Depart From Zero

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Depart From Zero
Can code create a true mirror of the world?

The notion of FEEDBACK is all pervasive in contemporary culture -- a 
technical and behavioral mechanism which today works in all levels of the 
media, from reality TV shows, to the construction and broadcast of a news 
event, to everyday e-mail exchanges and social networking activity. The 
term was popularized via the Macy conferences on Cybernetics (1946-1953). 
It was at these conferences where the application of the paradigm of 
cybernetics (the science of feedback) was first instituted across a 
number of scientific disciplines (behavioral psychology, evolutionary 
theory, anthropology, communications theory, modern [war] games theory to 
name a few).

The 10-minute video was written and performed by Steve Rushton with the 
visual aid of Ray & Charles Eames, A Communications Primer (1953). 
Recorded on location in the Commander's Room, Park Avenue Armory and 
produced by Dexter Sinister for True Mirror, 2008. Released in two 
versions -- via YouTube (lo-signal, high-noise) and via on-location 
screening (hi-signal, lo-noise).

For more information:
http://www.sinisterdexter.org/index.html?id=28

To watch the video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzM3Gkcltkw

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DEXTER SINISTER WILL OCCUPY THE COMMANDER'S ROOM AT THE 7TH REGIMENT 
ARMORY EVERY DAY FROM 4 MARCH TO 23 MARCH 2008 RELEASING A SERIES OF 
PARALLEL TEXTS THROUGH MULTIPLE CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION WHICH REFLECT ON 
THE 2008 WHITNEY BIENNIAL.

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE TRUE MIRROR WEBSITE:
http://www.sinisterdexter.org/