[Nettime-bold] Interface Explorer 01

["Konrad Becker" <konrad@t0.or.at>]

INTERFACE EXPLORER / Shared Boundaries  18. + 19. OCTOBER, 2001 

http://interface.t0.or.at/ - a Public Netbase Event in the New Temporary
Quarters with: 
Markus Bader/DE, Jonah Brucker-Cohen/US, Matthew Fuller/UK, Patricia
Futterer/AT, Mieke Gerritzen/NL, Johannes Grenzfurthner/AT, Graham
Harwood/UK, Margarete Jahrmann/AT, Joes Koppers/NL , Christoph
Kummerer/AT, Pär Lannerö/SE, Lev Manovich/US/RU, Max Moswitzer/AT, Peter
Purgathofer/AT, Gebhard Sengmüller/AT, Stijn Slabbinck/BE


In tEr fes: A boundary across which systems communicate. 

* a surface forming a common boundary of two bodies, spaces, phases or
regions. 

* the place at which independent and often unrelated systems meet and
act on or communicate with each other <the man-machine interface> 

* the point at which communication between machines or systems can be
connected.

* the means by which interaction or communication is achieved at an
interface. A device to interact or communicate with another system
component. 

* the point at which the operation of different systems or the interests
of different groups overlap.

* a situation, way or area in which two things or groups can come
together and have an effect on each other.

* the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have
links with each other. 

* a boundary or point common to two or more similar or dissimilar
command and control systems, sub-systems, or other entities against
which or at which necessary information flow takes place. 

* the communication between a calling program and a subroutine. 

* the physical or logical connection between a computer and the user, a
peripheral device, or a communications link. 

* a program that controls a display for the user and that allows the
user to interact with the system [syn: {user interface}] 

* graphical user interface: (GUI) a computer program that enables a
person to communicate with a computer through the use of symbols, visual
metaphors, and pointing devices. The GUI is now the standard computer
interface, and its components have become cultural artifacts.

* the equipment or programs used to communicate between different
systems or programs. Hardware and associated circuitry that links one
device with another The link between parts of a computer system, or
between two different systems varies from a simple cable connection to
an "intelligent" device which translates protocol. An interface can be
between hardware and hardware, hardware and software, software and
software, and human and computer [syn: {port}] 

Port: (Math.) A process of demonstration in which a general truth is
gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known
to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to
depend on the preceding one; -- called also {successive induction}. 

Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf.
{Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and
breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face;
superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of
the body. 

"The bright surface of this ethereous mold." 
Milton

"The easy menu interaction views cooked data through predefined windows"

El Iblis 


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Interface Explorer
Shared Boundaries


The event focuses on the social use of Interfaces and tries to show
their potential and versatility in new information technologies. It goes
beyond the theoretical discourse and emphasizes playful approaches.
Besides the presentation of a series of PC and Web-Interfaces, works of
artists who deal with the subject in a more general way and produce
unconventional ideas will be displayed.

In his current book "The Language of New Media" Lev Manovich, describes
the cultural dimension of digital technologies and the development of
new men/machine Interfaces. In his lecture on 18 October, 2001, he will
present some basics of the cultural electronic Interface and describe
software-culture as well as culture as software.

A panel discussion on the state-of-the-art of cultural Interfaces is
scheduled for 19 October, 2001. Experts and developers will debate
present approaches in Interface design. One of the panelists is Mieke
Gerritzen of NL.Design and co-founder of the International Browserday.
Browserday aims at demonstrating alternatives to existing web-browsers
and was held for the first time 4 years ago in Amsterdam and most
recently in New York. Two winners of the Browserday Awards - Joes
Koppers (NL) and Jonah Brucker-Cohen (US) - will present their projects
in person.

Graham Harwood and Matthew Fuller, present TEXT-FM, a
text-to-speech-to-radio project. It allows sending anonymous SMS
messages to a computer that converts them into computer-generated speech
which is then broadcast. TEXT-FM facilitates speech-based information
exchange.

The various presentations and installations at the Interface Explorer
event show the integration of audio and video-systems in the electronic
Interface - from Scratchrobot, TimeCodeVinyl, VinylVideo and Climax to
web-operated mirror-ball music and musical web-pads.



Public Netbase /t0 Media~Space! 
Institute for New Culture Technologies
Vienna/Austria


http://interface.t0.or.at/

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