Culture Crunch version 1
A global zeitgeist engine, a crystal ball with a cassandra complex, munching content from multiple channels and pooting out a sickly broth of 'where we're at'. The bastard son of the the online jungulator project - inspired by the science fiction motif of extra-terrestrial, and super-intelligent beings 'understanding' humanity through simultaneous viewing of multiple telematic transmissions.
watch a clip of the culture crunch generative stream online.
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Culture Crunch version 2
the first Culture Crunch worked by mashing four randomly chosen bits of footage together like a big omelette, whereas this one splits the screen into four, and randomly cycles through a folder containing around six thousand snippets of video...the way we hope to go with this as the site gets fully operational is to throw it open to the public, where anyone if so inclined can upload a bit of sound or video, which is then added to the ongoing generative mix...kind of like a global zeitgeist jukebox, or if you're feeling pretentious, a "juxtaposition engine"....as processing power increases, we should be able to do a google earth-type zoom in and out (from just one screen out to say, twenty-five)...in the meantime, watch this space, and click below to watch the basic four screen generative clip
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End Times Table
Like waves of entropy breaking upon the beach of eternity, always ending but never over; here, the destination is also the journey.
Watch a clip of the end times table generative stream.
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Culture Crunch Online
A global zeitgeist engine, a crystal ball with a cassandra complex, munching content from multiple channels and pooting out a sickly broth of 'where we're at'. The bastard son of the the online jungulator project - inspired by the science fiction motif of extra-terrestrial, and super-intelligent beings 'understanding' humanity through simultaneous viewing of multiple telematic transmissions.
We've been trying to organise a live online streaming version since 1999, we almost nailed it in 2003, but only now are the technology and the ideology in place to actually pull it off . . . previously we were held back by bandwidth, modem speed, feet of clay, etc . . .
Essentially, Culture Crunch Online is a little downloadable virtual television set, which sits on your desktop and plays a random stream of found sound, snippets of video, endlessly evolving, but never repeating . . .we were inspired by the recurring sci-fi motif of alien beings learning about earth by watching our TV broadcasts, usually on many screens at once, or as a cumulative montage (like David Bowie's character in 'The Man Who Fell to Earth', or the aliens in 'Explorers')
so . . . what you are watching is the world's first live generative streaming TV channel . . . whereas our previous attempts at getting this beast online foundered on the rocks of 'not enough money' this time everything is in place . . . the aim is to give you the user the definitive monged-out post-everything tv channel experience . . . broadcasting from a disturbed near-future a mixture of infotainment, blipverts, beauty and bullshit . . . all juxtaposed accidental comedy, pathos and new meaning . . .
Download the Culture Crunch Online TV player . . .
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Jungulator Generative Radio
Jungulator radio is here, a generative stream of jungulated music available from our website, introduced by our robot djs . . .
We've just updated the software, its now got a proper splash screen and a few under-the-bonnet improvements.
download the player (1.1megs)
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Quicktime VR Test
does this work? If so, we are go go go for a quicktime VR edition of the Jungulator video mixer . . .
(there may be a bit of a lag as it loads up)
Monkey Shines
Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, the theory goes, and they will eventually produce prose to rival the likes of Shakespeare. Feed a self-player enough monkey footage and sometimes it throws up sad/funny/poignant reflections of mans' relationship with his distant cousins.
click to watch a clip of the monkey shines generative stream
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