Cybernetic Art Research Project (CARP)

[RichardB]

CARP are a group creating cybernetic art installation experiences on Second Life...

See their ning group Diabolus for more details, and their ebook series Carp1- 6 at Gallery Diabolus

To quote from the opening page of their ebook series:

"The word: „Cyberspace“ is known now as an artword, its born from the word „Cyber“ (a shortform from the english word „Cybernetic“ that again comes from the greek word „Kybernetike“; „The art of navigate“ and the word „Space“. On the worldfamous Macy-Conferences in the years 1946 till 1953 Cybernetik was something of high interest. Wellknown and famous scientists as Alan Turing, John von Neumann and Heinz von Foerster started here from scratch the modern computertechnics and the programm-architecture, today the basics for the Cyberspace. The real Cyberspace was opened by Secondlife. So you speak of web 3-D or so called Metaverses. The Metaverses are Internet-based virtual time-space-infrastructures. The miracle that we are experiencing today: the Cyberspace, the dematerialized virtual time-space, the worldwide webbed society. where we „surf around„ with lightspeed. An artist that is NOT using this virtual universe as a challenge and a goal doesnt deserve the name „Avantgarde“

This e-book dedicated to the pioneer of the Cybernetic Art
Nicolas Schöffer.

He was one of the most important artists of the second half of twentieth century. Father of Cybernetic Art, thus of so-called „interactivity“, he wanted to bring a prospective and non-backward-looking vision of Art, which could help mankind to develop itself with a good hold on true creative and liberating possibilities of our times."

[Kuja]

Very very very nice!
I'd like to point a initiative from Lab[au], a Belgian colective:
http://www.mediaruimte.be/events/MRini17.htm
They did a interesting event along with Eléonore de Lavandeyra Schöffer (the widow)
Best
Kuja