Re: [NetBehaviour] naughty boy

2009-08-19 Thread Simon Biggs
Hi Alan I wasn¹t trying to address that argument ­ just questioning whether education and work ethic are enough to facilitate a meaningful life. Yes, decent health care is important. A degree of financial security highly deslirable. The US spends more of its GDP on health care (16%) than any

[NetBehaviour] Cycle-powered cinema: Nottingham ’s Hinterland 2009.

2009-08-19 Thread marc garrett
Cycle-powered cinema: Nottingham’s Hinterland 2009. …talking of taking art to the waterfront, this looks like fun. Hinterland 2009, a season of site-specific projects alongside the River Trent, Notts, curated by Jennie Syson opens on Friday night with a cycle-powered cinema located somewhere on

Re: [NetBehaviour] naughty boy

2009-08-19 Thread Simon Biggs
There are intense Taylorist pressures in society at this time and the current UK government is playing to that tune. It is a pity. As for how academic institutions think ­ yes, they have to consider their bottom line. That means weighing up the costs and likely gain for each of their activities.

Re: [NetBehaviour] naughty boy

2009-08-19 Thread Pall Thayer
I agree Alan. Even though I frequently dislike my job, I would be an absolute wreck without it. Sometimes I wish I had the balls to be an unemployed artist but I don't. I even tried once. The fall after finishing my MFA we moved back here to Iceland and the plan was for me to keep working on my

[NetBehaviour] Invitation: “The Power of Art – Open Brunch and Discussion”.

2009-08-19 Thread info
Invitation: “The Power of Art – Open Brunch and Discussion”. When: Thursday, 27th of August 2009 / 17:00 Where: Art Container at the Polymer Culture Factory Madara 22, Kristiine – Tallinn, Estonia. Who: Simon B. Haefele kindly supported by Art Container. See below for Estonian an Russian text.

[NetBehaviour] Collision 09 - Saturday 22nd August - UK.

2009-08-19 Thread info
Hello, This Saturday Genetic Moo will be mobile projectionists in Collision’s latest ‘happening’. This year’s event will be a creative experiment in which artists and audience will simultaneously engage in a form of social interaction based on playing games and game theory. Expect not to

Re: [NetBehaviour] naughty boy

2009-08-19 Thread Pall Thayer
Oh, and I don't think it's quite correct to say that Universities are just out to make money. It costs a lot of money to run a quality university. The best way to get the most for your money is to keep going. Masters and Doctoral students are far more likely to receive grants and tuition wavers.

[NetBehaviour] Becoming Dragon paper from Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality

2009-08-19 Thread dj lotu5
I meant to post this a while back, but I’ve been busy with lots of other things. Here is a revised version of a paper I presented at the Society of Photonic Imaging Engineers conference in San Jose back in January. I hope you find it useful.

[NetBehaviour] Paradigmatic Landscapes - update

2009-08-19 Thread yann le guennec
What we call a 'syntagm' is a sequence of 6 small pictures relating to a basic set of pictures. The syntagm is modified through interactions between spectators and what we call the 'paradigm'. Each time a spectator (or any entity connected to the work) access the paradigm through the syntagm,

[NetBehaviour] Review of A Short Film About War by Thomson Craighead.

2009-08-19 Thread marc garrett
Review of A Short Film About War by Thomson Craighead. Thou God Seest Me: Some Gathered Thoughts for A Short Film About War. Review by Mark Cooley. A Short Film About War is the second installment by Thomson Craighead, in what will be a series of three desktop documentaries. The first work in

[NetBehaviour] picture without qualities

2009-08-19 Thread yann le guennec
i searched in google for the exact phrase picture without qualities. http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=%22picture+without+qualities%22 the only response i get is : Reader Archive--Extract: 2002/020802/RICHTER

Re: [NetBehaviour] picture without qualities

2009-08-19 Thread Andreas Jacobs
Well try looking for axiologic depraved icons maybe you will find more :) Anyways I do not think the subject Is underexplored rather try to search more explicit phrases like axiology( to evaluate the qualities of esthetics and the attachtments thereof in artistic expressions like for

Re: [NetBehaviour] picture without qualities

2009-08-19 Thread yann le guennec
hi Andreas, Well try looking for axiologic depraved icons maybe you will find more :) nope, nothing... ;-) Anyways I do not think the subject Is underexplored rather try to search more explicit phrases like axiology( to evaluate the qualities of esthetics and the attachtments

[NetBehaviour] OPEN CALL for participation in an online art project

2009-08-19 Thread info
OPEN CALL for participation in an online art project BACKGROUND: This project consists of two parts. Part 1. An installation in Public Space in Munich, Germany taking place in September 2009. This part is a prelude to the online projekt. Google Maps will be taken from the virtual into real

Re: [NetBehaviour] naughty boy

2009-08-19 Thread Ian Smith-Heisters
These is innaresting questions to me. I definitely think education is most valuable for the connections it gets you. I would regard my education as a complete waste if it were not for the job I got the summer after graduation, which led to another job, which got me some training, which allowed me

Re: [NetBehaviour] naughty boy

2009-08-19 Thread Alan Sondheim
You haven't seen too many American teeth! I know a lot of people with real problems that way. But you're right about health care - although it's far worse I think than you might imagine - families are ruined. It's a real mess and the right is basically screwing Obama's plans as far as I can

Re: [NetBehaviour] naughty boy

2009-08-19 Thread Alan Sondheim
Re: Siimon - when I was teaching at Florida International Uniersity, that hellhole, they had instituted a policy that each departmet had to pull its own weight financially - so busiess etc. had no problems, but painting? New Media? Well, they got rid of me and the new media line, that took

Re: [NetBehaviour] naughty boy

2009-08-19 Thread Alan Sondheim
And they won't be in the US - there's not a chance in hell... Alan, hating amerikka On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, yann le guennec wrote: this is a wide (and wild) problem, but there are also solutions, not tested yet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income may be one day ++ --y Simon

[NetBehaviour] unix fortune - grammar! (fwd)

2009-08-19 Thread Alan Sondheim
William Safire's Rules for Writers: Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Verbs have to agree with their subjects. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. If you reread your work, you