December 10, 2004
TRANS CULTURAL MAPPING - PROGRESS MANIFESTO ISSUES
"The exploratory movements of locative media lead to a convergence of geographical and data space, reversing the trend towards digital content being viewed as placeless, only encountered in the amorphous and other space of the internet. Much like Long, 'geo-annotation' projects such as [murmur] and Urban Tapestries weave interlocking narrative threads through the environment, and a wide range of other artistic approaches are also being explored, such as the mixed reality gaming of Uncle Roy All Around You, the ambient narrative of InterUrban, and the sensory immersion of Come Closer. It is too early to offer a topology of locative media arts, however, or to tie the field down with strict definitions or borders.
While artists such as Masaki Fujihata, Teri Rueb and Stefan Schemat have been producing work in this area for many years, more widely there have been only a handful of fully realised locative art works, with many projects remaining in the beta stage if not still on the drawing board. We have not yet reached the point at which the technology disappears - all too often the tendency is to focus on the technology and tools rather than the art or content." From Locative-Progress Manifesto Central [via Mobile Audience]
Posted by jo at December 10, 2004 09:51 AM
