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| − | + | [[Image:Michael Murtaugh.jpg|thumb|350px|Michael Murtaugh [https://www.pzwart.nl/experimental-publishing/staff-and-tutors/] ]] | |
| − | + | '''Michael Murtaugh''' (1972, Champaign, Illinois, USA) designs and researches community databases, interactive documentary, and tools for new forms of (collaborative) reading and writing online. He is course director of the [https://xpub.nl/ Experimental Publishing Master XPUB] at the [[Piet Zwart Institute]], [[Rotterdam]]. | |
| − | His work has been shown at Documenta 13 and | + | Michael Murtaugh is a member of [[Constant]], an art and media collective based in [[Brussels]]. With Constant he has been working on [http://activearchives.org Active Archives], a platform for diverse material ranging from texts to images and video. Seeing the project as both technical and cultural, the system facilitates, re-use of material while enriching content through metadata, vocabularies, and taxonomies. He is also a member of the [https://vandal.ist/ Institute for Computational Vandalism], a collective that works at the intersection of the visual arts archive and new forms of narrative through algorithmic exploration |
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| + | Murtaugh has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science (1994), and a Masters degree (1996) from the Interactive Cinema group led by Glorianna Davenport, both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1997, he moved to the Netherlands and began teaching in the Media Design Master of the Piet Zwart Institute/WDKA in 2003, and the Experimental Publishing Master from its inception in 2016. | ||
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| + | His work has been shown at Documenta 13, the Stedelijk Museum, and Kunsthal Aarhus. He is a regular participant in events related to digital archiving and free software and design. | ||
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| + | He is based in [[Brussels]]. (2022) | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
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* with Geoff Cox, and Nicolas Malevé, [http://activearchives.org/wiki/Archiving_the_Data-body:_human_and_nonhuman_agency_in_the_documents_of_Kurenniemi "Archiving the Data-body: Human and Nonhuman Agency in the Documents of Kurenniemi"], in ''Writing and Unwriting (Media) Art History: Erkki Kurenniemi in 2048'', eds. Joasia Krysa and Jussi Parikka, MIT Press, 2015. | * with Geoff Cox, and Nicolas Malevé, [http://activearchives.org/wiki/Archiving_the_Data-body:_human_and_nonhuman_agency_in_the_documents_of_Kurenniemi "Archiving the Data-body: Human and Nonhuman Agency in the Documents of Kurenniemi"], in ''Writing and Unwriting (Media) Art History: Erkki Kurenniemi in 2048'', eds. Joasia Krysa and Jussi Parikka, MIT Press, 2015. | ||
* with Ellef Prestsæter, Matthew Fuller, Nicolas Malevé, [http://www.editorialconcreta.org/Vandalist-Iconophilia "Vandalist Iconophilia"], ''Concreta'' 05, Valencia: Concreta, 1 Jun 2015. | * with Ellef Prestsæter, Matthew Fuller, Nicolas Malevé, [http://www.editorialconcreta.org/Vandalist-Iconophilia "Vandalist Iconophilia"], ''Concreta'' 05, Valencia: Concreta, 1 Jun 2015. | ||
| − | * co-editor, [https://networksofonesown.constantvzw.org/etherbox/manual.html ''Networks Of Ones Own'' 1: "Etherbox"], Brussels: Constant, Sep 2019. | + | * co-editor, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=20190 The Techno-Galactic Guide to Software Observation]'', Brussels: Constant, 2018, 244 pp. |
| + | * co-editor, [https://networksofonesown.constantvzw.org/etherbox/manual.html ''Networks Of Ones Own'' 1: "Etherbox"], Brussels: Constant, Sep 2019. | ||
| + | * [https://vltk.vvvvvvaria.org/w/Torn_at_the_seams:_vernacular_approaches_to_teaching_with_computational_tools "Torn at the seams: vernacular approaches to teaching with computational tools"], in ''[https://vltk.vvvvvvaria.org/w/Vernaculars_come_to_matter,_(re)orienting_language_and_technology Vernaculars Come to Matter, (Re)Orienting Language and Technology]'', eds. Cristina Cochior, Julie Boschat-Thorez and Manetta Berends, Rotterdam: Everyday Technology Press, 2021. | ||
| + | * [http://automatist.org/cv/ more] | ||
==Interviews== | ==Interviews== | ||
* Annet Dekker, [http://aaaan.net/michael-murtaugh-portable-skor/ "Michael Murtaugh: Portable SKOR"], May 2012. | * Annet Dekker, [http://aaaan.net/michael-murtaugh-portable-skor/ "Michael Murtaugh: Portable SKOR"], May 2012. | ||
| + | * Shusha Niederberger, [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/ecosystems-of-writing/ "Ecosystems of Writing. Interview with Michael Murtaugh"], Jan 2019, 13 min. Video. [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ecosystems-of-writing_transcript.pdf Transcript]. Conducted Sep 2018 at HEK, Zurich. Part of the [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/category/working-materials/interviews/ Creating Commons] project. {{en}} | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://automatist.org/ Home page] | * [http://automatist.org/ Home page] | ||
* [http://www.pzwart.nl/master-media-design-and-communication/staff-and-tutors/michael-murtaugh/ Profile on Piet Zwart Institute] | * [http://www.pzwart.nl/master-media-design-and-communication/staff-and-tutors/michael-murtaugh/ Profile on Piet Zwart Institute] | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [[Mastodon::https://framapiaf.org/@automatist]] [[Base:Mastodon|(Mastodon)]] |
* [https://twitter.com/surautomatist Twitter] | * [https://twitter.com/surautomatist Twitter] | ||
* [https://vimeo.com/user4553464 Vimeo] | * [https://vimeo.com/user4553464 Vimeo] | ||
* [https://wdka.academia.edu/MichaelMurtaugh Academia.edu] | * [https://wdka.academia.edu/MichaelMurtaugh Academia.edu] | ||
| + | * [http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~murtaugh/ Personal website at MIT] | ||
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| + | [[Series:Free software]] [[Series:Artists' publishing]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:23, 9 March 2024
Michael Murtaugh [1]
Michael Murtaugh (1972, Champaign, Illinois, USA) designs and researches community databases, interactive documentary, and tools for new forms of (collaborative) reading and writing online. He is course director of the Experimental Publishing Master XPUB at the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam.
Michael Murtaugh is a member of Constant, an art and media collective based in Brussels. With Constant he has been working on Active Archives, a platform for diverse material ranging from texts to images and video. Seeing the project as both technical and cultural, the system facilitates, re-use of material while enriching content through metadata, vocabularies, and taxonomies. He is also a member of the Institute for Computational Vandalism, a collective that works at the intersection of the visual arts archive and new forms of narrative through algorithmic exploration
Murtaugh has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science (1994), and a Masters degree (1996) from the Interactive Cinema group led by Glorianna Davenport, both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1997, he moved to the Netherlands and began teaching in the Media Design Master of the Piet Zwart Institute/WDKA in 2003, and the Experimental Publishing Master from its inception in 2016.
His work has been shown at Documenta 13, the Stedelijk Museum, and Kunsthal Aarhus. He is a regular participant in events related to digital archiving and free software and design.
He is based in Brussels. (2022)
Publications[edit]
- The Automatist Storytelling System: Putting the Editor's Knowledge in Software, MIT, 1996. Master's thesis.
- "Interaction", in Software Studies: A Lexicon, ed. Matthew Fuller, MIT Press, 2008, pp 143-149.
- "Do (not) Repeat Yourself", in Fun and Software: Exploring Pleasure, Paradox and Pain in Computing, ed. Olga Goriunova, Bloomsbury, 2014.
- "Eleven Orderings", in Report from the Gutenberg Galaxy (Blaker), 1, eds. Karin Nygård and Ellef Prestsæter, Blaker: Rett Kopi, 2015, pp 13-15.
- with Geoff Cox, and Nicolas Malevé, "Archiving the Data-body: Human and Nonhuman Agency in the Documents of Kurenniemi", in Writing and Unwriting (Media) Art History: Erkki Kurenniemi in 2048, eds. Joasia Krysa and Jussi Parikka, MIT Press, 2015.
- with Ellef Prestsæter, Matthew Fuller, Nicolas Malevé, "Vandalist Iconophilia", Concreta 05, Valencia: Concreta, 1 Jun 2015.
- co-editor, The Techno-Galactic Guide to Software Observation, Brussels: Constant, 2018, 244 pp.
- co-editor, Networks Of Ones Own 1: "Etherbox", Brussels: Constant, Sep 2019.
- "Torn at the seams: vernacular approaches to teaching with computational tools", in Vernaculars Come to Matter, (Re)Orienting Language and Technology, eds. Cristina Cochior, Julie Boschat-Thorez and Manetta Berends, Rotterdam: Everyday Technology Press, 2021.
- more
Interviews[edit]
- Annet Dekker, "Michael Murtaugh: Portable SKOR", May 2012.
- Shusha Niederberger, "Ecosystems of Writing. Interview with Michael Murtaugh", Jan 2019, 13 min. Video. Transcript. Conducted Sep 2018 at HEK, Zurich. Part of the Creating Commons project. (English)
