tough competition from the Glasgow Film Festival, The Andy Warhol Retrospective and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Bid!
Check out the posters / Check out the visuals / Each month we bring the crowd into the studios and make them perform, creating promo content and visuals individual for each club night.. We RECORD.. You PERFORM.. wanna try??
For all enquires contact DEATHDISCO
And come check out the commotion every third saturday of each month....
DEATHDISCO! Cut-up ultrapop, quality electromash and bastardised bootlegs for non-conformist up-for-it revellers.
The award winning crew...
Club organiser Tiernan, Photographer and promo designer Niall Walker
NEWFUTURENOW greenscreen directions and video compositing by JAYGO
Loreal Make up Artist Anna MacKenzie and club VJ and inter-roving cuboid screen designer DAVA BERNARD.
More DEATHDISCO video mixes In glorious VIMEO-VISION!! uploaded soooon.....
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PIXELAZO 2007
01/04/07 11:09
An afterword to all the fantastic people I met in
Colombia, during the Pixelazo events, especially
the people of Comuna13, Medellin.
Social and political regimes rained down on this region for many years and considerable atrocities and lives were lost during the heat. Now a place with extreme millitary presence, but at the heart a vibrant community, together they face a new future, a community full of promise, and with open arms towards our international crew 'POINTLESS CREATIONS'. In fact all pre-conceptions I had of Colombia were instantly crushed, True, its past has had quite a reputation the hostility, drug-rings, government corruption, guns, guerillas, death and danger but today in Medellin all seems safe, socialble and tranquillo.
Me playing around with Eric Sandelin's mobile ophonine pophorn project
Economical difficulties make it hard for people to consider all those creative practices that we are free to think about in Western culture, as for many they find it difficult just to get by, yet all the people i met were so 'turned on', they had a real thirst for new experience and throughout the workshops we held, they all seemed to be with us 100% of the way, share and exchange, like for like.
DJ DAZX, Johanna and Kanela from radiocapsula - Parque San Javier, Comuna13
DJDAZX has two kids and he tries to be a dad but he also has this other part to him, the digital world, and he has a dream to live off making music and being artistic and being creative, but he has this worry he has this stress that he has to provide for his family, and finds it very hard to balance both.
DJDAZX knows that the time is changing, he is preparing for the right time, and his people also have an awareness for the right time, to be ready for that moment which is definatley coming and happening within Colombian subculture is what the many people we met live for.
DJDAZX gave me a letter just before we left, he had help by his english teacher -
The first two lines say it all -
'So glad I am of you to come to my country, because through this you help young people like me.
Not to hold a gun but to click a mix'.
The products of our interactive screen workshop, re-invented and explored by the local kids during the San Javier Pointless Creations performance.
Social and political regimes rained down on this region for many years and considerable atrocities and lives were lost during the heat. Now a place with extreme millitary presence, but at the heart a vibrant community, together they face a new future, a community full of promise, and with open arms towards our international crew 'POINTLESS CREATIONS'. In fact all pre-conceptions I had of Colombia were instantly crushed, True, its past has had quite a reputation the hostility, drug-rings, government corruption, guns, guerillas, death and danger but today in Medellin all seems safe, socialble and tranquillo.
Me playing around with Eric Sandelin's mobile ophonine pophorn project
Economical difficulties make it hard for people to consider all those creative practices that we are free to think about in Western culture, as for many they find it difficult just to get by, yet all the people i met were so 'turned on', they had a real thirst for new experience and throughout the workshops we held, they all seemed to be with us 100% of the way, share and exchange, like for like.
DJ DAZX, Johanna and Kanela from radiocapsula - Parque San Javier, Comuna13
DJDAZX has two kids and he tries to be a dad but he also has this other part to him, the digital world, and he has a dream to live off making music and being artistic and being creative, but he has this worry he has this stress that he has to provide for his family, and finds it very hard to balance both.
DJDAZX knows that the time is changing, he is preparing for the right time, and his people also have an awareness for the right time, to be ready for that moment which is definatley coming and happening within Colombian subculture is what the many people we met live for.
DJDAZX gave me a letter just before we left, he had help by his english teacher -
The first two lines say it all -
'So glad I am of you to come to my country, because through this you help young people like me.
Not to hold a gun but to click a mix'.
The products of our interactive screen workshop, re-invented and explored by the local kids during the San Javier Pointless Creations performance.
POKER CLUB
08/11/06 00:14
New Media Scotland are doing one of their notorious Poker Club events on Thursday November 23rd from 6pm until 9pm, in the Grassmarket. Edinburgh. It is a series of talks in pubs, involving an international guest being in conversation with a local person of some repute... and for this next session I will be the local person!
The guest will be Mia Makela, aka SOLU she is finnish, a media and live cinema artist, teacher, investigator and cultural activist residing in Barcelona.
About the Poker Club:
In a nod to the Scottish Enlightenment, when Adam Smith and David Hume gathered to discuss big ideas over a glass of claret at the original Poker Club, New Media Scotland is launching its own series of events under this venerable name (which refers to a fireplace poker for "stirring things up", not card games, we're afraid). These events will be held in the same environment as the original Poker Club - in the pubs of Edinburgh , where there is an endless supply of bar napkins to jot down inspirational notes and ideas. The Poker Club is sponsored by anCnoc single malt whisky.
So please come and join us!
WHITE MIDDLE CLASS
16/09/06 13:02
I have just cleared out my latest series of
interactive projects from the MSc group show and
come to the realisation that the systems I create
need to change, I need something more practical and
inexpensive, i feel the limits on both sides, Video
is like the final frontier with open source
software It needs a fast speed computer and i use a
lot of it (video). Other than that I feel limited
to presenting my works within institutes that can
facilitate what i need, and that means presenting
in a predominantly western world. If I am to keep
on using systems that depend upon expensive
technologies and high spec computer systems, I will
ensure to address concerns that tackle social
concerns, welfare, diversity and education and all
the other really important objectives that will
facilitate bridging the gap between those that have
the technology and educational system to support
this creativity and those that don't.
Consider this if you will..
Are locative media and psychogeography projects just entertainment for white, middle-class, gadget-oriented consumers? Mapping impulses, locative media projects and psychogeographic investigations of place and community have proliferated over the past decade. There is a rich, interdisciplinary field of practice and new strategies, tactics and tools are being invented all the time. However, there is also the need for critical evaluation and discussion of the relevance and impact of these cultural projects. Factors of race and class are often overlooked. Connections to the material (often military and corporate) circumstances of the development of technologies deployed in these projects are often swept aside. It is clear that more participation and play does not mean more democracy and freedom.
extracted from a recent talk by Catherine D’Ignazio a.k.a. kanarinka at the Upgrade New York .
Consider this if you will..
Are locative media and psychogeography projects just entertainment for white, middle-class, gadget-oriented consumers? Mapping impulses, locative media projects and psychogeographic investigations of place and community have proliferated over the past decade. There is a rich, interdisciplinary field of practice and new strategies, tactics and tools are being invented all the time. However, there is also the need for critical evaluation and discussion of the relevance and impact of these cultural projects. Factors of race and class are often overlooked. Connections to the material (often military and corporate) circumstances of the development of technologies deployed in these projects are often swept aside. It is clear that more participation and play does not mean more democracy and freedom.
extracted from a recent talk by Catherine D’Ignazio a.k.a. kanarinka at the Upgrade New York .
FUTURESONIC REVIEW
30/08/06 12:11
recently was reviewed on the Turbulence blog site - my favourite read for all things digital!
also it may interest you to hear what rhizome had to say.
Have you ever wished that, with a simple click of your mouse, you could send shockwaves through a far away location? How about soundwaves? Artist Jaygo Bloom's latest work, BUMP, allows this power at a distance, in a fun package. Web surfers can visit his site to send 8-bit sonic blasts to three portable sound modules currently located at Futuresonic2006 festival venues, around Manchester. Enjoy the colorful, retro video game-style graphics at the site, and then fire at will, making your presence felt in the UK, no matter where you happen to be. Commissioned by the Lancaster, UK, arts organization Folly, BUMP's website evokes nostalgia for the era of Pac-Man and Zaxxon. It even captures some of the initial euphoria of the early internet by tracing optimistic intentions to use the net as a force for true global connectivity. Though BUMP calls itself 'an audible assault in locative media,' a scrolling message atop the front page reassures you, 'we love your ears.' - Michelle Kasprzak
DO OR DIY
01/08/06 12:51
Here is a link to an online version of my
MSc Thesis
entitled 'Do or D.I.Y' concerning copyright issues, misshandling and the
representation and miss - representation of information within electronic imagery
and contemporary art.
entitled 'Do or D.I.Y' concerning copyright issues, misshandling and the
representation and miss - representation of information within electronic imagery
and contemporary art.
TRACES OF COMMUNICATION
31/05/06 18:43
On a recent walk through town I came across this old man writing with water along the roadside.
It left an impression on me...
What trace is left by what we communicate?
Who experiences these traces of our communication?
How is our communication interperated?
Can something be equally 'invisible' and 'visible' at the sametime?
'Certain' and 'uncertain'?
What happens when multiple traces of past activity collide with one another?
How can this be presented as a digital performance / installation?
Of what significance does this visible trace hold over our relationship within the present?
SODA ASIA/ALIAS
15/03/06 19:15
Soda Magazine is an
international arts magazine, based in
Switzerland They recently published
some of my images and an article within the Asia/Alias issue.
Heres a small exerpt from my included text.
My studio is large and cold, it has little natural light, this is where all my ideas are put to the test,
in a space devoid of all colour, with the dust hanging gently and the sound of someone using the oxytetraline torch next door.
Outside and on my bike I pass by roads I have never even been down. On my way to pick something up, drop something off or get to a meeting on time. The sounds I hear from my Walkman and the pace of movement at times blend into one, climatic changes or the sudden unexpected motion of a similar activity can bring this about. At times this is great enough to trigger off new ideas, of which I cultivate, sometimes I believe these visitations only appear whilst I rush and my head is full of distractions.
some of my images and an article within the Asia/Alias issue.
Heres a small exerpt from my included text.
My studio is large and cold, it has little natural light, this is where all my ideas are put to the test,
in a space devoid of all colour, with the dust hanging gently and the sound of someone using the oxytetraline torch next door.
Outside and on my bike I pass by roads I have never even been down. On my way to pick something up, drop something off or get to a meeting on time. The sounds I hear from my Walkman and the pace of movement at times blend into one, climatic changes or the sudden unexpected motion of a similar activity can bring this about. At times this is great enough to trigger off new ideas, of which I cultivate, sometimes I believe these visitations only appear whilst I rush and my head is full of distractions.
INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS
02/01/06 19:30
PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS
05/12/05 19:36
Print club stickers from Seoul.
What other spaces are adorned by the content they help create?
If you could embed additional information in each of these images what would you want to embed?
as someone coming across these photos what questions would you want answered?
What are the different needs between the user(s), the provider, and the consumer(s) of this information?
If these photos were all digital what would the service/space it look like?
Given that all this can be digital why isn't it?
What other spaces are adorned by the content they help create?
If you could embed additional information in each of these images what would you want to embed?
as someone coming across these photos what questions would you want answered?
What are the different needs between the user(s), the provider, and the consumer(s) of this information?
If these photos were all digital what would the service/space it look like?
Given that all this can be digital why isn't it?
EVERYWARE
03/12/05 19:33
"I've seen a great deal of techno-optimism and even
-utopianism around
ubicomp, including a fair amount from people who should know better.
But despite a deep folk understanding of some of the risks involved -
Philip K. Dick was writing stories featuring recalcitrant doors and
dilatory automated taxis in the late 1950s, and we've all heard of
HAL9000 - there hasn't really been much in the way of people pushing
back against the idea of ubicomp, in a measured and knowledgeable way.
And so I've started to make some noise about what I see coming down the
road, describing the reality I see lurking behind the marketing hype
that's already beginning to build about the ostensible "conveniences"
that await us."
-Adam Greenfield interview on Studies and Observations.
Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing by Adam Greenfield:
From the RFID tags now embedded in everything from soda cans to the
family pet, to smart buildings that subtly adapt to the changing flow
of visitors, to gestural interfaces like the ones seen in Minority
Report, computing no longer looks much like it used to. Increasingly
invisible but present everywhere in our lives, it has moved off the
desktop and out into everyday life–affecting almost every one of us,
whether we're entirely aware of it or not.
"Everyware" aims to gives its reader the tools to understand the next
computing, and make the kind of wise decisions that will shape its
emergence in ways that support the best that is in us.
ubicomp, including a fair amount from people who should know better.
But despite a deep folk understanding of some of the risks involved -
Philip K. Dick was writing stories featuring recalcitrant doors and
dilatory automated taxis in the late 1950s, and we've all heard of
HAL9000 - there hasn't really been much in the way of people pushing
back against the idea of ubicomp, in a measured and knowledgeable way.
And so I've started to make some noise about what I see coming down the
road, describing the reality I see lurking behind the marketing hype
that's already beginning to build about the ostensible "conveniences"
that await us."
-Adam Greenfield interview on Studies and Observations.
Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing by Adam Greenfield:
From the RFID tags now embedded in everything from soda cans to the
family pet, to smart buildings that subtly adapt to the changing flow
of visitors, to gestural interfaces like the ones seen in Minority
Report, computing no longer looks much like it used to. Increasingly
invisible but present everywhere in our lives, it has moved off the
desktop and out into everyday life–affecting almost every one of us,
whether we're entirely aware of it or not.
"Everyware" aims to gives its reader the tools to understand the next
computing, and make the kind of wise decisions that will shape its
emergence in ways that support the best that is in us.