after a long absence we resurface at digitales...
brussels, belgium
january 20 - 23 2004
http://www.digitales-online.org
look valswain
valswain [Guest]
By definition, guests appear nondescript.
It is awake and looks alert.
valswain [Guest] is connected
anja and i are begining the process of working with a moo for the digitales archives. we have three cartons of material to be archived on the table and a moo open in front of us. this morning we have been spending time exploring a moo.
we are having fun and hopefully some more women will join us!
valswain [Guest]
By definition, guests appear nondescript.
It is awake and looks alert.
valswain [Guest] is connected
look me
valerie
a palindrome
It is awake and looks alert.
examine me
Obvious verbs:
@mail
@read/@peek
@next/@prev
@rmm*ail
@renumber
@unrmm*ail
@send
@answer/@repl*y
@forward
@gripe
@typo/@bug/@suggest*ion/@idea/@comment
@skip
@subscribe*-quick/@unsubscribed*-quick
@rn/check_mail_lists/@subscribed
@unsub*scribe
@netforw*ard
@@sendmail
@keep-m*ail/@keepm*ail
@resend
@nn
@unread
@refile/@copym*ail
@quickr*eply/@qreply
@mail-all-new*-mail
@read-all-new*-mail/@ranm
@quick*send/@qsend
@add-notify
v*iew me
dis*play me
connect me to
@webpref*erences me
@go words
WORDS
look taxonomy
@examine taxonomy
Obvious Verbs:
g*et/t*ake taxonomy
d*rop/th*row taxonomy
gi*ve/ha*nd taxonomy to
v*iew taxonomy
dis*play taxonomy
connect taxonomy to
@webpref*erences taxonomy
@create
What do you want to create?
Basic Objects Special Educational Objects
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1) A Thing 5) A Robot 12) A Web Projector
2) A Container 6) A Lecture 13) A Web Browser
3) A Note 7) A Video tape 14) A Note Board
4) A Letter 8) A Video camera 15) A Recorder
9) A VCR 16) A Recording System
10) A TV 17) A Room Directory
11) A Slide Projector 18) A Chain Story
19) A Recitable Note
Please enter your choice (1-19), or type Q to quit
2
Please type a name for this new object
2002
You now have 2002 with object number #911
look 2002
soft
examine 2002
2002 (aka #911 and 2002)
Owned by valerie.
soft
Obvious verbs:
p*ut/in*sert/d*rop
re*move/ta*ke/g*et
open 2002
@lock_for_open 2002 with
close 2002
@unlock_for_open 2002
@opacity 2002 is
g*et/t*ake 2002
d*rop/th*row 2002
gi*ve/ha*nd 2002 to
v*iew 2002
dis*play 2002
connect 2002 to
@webpref*erences 2002
@describe 2002
I don't understand that.
Try this instead: @describe 2002 as
@describe 2002 as You see a brown cardboard box, with a size of about 30 X 40 cm. There are some papers and yellow folders sticking out of the top of the box.
Description set.
look 2002
You see a brown cardboard box, with a size of about 30 X 40 cm. There are some papers and yellow folders sticking out of the top of the box.
@describe 2002 as You see a brown cardboard box, with a size of about 30 X 40 cm. There are some papers and yellow folders sticking out of the top of the box. There is one orange folder that stands out against the yellow.
Description set.
look 2002
You see a brown cardboard box, with a size of about 30 X 40 cm. There are some papers and yellow folders sticking out of the top of the box. There is one orange folder that stands out against the yellow.
@create
What do you want to create?
Basic Objects Special Educational Objects
------------- ---------------------------------------
1) A Thing 5) A Robot 12) A Web Projector
2) A Container 6) A Lecture 13) A Web Browser
3) A Note 7) A Video tape 14) A Note Board
4) A Letter 8) A Video camera 15) A Recorder
9) A VCR 16) A Recording System
10) A TV 17) A Room Directory
11) A Slide Projector 18) A Chain Story
19) A Recitable Note
Please enter your choice (1-19), or type Q to quit
2
Please type a name for this new object
orange folder
You now have orange folder with object number #913
@describe orange folder as The orange folder is bent at the edges and you can see a few pages sticking out. On the cover, in pencil, 'Digitales archives 2002' is written (and it looks like this was done in a hurry!). At the bottom of the cover you see what appears to be a paper company logo, printed in black.
Description set.
look orange folder
The orange folder is bent at the edges and you can see a few pages sticking out. On the cover, in pencil, 'Digitales archives 2002' is written (and it looks like this was done in a hurry!). At the bottom of the cover you see what appears to be a paper company logo, printed in black.
@examine orange folder
orange folder (#913) is owned by valerie
Aliases: orange folder
The orange folder is bent at the edges and you can see a few pages sticking out. On the cover, in pencil, 'Digitales archives 2002' is written (and it looks like this was done in a hurry!). At the bottom of the cover you see what appears to be a paper company logo, printed in black.
Key: (None.)
Obvious Verbs:
p*ut/in*sert/d*rop
re*move/ta*ke/g*et
open orange folder
@lock_for_open orange folder with
close orange folder
@unlock_for_open orange folder
@opacity orange folder is
g*et/t*ake orange folder
d*rop/th*row orange folder
gi*ve/ha*nd orange folder to
v*iew orange folder
dis*play orange folder
connect orange folder to
@webpref*erences orange folder
put orange folder in 2002
2002 is closed.
open 2002
You open 2002.
put orange folder in 2002
You put orange folder in 2002.
look 2002
You see a brown cardboard box, with a size of about 30 X 40 cm. There are some papers and yellow folders sticking out of the top of the box. There is one orange folder that stands out against the yellow.
Contents:
orange folder
get orange folder from 2002
You remove orange folder from 2002.
look orange folder
The orange folder is bent at the edges and you can see a few pages sticking out. On the cover, in pencil, 'Digitales archives 2002' is written (and it looks like this was done in a hurry!). At the bottom of the cover you see what appears to be a paper company logo, printed in black.
open orange folder
You open orange folder.
1. Find out why you have been asked to have an open atelier. I was asked to have an open atelier during four days at Digitales 2004 to work with the archives from previous Digitales.
2. Find out what tools you have to work with. I was given the resource centre to work in at Interface 3 ( Middaglijnstraat 26, 1210 Brussels) which I shared with Anja Westerfrölke, and Virginie Jortay who also was having an open atelier. This room was equipped with four PC’s with internet connections, a large round table and chairs, a white board and markers, a monitor and VCR, and a mini DV camera for playing mini DV’s.
3. Find an idea that you want to work with. I was interested in the possibility of archiving in a MOO. MOO stands for multi-user domain object oriented. A MOO is an online space that multiple users can access simultaneously. MOO’s usually work from an architectural metaphor, so that users can meet in ‘rooms’ to communicate with each other. However, unlike a chat that is temporary, MOO users can create things and leave them in the MOO. MOO’s have their beginnings in online gaming. To find out more about MOO’s, please see http://lingua.utdallas.edu/encore/guide.html
4. Find someone with whom you would like to collaborate. I became interested in MOO’s because of the work that Anja Westerfrölke is doing in one, which she spoke about at VJ7.
5. Decide how you collectively want to work with the idea. Anja and I sent each other emails before Digitales to figure out exactly what we wanted to do there. We decided that we would work together to develop a mini-project about archiving and would use the moo as a test place.
6. Work in the open atelier during four days. We worked together to develop and idea, which became what we called digA_p. We tested this idea using the archive material from the previous Digitales. We were open to participation by anyone who wanted to join in and left the archive material on the round table for people to browse.
6. To finish, make a short presentation of the work that you did. We met with Constant and gave them a short presentation about digA_p.