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From: brian carroll <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, December 31, 1999 10:36 PM
Subject: the Architecture of Electricity


> Artifact: i've completed a thesis which rationalizes
> the electrical infrastructure in architectural terms. my
> approach has been influenced by the connection between
> the fields of archaeology and architecture, and i hope
> someday that someone writes an 'archaeology of electricity'.
>
> my intention is to build a solid foundation for the indepth
> critique of networks of electrical power, media, & technology-
> that which underlies the Internet and the e-commerce engine.
>
> i consider this work open-source, basing the text on a series
> of defined CODE-words. please consider using these words in
> your own work to extend or challenge the AE thesis. i will
> host these texts and any others which discuss electricity
> and electrical phenomena on the AE project website.
>
> for example, the AE thesis enables a structural approach to
> subjects as diverse as the 'digital divide', net.art, Echelon,
> cryptography, e-tail, hacktivism, consciousness, history of
> technology, pollution, virtual reality, information warfare,
> electromagnetic architecture, etcetera, in one empirical model.
>
> my hope is to become a critical repository for information
> on electricity, and its economic, social, & political impact.
>
> [i need to state that my effort is non-profit in nature].
>
>     i look forward to collaborating with you...
>
>                    bc
>
> ________________________________________________________________
>
>
> T H E   A R C H I T E C T U R E   O F   E L E C T R I C I T Y
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>               launching 12/31/99 - 01/01/00 PST
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>              b r i a n  t h o m a s  c a r r o l l
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>          independent architectural researcher
>
> ________________________________________________________________
>
>
>            --  AE  T H E S I S   O V E R V I E W  --
>
>
>     An ARCHITECTURAL thesis examining ELECTRICITY...
>
>    the ways it exists in the WORLD... its EPOCHAL evolution...
>
>     its formation in the ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE of POWER,
>
>    MEDIA, and TECHNOLOGY... defining new experiences of SPACE
>
>    and TIME, AESTHETICS, and CULTURE- a new ELECTRICAL ORDER...
>
>       juxtaposed with the ARCHITECTURAL ORDER of TRADITION,
>
>      revealing an ARCHITECTURE OF ELECTRICITY.  (AE)
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________
>
>      * 100 illustrations * 180 definitions * 60 sections *
>
>                 -- 10 years in the making --
>
>      THE MEDIUM IS ELECTRICITY and THE MESSAGE IS ELECTRIC
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________
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>
>           (apologies for cross-posting)
>
>                  ._._.