White Wizard has become a LAN project space and relocated to the frequency signal of 2437 mhz in the general location of Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, Grafton Street, Liverpool, L8 5SD. Look for a wireless SSID signal of ‘TheWhiteLizard’- like this: For more info go here
Author: Dave
Create Your Own Local Wireless Internet
Asceticism is about desire, and specifically how you limit that desire. In relation to digital networks that might consist of making your own, albeit limited, network rather than plugging into the endless fruity possibilities of the www. I decided to try to do this. After some research I decided the best way was to try…
OPEN Form – Porcine Reversal – Bergen Assembly
My research into digital asceticism has led me to experiment with creating an local, open wifi network as an 1:1 scale platform (see previous audio steam post for more info about what this is). This is a network that anyone in the vicinity can access. It is hosted locally, so has a limited geographical range.…
Freeform Audio Stream – White Wizard
At White Wizard I have set up a round-the-clock online audio stream that plays an evolving and randomly selected series of audio works by artists and musicians. This includes music, ASMR, spoken word and field recordings up to now. Content is accepted by submission. The stream also piggybacks events from which it broadcasts live. My…
Digital Ascetic – CMCI Conference Kings College
I’m presenting a paper titled Becoming Invisble: Towards a Digital Ascetic at Kings College as part of (In)Visible Cultures conference organised by the Center for Media and Creative Industries. It draws parallels between the tensions inherent in the 11-12th century catholic church, between form of life as advocated by St Francis and rule of life…
Decapod – New Art WM
Nice rundown of Decapod here
MASK at Pluspace Coventry
Happy to be showing with some great artists at this in Coventry. Thanks to curator Matthew Macauley.
David Hall – TV Interruptions: Tap piece (full version) 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA9IdHtHk_0
I Want to be Cake
Let’s say, for arguments sake, that everything is image. The universe, history, you, me, grass, god, joy, the smell of chips etc. Any of these images can be broken down into data and transmitted as information. A large part of how these images are organised is to do with power, specifically, these days, perpetuating a…
The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things – Bruce Sterling
People are not Google’s “customers” or even Google’s “users”, but its feudal livestock