bullet list: Aperture Foundation | The Apollo Prophecies

"On July 20, 1969, a defining moment in history took place when Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and spoke the immortal words, “One small step for man—one giant leap for mankind.” On that memorable day, the world was led to believe that the Americans had won the race to the moon; that night, every child dreamed of growing up to be an astronaut. But with the publication of The Apollo Prophecies, by Aperture in November 2006
this historic “truth” faces a grave challenge."

-Aperture Foundation

"Landing on the moon, they discover a lost mission of Edwardian-era astronauts who greet them as long-awaited gods"

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(PDF) Encouraging Witting Participation and Performance in Digital Live Art | © Jennifer G. Sheridan, Nick Bryan-Kinns, Alice Bayliss, 2007 Published by the British Computer Society People and Computers XXI – HCI… but not as we know it: Proceedings of HCI 2007 Linden J. Ball, M. Angela Sasse, Corina Sas, Thomas C. Ormerod, Alan Dix, Peter Bagnall, and Tom McEwan (Editors) | "We describe a framework for characterizing people’s behavior with Digital Live Art. Our framework considers people’s wittingness, technical skill, and interpretive abilities in relation to the performance frame. Three key categories of behavior with respect to the performance frame are proposed: performing, participating, and spectating. We exemplify the use of our framework by characterizing people’s interaction with a DLA - iPoi. This DLA is based on the ancient Maori art form of poi and employs a wireless, peer-to-peer exertion interface. The design goal of iPoi is to draw people into the performance frame and support transitions from audience to participant and on to performer. We reflect on iPoi in a public performance and outline its key design features."