Papers"An A-Life ecology on the Internet" by Gordon Selley
This paper discusses the relationships between the artificial life-forms and their synthetic environment, and explains how TechnoSphere is a global experiment in Gibsonian affordance, with particular reference to direct perception, affordances in virtual worlds, and virtual ecological models.
It also presents a technical overview of the system and discusses some of the current interface restrictions involved in developing Internet based projects.
Presented at 4D Dynamics Conference, De Montford University, England.
20-21 September 1995.
FULL PAPER 2180 words
"Digital Beings" by Jane Prophet
This paper is similar to "Get-A-Life" but updates the paper to accompany its
launch at the European Media Art FestivalThe European Media Arts FestivalKunsthalle, Osnabruck, Germany September 9th 1995FULL PAPER 3060 words
"TechnoSphere: a case study in networked collaboration" by Jane Prophet
Using the project TechnoSphere as a case study I raise a number of issues facing image makers using new technologies, in particular the internet, for developing and distributing projects. Gallery sites
and artists projects are a relatively new presence on the internet. These Web sites frequently challenge established Netiquette and simultaneously the traits of the Net throw down a challenge to image-makers, making us rethink our approach to production, exhibition and the audience. The internet provides a rich environment for more than browsing information: it has the potential to provide us with an environment in which to collaborate on a global scale.Presented at Agents of Change: the photographers
guide to the future
Fifth National photography Conference
22-24 September 1995.Assembly Rooms, Derby.
FULL PAPER 3500 words
"Get A-Life" by Jane Prophet
TechnoSphere is in many ways an exercise in and an exorcism of technophobia.This paper outlines the ways that TechnoSphere initiates and challengestechnophobia by discussing the project and some of the critical and technicaldemands of a complex on-line, dynamic environment. This paper align
s TechnoSphere with a critical theory of the digital image and points out some interesting problems surrounding funding and curating virtual artworks incyberspace. "Get A-Life" is a practitioners eye view of an interdisciplinary project in networked multimedia.Presented at Virtual Futures: Cyberevolution '95 May 26-28 University of Warwick, England
FULL PAPER 2400 words
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