This is an attempt at writing in amidst hectic schedules, travelling and widely dispersed collegues towards a personal history of my life with computers.
Each entry will be riddled with errors. But that's just part of the process... and so it should be. At this stage I'm not sure whether I'll update each chapter as I … Continue Reading ››
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Sensorium Dial, Installation, Vienna
A performance / installation commissioned from KunstRadio for Recycling The Future, December 1997. Sensorium Dial was installed in the front foyer of the ORF Funkhaus, Vienna, Austria.
Sensorium Dial consisted of early 20th Century radios tuned to unallocated frequencies, their transformers at such proximity to each other creating a magnetic field not unlike a theremin when … Continue Reading ››
Gone to Stone
Composed in Prague in 1994 and performed by the Fierce Throat screaming choir (once only).
This piece has returns to me from time to time... fragments from it weave through my thoughts... I dug it out and had to make something of it again. It was such a strong piece to perform, text and voices crass-thatched, … Continue Reading ››
God’s Tears Europa
Written in Prague, 1994, for Auslander und Staatenlose. Performed by the Fierce Throat Choir.
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I uphold the world
I raise my fists
I turn the key
I fight for you
I die for you
I long for you
God's tears Europa
Take the weight,
the weight
I know no pain
I take the pain
You open the doors
Fill our streets
with glassy eyes
with glassy hearts
Looks as though
they're here … Continue Reading ››
Good causes on the information highway
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a growing international partnership of networks providing low-cost public access computer communications services to individuals and organisations working for peace, human rights, environmental and economic sustainability.
It has thousands of users in 94 countries -- individuals and organisations, from local public schools to international non-government organisations. They contribute to … Continue Reading ››