Virtual Entity: milestones

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work on ‘spinoza’: the new debian machine of Jan van Eyck
more text on the noise margin
2nd: tutorial with Daniel van der Velden: planning of the first experiments on transmutation and the strategy to achieve it
tutorial with Florian Schneider (?)
3rd = Graham intervention: work on the noise margin
continue debugging and refining project
simplify metadata structure
installing on macosx: write documentation and step by step instructions
publish second version of code with new naming (i am finishing it)
verbose definition and description of the structure of semantic and genetic relations
install track (not sure it is necessary though, actual minimal wiki is also fine. what do you think Florian?)
collaboration with Jack Henryfischer: attempt to implement virtual entity within the ‘index machine’
second week of june (or later): virtual entity plus goto10 3 days workshop
june 19th / 21st: italian hackmeeting, milan. presentation.
follow Nancy Mauro Flude in teaching virtual entity at master students in sidney

experiments of transmutation: limited edition, series of visual works (transmutation and the noise margin). material to be shown in the gallery. FOR SALE!
piksel application
the triptych: a postmodern painting in classical style. how to show and display virtual entity in galleries. Posters of the project.
july 15th / august 2nd = travel to brasil: pure data convention. presentation of virtual entity in Sao Paulo and Salvador do Bahia

research: how to interrogate the database (SQL strings)
summer camp organized by Laboral and Hangar, Gijon, Spain. virtual entity is one of the nodes: one week working group on metadata, testing and commenting the code, alternatives (i am invited but not sure it is worth it: Florian what do you think?)
13th / 16th -→ presentation at hacking at random (not sure: good for involving people in the project though)
last coding sprint plus release (have to select another coder i think, maybe someone who is also understanding some of the theory. i have one person in mind)

prototype in python working: create edit and display souls, edit relations
how to interrogate the virtual entity: draft of code and structure
design of the application and its properties
users support and teaching
‘De sensu rerum et digitalia’ a short essay on the power of imagination by Eleonora Oreggia [to be published as a short book(?!)]
the triptych

define how far is the prototype is supposed to arrive
find balance between theory and technique (that’s where i am stuck the most)
clarify objectives and design so to be able to involve other people in the project and have a community of users

find a team to implement and optimize the python prototype into a web or a stand-alone application
use the virtual entity as a net art generator
play with metadata
piksel (nov 2009)

this is obviously an optimistic list, there is the possibility of scaling down some of these points