Cultural Issues Related to Wireless Art - Media Archeology - Why is wireless interesting/ important ? 

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Same origins of interest as Telecommunkcations in general

Magic of communicating at a distance through wires.  Considered amazing in its time.
- Curiosity about the Other - places, persons
- Desire to project into another place    to know what is going on, to act at a distance
- Escape from the limits of place, time, and the body, ability to be in stwo places at one time
- Cultural Imperialism or Multiculturalism? Travel, curiosity vs domination, homogenization

Specific Interest in Wireless

Magic of Communicating without wires people were amazed	Marconi's early radio station
Electric and Magnetic Fields -  Freedom from the physical, gravity, exploring the ether, invisible forces	Magnetic field - iron filings Aurora Borealis  - Natural visualization of earth magnetic field in the atmosphere
Originally it was thought radio voices were from the spirit world  - the voice of the ancestors, of God.	Moses and the burning bush Plasma field
Information, data everywhere, anytime, Communication everywhere,  mobility, spontaneity Lack of privacy, solitude, exploitation
Location based events - Place is important - GPS - Global Positioning Satellites - Location based services, entertainment	Galileo - EU GPS system
New social forms - spontaneously forming networks - Collective Intelligence - Smart Mobs	Smart Mobs - Howard Rheingold