In his discussion of location in relation to wirelessness, Adrian Mackenzie points out the importance of the less than interesting: “The act of ‘locating’ or the status of being ‘locative’ can become a topic of practice. These practices include building wireless networks in particular places, finding out what wireless nodes are present in a particular …
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Photography not photographs: apparatus as event
As my work has developed from taking photographs, through developing photographic installations in the form of mash-ups and interfaces to building a “camera”, it has become clearer that my work is about photography not photographs. To take such a position as an analyst is one thing. To do so as an ‘artist’ is another. To …
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Kittler: software’s materiality
For Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, Kittler “refuses to betray the hardware for something delusional conjured up by the software” (2010: 118). He is of course right to draw out Kittler’s media archaeological emphasis on the materiality of media objects and object-relations. Like Crary, Friedberg, Zielinksi and Kirschenbaum, Kittler’s project is one of reclaiming the material apparatuses as …
The App in apparatus
Mobile phone cameras are examples of “digital imag(in)ing apparatuses”. They combine the various components, material and immaterial, hardware and software in a particular apparatus. The phone apparatus also optionally connects with network components as the phone connects to WiFi or 3G networks. It can also connect with (form alliances with) the social web by ‘sharing’ …
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What a perfomance
The demonstration of the “digital imag(in)ing apparatus” is more than a final flourish or a show-and-tell, it is an integral part of the project. In some ways the ‘demonstration’ is a necessary part of the apparatus, not only as a proof of concept, but also as a critical component in the network I am setting …