Hi, Simon's right and while I do sympathise with anyone who didn't realise that all this communication is public property, you have to realise that all electronic communication is. > Own a car, pay tax, use a credit card, go into town, use a loyalty card, use > a cash machine, 'they' know what you are doing, where you are, who you are, > what you like and what you do, IF 'they' could be bothered to find out at > all that is, I thought we all knew this in the 90's (Duncan Campbell's writings http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan/) yet I still despair at the lack of awareness over the implications of electronic communication. > It is important when taken to a dimension beyond of the archiving this list- because it is about the currency of information in a knowledge economy and how the development of communication technologies will affect our actions in the private, public, local and the Global arena. (though I dont know if it's relevant to the remit of this list)
Creating projects that investigate the implications of these technologies, is one way we have a voice in the planning and implementation of them in the new electronic public domains. This is not about getting web space for artists it is a more fundamental question, that needs to be addressed at the policy making level, about human rights - and I hold onto the (perhaps naive) belief that artists are in a unique position to create spaces where voices can be heard and, in time, affect policy decisions - though I dont think thats easy. Of course it not new to talk about these issues in this arena, i.e. ambits' readership. I know there are several people on this list whose work is underpinned by strong social and political concerns and activism but outside that I felt compelled to say something since I see so many artists getting involved in the technology arena now who are unaware of the historical and political context they are working in. I'm not sure what my point for saying this is - it is just a note in the margin and an expression of frustration at a lack of political engagement. I'm sure you all know already;-- but for anyone who doesn't, look at the writing of Coco Fusco; and Konrad Becker's World-Information.Org http://world-information.org/wio and Ricardo Dominiguez Electronic Civil Disobedience (Critical Art Ensemble) http://thehacktivist.com/jed/ Bests, Alice [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07710 679 909 My introduction is: I work freelance with several organisations and I write. Most of my time is as Co-Director of Proboscis, http://www.proboscis.org.uk/ My work is inspired by rethinking and reconfiguring concepts of landscape and human interaction, and the opening up of new spaces for cultural activity to reach audiences not currently served by museums and galleries. With Proboscis I am currently leading the development of the TOPOLOGIES initiative, the LIQUID GEOGRAPHY research strand and am co-curating PRIVATE REVERIES, PUBLIC SPACES. ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
