hello all, yes, indeed, wearable computers. It seems that after Scott deLahunta's critique of the New York Times-Dave Kehr article on digital technology/animation, the NY Times has been listening in on our discussions here more carefully, and picked up our recent chat on wearable computers. How sweet to see Tomie Hahn - in blue whig and accelerometer gear, her PikaPika costume - smiling at us in front of a dance studio mirror. Her work with Interface (Dr Curtis Bahn, Dr Dan Trueman), along with Dr Todd Winkler, Dr Kazushi Nishimoto (Kyoto), Dr Joe Paradiso , Michael Gurevich, and Stephan von Muehlen, & Laetitia Sonami received honorable mention, also Dr Trevor Pinch (science and technology studies, Princeton)........all of the above are mentioned as doctors (science researchers), in an article featured in Thursday's "Curcuits" section. Unfortunately, what does this popular culture/pop sci culture reporting imply? The article tends to take a downward spiral, near the end. Interface design is eventually questioned and mesasured against "true" musical instruments, and the writer, besides the point, quotes Gurevich: "we will never be able to pack the intrigue and expression afforded by real instruments like saxophones and guitars into a wearable device..." Artists still need to have something interesting to express, Laetitia is quoted to sum up what went before. What has this got to do with the interface design and interactivity? And if this was the writer's concern, why doesn't Yudhijit Bhattacharjee address the work/performances that are done? It would interest me to hear, from our colleagues Tomie, Curtis, Dan, Todd, Joe at al (who all came to the last IDAT, if I am not mistaken), how the interviews were conducted and whether the NY Times writer saw any of the concerts? greetings Johannes Birringer OSU/AlienNation Co. http://www.aliennationcompany.com
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