intimacy

Online e-say commissioned by frAme Online Journal (the first in my e-say series). I also did a peformance of intimacy at Nottingham Trent University. Plus there's a comprehensive interview with Simon Mills in the Newspaper section of this website. 'I'm looking at – colour – light – the human voice – sound waves – organised in simple, infinite, complex patterns. I'm interested in the user floating out into a different kind of space – like a big sky, somewhere to get lost in. I like the computer making random choices for the audience – putting together visual and sound elements that are constantly surprising, unusual and illuminating. I want to stand outside my own work and look inside, through a window, at something I could never have conceived of before...I'm developing the idea of 'bubbles' – devices that might be carried around on the street like a personal lightshow. These are generated by computer, but in a sense they are not linked to any media. It's more about a process of discovery for the user. So increasingly I'm working with the space of the self, the personal unconscious.' (These comments are from an interview with Simon Mills for frAme, or an early iteration of that final version. I've included it here for the foresighted idea of carried personal light sources.) The e-say is an online essay. 'The e-say is an online essay. e-says are made up of small pieces of text that connect together to form long complex dialogues. In this way difficult subjects – philosophy, colour theory, code, virtual reality, architecture – are described using the most basic building blocks of understanding, simple sentences.' (From Michael Atavar Web Notes) The e-says are: intimacy (2000) thethingasitis™ (2000) duolc (2001) windows (2001) – – – – [four dashes] (2002) [four walls] (2004) IMHO (2005) dusk – London (2006–7) dusk – Shanghai (2006–7) ATTC-Minus 11: Michael Atavar for Psopo Bubble Supported: trAce as part of their frAme Online Journal Comissioned: Sue Thomas Special thanks: Sue Thomas, Simon Mills Website: Text and programming by Michael Atavar Graphic reconstructions: Richard Scarborough