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So Art is an act (process-actions) for others - a Service. Artists, who are providers of the Service of Art (exactly which acts constitute the field of Art is a continually negotiated process), are Service Providers. We serve each other; even when we perform for ourselves, we are still serving. In Allan Kaprow's book of essays "The Blurring of Art and Life", he is interested in an intersection between art and life...mainly, does a line have to exist at all ... maybe it is possible to bend art space to the Life Standard or life space to the Art Standard. Our Art Service is to explore this line, and extend the line into virtual space or Virtual Standard. As a matter of belief, we offer services without property. The ownership of knowledge, a recent feature of our society, is not in the interest of the public. We believe knowledge should be free and freely given. Our services explore Open Source, the concepts of free knowledge and the Gift Economy. Finally, our emotional need is for Community. To build neighbors both online and offline, who interact, share, converse, and play with each other and us. Thus, the final form, the destination of delivery of our Art Services is the in context of Community. http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/gettingdressed -- Joseph Franklyn McElroy Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]� Take the other survey everyone is talking about... http://www.electrichands.com/genius2000 Electric Hands, Inc www.electrichands.com 212-255-4527 ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
