Comments on: Active Narrative Gathering: The Attentional Will Not be Televised

By: Nino Rodriguez

Nino Rodriguez — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:35:28 +0000

Well, my ex and I have a history of using each other’s stories for personal writing/art projects, so in a way, we’ve been rehearsing this for 15 years.

My CD-ROM “Boy” from 1994 (old school “multimedia” in da house!) — http://www.mindspring.com/~ninor/boy.html

And her “hypertext novella” “What Fits” which chronicles the rocky start of our relationship: http://www.eastgate.com/ReadingRoom/WhatFits/WhatFits.htm

So the commodification of the pending divorce seems less like a surprise and more like the inevitable conclusion.

For my part, I am actuely aware of the only-somewhat-private nature of Facebook. That mostly people I know will be keeping tabs on what I post there, but that it will probably leak out to other semi-public areas. I don’t tend to update my status with the private emotional ups and downs, though I’m sure it comes through nevertheless.

For her part, I am something of a supporting player in her ongoing blog and twitter streams.

And, yes, writing about the experience is a great way to cope!

By: mez

mez — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:48:37 +0000

Hi Nino.

Do you find the fact your inter-personal experiences with your [ex?]wife now contribute to Twitter/Blogopshere streams – as well as the bleed through into trad_media channels such as the New York Times – influences the way you use the abovementioned platforms? I’ve found you also consistently reference your divorce on your facebook page [and indeed we have spoken about it there]. I am curious as to how the disintegration of such a tender public/private divide [in terms of real-time feedback potential] manifests and associated affective consequences it may have? I also hope you are coping with such a difficult time as best you can.

By: Christian McCrea

Christian McCrea — Sun, 11 May 2008 02:30:30 +0000

So the prosumer is a figure whose capabilities for getting lost in the plot breach narrative, fictive and media-specific curtains? If its true, then pop culture is healthier than ever; the creation of alternative realities that feed off multiple media to create attitudinal shift and narrative engrossment apply to the saccharin sweet worlds of New Idea magazine’s synthetic humans as well.

By: Nino Rodriguez

Nino Rodriguez — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:49:10 +0000

“Should notions of pop culture be replaced by a corresponding attentional conception of entertainment?”

Well, as someone who’s pending divorce is occasionally being tweeted and blogged about by my soon-to-be-ex-spouse as part of her infotainment business, I guess you could say that my wife is a “prosumer” of our relationship:

http://twitter.com/penelopetrunk/statuses/801639193