"Liveness is the absence of writing. It is encoding and decoding happening simultaneously. Another attribute of liveness is difference. One could see the same play with the same cast three nights in a row and see a different show each time. Unlike recorded or written work which contains the same words or images each time one looks at it, liveness offers a unique presentation each time."
It is this uniqueness gives the result of difference. But in a lot of generative art, it shows the same result, because the rules are the same. Of course, there is randomness there to present uniquely every time. It is purely computation (is it?) that generate such kind of every-time difference. But if we add another 'social data layer', this makes it a co-joint experience of humans and nonhumans. It is due to the network that makes such kind of things possible. Not only the network of human participation, but network of algorithms across spatial dimensions. For example, the artwork gets the online data from Twitter. The algorithm of twitter returns different data according to time (when you retrieve), place (where you retrieve) and your own past behaviour (such as cookies and the notion of complex tracking).
This line seems need more rethinking: "it is rather to justify liveness as a mode of mediation as in many respects it is the lack of mediation that is being displaced by new and creative ways to mediate all forms of communication."
"but allowed them to see and/or hear entertainment across great distances as the events were happening." -> in relation to network happening.
It is this uniqueness gives the result of difference. But in a lot of generative art, it shows the same result, because the rules are the same. Of course, there is randomness there to present uniquely every time. It is purely computation (is it?) that generate such kind of every-time difference. But if we add another 'social data layer', this makes it a co-joint experience of humans and nonhumans. It is due to the network that makes such kind of things possible. Not only the network of human participation, but network of algorithms across spatial dimensions. For example, the artwork gets the online data from Twitter. The algorithm of twitter returns different data according to time (when you retrieve), place (where you retrieve) and your own past behaviour (such as cookies and the notion of complex tracking).
This line seems need more rethinking: "it is rather to justify liveness as a mode of mediation as in many respects it is the lack of mediation that is being displaced by new and creative ways to mediate all forms of communication."
"but allowed them to see and/or hear entertainment across great distances as the events were happening." -> in relation to network happening.
liveness is tied to notions of "authenticity" -> what is authenticity in the network?
http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Liveness
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