HOMEPORT | P A L A C E |

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there are nine hidden passageways in HOMEPORT. only one person at a time can pass through a porthole to embark on a voyage.
ONCE WITHIN Abandon your assumptions and expectations and navigate
the unkown in HOMEPORT, created by conceptual artist
Lawrence Weiner and produced by äda 'web.
Remember: no matter who you thought you were you are no longer there.
THERE IS NO MEANS OF PROCEEDING
WITHOUT MIXING WHAT IS
PERCEIVED AS ( A ) & WHAT WE MUST CONSIDER
REALITY BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS NOT NECESSARILY CORRECT

THE ASSUMPTIONS OF MEANING
REST UPON THE ACCEPTANCE
OF A LINEAR HISTORICAL
WHEREAS: ENIGMA CARRIES WITH IT: AN INHERENT VALUE STRUCTURE

these portholes are revealed when you use one of the secret words. members are marked by their meandering with special props which can be carried to other palaces. non-members can travel too, but won't keep what they receive.

APHORISM & PARADIGM CONTAIN AT THEIR BEST ONLY MEANING ALLOWING THE PARTICIPANTS IN HOMEPORT TO FUNCTION AS THE NAVIGATOR OF A SHIP IN NOT_KNOWN SEAS AS OPPOSED TO THE ROLE OF A PILOT BOAT LEADING ( WHAT ) THAT ALONG A PRE_KNOWN ROUTE.
UPON ENTERING THE OF HOMEPORT
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST LEAVE BEHIND THEIR ASSUMPTIONS & EXPECTATIONS (AS WELL AS THEIR GARB) AND ACCEPT THAT NO MATTER WHO THEY THINK THEY WERE THEY ARE NO LONGER THERE BUT IN THE DIGITAL SPACE DREAM OF ( A ) THE WEB.

To reach HOMEPORT, you will need to use "The Palace" client software. You can download the software for free below, and register if you like with The Palace for full Palace membership privileges ( call 1-800-PALACE2).
If you have Palace client software...

MAC: click here to enter or, with older versions of the Palace software, you may need to launch the software separately, pull down the "File" menu, and enter Hostname: adaweb.com Port:9997 to "Connect". (Incentive to download a newer version?) PC 1. Open the Palace application 2. Choose "Connect..." from the "File" menu 3. Hostname: homeport.adaweb.com port:9997 and you're in.

If you don't have it...

Download the MAC Palace (1,595K). Click here to get "Stuffit Expander" if you need it.* Download the PC Palace (1,645K). Click here to get "WinZip" for PC if necessary.*

(* this shareware will allow you to expand/decompress software once you have downloaded it)

palace://homeport.adaweb.com:9997

Go to to see photographs of Lawrence Weiner's exhibition then now & then at Leo Castelli Gallery in New York, February 15 - March 15 1997, which includes HOMEPORT. Visit the students' web pages from Lawrence Weiner's seminar at MIT in February 1997 here .

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`To reach HOMEPORT, you will need to use "The Palace" client software. You can download the software for free below, and register if you like with The Palace for full Palace membership privileges ( call 1-800-PALACE2).` `If you have Palace client software...`
`MAC: click here to enter or, with older versions of the Palace software, you may need to launch the software separately, pull down the "File" menu, and enter Hostname: adaweb.com Port:9997 to "Connect". (Incentive to download a newer version?)`		`PC 1. Open the Palace application 2. Choose "Connect..." from the "File" menu 3. Hostname: homeport.adaweb.com port:9997 and you're in.`
`If you don't have it...`
`Download the MAC Palace (1,595K). Click here to get "Stuffit Expander" if you need it.*`		`Download the PC Palace (1,645K). Click here to get "WinZip" for PC if necessary.*`
`(* this shareware will allow you to expand/decompress software once you have downloaded it)`
`palace://homeport.adaweb.com:9997` `Go to to see photographs of Lawrence Weiner's exhibition then now & then at Leo Castelli Gallery in New York, February 15 - March 15 1997, which includes HOMEPORT. Visit the students' web pages from Lawrence Weiner's seminar at MIT in February 1997 here .`