john naccarato's List: Ma/X Media Arts X

This is a talk about a show I curated at the digital studio of the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art in London) entitled “Synaesthesia, A Neuroaesthetics Exhibition”. I’d like to take this opportunity to talk about the concept for the show as well as some works included in the exhibition. I’d also like to touch upon this idea of taking something cognitive and placing it in the context of an art gallery.

The human and political implications of agency, especially with respect to technology, demand that agency be problematized as it relates to telematics and telerobotics. By analyzing artworks that use these telecommunications technologies, it is possible to differentiate between various models of agency and suggest their epistemological and ontological implications.

This blog accompanies my research and interest in the city. Although it is public ie online it is really for me to keep my notes and ideas and links to about my interests and my project “The Emergent City”

... IS A COLLABORATIVE, IMMERSIVE, VIRTUAL, AND AUGMENTED REALITY WORK THAT EXPLORES THE NOTION OF THE BRAIN AS A REAL AND METAPHORIC INTERFACE BETWEEN BODIES AND WORLDS IN FLUX, AND THAT EXAMINES THE IDEA OF THE WORLD AS A CONSTRUCT SUSTAINED THROUGH THE

Science Fiction Studies

Here I take a look at 10 iPhone apps for current exhibitions (divided into two posts with 5 each) to see how they compare in their approach to engaging the virtual visitor. Do these apps invite one to attend the related exhibition after viewing? And how w

Some of the current Mercedes models do not have dipsticks. If the oil level gets low, the owner is sent an email.

Photographs of the uprising and general strike in May 68 in France.

n March this year, the second edition of (Un)seen Sculptures, a mobile 3D augmented reality art show, is being presented by dLux MediaArts as part of Art Month 2012.




The exhibition will be staged in locations along Darling Street, Rozelle and throughout the Callan Park precinct, and will feature works by Australian artists and international visitors from as far afield as the USA, China, Portugal, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Temporary electronic tattoos could soon help people fly drones with only thought and talk seemingly telepathically without speech over smartphones, researchers say.

Commanding machines using the brain is no longer the stuff of science fiction. In recent years, brain implants have enabled people to control robotics using only their minds, raising the prospect that one day patients could overcome disabilities using bionic limbs or mechanical exoskeletons.