New Reviews & Articles on Furtherfield - July 2004.

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*New Reviews & Articles on Furtherfield - July 2004.*

You can access all new reviews, articles and interviews from our 
homepage http://www.furtherfield.org - or access them separately via 
introductory paragraphs below.
*
The Works of George W. Bush - Review by Dyske Suematsu.*
George W. Bush is arguably the most influential and controversial 
performance artist in the history of  Western art. Born as the son of 
George HW Bush senior, he learned early on how politics works. After 
studying at Yale and Harvard, he chose politics as his medium for art. 
In the 80s, like many  other artists of the time, he was influenced by 
the French postmodern theorist Jean Baudrillard. He  was particularly 
interested in the following passage in the book “Simulacra and Simulation”.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id=100

*The free, visible network - Review by Pau Waelder.*
The wireless network is to become visible in the art project Free 
Network Visible Network by artists  Clara Boj and Diego Díaz. The 
project advocates the need of free, public access WiFi networks by  
making them visible, thus demonstrating how they are part of a 
community. Users will be able to  easily locate the area which is 
covered by the wireless network, and to actually see the data flow  from 
their computers to the nearest node. This is made possible with the use 
of AR technology and a  customised carnivore PE client.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id=101

*Revisiting Cory Arcangel's Data Diaries – Review by Marc Garrett.*
He likes to use obsolete computers and hacks into computer games, 
re-appropriating their purpose  and use. In his work Data Diaries, 
commissioned by the seemingly ever progressive Turbulence.org in 
February 2003, with a mixture of computer geek and abstraction, he 
pushes aside (social)  narrative, creating an object d'arte. Attention 
to detail is given in respect of changing the notion and  idea of what 
an object is, shifting its behaviour and use, into an art context.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id=104

*Communicating Corporeal Experience = Theatre & Bio-terrorism?
Review by Nancy Mauro-Flude.*
The work of CAE is only the beginning of imaginatively, challenging the 
mechanisms of domination, not only in the US, but their work liberates 
ways of engaging with science-up to new definitions and possibilities 
for acessing information with their public theatre models. The Queen of 
communicating  through deeply poetic and visceral language Kathy Acker 
writes that "culture is one way by which a  community attempts to bring 
its past up out of senselessness and to find in dream and imagination 
possibilities for action. When culture isn't this, there's something 
wrong in the community, the society".
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id=102
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bzzzpeek – Agathe Jacquillat & Tomi Vollauschek.
Review by Kristen Palana *(net.swap with http://www.netartreview.net)
Bzzzpeek, by Agatha Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek, is an online 
project that is truly about THE  WORLD. In this project, we are able to 
click on an animal or vehicle. We are then presented with up to 
seventeen representations of our choice, made different by the various 
flags representing their  language or country. So, by clicking on a 
police car, for example, we hear that the English one  makes a "woo 
woo," the German car goes "ta tu tah tah,ta tu tah tah," the South 
Korean car says  "bee bo bee bo," and the Pakistani car goes "nee no nee 
no."
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id=103

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Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion, 
criticism and archiving of adventurous  digital/net artwork for public 
viewing, experience and interaction.

Furtherfield creates imaginative strategies that actively communicate 
ideas and issues in a range of  digital & terrestrial media contexts; 
featuring works online and organising global, contributory  projects, 
simultaneously on the Internet, the streets and public venues. 
Furtherfield focuses on  network related projects that explore new 
social contexts that transcend the digital, or offer a  subjective voice 
that communicates beyond the medium. Furtherfield collaborates with 
artists,  programmers, writers, activists, musicians and thinkers who 
explore beyond traditional remits.

The majority of activities are self funded and are sustained by the 
passion, ideas, exploration and  skills of the Furtherfield team as well 
as its diverse membership. Occasional public funding facilitates  a more 
in-depth collaboration with programmers and artists on specific 
projects, usually leading to  more intuitive audience interaction and 
accessibility.

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