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An algorithm overfitting can be anthropomorphized (in the same kind of way that Vehicles describes...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:01:19 +0100

An algorithm overfitting can be anthropomorphized (in the same kind of way that Vehicles describes simple systems that can be anthropomorphized to human behaviour) to OCD like tendencies in people.

Look at this party we threw the other weekend

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:50:45 +0100

Look at this party we threw the other weekend

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Thu, 16 May 2013 13:22:15 +0100

prostheticknowledge: manwitha.mov My submission for the ‘Run...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:16:11 +0100

prostheticknowledge:

manwitha.mov

My submission for the ‘Run Computer Run’ AR show exhibition ‘Economics + The Immaterial’: avant-guard film classic ‘Man With A Movie Camera’ meets 8-Bit aesthetics of computers which had an impact in Russia.

Apologies for gratuitous self-promotion - video and synopsis below:

manwitha.mov from Rich Oglesby on Vimeo.

Created for the ‘Economics + The Immaterial’ exhibition, part of the ‘Run Computer Run’ show at the Rua Red Gallery from May 25 to 13 July.
runcomputerrun.com/?page_id=8313

A visual experiment of curiosity and theoretical connections, of culture and technology (in particular, Russia), information transference and reproduction through media, analogue and digital.

The project aims to be a combination of two Russian cultural artifacts, a visualization of the results. First, “Man With A Movie Camera”, an avant-guard film directed by Dziga Vertov, demonstrated the creative use of filming, employing techniques developed and practiced for years by the director. In the context of this piece, the original film could be considered a “demoscene production”, exploring and pushing the creative possibilities of a technology. Second, the growth of ZX Spectrum clones in Russia during the 1980′s, in which colour and cheap digital computing grew from reverse-engineering and redevelopment. The availability of these various computer clones evolved a homebrew creative scene around the former Soviet bloc. There is still a strong creative demoscene around these machines in Russia today.

The whole of the ‘Man With A Movie Camera’ film has been converted into a representational format within the ZX Spectrum graphics protocol, reduced to 256 by 192 pixels, with each 8 by 8 pixel area represented by just two colours available from the system. The original file was downloaded from the internet (in .mov format) – it is worth bearing in mind that this file of information itself has travelled to and from various technological formats itself: without even taking into consideration the editing and filming or the original film, the information has been transferred to video tape, then a digital video file, and then on a video hosting site, each stage which has it’s own technical protocols which would effect the fidelity of visual representation.
The film has been converted to ZX Spectrum visual protocol manually on a shot by shot basis to produce the best representation of the film as much as possible.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 10:51:43 +0100

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Mon, 13 May 2013 13:36:00 +0100

"I want you to remember building a web page like you’d drape quilts over the couch and the..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:17:30 +0100

““I want you to remember building a web page like you’d drape quilts over the couch and the dining room chairs when constructing a cave; web sites like your own air fortress or super submersible or drill tank to retreat to; web sites which are published globally and accessible to exactly as many people as the Social Networks, regardless of the cash dumped into the latter. There are benefits to visiting Corporate Sharing Space, but you’re going to suffer if you try to move in.””

- J Chastain, quoted by Marras

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Mon, 06 May 2013 11:23:05 +0100

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Sat, 04 May 2013 22:15:44 +0100

Fine, FINE, this is worth exploring.

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:45:17 +0100

Fine, FINE, this is worth exploring.

FOLD by David Kanaga, Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman and Daniel...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:38:44 +0100

FOLD by David Kanaga, Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman and Daniel Oliviera Carniero

The PT Barnum effect in action

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:50:00 +0100

(PT Barnum/Forer effect)

Got this great spam just now:

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I am pretty sure I don’t have a CV online any more, by the way.

tchmo: tchmo, Untitled (Abstract) 20120306p

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:21:58 +0100

tchmo:

tchmo, Untitled (Abstract) 20120306p

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:14:16 +0100

"Several levels are defined for teletext in ascending order of rendering complexity, although no TV..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:57:04 +0100

““Several levels are defined for teletext in ascending order of rendering complexity, although no TV sets currently implement the two most sophisticated levels.””

- — Wikipedia page on Teletext

(if you’re curious, they are:
4 Full geometric graphics. It needs computing power to generate the display from a sequence of drawing instructions. The colour palette has 250,000 shades.
5 Full-definition still pictures allows better quality than video cameras. Modulated onto a carrier. No noise added to the picture during transmission.)

Not sure whether I want to steal this or not?

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:31:52 +0100

Not sure whether I want to steal this or not?

Kowloon Walled City, Terasawa Hitomi (Here’s the image in...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:56:31 +0100

Kowloon Walled City, Terasawa Hitomi

(Here’s the image in full, and an English translation)

In defense of dots : four colour process

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:21:29 +0100

In defense of dots : four colour process

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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:43:36 +0100

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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:11:29 +0100