[spectre] mez interview published in _Perspektive_

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A. heinrich heine blames 1843 the railway for annihilating space. the=20
promised cybermedium seems so reestablish (virtual) space in a cooperative=
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time schedule. MEZ is operating in a self-de/constructed textual space=20
called "TTT" (textual time travel) which means a way of thinking, producing=
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and manifesting in/to a theory dungeon of what is stated to be the frame of=
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modern consciousness - network, internet, browser crawling. the=20
manifestation area in which the textual space take place is called=20
"Cybagenic Lattrix", a "net.wurked" sphere between latrinous space and=20
matrix scenes. what is this working matrix about? is it a kind of=20
faradayesque cage where avant garde practice has to capture itself to train=
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its techniques and discourse or is it more a so called "teleklause"=20
(billwet) for nintendo specialist and word capturers?
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i should b.gin with the proviso that my neologismic term][inologie][s [such=
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as the _Cybagenic Lattrix_ or _Textual Time Travel_] largely x.ist as=20
definition portals; they act 2 compile meaning only in terms of offering a=
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con][ceptual][venient _housing_ structure by which n.tities can x.tract &=20
chain][hyper][link associations via text. i'd much prefer it if ppl=20
can|could possibly construct|imagine terms that are more appropriate in=20
terms of their own formulation|x.periential reality of a net.wurked=20
spac][tim][e.....

...anyway, on2 a more direct answer=85..the meaning of a "][net][wurk.ing=20
matrix" can be conceptualized as a tapestry of potentialities, or n.finite=
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permutations of defor][com][m][unic][ation activity. i stretch & delve=20
][in][ this potentiality in terms of collaborative action|absorption &=20
formation of cod][n][e][t][.wurks. the m][l][at][t][rix m.bodies n.tricate=
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s][ilicon][ymbiotic tendencies which pulse information via n.finite=20
variations & states of data fluxing that shift, mold & d.fine the net.wurk=
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as a cohesive, un.predic][a][t][ed][able n.vironment.

+net.wurk. p][ercept][atterning. is. reticular.+
read:: +perpetual information in flux, via an x.tended & repetitious curve=
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of data-dipping.+


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B. most of the discourse "shipping" of MEZ in mailing lists is manifestish=
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or manifesto-like. all avant garde rangers used the technique of=20
manifestation to promote their information highway. your operating manual=20
style - a highgrade mixture of theory, e-technical jargon and - junk and=20
poetry memes [oh - i won't forget to mention the brackets :-)]- is a more=20
overwhelming variance of manifestism - a kind of para/beta-manifestism -=20
what to promote is not to sell. what is your connection to manifestism and=
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the manifesto rangers? and is there nowadays a real difference to=20
self/promotion?
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1stly it's m.portant to acknowledge that i'm always loathe 2 d.fine myself=
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via regular literary|acceptable benchmark][her & him][s [ie manifesto=20
_tagging_] as mezangelle|code.wurking hopefully e.cli][ck][pses definitions=
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in terms of a net.wurk perspective.

......having said this, i do c the similarities evident in my mezangelled=20
texts [ie code.wurks] that offer statements of creative n.tent & formats=20
aligning themselves 2wards a manifesto styling. howeva, this isn't a=20
primary con][scious][cern in terms of information presentation..... i do=20
agree that this type of activity via mailing list|forum performances [ie=20
posting my code.wurks] is a type of ][new][ x.pressive promotion as opposed=
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to advertising|commercial spam/leap-frogging that is seeping thru the=20
net.wurk.

+i. re.route. language. via. net.based. mechanisms. that. allow. 4.=
 n.hanced.
lateral. signification. or. as.sim][ple][ilation.+

+i. am. stained. with. repetition.+
[re.peat]
::the chip.mark of the net.
::][kulture][work::abbreviated strokes::sampling::a][scii][graffiti::code=20
langues::bass.house::jung][le][mantras
.all .][t][h][r][ive .in .he][a][re.....


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C.  recently MEZ states the positioning problems in the net.art field as=20
bourdieu summarizes the field process in every art/avant garde field: first=
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there is the movement and a lot of "new" and subversive discourse, second=20
the resistance against the canon crumbles and the crawling into=20
"pref-fabricated authorical comfortzones" (MEZ) begins and the movement=20
looses the connection to itself and the subversive discourse: maybe to=20
transfer your own words - from E-Motes to E-fashion. you are - so to say -=
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famous in net.art field, get awards and make a lot of this representation=20
stuff. what is your protection to get/be into the net.art canon and to keep=
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your textual space alive?
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...my ][.][ini][file][al n.tention|function in this net.wurked sphere is 2=
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make sure i don't bl][ind][andly n.ternalize the strictures of a dominant=20
discourse & b so swamped by it that nuthin else ][is capable of][=20
shin][ing][es.........

....my f.forts 2 keep the _textual space_ alive forms from the need 2=20
actualise x.pr][n][e][t][ssion with hybrid conceptual|theory bases that=20
actually reflect the dynamics of the medium itself..... avenues|portals=20
such as mailing list forums that allow n.tities 2 dis.play n.herent=20
curiosity, flexibility & a nuanced multilogued style that allows=20
contributors 2 n.teract via various communication modes that n.courages=20
absorption & viable learning templates, & has contributors that want 2=20
question & absorb n.formation rather than make assumptions, wallow in=20
gossip, & display reactionary communicative behaviours r all crucial 2 my=20
code.wurk dispersal......

....the assumption that ppl on a mailing list:
a) cannot d.cide 4 themselves how to navigate & absorb=
 inform][accumula][tion
b) r an amorphous group of regular dialogical d.votees who r present on=20
mailing lists in order 2 b x.posed 2 promotional|descriptive information=20
with no depth perception regarding the info/data politik nor the nuanced=20
actualities that surround the use of such lists/net.works.......
b) that individuals have the right 2 _own_ & there4 _maintain_ a space on=20
the net.work [ie in.boxes] that must subjected 2 info that is=20
dis.curs][e][ive in nature & representative of an=
 isolation-data-presentation
...all contributes 2 the idea that the net.wurk can be trapped in2 a=20
definable space, 1 that will gel in2 a canonistically frozen m.ulation area=
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d.void of ability & potentiality.


+ i. rewite. &. reroute. this. monog][l][azed. view. of. the. net.wurk.+
+ i. seek. 2. channel.+



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D. for eric kluitenberg cyberspace is the optimal space for avant garde=20
operation: the task of an avant garde ranger today is to disrupt the=20
hegemonial code and to smash the cute surface of internet promotion, a kind=
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of de/recoding all sort of language junk on the internet. mckenzie wark=20
speaks of "codework" in a similar way about your work: a de/reconstruction=
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of language. you call your work "mezangelle" language, a streaming=20
"he.art.ache" for users exposed to a hard stuff experimental terrain. most=
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of your disrupting techniques are well known in the field of experimental=20
writing. but the new aspect in your work is the "fresh" air of contemporary=
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material and coincidence of "meanings" in and around a word-item. what is=20
your connect to experimental literature? what is the role of the user or=20
code viewer in MEZ' textual space and is there a chance to survive the word=
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crash? :-)
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i'm not actually keen 2 link or analyse my wurks in terms of an=20
_x.perimental literature_ tag, but can understand that those that do need 2=
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compartmentalize my wurk in terms of predicated history|precedental=20
evidence..............its n.teresting, this obsession with labels N=20
d.finitions that m.brace our work N our s][h][elfs.....coming from the POV=
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of a nic][lic][he.d "net.artist" i guess i try N span many labels, and have=
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found myself doing so lately in order 2 survive [grants, competitions,=20
etc].........but it is, s.sentially, crap. labels do nothing 2 further=20
x.pressive development, & seem 2 primarily s][w][erve 2 mark artists N wurk=
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along a definitive, prosperity plane.......we b.come objects N=20
objecti.f][r][ied in order to slot in the societal/memetic framework......

the mezangelled l.ements that pp|theorists c as linked 2 an experimental=20
literature perspective r the use of ico][de][nographs, fragments of=20
programming language-shards/operating system echos such as ][knit 1][=20
Pearl][2][.....tree-structures|wildcard refs|booleanisms|unix shell=20
commands|warped html conventions|javascript code re.workings|ascii][esque][=
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etc etc....the repeated allusions 2 hyperlinks via bracketing of meanings,=
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alternative shadowings to absorption & understanding....[almost a mimicking=
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of the x.pansion of the potentialities of co.d][iscours][e in an=20
environment x.clusively reliant on it].....

...the _main_ ele.ment][al][s that keeps mezangelled creched in the netwurk=
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is information trawling, the draw][l][ of netwurk language & symbol=20
con][inter][ventions & the collaboratory n.tent........i always write &=20
send via email listings, MOO environs etc in the hope that the wurk will=20
spiral out in2 a collaborative e.vent....even if the scissored textings=20
don't e.voke a direct response from code viewers, the fact that the method,=
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formulation & *.exe.][elo][cution r geared 2wards it means mezangelle could=
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not x.ist without the netwurk as a sub][im][mergence arena....

i try ][mammothlishly][ hard 2 make sure that the poetic/sensual nature of=
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my net.wurks balance & offer some sense loadings|purr.spectiff 2 those not=
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neccessarily in the netwurked|code loop, though i do tend 2 heavily load=20
the code.wurks with a structure that mimics a code|net.worked reality......

+. this. is. how. users. survive. the. wur][co][d][ed][ crash.+


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E. in billwet space exists a dandy called "datadandy" - a postmodern form=20
of walter benjamins passage dandy - a modern eye monster so to say. :-) the=
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datadandy uses information and cyberspace the same way as the historical=20
one not to transmit the gathered information: just to pose with it in the=20
public. in MEZ' textual space lives a new form of dandy which is called=20
"dataderwish" or "E-mote".  as his/her historical model s/he gatheres=20
information and promotes it but his/her main purpose is to communicate not=
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to boast. sometimes the dataderwish is called a spammer in analogy to the=20
datadandy which jams the bandwith along the data boulevards. is the=20
dataderwish the ascetic brother of the datadandy? where is MEZ' data=20
boulevard and why is spam so lost?
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  the mez-data-avenue is the antithesis of the monogaze][r][.

the mez-data-boulevard does not adhere 2 a perceptual slant that hi-lites=20
the net.wurk only as a series of interconnected set of difference-loadings,=
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of x.clusive infopackets that can][should][not be transferred nor=20
cross-posted in order that multiple x.posure 2 information|data will not=20
occur 4 various individual enities that n.habit various sets....rather than=
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n.corporating a more holistic viewpoint of the netwurk & acting along an=20
n.clusion axis......

=85.i c this monogaze as n.dicative of an ego-driven [by ego i mean=20
self-cogitating, not ego as in inflated] awareness that perceives the=20
break-points of an netsystem via individual opinions based on an awareness=
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that may not be replicated via the community population. i also view it as=
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perpetuating a theory structure that relies on a linear interpretation of=20
information, 1 that cuts of any repetitive nuancing in order that data is=20
presented in accordance with a determinist POV.

+. i][nstead][.c.that.we.should.revel.in.net.wurking.=20
cross-pollination.activity+



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F. the dataderwish is only a capsule for many alias: ][terr.or.vision][ or=
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][c.o.!.a.x.(ing)][ are variable names for her/him in your textual space.=20
the author is only a mediator, a processor across the apparatus or a=20
subjective parser as Talan Memmott  states. for gene youngblood is avant=20
garde today a merging of metadesigner and renaissance amateur. MEZ=20
generates is own networking, is engineer and amateur in one. which role=20
plays the metadesign in your working and is cultural programming an alias=20
for future jamming? :-)
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+. my. ][l(ectronic)atent][. consciousness. is. operational. in. terms. of.=
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a. net.wurked arena.+
+. 1. that. values. information. in. terms. of. a. context. in. which.=20
elements. r. replicated. &. sequenced. in. burgeoning. waves.+
+. a. weave. &. flow. of. accented. [code language|emulation]. patches.=20
that. r. lapping. @|thru-o][p][ut. m.mersed. personas.+



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