Re: [NetBehaviour] Is it just me (trad-posturing)?

2009-01-08 Thread dave miller
hi Rob Thanks for the encouragement and advice. You're very right about this, I need to consider different ways of making money from my art, rather than the traditional ways which don't feel appropriate. Can you recommend any works I can look at, or specific artists I can look at? dave 2009/1/7

Re: [NetBehaviour] Is it just me (trad-posturing)?

2009-01-08 Thread Mason Dixon
Shepard Fairey http://pic2009.inauguralcollectibles.com/category/SHEP.html On Jan 8, 2009, at 2:33 AM, dave miller wrote: hi Rob Thanks for the encouragement and advice. You're very right about this, I need to consider different ways of making money from my art, rather than the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Is it just me (trad-posturing)?

2009-01-08 Thread Kevin Flanagan
Hey, Lots of great stuff here I had to put my bit in. *Manifesto on Art / Fluxus Art Amusement by George Maciunas, 1965 -* *ART* *To justify artist's professional,parasitic and elite status in society, he must demonstrate artist's indispensability and exclusiveness, he must demonstrate the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Is it just me (trad-posturing)?

2009-01-08 Thread ricardo ruiz
i agree with marc. and more important than money is felling... best emotions, r 2009/1/7 Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:11 PM, dave miller dave.miller...@gmail.com wrote: I showed her my networked media work - she thought the images were good, but the fact that

Re: [NetBehaviour] Is it just me (trad-posturing)?

2009-01-07 Thread Rob Myers
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:11 PM, dave miller dave.miller...@gmail.com wrote: I showed her my networked media work - she thought the images were good, but the fact that endless variations can be created would confuse buyers, who want uniqueness. The whole network generated/ collaborative

Re: [NetBehaviour] Is it just me (trad-posturing)?

2009-01-06 Thread { brad brace }
well, you'll hate me, but I'll tell you: it's simply a ponzi scheme; the only people who benefit are those that entice endless new suckers to pay the game... I've been working for over 35 years and I've yet to encounter even one person who continually makes even a rudimentary living from their

Re: [NetBehaviour] Is it just me (trad-posturing)?

2009-01-06 Thread benjamin
we need to redefine where people thing art is. galleries like museums, dead, places of reflection; art is something which happens with life and animation... and wine ! On 6 Jan 2009, at 18:51, { brad brace } wrote: well, you'll hate me, but I'll tell you: it's simply a ponzi scheme; the only

Re: [NetBehaviour] Is it just me (trad-posturing)?

2009-01-06 Thread dave miller
thanks james and brad It's great that you're talking about this. A couple of years back I talked to a very experienced art dealer/ curator - basically she was appointed my mentor on the South London Arts programme - a scheme to help emerging artists. I know she's only one opinion, but she knows