by phoenix | Sep 12, 2003 | Uncategorized
The morning sees the under-19s work at the OK Center. These kids are scary. The winning work is an animation called Rubber Duck. Again, not enough time to see everything. I’m starting to feel the pressure. I spend a little time seeing the exhibits at the OK...
by phoenix | Sep 11, 2003 | Uncategorized
Slightly insane day as I drag myself out of bed to get to the press conference at 9 so I can get quotes from the Messa di Voce people for my story (should be in the Australian Tuesday). Then off the the Social Code symposium, to listen to Howard...
by phoenix | Sep 10, 2003 | Uncategorized
Dragged myself out of bed after a mere four hours sleep to make it to the first symposia of the conference, “The meaning of code” and “The art of code”. An amazing talk by Friedrich Kittler (PDF of the talk) on the history of codes (Alberti, Morse,...
by phoenix | Sep 10, 2003 | Uncategorized
by phoenix | Sep 9, 2003 | Uncategorized
33 hours from Kiev to Linz. In a train. Without a food carriage. Nuts. Anyhow, apart from accomodation hassles, Ars Electronica is exciting, exhilarating, huge. The festival is to be spread out over about five buildings. In the main square,...
by phoenix | Sep 7, 2003 | Uncategorized
And a very different poem, triggered by the museums in the Baltics… Lessons from the war i reasons to die: jewish, intellectual, queer refuses to bow to authority. whoever’s calling the shots, i’m a goner ii forget forced marches:...