Do-it-yourself soundproofing. Photo: www.g4noise.com
by Simon Sellars

Originally published on Sleepy Brain, 2 November 2003.

It begins with a slow cycling noise, the heavy drone of massive turbines gearing up to complete some Herculean task. This sonic undertow – insistent and full of ominous bottom-end harmonics – ensures that writing my notes is a horrendous, teeth-gnashing exercise. Disorienting [...]

‘Machine Logic: An Interview with Kirsty Boyle’
by Simon Sellars

Originally published in Jargon, summer 2001.

Kirsty Boyle is a researcher at RMIT’s Interactive Information Institute (I-Cubed), where she is developing her ‘Tele Operated Puppetry System’(TOPS), a tool utilising the net as a medium for controlling robots. Her work – creative, informative and practical – is infused with [...]