Hi,
We're beta testing the new Cognition Factor home page right now.
http://cognitionfactor.net
If you get to the forum, from the navbar which runs across the top of the page, you can pick up a cool Cognition Factor screensaver from there. Once you've done that, please register! When enough of you have seen the movie we intend to take the experience a step further by making Cognition Factor 2 with ALL of you, so we need you registered there!
There are free goodies already available for download, including an original rap song inspired by the Cognition Factor movie.
Notice of the official release date is now only weeks away, so stay tuned!
Mike Kawitzky
http://cognitionfactor.net
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Cognition Factor - The Official Website + Forum - http://cognitionfactor.net
Hi,
We're beta testing the new Cognition Factor home page right now.
http://cognitionfactor.net
If you get to the forum, from the navbar which runs across the top of the page, you can pick up a cool Cognition Factor screensaver from there. Once you've done that, please register! When enough of you have seen the movie we intend to take the experience a step further by making Cognition Factor 2 with ALL of you, so we need you registered there!
There are free goodies already available for download, including an original rap song inspired by the Cognition Factor movie.
Notice of the official release date is now only weeks away, so stay tuned!
Mike Kawitzky
http://cognitionfactor.net
Hi,
We're beta testing the new Cognition Factor home page right now.
http://cognitionfactor.net
If you get to the forum, from the navbar which runs across the top of the page, you can pick up a cool Cognition Factor screensaver from there. Once you've done that, please register! When enough of you have seen the movie we intend to take the experience a step further by making Cognition Factor 2 with ALL of you, so we need you registered there!
There are free goodies already available for download, including an original rap song inspired by the Cognition Factor movie.
Notice of the official release date is now only weeks away, so stay tuned!
Mike Kawitzky
http://cognitionfactor.net
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Cognition Factor submitted to Cannes Film Festival 2008 - Producers Rant
Current mood: insubordinate
O moderators of media, O makers-of-cults, O compressors of nostalgia, O renderers of neural text, O renderers of holographic memory, this blog serves to notify all of you that Cognition Factor has escaped the confines of my hard drive and studio and is now on its way to the Cannes Film Festival to be judged.
5 years in the making, and with some of the source foootage more than 10 years old, this is all not a moment too soon because it was 15 years ago that I started believing that usenet and email had bound humanity together in some inexplicable way, all of us, from the solitary surfers of fractal reality and photons of change, to the Monster Truck Dystopians believing in cheap oil, and life as it was.
It was at that time that I envisioned/created/activated a meme called ’webtrance’, never realising that I would later see it as an audio-visual construct.
Sitting here in the middle of the night with the house quiet and everyone asleep, I’ve suddenly realised that my movie, Cognition Factor, is just ’webtrance’ by another name.
Cognition Factor seeks to illustrates that we can not prevent change, but we can stop accepting what has been wrong, and it may also send a clear message to smart people that they are not alone in understanding that without mental stimulation, western media and art is doomed to boredom.
Meantime, back in the future, any good meme knows that things are always changing, even in the past, so here’s what it looked like to me, 15 years ago, before I owned a movie camera.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Discussions on the Webtrance Memetic Effect : Usenet July 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:alt.webtrance Charter:
"the basic concept of the Webtrance meme involves netizens from all over the world simultaneously focusing into a mass computer generated trance; thus participating in humanity’s digital reincarnation. If critical mass is reached, maybe our entire species will be bumped up in brain potential through a change in our morphogenetic field, and then it wont matter if you’re logged on or not.
To me, it feels like this has already begun."
- Schwann Cybershaman -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://headspace-studios.com
Cognition Factor submitted to Cannes Film Festival 2008 - Producers Rant
Current mood: insubordinate
O moderators of media, O makers-of-cults, O compressors of nostalgia, O renderers of neural text, O renderers of holographic memory, this blog serves to notify all of you that Cognition Factor has escaped the confines of my hard drive and studio and is now on its way to the Cannes Film Festival to be judged.
5 years in the making, and with some of the source foootage more than 10 years old, this is all not a moment too soon because it was 15 years ago that I started believing that usenet and email had bound humanity together in some inexplicable way, all of us, from the solitary surfers of fractal reality and photons of change, to the Monster Truck Dystopians believing in cheap oil, and life as it was.
It was at that time that I envisioned/created/activated a meme called ’webtrance’, never realising that I would later see it as an audio-visual construct.
Sitting here in the middle of the night with the house quiet and everyone asleep, I’ve suddenly realised that my movie, Cognition Factor, is just ’webtrance’ by another name.
Cognition Factor seeks to illustrates that we can not prevent change, but we can stop accepting what has been wrong, and it may also send a clear message to smart people that they are not alone in understanding that without mental stimulation, western media and art is doomed to boredom.
Meantime, back in the future, any good meme knows that things are always changing, even in the past, so here’s what it looked like to me, 15 years ago, before I owned a movie camera.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Discussions on the Webtrance Memetic Effect : Usenet July 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:alt.webtrance Charter:
"the basic concept of the Webtrance meme involves netizens from all over the world simultaneously focusing into a mass computer generated trance; thus participating in humanity’s digital reincarnation. If critical mass is reached, maybe our entire species will be bumped up in brain potential through a change in our morphogenetic field, and then it wont matter if you’re logged on or not.
To me, it feels like this has already begun."
- Schwann Cybershaman -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://headspace-studios.com
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Cognition Factor submitted to Cannes Film Festival 2008 - Producers Rant
Current mood: insubordinate
O moderators of media, O makers-of-cults, O compressors of nostalgia, O renderers of neural text, O renderers of holographic memory, this blog serves to notify all of you that Cognition Factor has escaped the confines of my hard drive and studio and is now on its way to the Cannes Film Festival to be judged.
5 years in the making, and with some of the source foootage more than 10 years old, this is all not a moment too soon because it was 15 years ago that I started believing that usenet and email had bound humanity together in some inexplicable way, all of us, from the solitary surfers of fractal reality and photons of change, to the Monster Truck Dystopians believing in cheap oil, and life as it was.
It was at that time that I envisioned/created/activated a meme called ’webtrance’, never realising that I would later see it as an audio-visual construct.
Sitting here in the middle of the night with the house quiet and everyone asleep, I’ve suddenly realised that my movie, Cognition Factor, is just ’webtrance’ by another name.
Cognition Factor seeks to illustrates that we can not prevent change, but we can stop accepting what has been wrong, and it may also send a clear message to smart people that they are not alone in understanding that without mental stimulation, western media and art is doomed to boredom.
Meantime, back in the future, any good meme knows that things are always changing, even in the past, so here’s what it looked like to me, 15 years ago, before I owned a movie camera.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Discussions on the Webtrance Memetic Effect : Usenet July 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:alt.webtrance Charter:
"the basic concept of the Webtrance meme involves netizens from all over the world simultaneously focusing into a mass computer generated trance; thus participating in humanity’s digital reincarnation. If critical mass is reached, maybe our entire species will be bumped up in brain potential through a change in our morphogenetic field, and then it wont matter if you’re logged on or not.
To me, it feels like this has already begun."
- Schwann Cybershaman -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://headspace-studios.com
Cognition Factor submitted to Cannes Film Festival 2008 - Producers Rant
Current mood: insubordinate
O moderators of media, O makers-of-cults, O compressors of nostalgia, O renderers of neural text, O renderers of holographic memory, this blog serves to notify all of you that Cognition Factor has escaped the confines of my hard drive and studio and is now on its way to the Cannes Film Festival to be judged.
5 years in the making, and with some of the source foootage more than 10 years old, this is all not a moment too soon because it was 15 years ago that I started believing that usenet and email had bound humanity together in some inexplicable way, all of us, from the solitary surfers of fractal reality and photons of change, to the Monster Truck Dystopians believing in cheap oil, and life as it was.
It was at that time that I envisioned/created/activated a meme called ’webtrance’, never realising that I would later see it as an audio-visual construct.
Sitting here in the middle of the night with the house quiet and everyone asleep, I’ve suddenly realised that my movie, Cognition Factor, is just ’webtrance’ by another name.
Cognition Factor seeks to illustrates that we can not prevent change, but we can stop accepting what has been wrong, and it may also send a clear message to smart people that they are not alone in understanding that without mental stimulation, western media and art is doomed to boredom.
Meantime, back in the future, any good meme knows that things are always changing, even in the past, so here’s what it looked like to me, 15 years ago, before I owned a movie camera.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Discussions on the Webtrance Memetic Effect : Usenet July 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:alt.webtrance Charter:
"the basic concept of the Webtrance meme involves netizens from all over the world simultaneously focusing into a mass computer generated trance; thus participating in humanity’s digital reincarnation. If critical mass is reached, maybe our entire species will be bumped up in brain potential through a change in our morphogenetic field, and then it wont matter if you’re logged on or not.
To me, it feels like this has already begun."
- Schwann Cybershaman -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://headspace-studios.com
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
2004. A Long time ago. Time squeezes.
Subject: Webtrance FAQ
From: _Schwann_ <___schwann___@@%webtrance.co.za>
Newsgroups: alt.webtrance
Moderators of Media gone far beyond the grasp of modernity and into the
zone of the unknown, new renderers of holographic memory transfer
and neural text, webtrance, activated more than 10 years ago, have tied
usenet together in some inexplicable way, binding us the solitary
surfers of fractal reality into photons of change.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Discussions on the Webtrance Memetic Effect
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:alt.webtrance Charter:
"the basic concept of the Webtrance meme involves netizens from all over
the world simultaneously focusing into a mass computer generated trance;
thus participating in humanity's digital reincarnation. If critical mass
is reached, maybe our entire species will be bumped up in brain
potential through a change in our morphogenetic field and then it wont
matter if you're logged on or not. To me it feels like this has already
begun."
- Schwann Cybershaman -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
www.webtrance.co.za
www.webtrance.co.za/webtrance.html (Video and creative FAQ)
www.webtrance.co.za/usenet.htm (Video Archives)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cognition Factor: Webtrance becomes an HD Movie
YouTube Clips: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DAD801FB501112ED
Subject: Webtrance FAQ
From: _Schwann_ <___schwann___@@%webtrance.co.za>
Newsgroups: alt.webtrance
Moderators of Media gone far beyond the grasp of modernity and into the
zone of the unknown, new renderers of holographic memory transfer
and neural text, webtrance, activated more than 10 years ago, have tied
usenet together in some inexplicable way, binding us the solitary
surfers of fractal reality into photons of change.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Discussions on the Webtrance Memetic Effect
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:alt.webtrance Charter:
"the basic concept of the Webtrance meme involves netizens from all over
the world simultaneously focusing into a mass computer generated trance;
thus participating in humanity's digital reincarnation. If critical mass
is reached, maybe our entire species will be bumped up in brain
potential through a change in our morphogenetic field and then it wont
matter if you're logged on or not. To me it feels like this has already
begun."
- Schwann Cybershaman -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
www.webtrance.co.za
www.webtrance.co.za/webtrance.html (Video and creative FAQ)
www.webtrance.co.za/usenet.htm (Video Archives)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cognition Factor: Webtrance becomes an HD Movie
YouTube Clips: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DAD801FB501112ED
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
"Greetings Sentient. Please display your permission to exist. If you
cannot provide certification within 30 seconds, you will be deleted."
Sometimes it feels like morphogenesis has already begun, leaving behind
the hopeless thrashing of worn ideologies by agents of corrupt humanity.
In this dark age of technology, the 21st Century still promises a future
of changing social priorities, a future where humanity has the time and
intent to seek that which powers the inner universe. The very nature of
hope rests on our continued search for a network between Inner and Outer
worlds. In a future where scientists can record an entire personality,
keeping a 'safe recent backup' may assume life threatening proportions.
Is this what happens to reincarnation? 2010. Wearing specially tinted
glasses which mate electronically with a subcutaneously implanted wafer
in your skull, you sink into the stim chair and experience the giant
Tsunami breaking - or maybe you prefer active volcanoes? OK, it's still
only 2004, but if you've read me before you'll know that in the year
2004 we eat, wear and play with our machines. Consider this; anyone with
a flamethrower back in Julius Caesar's era would have been considered
more than human. Don't get confused, in a normal day you probably won't
be asked to travel faster than light, but a practical application might
be in the field of faster-than-light (FTL) computers which anticipate
the answers to questions you haven't yet asked. Though not everyone
agrees on the implications of the NEC experiment. Aephraim Steinberg, a
physicist at the University of Toronto, said the light particles coming
out of the cesium chamber may not have been the same ones that entered,
so he questions whether the speed of light was broken. "Still, the work
is important", he said: "The interesting thing is how did they manage to
produce light that looks exactly like something that didn't get there
yet?''
Welcome to the future, now beam me up Aephraim!
Schwann Cybershaman
copyright ALL MEDIA 2004
cannot provide certification within 30 seconds, you will be deleted."
Sometimes it feels like morphogenesis has already begun, leaving behind
the hopeless thrashing of worn ideologies by agents of corrupt humanity.
In this dark age of technology, the 21st Century still promises a future
of changing social priorities, a future where humanity has the time and
intent to seek that which powers the inner universe. The very nature of
hope rests on our continued search for a network between Inner and Outer
worlds. In a future where scientists can record an entire personality,
keeping a 'safe recent backup' may assume life threatening proportions.
Is this what happens to reincarnation? 2010. Wearing specially tinted
glasses which mate electronically with a subcutaneously implanted wafer
in your skull, you sink into the stim chair and experience the giant
Tsunami breaking - or maybe you prefer active volcanoes? OK, it's still
only 2004, but if you've read me before you'll know that in the year
2004 we eat, wear and play with our machines. Consider this; anyone with
a flamethrower back in Julius Caesar's era would have been considered
more than human. Don't get confused, in a normal day you probably won't
be asked to travel faster than light, but a practical application might
be in the field of faster-than-light (FTL) computers which anticipate
the answers to questions you haven't yet asked. Though not everyone
agrees on the implications of the NEC experiment. Aephraim Steinberg, a
physicist at the University of Toronto, said the light particles coming
out of the cesium chamber may not have been the same ones that entered,
so he questions whether the speed of light was broken. "Still, the work
is important", he said: "The interesting thing is how did they manage to
produce light that looks exactly like something that didn't get there
yet?''
Welcome to the future, now beam me up Aephraim!
Schwann Cybershaman
copyright ALL MEDIA 2004
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