New Media History and Theory

NETWORK CULTURE

Since the mid 1990s, the group followed the trajectory of the development of the media, with their acute and in-depth psychological analyses. I would call them the most contemporary media-poet of this age.

Blast Theory is a pioneering and Read more →

“???” was my initial impression when I first watched BOLD3RRR as I did not understand the concept that Jon Cates was trying to portray. After reading Randall Packer’s interview with him, I finally realized this glitch artist and had a new aspect of “dirty new media”.

BOLD3RRR consisted of a frontal view of him in full screen but slightly fuzzy and Read more →

Since its invention, the Internet was seen as a technological marvel that truly transforms our world into a McLuhanesque global village, where information gets from one end to the other in a blink. Moreover social media made it feel like we know the things that are going on in our friends’ and families’ life effortlessly. Yet people often talks about Read more →

Annie Abrahams (born 1954) is a Dutch performance artist specializing in video installations and internet-based performances, often deriving from collective writings and collective interaction.

The Big Kiss(2018) was a Live Internet Broadcast Performance by Annie Abraham. The two performers attempt to kiss through the network in this work. Despite physical separation, there is a sense of intimacy and even sexuality in the Read more →

An interactive media art, Kidnap, was represented in 1998 led by Matt Adams in Blast Theory. It explored the social and cultural phenomenon through the application of innovative technology, live performance, media, dramaturgical structure and game in the fluid environment, combining real, virtual and fictional experience. In the official introduction of Read more →

Annie Abrahams was born  in the Netherlands in 1954 and has lived in France since 1985. She gained a Doctorate in biology and a graduate in fine arts. She is a performance artist based on internet, networked platform. She explores the possibilities of communication and relationships mediated by machine. She creates the networked performances collaborating and communicating with other artists at Read more →

For much of human history, people have understood to varying degrees that in order to live more comfortable lives, we as individuals had to give up certain personal liberties. Our prehistoric ancestors knew this when they started gathering into tribes to increase their chances of survival. As human dwelling groups got larger, individuals gave up some of their own Read more →

Paul Sermon is dedicated in pushing the boundary of interactive telematic installations which emphasizes the sense of users’ experience. I think that the core idea of Paul’s works inherits the concept of the “composite-image space,” discussed in “Welcome to ‘Electronic Cafe International ‘ ” written by Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz, and originated from Read more →

Telematic dreaming is interactive installation by Paul Sermon. In this work, people can communicate with the projected  image of other people who are in separate place. Audiences and performers make collaborative movement through the video screen and projector. They pay a lot of attention to synchronize their movement and to communicate correctly like they could touch each other. It is Read more →

“Telematic Dreaming is an installation that exists within the ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) digital telephone network. Two separate interfaces are located in separate locations, these interfaces in themselves are dynamic installations that function as customized video-conferencing systems. A double bed is located within both locations, one in a blacked out space and the other in an illuminated space. The Read more →