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Introduction
Investigative Artist and Memetic Engineer
Joseph Barrows is a new media artist investigating the way we treat life. "artificial life is not a theoretical science - we have created life forms from scratch and they live amongst us already, indeed, as many of the sci-fi tales have warned - they have started to become the dominant species" Joseph isn't speaking of genetically engineered microbes, or nanobots, or even computer virii; but of the corporation. "the corporation is a construct of information and law; it has no static physical presence (it can adopt and shed corporeal presence as needed). They can move between legal environments as needed (such as better tax havens, or less restrictive employment requirements)." But he is not an anarchist or anti-corporation campaigner. "I dont think we should rid the world of corporations - group activity is quite natural (and indeed, group mind is quite a reasonable evolution to achieve higher wisdom) I do think we need to urgently reform the corporate entity - googles "dont do evil" is exactly the sort of thing that needs to be in the preamble of every corporate constituition, a much more thorough approach would be Isaac Asimov's Laws of Robotics" Reformation of the wayward corporation is not Joseph's sole interest - he is also interested in way to think about new life forms creatively. Recent Activity BareLifeCombining Second Life and Real Theatre Joseph was in charge of the Second Life half section from the pre-performance run through of the Bare Life project, directed by Gorkem Acaroglu at Store Room Theatre in Melbourne. this video only has two scenes out of the entire performance - Asim in the Department of Social Security, and the more abstract Asim flees Second Life. this is part of a project to test using second life in a theatre environment, having some of the actors as SL avatars, and one as a live performer in the room with the audience. Machinima meets live (RL) performance
Diverse Range of Skills and Experience
Joseph has had an interesting life, doing everything from Blacksmithing to Video Jockey in night clubs.
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Joseph Barrows - Investigative Artist - Memetic Engineer - VJ
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