Re: [-empyre-] The archive

2010-10-05 Thread Johannes Birringer
hallo all thanks, Ricardo , for your very considerate response, much appreciated. And I agree with all you, necessarily, and had almost anticipated that you would raise these distinctions, but also recommendations on the significance of recording such encuentros, and the need for access to

Re: [-empyre-] Archiving New Media Art: Ephemerality, and/or Sustainability. translation approach

2010-10-05 Thread Yann Le Guennec
hi empyreans Thanks a lot for all these translations! I enjoy the idea that this text is submitted to the process it describes. Just a point about the possible meaning of the last sentence. I believe that we are constructing, or building, the archive, but also, that *we are* the archive,

Re: [-empyre-] The archive

2010-10-05 Thread Yann Le Guennec
I think documenting a process is not the same thing than documenting a piece. In fact you can document everything, and mostly document the document. Some consider an art piece should be a document about society or contemporary times. I believe we should learn about processes out of the