August 09, 2004
Séa.nce
A Sea of Emotions
You are invited to Séa.nce, a networked performance that is part of ISEA2004. Séa.nce--a collaboration between Norie Neumark, Maria Miranda and Greg Turner--is a 'pataphysical' experiment to demonstrate the relays of perpetual emotion on the Internet. Séa.nce will be particularly helpful for those of you who are feeling at sea with your networked emotions.
Please bring your own data. For those on board the ISEA ferry please bring your own laptop. Be there: August 15, midnight–1:00am GMT+2; August 16, 22:00-23:00pm GMT+2 [GMT+2 is Helsinki time]. Bring all that pentup listAngst, emailObsessiveness and spamRage. The Board is here to help.
In the 19th century Etienne-Jules Marey, Henri Bergson, Arsène d'Arsonoval and Marie Curie met to investigate "the manifestations of yet undefined forces" through scientific investigations using Marey's graphing instruments. These investigations attempted to measure radioactivity and electric discharge of hysterics; to study telepathy and levitation; and to hold Seances.
Séa.nce, following these earlier experiments, is based on this popular parlour game from the 19th century. The original Ouija Board was also known as the Talking Board or the Message Board where one would search for answers from the spirit world. The modern equivalent of this 'searching for answers' could be imagined as Google or any search engine for that matter. Are there 'unknown forces' still at play? What happens when answers depend on a network of movement? Read more.
Séa.nce is part of a larger project, The Perpetual Emotion Project, which researches emotion in digital culture. The Perpetual Emotion Project and several other Miranda/Neumark works are at turbulence.org.
Séa.nce was assisted by the Australia Council, the Federal Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Posted by jo at August 9, 2004 09:56 AM
