Transcript of FurtherStudio Critical Forum 2 (Archive).

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       FurtherStudio Critical Forum 2
      13th November 2003

      Transcript of Critical Forum
      Transcript of Open Discussion

http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/docs/critical_forum/critical_forum2.htm

      This event marked the end of Jess Loseby's online residency, during
which time she has created bob at nowhere.tv. http://www.no-where.tv/. US based
net art collector, Doron Golan chaired a critical discussion of Jess
Loseby's residency project with Blackhawk, Jim Andrews. Unfortunately T.Whid
was unable to join the forum due to problems with a firewall at work.

      We are frilled that this was such a good event & would like to share
it with you. Lewis LaCook to follow next.

      The Panel
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      Doron Golan, Chair person - digital/net artist.
      Doron Golan was born in Israel and has been living and working in New
York. Doron has worked in dv, computer animation and media. Doron's work is
concerned with aesthetics of codec and streaming media and engaged in
presentation and reproductions of events-phenomenas. Studied fine arts in
Haifa University, Israel, The Frei Academy of Den-Haag, Holland, and The
Arts Student League in NY. Doron is the founder of computer fine arts -
      http://www.computerfinearts.com

      Jim Andrews - digital/net artist.
      Jim Andrews does http://vispo.com. He is a visual poet, essayist,
multimedia developer, and mathematician. His work explores the new media
possibilities of poetry, and seeks to synthesize the poetical with other
arts and media.

      Blackhawk -- critic, theorist, consultant.
      Extensive background in curatorial, mass-media manipulation,
film-making, game design, etc. Founded THE THING with Wolfgang Staehle.
Pioneered exploration of the psychodynamics of electronic communication. The
first critic to conduct virtual studio visits. Practiced guerrilla
anthropology of Net sub-cultures. Latest work currently available at
http://bbs.thing.net/communicator.thing

      Jess Loseby - Resident artist on FurtherStudio.
      Jess Loseby is primarily a Flash artist, has initiated a number of
acclaimed participatory net art works and currently exhibits her work on
Furtherfield.org and Rhizome.org. During the course of the virtual residency
Jess has been sending emails to 'Bob' with html, flash and video artworks
attached. These emails take the form of love letters, hate mail and trivial
musings and are constructed from the artist's emotional take-over and
transformation of artists works archived within the furtherfield.org
website.And on her site http://www.rssgallery.com