a g o g i c a l     i n t e r v e n t i o n s *

an international web art project by A2 Arts members and friends

* agogical = invoking a sense of wonder

Viewing Information : Please read

Viewing the works :

To run the work, click on the title. To see more about the artist, click on 'more' below the name.

Run times :

Download and run-time for each work should not exceed 15 mins per artist. Please be patient while the sites download.

Best View :

The works look best without the toolbars at the top of the screen. Go to View/Toolbars and uncheck them all. It is still easy to navigate using the View option (Back/Forward via the Go To option).

Changing your screen resolution :

For a PC: Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel. Doubleclick Display. Choose the Settings tab. Push the slider in the 'Display Area' panel along until you get 800 x 600. Your PC will remember this setting when you shut down. If you want to go back to your old setting just repeat the procedure

Copyright :

Copyright to all images, text, sounds and web page code retains to the artist unless otherwise stated. Please refer to the artist if you wish to use any or part of the works contained within this project.

a r t i s t s     i n d e x

Artist	Work	Description	Technical
Nina Danino: London more	'Temenos' 2 mins+ (1 page)	Film still of 'Temenos' : Nina Danino Temenos means 'ritual precinct'; a sacred place, a place apart. In the film a disquieting dimension manifests itself in a becalmed landscape. This web page is a sequence, from the original location stills of the film, in a gradation from light to dark. Contains information on where to see the screening of this film in full	Contains Java animations. Best view IE5: 800 x 600 screen resolution (see above).
Valéry Grancher: France more	'Midday Night' 15 mins (several pages)	The Earth as landscape during the total eclipse on August 11th 1999 at Midday: an overview of the Moon's shadow. The work is an ambivalent paradox, cast onto the Earth, between landscape and Space. Click on the image of the Earth to view the eclipse landscape around Laon, France. Images copyright : Eumetsat 1999	Contains Java animations. Best view IE5: 800 x 600 screen resolution (see above).
Paul Malone : London more	Fallen Angel 15 mins (5 pages)	Starting initially with a factual report about a 'near-miss' incident above South East London. The 5 pages unfold into a dream journey through the aerial architecture of the skies over the city. Each page is based on a different 'Noir' by Odilon Redon. Please View/Refresh to synchronise the music once the images have downloaded Rotate to sequence	Contains Java animations, DHTML and Midi files. Best view IE5. Necessary: 800 x 600 screen resolution (see above).
Nicola Rae: London more	'Deptford Creek' 1 page	A series of photographs showing the tidal flow of the Creek taken on one day.	Best view IE5. Necessary: 800 x 600 screen resolution (see above).
Fung Lin Hall: Arizona more	'Three Easy Pieces' 'Good Luck Bullshit Calligraphy' (2 works)	Two collaborative works by Fung Lin Hall and Koji Tada. 'Three Easy Pieces' : Place your cursor over 'Agog' 'Calligraphy': Place your cursor over the pictograph	Contains 'Flash' graphics and javascript Best view: 800 x 600 screen resolution (see above).
Chris Marshall: London more	'Barge' 2 mins (1 page)	A metal storage shed, installed at the Standort Gallery. It is real, mundane, reminiscent of much of our urban environment. They are places of conformity. They are often places to hide or secrete. Sheds also have their own secrets. The installation involves light, movement and magic.	Contains Java animations. Best view IE5. Necessary: 800 x 600 screen resolution (see above).
P.R. van Pottelberg Canada more	'Wonders of the World' 15 mins (3 pages)	"This web design is an extreme condensation of what I have been thinking of and working on the last few months -- the restoration of old images and hermetic symbolism and voyages of discovery. The first image is the frontispiece of Sears Book of Wonders, circa 1848, which I have restored. The second image is a whimsy with an animation of an image taken from the aforementioned frontispiece -- depicting Columbus discovering the New World. The music on the site are examples of the Ars Subtilior school from 14th century Europe, a form of experimental syncopated music centuries ahead of its time." P.R. Pottelberg	Contains Java animations. Best view: 800 x 600 screen resolution (see above). To close the 'Geocities' pane, Click the 'up' arrow, then the cross

c u r a t o r s     n o t e

Like all things on the internet these days, this project has been a voyage of discovery and a Himalayan learning curve. My thanks to all who have taken part, often at short notice, and to the ‘Deptford X’ Festival for hosting this initiative. The artists cover a range of experience and innovation, from those who are conversant with the medium, to artists who have experience in other fields and have been willing to launch into the often intimidating realms of cyberspace.

Our greatest thanks of course go to those of you who are visitors to the site and are willing to extend your time, patience, aesthetic sensibilities and phone bills to what we have to offer here. We have tried to keep download times to a minimum and cater for as many user systems as practicable. We do appreciate your patience if sometimes the pages take a while to display themselves.

Why ‘Agogical Interventions’? Administering the A2 site has been a very practical occupation; pasting up members work and handling the exchanges and correspondence that arrives on a day to day basis. In all this time I have been struck by the optimism and sense of wonder at being able to communicate with others of a creative disposition often on the other side of the planet. It is a time of great change and opportunity, a period when a sense of playful adventure and enquiry do not go amiss.

Best wishes, Paul Malone

mail to:	Paul Malone. 143a, Greenwich South Street, London, SE10 8NX
tel / fax:	00 44 (0)20 8692 1427
e - mail:	pmalone@a2arts.co.uk