[NetBehaviour] Announcing _Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1_

[mez breeze]

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From: James <rhizome at factorynoir.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:46 AM


We are launching _Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1_ today and would be interested in
any feedback or comments.

james

http://arsvirtuafoundation.org/research/
updated every Friday

Ars Virtua is pleased to announce _Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1_ by Mary-Anne
(Mez) Breeze. Mez has initiated this work as part of her ongoing
interrogation of the space, place and language of synthetic worlds.

This text brings Mez' prodigious talents and experience to bear on several
fundamental issues relating to the nature of game and social space:

"_Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1_ explores concepts that shape and are shaped by an
extensive range of online/synthetic encounters. These concepts are formed
through principles generated internally within specific online environments.
These environments include - among others - Massively Multiplayer Online
Environments [World of Warcraft, EVE Online, Second Life], Social Networking
Platforms [Twitter, Facebook, OpenSocial], Social Gaming [Passively
Multiplayer Online Game, Parallel Kingdom] and Alternative Reality Games [I
Love Bees, Perplex_City, Year Zero]. Entries will dissect post-geophysically
defined notions of reality through a mixture of:
* Platform-specific case studies.
* Analysis of contextual behaviour sets.
* Construction of theoretical projections derived via synthetic, mixed and
augmented formats."

Mez is a Futurist who has had a sustained presence in synthetic realities
for over two decades. She is also an established net artist and game
theorist who practices _Poetic Game Interventions_ [the creative
manipulation of MMO parameters in order to disrupt or comment on various
aspects of augmented states]. She is a widely exhibited, award winning
artist and we are extremely fortunate to be able to present her work here
and enjoy her company as a member of our guild.


Ars Virtua is a New Media Center and Gallery located in the synthetic world
of Second Life, World of Warcraft and the World Wide Web. It is a new type
of space that leverages the tension between 3-D rendered game space and
terrestrial reality, between simulated and simulation. The Ars Virtua
Foundation is a locus of research around the issues of reality within
simulated environments.

Ars Virtua is sponsored by the CADRE Laboratory for New Media.


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