Vol. 1, Agosto, 2001 

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"The theoretical perspective of <fill in your favorite theory/theoretician

here> is clearly really a prediction/description of <fill in your favorite

digital medium here>

Espen Arseth- Aporia and Epiphany in Doom and The Speaking Clock- the

Temporality of Ergodic Art

"Ergoticks" is a hybridized from term (pilfered from physics) created for

this project.  Ergodics (original term) derives its meaning from a

cybernetic system which relates to a process in which a sequence of events

generates a different semiotic sequence each time it is engaged. This term

(Ergodics) extends into the realm of literature, where the principles of

randomness are introduced into the reading of a text. Ergodics obviously

has its place in online literature and how information is perceived since the

control of the sequence of events is decided by the user, and therefore

never experienced in the same way.

Q>How does the context in which a sequence of events takes place change

the interpretation of new information?

1. Autocalytic narratives-fictions alongside non fictions seamlessly

2. Work Space-Architectural/Virtual

3. Responsive Spaces

4. User actions=response by string in program to create another string

    which generates a visual responsive display -a loop

5. Screen as mirror, I see my reflection in your site

6. Organizational Control/Display of Information

7. Multiple points of entry

1.       Fragmentation and Unity

opposing in nature, and currently at war concerning globalization

versus cultural homogeneity or cultural fragmentation. 

2.       The monitor as an osmotic membrane; as a giver and receiver of

information.  The information mutating as a result of the exterior

environment (ie. the actions of the user).  The monitor as a porous

device, not like a impenetrable wall and how actual walls are changing

architecturally to be more like a porous screen.  How is physical space                                  

altered by our virtual experiences?

3.       A celebration of the unknowable and nonlinear, an understanding that

our paths to all knowledge are not straight.  Our paths are forked, sometimes

circular and sometimes leading down a dead end, but that all paths are

essential.

4.       Allowing for equal partnerships between artists and audience.  Allowing

for the unpredictable, and increasing the chances for the unpredictable.

The launch of ergoticks.org is a beginning of a two year project which

will entail the amassing of narrative fragments/information which will then be

linked together, creating a space for inter-relationships between random

bits of data and text. With each weekly update the possibilities for

navigational/narrative experience grow exponentially, and new

relationships between diverse information fragments are established.

> http://www.ergoticks.org

> http://www.aestheticmanagement.com