[NetBehaviour] Put People First - a good day on the streets of London
The mainstream media in Britain are still licking their lips at the prospect of violence as the G20 meeting on 2 April approaches. Together with the Metropolitan Police, they should really declare a vested interest in goading it on, thereby stopping more people from joining the Climate Camp http://climatecamp.org.uk/?q=node/468 in the City of London on Financial Fool's Day, 1 April (next Wednesday). With any luck, yesterday will encourage more people - as it should - to think otherwise. From THE NEW INTERNATIONALIST http://blog.newint.org/editors/2009/03/29/put-people-first/ Put People First - a good day on the streets of London Posted by David Ransom on Sunday, March 29, 2009 Comment on this post http://blog.newint.org/editors/2009/03/29/put-people-first/#comments So it came off just fine. No-one knew quite what to expect, but a crowd of at least 30,000 of us gathered along the Thames Embankment, with only occasional glimpses of sunshine - and enough hints of cold and impending rain to deter all but the hardiest of outdoor activists. I've been to a fair few of these things before, and I can't off-hand think of one that was quite so relaxed and friendly, diverse and big - including even the Stop the War demonstrations when they began. We pitched the NI banner (and innovation, this) between the National Union of Journalists and the giant purple balloons (another innovation, quite handy for lifting you up as you tramp along) of Unison, the pubic-sector union. There was an impressive turn-out by trade unions from across the country, including Northern Ireland and Scotland. The NGOs and faith groups were less obviously in evidence, at least from the banners - but then they've never tooled-up for exactly this sort of thing before and instead provided flags that fluttered everywhere: Put People First - Jobs, Justice, Climate. A good deal of flapping happened in the bitter wind, especially around the notorious wind tunnels made by Big Ben, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly - the NI banner had to be hastily lowered from time to time, lacking as it does any wind holes. This is what I like best about demonstrations. For once, people inhabit streets that otherwise are a choking tangle of traffic. Come to think of it, joining demonstrations should really become a big tourist attraction in London, since you get a much superior view. I came across two young women from France and Poland who had seen the special NI supplement in The Big Issue and felt 'inspired' to come along. The march marked the start of what I fully expect will eventually change many people from mere spectators of the meltdown into active participants in creating something a good deal better. What is this likely to be? Well, we had some difficulty with slogans. 'What do we want?' We're thinking about it. 'When do we want it?' As soon as possible, if you don't mind. In fact, as the current issue of the NI suggests, there's a pretty convincing 'manifesto' long in the making. My colleague Vanessa Baird and I are currently putting together a book - due for publication in a few months - that will spell it out in a little more detail. But, on this wonderful day, the question was not so much who has the best manifesto as how it will be possible to make a change for the better. That means 'politics'; for example, replacing the notion of 'regulation' as a technical fix with that of 'democratic control', which is what 'regulation' really means. And that, in turn, means less of the competitive splitting of hairs, more of the participatory contest of ideas. Anyway, after tramping through the heart of London for three hours we arrived too late in Hyde Park to hear much of what were doubtless very stirring platform performances. And then the rain - or rather, the ice - came down. My daughter and I headed for a Turkish snack-house just off Oxford Street. Noticing the 'Put People First Flag' we still carried, they asked how the demonstration had gone. Business permitting, they promise to be there next time. Back in Bristol, this morning I went to the local BBC to share six-and-a-half minutes of sub-prime live TV time on 'alternatives' with an accountant and a very sharp young executive from the 'ethical' Triodos Bank. The bank is, it seems, prospering as never before - even lending money, to sustainable and fair-trade projects. Not least, the executive pointed out, he still has a job. I tried, in a trice, to present the case for a major investment in green and sustainable activities, making useful rather than useless and dangerous things. An evidently underwhelmed presenter retorted: 'But that doesn't make money.' He had warned us beforehand that the audience tended to be 'elderly' (not unlike myself) and we should therefore avoid using jargon. This precluded me from discussing the meaning of money, or of making money from money without making anything else
Re: [NetBehaviour] Free Expression Assault Continues at UN Human Rights Council.
I retain the right to treat all religions with equal and utter disdain. As it is impossible to believe in evolution and remain uncritical of core religious belief the logical outcome of this resolution being passed would be the outlawing of presenting the case for evolution and therefore the outlawing of scientific argument. If the UN was to accept this resolution it would return us to the middle ages. Let¹s hope they are not so dumb as to get rationality and compassion mixed up. Regards Simon On 30/3/09 11:36, marc garrett marc.garr...@furtherfield.org wrote: Free Expression Assault Continues at UN Human Rights Council. Freedom House condemns the UN Human Rights Council for undermining the universal right to freedom of expression by once again passing a resolution that urges members to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. The defamation of religions resolution, introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC), passed today by a vote of 23-11, with 13 abstentions. Muslim nations have been introducing similar resolutions since 1999, arguing that Islam-the only religion specifically cited in the text-must be shielded from unfair associations with terrorism and human rights abuses. These countries are using the UN to expand and bring legitimacy to their frontal assault on freedom of expression, said Paula Schriefer, Freedom House advocacy director. This assault starts at the level of domestic blasphemy laws present in many OIC countries, which are routinely employed to harass and imprison religious minorities, political dissenters and human rights advocates, and is elevated to the international level through resolutions at the UN. more... http://newsblaze.com/story/20090327170413.nb/topstory.html ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art s.bi...@eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ si...@littlepig.org.uk www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Transformative Works and Cultures.
Transformative Works and Cultures. Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is an online-only Gold Open Access international peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization for Transformative Works copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. TWC publishes articles about popular media, fan communities, and transformative works, broadly conceived. See Focus and Scope for more details. TWC publishes five main sections: Theory and Praxis present peer-reviewed academic essays that analyze of fan works and communities within cultural and theoretical frameworks. Symposium offers shorter editorially reviewed essays on fan related issues. We especially invite fans to contribute their ideas and viewpoints at Symposium. Interviews showcases interviews with interesting people in academia, media industry, or fandom, and Reviews presents relevant current book reviews. For current and former issues, see our archive. Please feel free to register as reader, author, and reviewer. For comments or inquiries, please contact the editor. http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/index ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Fwd: Ada Lovelace
Fowarded from Francesca Da Rimini Linda Dement - a huge inspiration for me since i first met her in adelaide's small but wild queer punk scene back in the early 1980s. her work is beautiful, fearless, adept. http://www.lindadement.com/index.htm Shu Lea Cheang - we met on email, i think through linda dement. creates complex multi-layered spaces mixing on and offline exploring issues around sex, violence, prejudice, society. pushes boundaries, always with incredible style, seductive surfaces, humour. a mistress of the interface. Silvia Federici - extraordinary radical historian. her book Caliban and the Witch examines women, labour, power and dispossession through the lense of inquisitions, demonisation and other forms of violence. a compelling account which can be read many times. http://www.generation-online.org/p/pfederici.htm teri hoskin - philosopher, artist, criss-crossing media as the ideas demand. not afraid of the dark, ever. someone i can send my writing to, at any stage of roughness, without shame. http://www.altx.com/ulmer/hoskin/fishtrap.html# rea - artist working in sculpture, photography, digital media, installation. explores issues around indigenous/colonial histories and representation. smart, powerful, straight up. http://www.artreview.com.au/art/profiles/artists/mint--r-e-a.aspx ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] Transformative Works and Cultures.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:43 AM, marc garrett marc.garr...@furtherfield.org wrote: Transformative Works and Cultures. Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is an online-only Gold Open Access international peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization for Transformative Works copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Licence fail! (http://www.robmyers.org/weblog/2006/03/26/sampling-artists-and-nc/) But the journal looks great! It even has an article on the Dungeons Dragons 4th edition licencing problem, an issue that I thought I was alone in having a historically contextualised opinion on. ;-) - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Free Expression Assault Continues at UN Human Rights Council.
Free Expression Assault Continues at UN Human Rights Council. Freedom House condemns the UN Human Rights Council for undermining the universal right to freedom of expression by once again passing a resolution that urges members to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. The defamation of religions resolution, introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC), passed today by a vote of 23-11, with 13 abstentions. Muslim nations have been introducing similar resolutions since 1999, arguing that Islam-the only religion specifically cited in the text-must be shielded from unfair associations with terrorism and human rights abuses. These countries are using the UN to expand and bring legitimacy to their frontal assault on freedom of expression, said Paula Schriefer, Freedom House advocacy director. This assault starts at the level of domestic blasphemy laws present in many OIC countries, which are routinely employed to harass and imprison religious minorities, political dissenters and human rights advocates, and is elevated to the international level through resolutions at the UN. more... http://newsblaze.com/story/20090327170413.nb/topstory.html ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] How to contribute to [Netbehaviour] ada lovelace day
Hi, I wouldn't consider myself being active in media or net arts, rather activism. Does that still count? In any case I did an Ada Lovelace blog post - in German - (http://annalist.noblogs.org/post/2009/03/25/ada-lovelace-day-star-simpson-and-donna-metzlar) about * Donna Metzlar, activist and (one of the) driving force(s) with the Genderchangers http://www.genderchangers.org/ and Eclectic Tech Carnival, http://eclectictechcarnival.org/ and * Star Simpson, who was arrested at the Boston Airport (and later convicted) for wearing a hoax device, a selfmade LED application (see http://boingboing.net/2007/09/21/mit-student-arrested.html). She described herself in one sentence as I'm an inventor, artist, engineer, and student, I love to learn, build, and do and here are some of the things she built: http://starbur.st/portfolio/ Have to say that I was a bit stunned to find myself with mails to this list listed by Google. Wouldn't it be nice to let people know before they are invited to join the list? best Anne Ruth Catlow schrieb: Hi Ann, Thanks for subscribing. Last week, in support of Ada Lovelace Day*, we invited all women who work in media arts and net art to join the Netbehaviour list and tell us about their work and that of other women who have inspired them in their own practice. The call is open for a week between 23rd and 30th March (at midnight) at which point we will compile the list and feature it on Furtherfield.org Posts are welcome in any length, format and frequency and we are not worrying about repeats or gaps. We want to know why you are inspired by the people you are inspired by. It's especially good if you can include links so that if we don't know the work we can go and explore for ourselves. If you want to view all the other inspiring posts before you make your own you can check out the Netbehaviour archives http://www.netbehaviour.org/pipermail/netbehaviour/ **Ada Lovelace Day -bringing women in technology to the fore http://findingada.com/blog/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/ sign a pledge to blog about inspirational women in tech on 24th March. Hope this helps, best things Ruth http://furtherfield.org -Original Message- From: Anne Roth annal...@riseup.net Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] ada lovelace day Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:14:06 +0100 Hi, I feel a bit awkward, but still.. somewhere in the many things I read about Ada Lovelace day it said that all those who blogged about women and tech should subscribe to this list. I did (write and subscribe) and now am confused. What are we to do? Send the names of those we wrote about? And then what is going to happen? Is it only about names, or about the blog posts? Mine is in German: does that make sense? Sorry for the confusion! Anne marc garrett schrieb: Hi Rob, I think in regard to individuals contributing with names already suggested, what would make it even more valid is if a small contextual reason for the suggestion is given - because we all have our own personal reasons why we are influenced by such people. We can all easily add links names, but why are we interested in them? I'm still working on my own list which will be added tomorrow sometime because like many on here life is busy - sheesh, time, time, time! wishing you well. marc On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ruth Catlow ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org wrote: There's still plenty of time. The call doesn't close till 12 midnight on Monday. That's a relief, as I missed the actual day due to jet lag. :-) I know some people I'm about to mention have already been covered but my personal list would be: Ada Lovelace (the original hacker), Jasia Reichardt (for Cybernetic Serendipity, The Computer in Art, and after), Tessa Elliot (interactive multimedia artist and influential teacher), Tracey Matthieson (online multi-user VR pioneer), Susan Kare (designed the influential original Macintosh icons) - Rob. ___ 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 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- http://annalist.noblogs.org annal...@riseup.net GPG http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x69411BDF Jabber annal...@jabber.ccc.de // Skype anne--roth // ICQ 358277360 Privacybox: https://privacybox.de/annalist.msg ___
Re: [NetBehaviour] Transformative Works and Cultures.
Hi Rob, even has an article on the Dungeons Dragons 4th edition licencing problem, an issue that I thought I was alone in having a historically contextualised opinion on. ;-) Well, it is particularly specific. When you say (on your blog) ...If every work is derivative anyway then there should be no special penalty or responsibility attached to works that recognise this. An Interesting issue, because with Internet art (or net art) - much of its practice in conceptualising its voice and expressions through the active or conscious proecess of being derivative sometimes, many times even; as part of its presence and meaning, via its networked awareness. This of course changes the meaning or intention of an original piece of work and also takes it to another level. In fact, it could be argued that a remixed, or a work, rework that extends into a new or perhaps 'critical' art context is, as valid as the original work which had a certain ingredient taken from it. If we are talking about appropriation and forms of De'tournement (probalby me here), there is an interesting article called 'On the rights of Molotov Man: Appropriation and the art of context' By Susan Meiselas and Joy Garnet. http://www.firstpulseprojects.com/joywar.html marc marc.garr...@furtherfield.org wrote: Transformative Works and Cultures. Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is an online-only Gold Open Access international peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization for Transformative Works copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Licence fail! (http://www.robmyers.org/weblog/2006/03/26/sampling-artists-and-nc/) But the journal looks great! It even has an article on the Dungeons Dragons 4th edition licencing problem, an issue that I thought I was alone in having a historically contextualised opinion on. ;-) - Rob. ___ 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
Re: [NetBehaviour] How to contribute to [Netbehaviour] ada lovelace day
Hi Anne, I wouldn't consider myself being active in media or net arts, rather activism. Does that still count? I think that it should and it does, much thanks :-) Have to say that I was a bit stunned to find myself with mails to this list listed by Google. Wouldn't it be nice to let people know before they are invited to join the list? Are you saying that, if a member on Netbehaviour suggested your name for the Ada Lovelace project, that they should of asked for your permission first? marc Hi, I wouldn't consider myself being active in media or net arts, rather activism. Does that still count? In any case I did an Ada Lovelace blog post - in German - (http://annalist.noblogs.org/post/2009/03/25/ada-lovelace-day-star-simpson-and-donna-metzlar) about * Donna Metzlar, activist and (one of the) driving force(s) with the Genderchangers http://www.genderchangers.org/ and Eclectic Tech Carnival, http://eclectictechcarnival.org/ and * Star Simpson, who was arrested at the Boston Airport (and later convicted) for wearing a hoax device, a selfmade LED application (see http://boingboing.net/2007/09/21/mit-student-arrested.html). She described herself in one sentence as I'm an inventor, artist, engineer, and student, I love to learn, build, and do and here are some of the things she built: http://starbur.st/portfolio/ Have to say that I was a bit stunned to find myself with mails to this list listed by Google. Wouldn't it be nice to let people know before they are invited to join the list? best Anne Ruth Catlow schrieb: Hi Ann, Thanks for subscribing. Last week, in support of Ada Lovelace Day*, we invited all women who work in media arts and net art to join the Netbehaviour list and tell us about their work and that of other women who have inspired them in their own practice. The call is open for a week between 23rd and 30th March (at midnight) at which point we will compile the list and feature it on Furtherfield.org Posts are welcome in any length, format and frequency and we are not worrying about repeats or gaps. We want to know why you are inspired by the people you are inspired by. It's especially good if you can include links so that if we don't know the work we can go and explore for ourselves. If you want to view all the other inspiring posts before you make your own you can check out the Netbehaviour archives http://www.netbehaviour.org/pipermail/netbehaviour/ **Ada Lovelace Day -bringing women in technology to the fore http://findingada.com/blog/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/ sign a pledge to blog about inspirational women in tech on 24th March. Hope this helps, best things Ruth http://furtherfield.org -Original Message- From: Anne Roth annal...@riseup.net Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] ada lovelace day Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:14:06 +0100 Hi, I feel a bit awkward, but still.. somewhere in the many things I read about Ada Lovelace day it said that all those who blogged about women and tech should subscribe to this list. I did (write and subscribe) and now am confused. What are we to do? Send the names of those we wrote about? And then what is going to happen? Is it only about names, or about the blog posts? Mine is in German: does that make sense? Sorry for the confusion! Anne marc garrett schrieb: Hi Rob, I think in regard to individuals contributing with names already suggested, what would make it even more valid is if a small contextual reason for the suggestion is given - because we all have our own personal reasons why we are influenced by such people. We can all easily add links names, but why are we interested in them? I'm still working on my own list which will be added tomorrow sometime because like many on here life is busy - sheesh, time, time, time! wishing you well. marc On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ruth Catlow ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org wrote: There's still plenty of time. The call doesn't close till 12 midnight on Monday. That's a relief, as I missed the actual day due to jet lag. :-) I know some people I'm about to mention have already been covered but my personal list would be: Ada Lovelace (the original hacker), Jasia Reichardt (for Cybernetic Serendipity, The Computer in Art, and after), Tessa Elliot (interactive multimedia artist and influential teacher), Tracey Matthieson (online multi-user VR pioneer), Susan Kare (designed the influential original Macintosh icons) - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org
Re: [NetBehaviour] Free Expression Assault Continues at UN HumanRights Council.
I retain the right to treat all religions with equal and utter disdain. what about governing bodies? are they more or less deserving? On 30/3/2009, Simon Biggs s.bi...@eca.ac.uk wrote: I retain the right to treat all religions with equal and utter disdain. As it is impossible to believe in evolution and remain uncritical of core religious belief the logical outcome of this resolution being passed would be the outlawing of presenting the case for evolution and therefore the outlawing of scientific argument. If the UN was to accept this resolution it would return us to the middle ages. Let¹s hope they are not so dumb as to get rationality and compassion mixed up. Regards Simon On 30/3/09 11:36, marc garrett marc.garr...@furtherfield.org wrote: Free Expression Assault Continues at UN Human Rights Council. Freedom House condemns the UN Human Rights Council for undermining the universal right to freedom of expression by once again passing a resolution that urges members to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. The defamation of religions resolution, introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC), passed today by a vote of 23-11, with 13 abstentions. Muslim nations have been introducing similar resolutions since 1999, arguing that Islam-the only religion specifically cited in the text-must be shielded from unfair associations with terrorism and human rights abuses. These countries are using the UN to expand and bring legitimacy to their frontal assault on freedom of expression, said Paula Schriefer, Freedom House advocacy director. This assault starts at the level of domestic blasphemy laws present in many OIC countries, which are routinely employed to harass and imprison religious minorities, political dissenters and human rights advocates, and is elevated to the international level through resolutions at the UN. more... http://newsblaze.com/story/20090327170413.nb/topstory.html ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art s.bi...@eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ si...@littlepig.org.uk www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] Free Expression Assault Continues at UN HumanRights Council.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:51 PM, james morris ja...@jwm-art.net wrote: I retain the right to treat all religions with equal and utter disdain. what about governing bodies? are they more or less deserving? They are not the subjects of the current activity at the UNHRC, though. The UN has not declared governing bodies beyond criticism, although recent events in Ireland show that you don't need the UN for that... http://www.cearta.ie/2009/03/cowengate-and-freedom-of-expression/ - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] Free Expression Assault Continues at UN HumanRights Council.
Probably less. On 30/3/09 15:51, james morris ja...@jwm-art.net wrote: I retain the right to treat all religions with equal and utter disdain. what about governing bodies? are they more or less deserving? On 30/3/2009, Simon Biggs s.bi...@eca.ac.uk wrote: I retain the right to treat all religions with equal and utter disdain. As it is impossible to believe in evolution and remain uncritical of core religious belief the logical outcome of this resolution being passed would be the outlawing of presenting the case for evolution and therefore the outlawing of scientific argument. If the UN was to accept this resolution it would return us to the middle ages. Let¹s hope they are not so dumb as to get rationality and compassion mixed up. Regards Simon On 30/3/09 11:36, marc garrett marc.garr...@furtherfield.org wrote: Free Expression Assault Continues at UN Human Rights Council. Freedom House condemns the UN Human Rights Council for undermining the universal right to freedom of expression by once again passing a resolution that urges members to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. The defamation of religions resolution, introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC), passed today by a vote of 23-11, with 13 abstentions. Muslim nations have been introducing similar resolutions since 1999, arguing that Islam-the only religion specifically cited in the text-must be shielded from unfair associations with terrorism and human rights abuses. These countries are using the UN to expand and bring legitimacy to their frontal assault on freedom of expression, said Paula Schriefer, Freedom House advocacy director. This assault starts at the level of domestic blasphemy laws present in many OIC countries, which are routinely employed to harass and imprison religious minorities, political dissenters and human rights advocates, and is elevated to the international level through resolutions at the UN. more... http://newsblaze.com/story/20090327170413.nb/topstory.html ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art s.bi...@eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ si...@littlepig.org.uk www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art s.bi...@eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ si...@littlepig.org.uk www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] kroneckerdelta blues
kroneckerdelta blues played on an, as yet, unidentified instrument - 5-strings, similar to a sarod, with a metal finger-board, no frets, and a skin head over a wooden-bowl body. but there are no sympathetic strings, the appearance is something like a seni-rabab (which has gut strings and a wooden finger-board. the original bridge was extremely high, indicating it might be bowed, but it's not rebab-shaped, and that would be difficult. the other possibility is that it was fingered only near the nut; it seems to go out of tune otherwise. so i whittled down a chinese bamboo bridge, which i shimmed up; this works a bit better, but only a bit. i found it less difficult to play fretless than i thought it would be; on the other hand, the strings are close together and that makes for a somewhat ragged style. i use nails, sometimes with a sitar pick as well. because of the humidity, the skin is somewhat slack, and the sound is an odd combination of incredible resonance and 'thump.' i tuned the five strings c-g-f-c'c' - the last two double-coursed like a saz. the first five pieces use the instrument; the last uses the cura cumbus, which is fretted. the overall impression is manic and strange and hopefully of interest. (the kronecker delta is a 0/1 operator in quantum mechanics.) http://www.alansondheim.org/kroneckerdelta1.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/kroneckerdelta2.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/kroneckerdelta3.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/kroneckerdelta4.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/kroneckerdelta5.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/kroneckerdelta6.mp3 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] [vel] EyeDraw project U Oregon (fwd)
From: francesvans...@aol.com To: d...@wvu.edu, terry@mail.wvu.edu, jrich...@mix.wvu.edu, francesvans...@aol.com, lonnieb...@gmail.com, mmaur...@mix.wvu.edu, plunk...@wju.edu, rrea...@mix.wvu.edu, sondh...@panix.com, llohoff...@comcast.net, charles.bald...@mail.wvu.edu, williamhc...@gmail.com, asmit...@mix.wvu.edu, fout...@gmail.com, pl...@mix.wvu.edu, mridd...@mix.wvu.edu, p...@mix.wvu.edu, rnakai...@hotmail.com, mom...@gmail.com, mcdermott.ji...@gmail.com, mane...@gmail.com Subject: [vel] EyeDraw project U Oregon While looking for a friend's email address I ran across this project. http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/cm-hci/EyeDraw/ EyeDraw is a research project at the University of Oregon that enables users to draw pictures solely with the use of their eyes. The project started in the summer of 2003. An eye tracker is used to detect eye movements and that data is interpreted by the application in order to allow users to click on buttons, choose starting and ending points, and save and retrieve drawings. The picture to the right shows an early version of EyeDraw and a drawing created by one of its developers. The challenge is to provide an intuitive and plausible way for users to intentionally place shapes on the canvas. This requires the program to distinguish between when a user is looking and when they are drawing. The Target Group: EyeDraw is being designed for children and teenagers with severe mobility impairments. Although other software exists for them to type and read, a drawing program will be new for these users. - - - - - An executable and source code are available for free download. ** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Ada Lovelace day
Hi all Sorry for the late entry, and not sure if other people have included these women but would like to contribute anyway My name: Tracey Meziane Benson www.byte-time.net www.fauxonomy.org www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotcbr These are but a few of the women who inspire me - so may have already been mentioned. Also, my list is completely parochial as they are all Australian: Linda Carroli - writer, artist and commentator http://flytrapper.synthasite.com http://artwriting.blogspot.com http://transmissionlines.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/lcarroli Patrica Piccinini - artist http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/ Linda Dement - artist http://www.lindadement.com/ Elizabeth Grosz - academic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Grosz -- Tracey Meziane Benson http://www.byte-time.net http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytetime/ http://www.fauxonomy.org http://dorkbotcbr.wordpress.com/ http://facebookfictions.blogspot.com http://mediakult.wordpress.com/ ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] you can either
hello all, a new one. http://glimpsecontrol.com/instant/you_can_eitherWEB.mov and the mp3. http://glimpsecontrol.com/instant/you_can_either.mp3 good luck today, brian -- glimpsecontrol.com baiowulf.com ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] for ada lovelace
I was so excited to see this, as I'm always filling in my students about ada lovelace, who seems to get left out somehow of our introduction to computing and the arts class, often, or only brielfy mentioned... So I signed up for the list. But I'm not a woman, I'm transgender. I don't identify as a man or a woman, but I guess you could say I'm mtf, in permanent transition. So, if you want a submission from a femme transgirl, here goes... my name - micha cárdenas i'm interested in the interplay of the body, technology and biopolitics. i did a performance called Becoming Dragon in dec 2008. just finishing up my mfa at ucsd, just started working in sheldon brown's experimental game lab. url - http://technotrannyslut.com | http://secondloop.wordpress.com inspired by... so many women, but i guess here are the main ones... many of whom are already probably mentioned but i can add why for me. avital ronell - http://as.nyu.edu/object/avitalronell.html - philosopher of technology, for being my friend and mentor, ever so briefly, one summer at EGS, and a massive inspiration who turned my whole idea of knowledge and thought and ways of approaching politics upside down and inside out. i can't even describe how much i owe to her... Allucquere Rosanne (Sandy) Stone - http://sandystone.com - another philosopher of technology, another amazing woman who i met at EGS who was so supportive of me throughout my 15 immersive performance of Becoming Dragon, being more than generous, providing guidance, wisdom and grounding, and for thinking through the questions of online worlds and gender so long before i even started considering them, and for so generously providing me with personal advice about transitioning that was so valuable to me. adriene jenik - http://adrienejenik.net - networked performance artist, creator of distributed social cinema - adriene is one of the main reasons i am even in grad school and decided to dedicate myself to being an artist and has also been so, so generous and giving throughout my years working with and knowing her. her warmth along with her deep, deep knowledge of new media art has guided me so much. she has been one of the main people in my life to really educate me about feminism. orlan - http://orlan.net/ - for not being afraid to find the limits of merging the body and technology, orlan is the artist who has inspired me most. i think her work is a shining example and challenge to artists' commitment everywhere. donna haraway - another massive inspiration for how i think about politics and technology and the body who's thinking on interspecies and transspecies relationships helped me develop my own ideas in my work. beatriz da costa - bioartist, interspcies collaborator - http://www.beatrizdacosta.net/ - for making so much inspiring bioart, for the brilliant, brilliant term Tactical Biopolitics, for her guidance in one short studio visit about Becoming Dragon which helped me reframe my approach to the whole project, and which has turned out to me a great suggestion. elle mehrmand - http://visarts.ucsd.edu/something-happening/?author=18 | http://myspace.com/assemblyofmazes (that's her band, but she's working on a website soon) -my closest and dearest friend right now, a brilliant new media performance artist and beautiful, strong, brave ally. subrosa - http://cyberfeminism.net/ - for their brilliant linking of witchhunts, queer and gender variant persecution and feminine knowledge production in Yes Species. probably not surprising, but its my personal list... -- micha cárdenas performance / social media / public culture C(a)lit2 Researcher, http://bang.calit2.net CRCA Researcher, http://crca.ucsd.edu MFA Candidate, UCSD, http://visarts.ucsd.edu MA, EGS, http://egs.edu blog: http://bang.calit2.net/tt ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
