Re: Cyber Gardening
Kevin Goldsmith (unitcirc@netcom.com)
Thu, 24 Aug 1995 14:54:21 -0700 (PDT)
> Although one thing I personally rebel against is being forced to try and
> generate things that were another persons vision. In my work place a day
> can not pass without a mention of Gibson, or Stevenson. I hate the
> limitations that this
> style of literature seems to presetn. I'm refusing to read any of it until
> i know what my visions of cyberspaces are all about.
>
I totally agree. One source of frustration on other lists for me
has been the baseless accepting of Gibson or Stevenson's "cyberspace" as
what VR should look like. True, both present an interesting view of the
possibilties of cyberspace, but I really don't want to be limited in my
creativity by someone else's vision.
> Many of the artists I met when I was working with the Interactive media
> Festival this year taught me a valuable lesson. That is to focus on the fun
> bits and get someone to work on the tech. There are some damn creative
> engineers out there who are itching to produce cool stuff. I know that
> Gideon May (Jeffery Shaw's engineer) is now making his own art pieces.
>
Nice if you can find the volunteers.
> What I'm really curious about is what Kevin is suggesting about "the
> removal of the hidden", what are you rethinking Kevin? Inquiring minds want
> to know :)
>
That's Sean's idea.
Kevin