Comments for Brooklyn is Watching http://brooklyniswatching.com BIW is a mixed reality project that brings SL into a Brooklyn art gallery Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Unofficial podcasts from Sowa Mai, and some words from Mab by sowa http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/03/10/unofficial-vodcasts-from-sowa-mai-and-some-words-from-mab/comment-page-1/#comment-2793 sowa Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:15:05 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2082#comment-2793 A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and downloaded through web syndication. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and downloaded through web syndication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

]]> Comment on Unofficial podcasts from Sowa Mai, and some words from Mab by Mab MacMoragh http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/03/10/unofficial-vodcasts-from-sowa-mai-and-some-words-from-mab/comment-page-1/#comment-2792 Mab MacMoragh Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:33 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2082#comment-2792 I don't know how to do that podcast stuff Jay, but I hope that someone who does will take the opportunity to do what you're suggesting. Maybe this will happen eventually as a matter of critical mass (crossing fingers). Podcasts (and images and video) are the equivalent of a reference library for this platform. I too believe that something important is happening here and not least is interaction and reaction. Yeats says 'In dreams begins responsibility' I say 'Silence is a form of truth' So whatever happens will happen, and it will be the right thing. As Sowa says to DC in the chat of the second video above, quoting Popeye, 'I am what I am' And isn't that what we're all exploring in SL®? I don’t know how to do that podcast stuff Jay, but I hope that someone who does will take the opportunity to do what you’re suggesting. Maybe this will happen eventually as a matter of critical mass (crossing fingers).

Podcasts (and images and video) are the equivalent of a reference library for this platform.

I too believe that something important is happening here and not least is interaction and reaction.

Yeats says ‘In dreams begins responsibility’

I say ‘Silence is a form of truth’

So whatever happens will happen, and it will be the right thing.

As Sowa says to DC in the chat of the second video above, quoting Popeye, ‘I am what I am’

And isn’t that what we’re all exploring in SL®?

]]> Comment on Unofficial podcasts from Sowa Mai, and some words from Mab by jvanb http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/03/10/unofficial-vodcasts-from-sowa-mai-and-some-words-from-mab/comment-page-1/#comment-2790 jvanb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:41:30 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2082#comment-2790 these unofficial podcasts could become part of the "official" record if the audio portions were added to the xml file for the podcast(this term official is ironic term because from the get-go this whole thing has been such a crazy disorganized experiment in chaos... or CDEC mostly because i was involved and everything i touch is becomes a CDEC) -- all i need is someone willing to do that- i can give the ftp access so they can download the xml file, add to it and upload it again. also-- i saw an email saying we'd been hacked again but i don't see it - is anyone seeing viagra here... oh wait i guess if you are seeing these words you are not seeing viagra by definition. I still believe very strongly that this community and the back and forth that is going on here still today will one day be recognized as a very important contribution to virtual art. these unofficial podcasts could become part of the “official” record if the audio portions were added to the xml file for the podcast(this term official is ironic term because from the get-go this whole thing has been such a crazy disorganized experiment in chaos… or CDEC mostly because i was involved and everything i touch is becomes a CDEC) — all i need is someone willing to do that- i can give the ftp access so they can download the xml file, add to it and upload it again. also– i saw an email saying we’d been hacked again but i don’t see it – is anyone seeing viagra here… oh wait i guess if you are seeing these words you are not seeing viagra by definition. I still believe very strongly that this community and the back and forth that is going on here still today will one day be recognized as a very important contribution to virtual art.

]]> Comment on Identity? Identity Who? by Brooklyn is Watching » Blog Archive » identity absent by Selavy Oh http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/02/28/identity-identity-who/comment-page-1/#comment-2786 Brooklyn is Watching » Blog Archive » identity absent by Selavy Oh Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:50:06 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2050#comment-2786 [...] Identity? Identity Who? [...] [...] Identity? Identity Who? [...]

]]> Comment on NEWARK IS WATCHING! by Dekka Raymaker http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/02/26/newark-is-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-2784 Dekka Raymaker Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:51:38 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2046#comment-2784 Maybe it should have been Newark Is Coming! Maybe it should have been Newark Is Coming!

]]> Comment on NEWARK IS WATCHING! by Arahan Claveau http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/02/26/newark-is-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-2781 Arahan Claveau Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:03:07 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2046#comment-2781 I think Jay said it wasn't getting off the ground until the summer, so a bit premature as not much happening over there at the moment. Newark isn't Watching, quite yet. I think Jay said it wasn’t getting off the ground until the summer, so a bit premature as not much happening over there at the moment.

Newark isn’t Watching, quite yet.

]]> Comment on Identity? Identity Who? by DC Spensley http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/02/28/identity-identity-who/comment-page-1/#comment-2775 DC Spensley Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:01:14 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2050#comment-2775 The idea of pseudonymity, or self constructed identity is a large part of the public experience of virtual worlds. The avatar, or embodiment of this virtual identity is a performance, as is gender in the material space. Our physical bodies are also avatars, just ones we have little part in choosing. One might say then that the avatar one gets to choose is more reflective of the choices or essence of a person than the one gifted by the biological caprice. Virtual worlds are often criticized for being less emotionally vital or real and even detrimental to individual psyche because of the loss of haptic dimension. Perhaps this freedom to choose how one performs identity makes up for what is lost in mediated experience? The idea of pseudonymity, or self constructed identity is a large part of the public experience of virtual worlds. The avatar, or embodiment of this virtual identity is a performance, as is gender in the material space.

Our physical bodies are also avatars, just ones we have little part in choosing. One might say then that the avatar one gets to choose is more reflective of the choices or essence of a person than the one gifted by the biological caprice.

Virtual worlds are often criticized for being less emotionally vital or real and even detrimental to individual psyche because of the loss of haptic dimension. Perhaps this freedom to choose how one performs identity makes up for what is lost in mediated experience?

]]> Comment on Identity? Identity Who? by Arahan Claveau http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/02/28/identity-identity-who/comment-page-1/#comment-2773 Arahan Claveau Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:29:51 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2050#comment-2773 Nice summary Nusch. I visited the sim yesterday after Selavy had just finished installing this piece. It is very clever, in that it invites us to dwell on our virtual identities and what meaning(or lack of) our online presence has. I was reminded of an old game I used to play called Phantasy Star Online, in that game when you died a tombstone appeared with the details of your character and how you expired. Sometimes when one of our group was offline we would come across their gravestones, and more spookily when a player had permanently left the game any tombstones they had generated would remain. It was strange to have this sentimental reminder of a person in a place that was so alien and far removed from our physical identities. Those game servers closed down many years ago but I wonder if somewhere in cyberspace coded echoes of our presence remain. This line of thought may not be what Selavy intended with the piece but it is the direction I was inspired to follow. Nice summary Nusch. I visited the sim yesterday after Selavy had just finished installing this piece. It is very clever, in that it invites us to dwell on our virtual identities and what meaning(or lack of) our online presence has. I was reminded of an old game I used to play called Phantasy Star Online, in that game when you died a tombstone appeared with the details of your character and how you expired. Sometimes when one of our group was offline we would come across their gravestones, and more spookily when a player had permanently left the game any tombstones they had generated would remain. It was strange to have this sentimental reminder of a person in a place that was so alien and far removed from our physical identities. Those game servers closed down many years ago but I wonder if somewhere in cyberspace coded echoes of our presence remain.

This line of thought may not be what Selavy intended with the piece but it is the direction I was inspired to follow.

]]> Comment on 16 February 2010: Sowa’s unofficial podcast and Mab’s Chance-Imagery #2 by Arahan Claveau http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/02/20/16-february-2010-sowas-unofficial-podcast-and-mabs-chance-imagery-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2770 Arahan Claveau Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:34:27 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2014#comment-2770 Cool video but I've been unable to locate a podcast. Was one recorded or is it just this video? Cool video but I’ve been unable to locate a podcast. Was one recorded or is it just this video?

]]> Comment on It’s puzzling! by Nusch Ray http://brooklyniswatching.com/2010/02/19/its-puzzling/comment-page-1/#comment-2769 Nusch Ray Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:13:24 +0000 http://brooklyniswatching.com/?p=2001#comment-2769 Great! Thanks for disentangling! Mab, of course, then your cube is the clever one! Great! Thanks for disentangling! Mab, of course, then your cube is the clever one!

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