i might be a bit out of the loop but i do find the mis use of the cca like this a real surprise, its not a building i really frequent now, i was more into the third eye centre or the former cca, especially that pin board artist notice board thing they used to have. i did take part in a really fantastic workshop there recently with an artist/programmer from finland which had a huge impact on me in terms of technical skill and also in a philosophical way, it was a particularly generous experience advocating shareware, do it yourself techno kits and exposing tons of community..... and Rebecca Shatwell did really well to organise it.oh yeah and she's leaving.
so my reaction is quite sad really, i mean one day i was passing and popped in and the Scottish Football Association had taken over the front and cafe so i couldnt even get near the cappucinos for trays full of vol au vents.i mean basically it wasnt open to the public and this was mid week afternoon. so that was annoying and a bit naff but this is just really crass now, and i cant imagine it being tolerated in other equivalent uk venues in manchester, london, bristol etc. so why here? how should one react? i think by confronting them and asking them about it.does anyone want to do that? we could invite the cca to look at this message board and join the discussion?i would just really like to hear from them instead of waxing lyrically about how outrageous it all is till everyone gets bored. i couldnt boycott every venue or warn every future artist about malpractice or questionable association taking place there, i use domineering technology, i fly on aeroplanes, i flick through hello magazine in the supermarket bla bla, we all participate in messy fucked up compromising things, but when a particular item is pointed out to you like Gair did here and you see it as emblematic of something kind of bigger and more insiduous than how it actually appears on paper then i want to know more about it and i dont want it to drift past. meanwhile, yeah, what about the proposed privatisation of the fire service? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------
