Texts

Last Night An Arphid Saved My Life
A run in with Conrad Chase, the guy putting RFID in the arms of clubbers in Barcelona
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Locative Arts (revised)
Discussion of locative arts practice available via Leonardo
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Locative Media and pervasive surveillance: The Loca Project
A collaborative text with John Evans, Theo Humphries and Mika Raento
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Locative Media
Edited LEA double special issue available via Leonardo Electronic Almanac
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Locative Arts. Discussion of locative arts practice, 2004.
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The Telephone Exchange. Mobile telephony has been shaped by metaphors borrowed from the wired world. [Available at www.receiver.vodafone.com from August 1st, 2004]
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Locative Dystopia 2. At what point do the exploratory movements of locative media diverge from new forms of synaptic surveillance? 2004.
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Mobile Connections. Catalogue text for the Futuresonic<04> festival outlining areas of interest for artists working with wireless and mobile media.
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The Locative Dystopia. Exploring the apparent convergence of locative media with technologies of social control, 2004.
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Mobile phones and surveillance. Text exploring how consumer level mobile devices can be used for surveillance, 2003.
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pockets-of-resistance. Position paper and discussion of media activism, 2003.
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Migrations. Edited collection of texts on migration and border crossing, 2002.
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Standing Reserve. Text commissioned for pHonic exhibition, 2001.
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Bring the noise. Text commissioned for One Bit Louder exhibition, 2000.
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Sounding Out Music (1999). Programme notes for Futuresonic’s SenseSonic project exploring sound and space.
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Corpus of Sound. Text on the Bodycoder project and kinesonics or body music, 1998.
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Audiovisual Theory. Published in On magazine, 1998.
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r E V E R B E R A T I O N S. Quotes and comments on the contemporary experience of sound. First printed in On (5.3 Winter Solstice, 1998)
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The New. Intellectual property and creativity in music, 1998.
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Phonic art and the futurist ear. Discussion text on recording and electronic music, 1998.
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Microgroove - simulation/amplification/intoxication. PhD thesis on electronic music, 1998.
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Dangerous Dancing and Disco Riots (2005 edit). An account of the warehouse parties in the north of the UK. Originally published in Mackay (ed), DIY Culture, 1998.
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E is for Ekstasis. Theoretical discussion of dance music. Published in New Formations, Spring/Summer 97.
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Fuck War Lets Dance: a serious road trip. An account of the trip by Free Party sound system Desert Storm to Bosnia in 1995/6.
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