Being stuck on an island in the middle of the North Atlantic makes this one a bit tough for me too. I will however promise never to sail for art as I've never found the ocean's sense of balance particularly appealing.
best r. Pall Thayer On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Michael Szpakowski <szp...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi Ruth > pretty much my every breath is dedicated to trying to blag an art related > trip outside Europe so I don't think I can do this one, or at least not until > I've pulled that off. However I am happy to promise *never, ever* to drive > anywhere in pursuit of my art... > warmest wishes > michael > > > --- On Sun, 4/12/09, Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> wrote: > > > From: Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] We won't fly for art : Take the Pledge > To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 6:07 PM > > > Thanks Karen and Dimos for joining us so quickly and for setting longer > pledge deadlines; ) > > For those who'd like to join us but have tickets already booked for > art-flights before 26th April, check out the comments:- > - Karen's pledge has a 10th May as its deadline > http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart2 > - Dimos Dimitriou has 15th May http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart3 > > Cheers > Ruth > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> > Reply-To: ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org, NetBehaviour for networked > distributed creativity <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Subject: [NetBehaviour] We won't fly for art : Take the Pledge > Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:16:35 +0100 > > We won't fly for art for six months > but only if 6 others will do the same AND replicate this pledge by 26th April > 2009 > http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart > - Marc and Ruth > > > We will not take an aeroplane for the sake of art. For the next 6 months we > will find other ways to visit and participate in exhibitions, fairs, > conferences, meetings, residencies. We will not fly for inspiration, nor to > appreciate, buy or sell art. > > But only if 6 others will do the same AND replicate this pledge. > > This pledge is designed for exponential growth so if you persuade another 6 > people to do the same, within a year you could be one of millions of people > changing the way the artworld works. So sign up, create a replica pledge and > share your own experiences, observations and arguments towards reducing art > flights. Post a link to it in the comment box so others can find their way to > it. > > This is a public art experiment in the de-escalation of carbon-fuelled, high > altitude, high-velocity, global art careering. For six months we choose to > cover less physical distance, move more slowly between destinations, to look > futureward with more attention to the view from the ground and the network, > for ways to connect with others around the world. > > Who can sign up to this pledge? Any individual involved in the arts: artist > (in the broadest sense), curator, art administrator, art appreciator, > gallerist, art critic, art historian, art academic, art technician, art > security, art transporter etc. Whether you currently fly for art 50 times a > year or never, your engagement will change things by making your position in > the artworld visible and by offering an alternative perspective. If you work > with others you may need to completely revise your schedules and budgets and > lobby for the right not to fly. > > This is to light the blue touch paper of Gustave Metzger's Reduce Art Flights > campaign using the generative and viral capabilities of social networks. We > want to know more about the impact of air-flight on the artworld (and > beyond). We intuit that abstaining from air flight will motivate and enable > people (with more time, money, energy and attention) to relate differently to > their own local cultures and to connect more imaginatively to other cultures. > > Inspirations and Observations > > Artwork- 'Reduce Art Flights' by Gustave Metzger, reviewed here > http://tinyurl.com/cnv44r > > Sustainable Development- Social science on the environmental impact of > economic growth > 'Why Politicians Dare Not Limit Economic Growth' by Tim Jackson > http://tinyurl.com/6784zw > > Investigative Journalism - What can we do to stop climate change? > Heat (2006) by George Monbiot, summarised and reviewed here > http://tinyurl.com/devyax > Monbiot's Guardian blog http://tinyurl.com/dcew6o > > Plane Stupid Campaign- 'bringing the aviation industry down to earth' > http://www.planestupid.com/ > > More Art and Ecology Links- http://delicious.com/ruthc/ecology+art > > DIWOlogue- http://diwologue.net/blog/?p=38 > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://www.this.is/pallit ***************************** _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
