Beyond Electronics

Amundson traces the histories of electronic technologies, video, and electronic art, examining the shift from art about the technology itself to work that uses it as an expressive tool or addresses its social dimension. Lists exhibitions related to art and technology. Statements by 11 artists. Biographical notes. 14 bibl. ref

Comunitats de realitat virtual interconnectades

Suposo que la raó darrere de la peça va ser el fet de treballar amb la peça anomenada The Giver of Names, que mira objectes i en parla. I passant molt de temps amb aquest sistema em vaig adonar que és una mena d'individu subjectiu, amb una subjectivitat molt aliena que no entenia. Però era molt consistent, tenia consistència en el seu caràcter, fins i tot si era un mal ús de la llengua; és més com un accent, un dialecte o una cosa així. Així que vaig pensar que devia estar molt sol. És en una particular posició en el món i ningú no hi vol parlar o ningú no vol compartir aquesta informació, així que vaig tenir la idea de tenir-ne una comunitat, posar-ne set de junts perquè es poguessin intercomunicar. Vull veure el vídeo de l'entrevista [YouTube - 4 min

Interactive Works : Juan Geuer, Nancy Paterson, David Rokeby

The term "guerilla tactic" is employed to characterize how multi-media works by three Ontario artists attempt to integrate the viewer. Biographical notes

Computer Voices / Speaking Machines

Diamond suggests that the works made specifically for this exhibition–an audiovisual installation by J. Robert and É. Morin, and an installation incorporating computer networks by D. Rokeby – focus on the interface between human voice and computer technology. Ghaznavi’s essay on selected works by the artists foregrounds issues of community, space and meaning (especially as they relate to viewer participation). Includes artists’ statements. Biographical notes. 8 bibl. ref

I Am Listening : An Exhibition of Sculptural Sound Installations Linking the Visible with the Audible, video catalogue = J'écoute : Une exposition d'installations sculpturales et sonores liant le visible à l'audible, catalogue-vidéo

Presented on videocassette, this exhibition tour documents both the visual and aural aspects of sound installations created by seven Canadian artists at Glendon Gallery. Includes the recording of Kathy Kennedy's and the Critical Band's performance works

Beyond Electronics

Amundson examines changes in artists' relation to technology, going from an interest in the possibilities of the medium itself to an examination of its social consequences. The history of electronically-based art, as well as ten artists' use of the medium, are commented upon. Includes a diskette with a bibliography and texts, transcripts of a panel discussion, and an extensive bibliography comprising nearly 300 references. Biographical notes

Engaging the Virtual

In his descriptive analysis of works by nine artists, Porter attempts to define how new media engage the “virtual” in ways that are different from traditional art making. He calls attention to how the use of new media in art privileges “presencing” over representation and transforms the technology’s “remote presencing” into the “immediate virtual.” Includes artists’ statements. Biographical notes. 3 bibl. ref