Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:00:00 +0100 (CET) From: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106-AT-ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Subject: Re: Uses of chat and such On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Bill Spornitz wrote: > For me, chat is always about flow... > > > b > > > At 1:31 PM -0000 2/9/00, ma-AT-panix.com wrote: > >Heiko wrote: > > > >> Then, "chat" is a two way medium. Like in Brechts radio theory (or Rudolf > >> Arnheim, who, maybe, inspired Brecht, Brecht was a thief...). What could > >> an artist do with such a medium ? The medium is the message in itself. > > > >Well, I don't know. If we are talking about putative uses (while Erben wants > >to know about actual uses), then one could say that "chat" is a medium for > >"talking" in real time, and therefore could serve as a performance medium. > >Also, I could imagine people writing special "chat" software that was geared > >towards various artistic experiments -- incorporating chance, insertions of > >extraneous texts, "exquisite corpse" facilities, etc. No, I don't think it's > >an impossible medium... > > > > > >-m > > > > > > --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > > > > > --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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