_feralC_ will launch on the Saturday the 8th May at 3pm East-Coast Australian time [go here for global times].
_feralC_ is a “socumentary” [mix of social_networking mockumentary & Alternate Reality Sequencing] that will trace the Twitter output of special networked characters. For those entities keen to participate non-synthetically [ie in "real life"] and are near or can travel to Bristol [UK], please turn up to PW10 Performance Writing 2010: Lingua Franca. The event runs from Sat 8 May 11.00am – 9.00pm + Sun 9 May 11.00am – 6pm: head to the Arnolfini Gallery Reading Room to play [with] _feral C_ and other fabulous e-lit works.
Stay tuned + remember: follow the synthetic brick road….
About mez breeze
"Mez does for code poetry as jodi and Vuk Cosic have done for ASCII Art: Turning a great, but naively executed concept into something brilliant, paving the ground for a whole generation of digital artists." (Florian Cramer).
The impact of her unique code/net.wurks [constructed via her pioneering net.language "mezangelle"] has been equated with the work of Shakespeare, James Joyce, Emily Dickinson, and Larry Wall. Mez has exhibited extensively since the early 90s and is the Executive Editor of the "_Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1_" project, a Synthetic Ecology Strategist, Reality Engineer 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].
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Interesting use of the term “socumentary”. It reminds me of “sock puppet” terminology for instance in Wikipedia etc; like a reimagining of the Hollow-Man?
hullo “Cblemmer”. nice 2 synthetically encounter u [wot's the "C" stand for btw?]
…i must admit the phrase “sock puppet” wasn’t hi-on-my-list when constructing the idea of a socumentary…it does seem very applicable in terms of formatting + structure ie tweet-tracing the interaction patterns of the 5 primary “chars” + assorted secondary “real” + “fake” persons [ie ring-ins;)]?
chunks,
@netwurker
This is very exciting Mez – love your language and the thoughts behind what you’re doing. I will watch and listen out for more!
thanks Lucy – don’t just listen + watch tho: feel free to dip in + engage the chars directly [blog comments work just as fine in terms of participation if your not all stitched-in2-the Twitterverse]…i kno ur story abilities stretch w_i_d_e
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chunks,
@netwurker
xx
I can understand that sock puppet as a term probably didn’t factor in too much in this #feralc project. I’m also thinking now of Soap Operas and how they might translate into social media forms? Does #feralc address this in any way?
hi again c,
interesting re “Soc Operas”…u should trademark that.
in a sense i can see that #feralc could b perceived [+ potentially may even execute] as a “soc opera”..there’s enuff elements in common…soap operas have been performed in social media spaces previously both in Twitter + Facebook.
the more i’m immersed in creating the proj, the more i’m realizing the ultimate transmedia/crossmedia potential of it: the actual delivery can read as script [following the primary char dialogues, photos, links, QR Codes - alone or in combo with others] + improv [think: sec chars] whereas the overall framework involves absorption via several channels [engaging with it as hashtag/list-based gives u a completely different experience 2 absorbing it through the blog or in tandem with the list/# (the soon -2-b posted summaries really throw some narrative complexity in2 the mix)]. + the linguistic variations/streams r also a huge factor in how the proj may b perceived [if followers rn't curious enuff 2 play/research the char's lingo, the experience will be radically diff 4rm those that do]…also, creating char’s voices through “tweetalogues” while incorporating live input from the “audience” in the form of sec chars is an amazing experience…
anyhoo enuff 4rm me b4 i give away spoilers;)
chunks,
@netwurker
xx