[spectre] There is no such thing as Situationist Sim City

[astrëe galbiatta]

yeah !
situationism
precursors :
(sorry french only - the url)
Jacques Rigaut !
long live & cheers !
http://equipementiers-du-songe.org/jjjj_rrrr

ether-michel pillequant
grüsst you!

kisses
astrëe

> Dear Colleague,
>
> You are cordially invited to the first meeting of Situationist Sim City.
>
> 2.30 PM, Friday 28 May 2004
> FACT, 88 Wood St., Liverpool, UK
> Booking & information: thorn at fact.co.uk
>
> The similarities between the 'physical' and the 'virtual' in online gaming
> worlds have inspired the imaginations of artists, writers, and the
> Hollywood
> hive mind. Yet these parallels are by no means accidental ­ the creators
> of
> these gaming worlds made conscious, often scholarly efforts to design
> systems that effectively emulate real-world society. At the same time, the
> most complex games allow users the free will to shape their online
> societies
> in their own image. The complexities of our society, politics, and economy
> have been mapped onto virtual worlds by both creators and participants.
> Any
> questions we ask of these worlds, we ask of our own.
>
> With this in mind, Situationist Sim City brings together international
> artists, writers and thinkers to investigate the aptness of video game
> worlds as metonyms for society at large, and the formation of ideology in
> such worlds.
>
> Speakers will include:
>
> JULIAN DIBBELL
> Writer for Wired magazine, author of A Rape in Cyberspace
>
> NATALIE BOOKCHIN
> Artist, co-creator of agoraXchange
>
> ED HALTER
> Cultural critic, Village Voice
>
> JELENA KLASNJA
> KRISTIAN LUKIC
> Artists, Eastwood Real-Time Strategy Group
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Michael Connor
>
>
>
> A project of the VirtualCentre-Media.net, funded by Culture2000.
>
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