Category Archives: theory

Social, political and technological dimensions of the io enterprise.

analog io

By Han-earl Park | Published: June 29, 2009

I’ve assumed that future versions of io would have a single board computer (or multiple SBCs) in place of the clunky and fragile personal computer. There was, however, always an alternative. Take the not-so-humble analog computer, a technology with a fascinating past and a (still promising) future. Given that io’s behavior is driven by an N-body [...]

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io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic? (a report from TWO Thousand + NINE)

By Han-earl Park | Published: June 19, 2009

Some thoughts and observations from my presentation on io 0.0.1 beta at the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium, the Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, N. Ireland. [Abstract…] At the end of the presentation, a couple of remarks stood out. One was Franziska Schroeder’s comment that the presentation posed more questions than provided answers, and the other [...]

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io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic? (slideshow)

By Han-earl Park | Published: May 28, 2009

From the slideshow for the presentation on io 0.0.1 beta at the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium, the Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, N. Ireland. [Abstract…] My part (spoken by the humyn participant Han-earl Park) was never written down, but the full transcript of the (imaginary) statements by io 0.0.1 beta are reproduced below. (You can [...]

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io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi parody? nostalgic relic? (abstract)

By Han-earl Park | Published: May 7, 2009

I’ll be presenting a paper on io 0.0.1 beta at the TWO Thousand + NINE symposium which takes place at the Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, N. Ireland. Abstract: Greetings! I am io 0.0.1 beta, an interactive, semi-autonomous, non-human technological artifact—a musical automaton. I operate as parts of a real-time cyborg ensemble—a socio-technical/socio-musical network—in which the primary [...]

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(imaginary) introductions by io

By Han-earl Park | Published: May 5, 2009

Some imaginary statements by io 0.0.1 beta: Greetings! I am io 0.0.1 beta, an interactive, semi-autonomous, non-human technological artifact—a musical automaton. I operate as parts of a real-time cyborg ensemble—a socio-technical/socio-musical network—in which the primary protocol is improvisation. I am, perhaps, an improviser and a social machine. from the abstract of ‘io 0.0.1 beta: ironic tale? sci-fi [...]

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beta test 11-10-08: preamble

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 25, 2008

frankenmusic(s) Almost eight years ago, when io-to-be was a bunch of discorporate code fragments, Sara Roberts remarked that the enterprise of constructing a machine improvisers wasn’t so much megalomanic as Frankensteinian. Fifteen days ago, during the break between beta test sessions, Franziska Schroeder asked a pithy question that cut to the core of this enterprise: what do [...]

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io + I met

By Franziska Schroeder | Published: November 24, 2008

On the 10th of November 2008 I had the great pleasure to meet io. She seemed a rather calm, clandestine creature, not saying much… not moving much, in fact not engaging with me much at all. However, she appeared to be a ’saxophonistic’ persona – shiny, slightly shimmering in the sunlit surroundings. But who is io? What [...]

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beta test 11-10-08: audio recordings

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 16, 2008

I will be returning with more detailed reports within the coming days, but, in the meantime, here is the audio documentation of the io++ beta test with Franziska Schroeder on November 10th 2008. beta test 11-10-08_00 [mp3] beta test 11-10-08_01 [mp3] beta test 11-10-08_02 [mp3] beta test 11-10-08_03 [mp3] beta test 11-10-08_04 [mp3] beta test 11-10-08_05 [mp3] Performers are io 0.0.1 beta++ [...]

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beta test 11-10-08 with Franziska Schroeder

By Han-earl Park | Published: November 5, 2008

The first beta test (which, in some respects, is more of an alpha test) is scheduled to start on Monday, November 10th 2008. Saxophonist, improviser, theorist and veteran of technological arts, Franziska Schroeder will be working with io++ (or components that will make up that machine), and we’ll see more clearly what work needs to [...]

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In Conversation with an Automaton

By Han-earl Park | Published: July 1, 2008

‘In Conversation with an Automaton: Identities and Agency in a Heterogeneous Social and Musical Network’, my article on io 0.0.1 beta, is published in the Leonardo Electronic Almanac.

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