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blogged at: http://m3me.wordpress.com/ ada is an inspiration as much in her foresight as in the ways she accomplished and implemented her ideas. going beyond the conventions of her days, she did not let herself being encloistered by her class and society, but found ways to implant her ideas into the public sphere. conceiving ada was my initiation to her life and work, transposed already to our times. technology stems from the industrial-military complex, and what it is missing most, in order to be used artistically, is poetry. poetry as in beauty, as in emotion, as in awe. here some contemporary artists i came across that are driven in this way: natabor: http://www.aa-vv.org/ adriana sa: http://adrianasa.planetaclix.pt/ ursula scherrer: http://www.ursulascherrer.com/ sculptrice: http://iiie.klingt.org/sculptrice this brings us back to nature, maybe the most compelling discussion we should be having, as an arrogant, snobish past is giving way to a growing sensation of symbiosis and the fragility of its interrelations. a 130 year old woman was 'discovered' in kazakhstan; when asked (how? why? - kind of silly really; as if they were not more interesting points of debate) attribute humor and using grandmother's cures for all ills. an unbroken chain of knowledge, that women can pride themselves on. interestingly, it is not always adquired but can 'feel' intuitively right. ada is as close as it can get to adam, 'the first one', tricked out of paradise and innocence by the scheming eve, eager for more; our chastity belt ever since. this might be coming full circle.. there is a growing movement of women empowerment worldwide, which will make a difference, specially when the patriarchal society is about to wave the white flag; like the microcredit movement or video volunteers: http://www.videovolunteers.org/ ada is not about any specific thing, she is about the 'going beyond' oneself to achieve something that wants to come forward. it is about doing the intuitive thing. names don't really matter. it is about communication and exchange. she developed a part of that, the growing 'global consciousness' we call 'the net' - a tool that shrank space and time; curious where it will take us.. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
