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Ergoticks is a term invented
for this project which derives it's meaning from a physical phenomenon
which relates to a process in which a sequence or sizeable sample is equally
representative of the whole. This term (ergodics) has also been extended
to the realm of literature, where the principles of randomness are introduced
into the reading of a text. Each reading, producing a new sequence, which
gives new meanings to the global experience.
1. Fragmentation and Unity
-Opposing in nature, and currently at war concerning globalization versus
cultural homogeneity or cultural fragmentation. How can the bits be assembled
into a coherent whole, and how can we evaluate something which is experienced
differently amongst everyone?
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. Creating more possibilities
and less products. 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 forming a personal whole for the user
of the site. With each weekly update the possibilities for navigational/narrative
experience grow exponentially, and new relationships between diverse information
fragments are established.
Ergoticks.org is a collaborative online endeavor
between two people, one based in Calgary Canada (Pam Nicholls), the other
based in Kitakyushu, Japan (Patricia Reed).
Ergoticks.org was generously
supported by Galerie Articule, Montreal, Canada. |
