东村吉普赛

上个周六有幸通过Skype参加了这个博家的一大盛会.虽然轮到我发言的时候,杭州方面因为之前的断电事件导致时间延迟,已经提前结束了讨论.我还是很高兴看到中国和荷兰的新媒体从业者进行对话.整个网络视频进行的还是比较流畅的,但是在翻译方面好象因为事先协调的问题,荷兰V2方面有一部分时间听不懂杭州那里在讲什么.不过瑕不掩玉,整个讨论还是非常成功的:
Regine可以说是新媒体blog中的大姐大.她的we-make-money-not-art是目前新媒体互动艺术blog中最大最有名的.Regine的英语带有很浓的法语口音,再加上她的身材娇小因此很讨人喜欢.由于东村吉普赛曾经采访过Regine,所以她一半的发言和我们的采访内容是一致的. 我会在文章结尾的时候附录一下.Regine主要谈了她做blog的动机以及她blog的发展情况.我其中特别注意的一点就是,她希望通过她的blog,把搞technology的人和搞art的人联系在一起. 我特别同意她的观点.搞technology人的思维方式和搞art的人的思维方式差别较大.许多搞technology的人缺少天马行空般的思维习惯而一个好的想法和概念常常是不同领域的交叉刺激而产生的.

我没想到第一次看到aaajiao竟然是在V2在线视频的网站上. 由于视频分辨率较低,我只看到一个虎头虎脑的小伙子,操着一口标准的普通话,在杭州的镜头前侃侃而谈:>.aaajiao的WNMNA现在可以说是目前最大的中文新媒体艺术blog.他们不仅翻译而且也报道有关中国新媒体艺术的东西. V2方面的主持人Stephen很搞笑的问了aaajiao一个问题:”既然你的网站叫要钱不要艺术,那你后来赚到钱了吗?” aaajiao也挺搞笑:”唯一赚的一笔钱是一本杂志给的稿费”.Regine在先前的发言中也特地表达了对aaajiao的感谢之意.感谢他翻译却又不剽窃自己的文章.

Gino Yu的发言是最精彩.他当年是UC Berkley毕业,后来在南加洲大学教书.现在是香港理工大学创意中心的主任,主要负责游戏产业的研究和发展.Gino Yu一看就知道有很丰富的演讲经验.他是唯一一个准备有英文powerpoint的发言人.Gino Yu讲话速度很快,思维是跳跃式的.他英文讲的比中文好多拉.Gino Yu特别提到了现在欧美最热闹的网络虚拟游戏Second Life.当一个游戏脱去了那些打打杀杀,神魔鬼怪和3D绚丽的外衣之后,游戏作为一种新兴媒体的本质就显露出来了.我最近几个月在国外几个有关marketing的blog上已经多次看到Second Life这个游戏被关注.怎么样哪位哥们搞个SecondLife2.0?

张晴的演讲没怎么听到,所以就不做回顾了,但是作为上海博物馆的一个负责人,我想他的blog应该有满多内容可以看的.主持人TIAN SUN英语非常好,把气氛搞的很活跃.

附录:有关Regine在Creative 2.0上的发言

Q:When did you start blogging new media art and interaction design works? Why you are interested in this field and what brings you to this place?
A:It started in march 2004. actually a bit before that. I had met max paccagnella who was working in a communication company and was fiddling a lot with mobile phones in his free time. He had developed some artistic applications for mobile phones. one of them to make outdoor performances with mobile phones. His partner at the communication company got interested in what he was doing and at some point managed to sell the application to one of the biggest mobile phone companies in italy. So max and i thought: on the one hand there are those artists, amateurs or hackers doing what they are not supposed to do with technology and on the other hand those who develop, manufacture and sell these same technologies. Do these two worlds meet? we thought i was interesting to investigate the subject. best way to start was to document what we could find about it. So we did a blog about it and called it we-make-money-not-art.

Q:Does your blog have financial sponsor? If not, do you have to work on other freelance jobs to keep this site up?
A:There’s some google ads, not very successful i’m afraid. Plus, there’s a space for banners. usually occupied by art schools and art galleries. To make both ends meet, i give lectures, talk at workshops and conferences and write articles for magazines.