wj-s.org: weejays, webjays, webjockeys ...
"the World Wide Web [has become] a space of converging multimedia praxis, has become a vast experimentation and exploration ground with countless artistic ramifications. As it is often related to a solitary adventure led in a very intimate relationship with one's machine, the virtual experience is seldom extended to another dimension of time-space. Projects involving network actors only take place in closed circles, within the network, and hardly ever outside, within a live performance environment. The idea of the WJ's project is to disrupt this tendency by offering a strong, captivating, sensual and slightly altered cybernetic surf where the feeling of being immerged in the flow and the extreme pleasure of browsing are shifted to a live performance environment. Individual and collaborative online productions (in different geographical sites) become collective events (to which an audience is invited). In this way, Wjs become flux stalkers and offer things to see, hear, feel, observe and think about, through a progressive and dynamic process. Guided by their critical spirit and their own personal outlook, they reveal the fragrance of the Web, defragment and confront worlds that make the invisible become visible."
(Anne Roquigny)
Fig.1 WJ-S Performance Alessio Chierico
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Simon PerkinsSHARE
Nakamura: Striking Interactive Presentations
"Yugo Nakamura is a creative director, designer and engineer exploring various forms of interactive system in digital and networked environments."
(Yugo Nakamura)
creative direction : kashiwa sato @ samurai
direction / design / programming : yugo nakamura @ tha ltd.
design / programming : takayuki fukatsu @ tha ltd.
sound : suguru yamaguchi @ manual of errors
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The Constellations ProjectSHARE
