In our last post we relayed a very short email volley we had with Mark Amerika about a rumor we heard regarding his new web design for markamerika.com. Amerika responded to our initial inquiries by writing that "you'll have to wait and see. The beta-version will be up for a few days and then we'll send out a press release."
Well, that beta-version was just released yesterday and the new site design is a doozy. Amerika also released a press statement saying, "the main features of the new markamerika.com website are searchability, accessibility, relativity, and sociability. Visitors to the site now have easy access to Amerika's net art works, new media books, Twitter streams, Professor VJ blogs, and other electronic publications."
The site actually has all of that and more, including links to pre-order his forthcoming book, remixthebook, with the University of Minnesota Press.
Tags: Mark Amerika, markamerika.com, web design, Twitter
Friday, April 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Mark Amerika's New Web Site?
Rumors have been circulating regarding Mark Amerika's new Web site so we decided to email him and ask what's up. A few email volleys later this is what we extracted:
AFKAMA ("artist formally known as mark amerika"): Are you releasing a new Web site soon?
Mark Amerika: Not really. Well, yes: a new design of markamerika.com
AFKAMA: What's new about it?
Mark Amerika: You'll have to wait and see. The beta-version will be up for a few days and then we'll send out a press release.
AFKAMA: Why a press release?
Mark Amerika: To drive more traffic to the site, of course.
AFKAMA: Any new artworks?
Mark Amerika: The new site will direct visitors to my next project, remixthebook, although I can't get into the details just yet.
AFKAMA: OK, we'll catch up with you later!
Categories: Mark Amerika, new Web site design
AFKAMA ("artist formally known as mark amerika"): Are you releasing a new Web site soon?
Mark Amerika: Not really. Well, yes: a new design of markamerika.com
AFKAMA: What's new about it?
Mark Amerika: You'll have to wait and see. The beta-version will be up for a few days and then we'll send out a press release.
AFKAMA: Why a press release?
Mark Amerika: To drive more traffic to the site, of course.
AFKAMA: Any new artworks?
Mark Amerika: The new site will direct visitors to my next project, remixthebook, although I can't get into the details just yet.
AFKAMA: OK, we'll catch up with you later!
Categories: Mark Amerika, new Web site design
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Mark Amerika on Glitch
Mark Amerika's recent post on "glitch aesthetics" points to his over ten year interest in intentionally hacking into software codes, visual codes, literary codes, etc.
Perhaps the most obvious example of Amerika's use or employment of The Glitch is in his CODEWORK series of VJ paintings. These are not really paintings per se, as Amerika uses digital video and VJ software as well as 5.1 surround sound to create something like an immersive synaesthetic experience. But Mark does refer to a lot of VJ-inspired video work as "painting" or in the tradition of painting. We think you can see it in his net art works too, especially FILMTEXT. Amerika employs unique handheld techniques with his recent feature-length works too and these unusual "gestures" also create glitch-like effects. See the remixes for an example.
Long live The Glitch!
Metadata; Mark Amerika, glitch, VJ, art
Perhaps the most obvious example of Amerika's use or employment of The Glitch is in his CODEWORK series of VJ paintings. These are not really paintings per se, as Amerika uses digital video and VJ software as well as 5.1 surround sound to create something like an immersive synaesthetic experience. But Mark does refer to a lot of VJ-inspired video work as "painting" or in the tradition of painting. We think you can see it in his net art works too, especially FILMTEXT. Amerika employs unique handheld techniques with his recent feature-length works too and these unusual "gestures" also create glitch-like effects. See the remixes for an example.
Long live The Glitch!
Metadata; Mark Amerika, glitch, VJ, art
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