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Participants:
• Jonah Brucker-Cohen
• Katherine Moriwaki
Jonah Brucker-Cohen will discuss his work on the theme of "Deconstructing Networks" in both physical and online instantiations that attempt to challenge accepted notions of network interaction -- from software manipulation and rule-based systems to translating virtual processes and conventions into the physical world. Among the projects he will discuss are "BumpList," an email community for the determined, "Alerting Infrastructure!", a website hit counter that destroys a building, "PoliceState," a fleet of radio-controlled police cars whose movements are dictated by keywords sniffed on a local network, and "SimpleTEXT" a performance that is controlled by participants through text messages from their mobile phones.Katherine Moriwaki will talk about her work on "socially fashioned" networks, which utilizes a combination of wearable technologies, varying degrees of network infrastructure, and social behavior for deployment and propagation. Unlike fixed networks, spontaneous ad-hoc networks rely upon mobile and flexible infrastructure that can dynamically reconfigure based on necessity and circumstance. As these communication devices are integrated into intimate personal objects, into accessories and clothing, the statement that "the people are the network" becomes increasingly resonant. She will discuss the projects "RECOIL," "Inside/Outside," "Oscillating Windows" and "Umbrella.net" as examples of "socially fashioned" networks.
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