Although it's currently offline and looking for server space, c6's NEST looks like an interesting collaborative project in information deconstruction:
NEST is a network cooperation that examines the corruption of data transfer in virtual space. This is achieved via a community of users passing an audio file around in a ring. Connected by an unreliable method (UDP), the communication becomes prone to corruption, much like the children's game of ‘Chinese Whispers’, where each client is linked to their closest geographical neighbour. Passing a ‘virtual whisper’ around the internet, each link in the chain can create new versions with each imperfect cycle.
There's a brief demo soundfile and graphics (and more info about the project) on the website. Hope they get a server (and an OS X version) soon. Broken is always more interesting than efficient.
[via information aesthetics]
Posted by johndanseven at July 28, 2005 11:59 PM