From: ma-AT-panix.com Subject: Re: Uses of chat and such Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 08:31:52 -0500 (EST) 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 ---
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