https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/87a8d2b1d1d20634775ef984b1114a3a.png 8c53f090e936fdfe2e4260de7d8c39be https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/3f819976fefecb20f2f773b99cb2845a.png d62a9017e297bbfeaf57ab424e39c6a7 https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/69a28a895523d2016be3bbb8749cd3a5.png 8f2be4ab4606a75809664c64d1f68487 ADELTA Item Items included in the Australian Directory of Electronic Literature and Text-based Art (ADELTA). Platform Software platform or means of display e.g Installation / YouTube / HTML / Flash / Twitter / QuickTime Second Life Genre Web based 3D environment Work URL The URL of the original work, included as an HTML link. <a href="http://www.babelswarm.com/images.html">http://www.babelswarm.com/images.html</a> Artist Statement A statement about the work, as provided by the artist(s). Activated by the voices of visitors in the real-world gallery and chat messaging from virtual visitors in Second Life, a swarm of letter cubes - programmed to seek out their original word position - slowly builds a morphing, virtual Tower of Babel. This tower is constructed from the utterances of visitors to it, constantly reconfiguring itself according to the artificial stupidity of the individual letter forms. What sorts of conceptual figures are available to think such a thing? The very old: the Tower of Babel from the Book of Genesis, which melds the frightening possibilities of technology, language, and power in a single startling image. And the very new: swarm intelligence as an ideal that expresses how innumerable different individuals can nonetheless come to produce radical innovations in excess of the powers of any one of them and in the midst of apparent disorder. Babelswarm is a project that draws on the most traditional elements of religion, art, and literature, as it engages with the challenges of a scientific and technological age. Source of Artist Statement The source of information included in the Artist Statement, included as an HTML link to the relevant URL where possible. <a href="http://www.babelswarm.com/about.html">Description in author's website</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Nash_Babelswarm Title A name given to the resource Babelswarm Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nash, Adam Clemens, Justin Dodds, Christopher Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dodds, Christopher Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Adam Nash, Justin Clemens and Christopher Dodds . The copyright of images posted on the ADELTA Website belongs to third parties and is included on this website by permission from copyright holders. Apart from any use permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (including fair dealing) the images may not be downloaded, adapted, remixed, printed, emailed, stored in a cache or otherwise reproduced without the written permission from the copyright holder. Subject The topic of the resource Real time 3D art and audio project Description An account of the resource <strong>Artist Statement</strong><br />Activated by the voices of visitors in the real-world gallery and chat messaging from virtual visitors in Second Life, a swarm of letter cubes - programmed to seek out their original word position - slowly builds a morphing, virtual Tower of Babel. This tower is constructed from the utterances of visitors to it, constantly reconfiguring itself according to the artificial stupidity of the individual letter forms. What sorts of conceptual figures are available to think such a thing? The very old: the Tower of Babel from the Book of Genesis, which melds the frightening possibilities of technology, language, and power in a single startling image. And the very new: swarm intelligence as an ideal that expresses how innumerable different individuals can nonetheless come to produce radical innovations in excess of the powers of any one of them and in the midst of apparent disorder.<br />Babelswarm is a project that draws on the most traditional elements of religion, art, and literature, as it engages with the challenges of a scientific and technological age.<br /><a href="http://www.babelswarm.com/about.html">Source of Artist Statement</a> Adam Nash Christopher Dodds Justin Clemens Real time 3D art and audio project