IDAT506- Synthesis

This is part of the M-DAT module leading to my final project ’5-stars’ identity’, a new term of ‘Transmediation’ is coined to describe the dynamic properties in network media.

Re: [interdisciplinary + Research] Information Arts – Art & Science

October 24, 2008

Reference: Wilson, Stephen. Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology (Leonardo Books). London: The Mit Press, 2003. chapters.1 p.3- Scientific and technological research should be viewed more broadly than in the past; not only as specialized technical inquiry, but as cultural creativity and commentary, much like art. p.3 – it asks questions about...
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Re: Power Struggles (Scientific Authority and the creation of Practival Electricity before Edison)

October 22, 2008

by Michael Brian Schiffer p.3- for technological change is mediated by social and cultural processes, including the presense of supportive institutions. p.5- technology’s “life history” which can be segmented into three major process – invention, commercialization, and adoption… inventions are usually materialized as prototypes, as models, or as descriptions and illustrations….Commercialization requires that a...
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Memory Cloud by Minimaforms 2008

October 12, 2008
Memory Cloud by Minimaforms 2008

smoke signal + user input as TXT SMS + light about memory cloud project: The ICA is proud to present Memory Cloud by Minimaforms (www.minimaforms.com), an incredible transient light environment set to transform London’s Trafalgar Square in October. Memory Cloud is based on smoke signals – one of the oldest forms of visual communication,...
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clouds continue 1

October 8, 2008
clouds continue 1

Appreciation of nature, art is all around. – Natural/Nature art? The reason why I am just fond of looking up the sky is because people all around in Hong Kong even cannot afford to look up the sky for a moment to enjoy the nature, they stay up late and wake up late, work...
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