How did I get here? Road to iCommons, Rio, 2006 Andrew Garton MA Program Director, OPEN CHANNEL Executive Board Member, Association for Progressive Communications toysatellite.org/agarton/

Road to iCommons, Rio, 2006

Andrew Garton MA Program Director, OPEN CHANNEL Executive Board Member, Association for Progressive Communications

toysatellite.org/agarton/

Motivations #1 Collaboration Creative and personal development. Facing challenges. Sustaining cultural and intellectual diversity.

Collaboration

Creative and personal development.

Facing challenges.

Sustaining cultural and intellectual diversity.

Motivations # 1 / Undercurrents 'a totally new perspective on electronic music and vision mixing… the show evokes classical composers like Prokofiev, Philip Glass and producers like Adrian Sherwood of On-U-Sound, only juiced up a bit' Taipei Time s, April 2001 . Melbourne / Taipei improvised audio-visual performance, Taipei International Arts Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, 2001

Motivations #1 / Undercurrents

Motivations # 2 Public access The freedom to communicate. Access to the tools with which to communicate, ask questions and tells one’s story. Ensure the protections of these freedoms.

Public access

The freedom to communicate.

Access to the tools with which to communicate, ask questions and tells one’s story.

Ensure the protections of these freedoms.

Motivations # 2 / D3 Public access kiosk to deposit CC licensed images into, with the addition of “found” text spatially located within the interface.

Public access kiosk to deposit CC licensed images into, with the addition of “found” text spatially located within the interface.

Motivations # 2 / D3 To remix those images and text, including 12 frames from an embedded, motion controlled camera, and create individual representations of one’s association with the urban environment. 15,000 visited the D3 prototype, an attempt at engaging the public in the ongoing development of this work. The entire asset base of D3 will soon be available for release under a CC license.

To remix those images and text, including 12 frames from an embedded, motion controlled camera, and create individual representations of one’s association with the urban environment.

15,000 visited the D3 prototype, an attempt at engaging the public in the ongoing development of this work.

The entire asset base of D3 will soon be available for release under a CC license.

CUE D3 DVD

Motivations # 3 Freedom of expression Synthesis of what has been into what will become. That moves, inspires and seeks to ask questions. Why are we here at all?

Freedom of expression

Synthesis of what has been into what will become.

That moves, inspires and seeks to ask questions.

Why are we here at all?

Motivations # 3 / Nooka