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The Doorway
stands between the dungeon and the light. A figure stands poised,
ready to cross the boundary. Thus begins your journey through
the web site, Coded Messages: CHAINS. The CHAINS
site is one product of our own journey to Ghana in 1994, a testimonial
to our study and collaboration
with traditional drummers and dancers there.
We didn't go to Ghana just to collect sounds or conduct anthropological
research, though we did do this to some extent. Our main intention
was to interact with the people, to establish relationships with
them, to share an understanding about our different ways of life.
Our desire was to provoke ourselves and our fellow human beings
into new experience and new perspective. We went to Ghana to
exchange creative energies in a common cultural ecology.
Our work is about moving between contexts and boundaries. We
challenge the separation of disciplines and strive to forge connections
between cultures. This web site joins the spaces between tradition
and technology. As we walk you through the site, take time to
find new connections in what we present. Challenge our perspective.
Find your place in context. We are offering one of the many
possible routes through the CHAINS site. It is not the only way,
nor the right way. Our discussion will present a mix of the nuts
and bolts of designing and constructing this site, and an explanation
about the content.
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