matthew, Thank you for the proposal in response to the c.a.t. concepts. What you have done very effectively is to advance the software for dancers project to one of its next logical step by thinking carefully through the functional implications of a particular choice of software that might be used to build one or, as you suggest, all of the three specific concepts. I think you should go for it ! On another tangent -- I was intrigued by your inclusion of the 'learning' layer as a component of your proposal... and wonder if you had a chance to read this essay that was also written as an outcome of the software for dancers project, but with an aim toward framing software as a cultural entity where notions of materiality and process call functionality into question? http://huizen.dds.nl/~sdela/sfd/scott.html I am just curious. I think your proposal is great... so hope you don't mind me using it to plug this other view. For those interested, further reading along the lines of critical reflection on software as a culture, take a look at Matthew Fuller's writings (http://www.axia.demon.co.uk/), but in particular he has recently posted the following article on the nettime discussion list. Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 21:21:17 +0100 From: matthew fuller <matt@axia.demon.co.uk> Subject: <nettime> Behind the Blip: Software as Culture You can find the archives for the list on http://www.nettime.org -- Behind the Blip provokes a rethink re: descriptions of software (e.g. by imaging a new kind of computer magazine in which writers about computers "expanded their horizons from the usual close focus on benchtests and bit-rates") ............ best Scott At 07:27 29/03/02 -0800, Matthew Gough wrote: >I am a dance artist in the uk working in the dance and technology field. I >write in reply to the <http://huizen.dds.nl/~sdela/sfd/>Software For >Dancers project and particular the rehearsal notebook as proposed by >Ashley Page and Christian Ziegler and detailed by ><http://huizen.dds.nl/~sdela/sfd/sanjoy.html>Sanjoy Roy. > >PROPOSAL > >LEARNING > >CONSTRAINTS > >ADVANTAGES > >OTHER OPTIONS > >THOUGHTS > >MORE?
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