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The Science And Art Of Complex Systems

Jeremy Levine
Within quantum mechanics, reality is an evolving state that includes the interaction of the observer as a component of the system under observation. The same thing can be said of any interactive work of media art. Human behavior contributes complexity to any interactive system of which it is a component, whether it reside in quantum space or cyberspace. Sword of the Stranger di Masahiro Ando.... READ MORE...
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A_ctivism

Otherehto
In this article I would like to introduce some of my thoughts on the forms of protest in art. My statements were conceived on occasion of the round table 'Out of the fiction of protest - Art and political activism' that took place on 24 May 2009 in Milan. In order to synthesize my thoughts I have decided to divide the article into three hypothesis aiming at eliciting the development of topics that either deny or confirm a given stance.... READ MORE...
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Blender And 3dwithin Nearly…everybody’s Reach

Marco Riciputi
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License'. Dietro questa sintetica definizione che apre il sito ufficiale del software free e open source Blender, non si cela solo un programma per la modellazione 3D, ma un'autentica filosofia di lavoro, oltre che una comunitˆ di utenti sviluppata lungo le direttrici partecipative che le nuove tecnologie aprono in diversi settori. Blender, che sarˆ protagonista di un interessantissimo workshop nel periodo di warm up del prossimo Hackmeeting di Milano di Giugno, presso l'Universitˆ Statale Bicocca ... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 45, June 2009

_augmentology 1[l]0[l]1_:interface Between Two Worlds

Mark Hancock
The _Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1_ project reaches out into a multitude of networked environments, like a multi-tendrilled creature, it explores and reports back information to a central hub, located at the _Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1_ blog. Existing in the virtual, the task is to explore other synthetic worlds and attempt to reflect back something of the nature of living within them and our own world. The resultant collection of projects and ideas can be considered a 'Synthetic Reality Manual' as Mez Breeze, who initiated the project, describes it.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 45, June 2009

The Neo World Of Virtual Life

Marco Riciputi
Virtual constitutions, virtual nations, 3D environments, democracy, censorship, some of the keywords contained in a draft virtual reality 'to Second Life', funded by the European Union. The three-year project from 3.3 million euros, Virtual Life is a 3D environment that is the basis for a secure and reliable communication, to develop trade, educate and entertain.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 44, May 2009

Darwin From The Microscope

Gigi Ghezzi
Darwin is turning 200 years old and we must admit that if we consider this period of time by the topicality of his scientific work, he doesn't look his age at all. Although Italy is not celebrating him except for small events (a Country with a catholic scientific freedom) there's someone like the National Research Council that with a number of Almanacco Science thought at least about mentioning the anniversary... READ MORE...
ArtArticlesDigimag - Issue 43, April 2009

Psybody Design

Otherehto
Questo testo presenta il background teorico che ha ispirato la nascita del psybody design, un work-in-progress formulato per la prima volta all'inizio del 2008. Psybody design verrˆ presentato pubblicamente a novembre 2009 alle conferenze Multiple Ways to Design Research (Lugano, CH) e Consciousness Reframed X - Experiencing Design, behaving media (Monaco di Baviera, D)... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 43, April 2009

Il Mormorio Della Scissione

Otherehto
La rapida crescita dello sviluppo tecnologico a cui oggi assistiamo ci inghiotta di continuo i nudi piedi appena appoggiati. La via ferrata che ognuno di noi percorre finisce cos" a trasformarsi in un'arrampicata libera che ci lascia sospesi sopra un varco di domande, incertezze e perplessitˆ. All'infinita montagna di informazioni che continua ad espandersi senza sosta attorno e dentro l'epidermide, si  deciso di rispondere con una progressiva e programmata scissione e specializzazione dei saperi.... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 42, March 2009

Biological Strategies At The Service Of Design

Carla Langella
With the definition of 'hybrid design', a project planning approach is intended so that it may borrow the complexities embedded in the logic, in the codes and the principles of the biological world and insert these into the culture of the project itself. In hybrid design the complex qualities drawn from the biological world are transferred to the design of products and innovative services as if it were a sort of 'new genetic code'... READ MORE...
ArticlesDesignDigimag - Issue 41, February 2009