hi, I remember when electricity and electromagnetism was new, and this list made a big fuss about all the speculation and enthusiasm made around ‘electronic arts.’ We booted Nico Tesla off the list at that time - what a spammer :). But it blew over and we adjusted.
Then computers came around, and boy did this list get touchy. X (not naming names) was just beside himself, but now he’s totally into it. Networks: well that worked out fine too. my point is that this list is pretty robust after all these centuries of discourse on art and new technology. Bio-art, eco-art, cog-art, game-art, food-art, code-art, anything-art… Why is blockchain-art, ledger-art the last straw? Financial tech/logic is materialist, speculative, realist, mysterious - at least to me, because I’m new too it. But I’m not new to decentralization which is a primary vector in the field. It’s about law, value, markets, communities, p2p, evolution of semantic web, AI, space/time/gravity/cosmos, synchronized clocks, voting/elections, trust/identity/anonymity, the uniqueness of the digital object. Love this: https://www.larvalabs.com/cryptopunks <https://www.larvalabs.com/cryptopunks> Ken > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:07:47 +0000 > From: ruth catlow <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NetBehaviour] Thu 23 Nov - DAOWO 2# Identity Trouble (on the > blockchain) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Dear All, > We are increasingly aware of the discomfort felt by many here about the > extended discussions around arts and blockchain on this list. We are in > the process of setting up a new list specifically for this topic to > allow Netbehaviour to regain its balance. > But until then, we are still keen to invite any of you with access to > London to participate in this event. > > Cheers, > :) Ruth > ---------- > Thu 23 Nov - DAOWO 2# Identity Trouble (on the blockchain), Goethe > Institute, London. > > 14.00-17.30 ? Workshop devised and hosted by Ruth Catlow and Ben > Vickers. With Ramon Amaro, Ed Fornieles, Thor Karlsson & Emily Rosamond > > 19.00-20.30 ? Screening of the documentary My Name is Janez Jan?a > (2012). Introduced by Ruth Catlow and Janez Jan?a (Aksioma) > > Identity Trouble (on the blockchain) is the second event in the DAOWO > blockchain laboratory and debate series for reinventing the arts. > > Identity is considered one of the hardest problems in the blockchain > space, as it is here that it really matters how human and machinic > systems connect. With the potential to fix and potentially impinge upon > the relationship between our subjective sense of self, freedom to use > multiple identities and our machine-assigned identities. > > More info here http://www.daowo.org/#identity-trouble-on-the-blockchain > > ---- > > The programme is devised by Ruth Catlow and Ben Vickers in collaboration > with the Goethe-Institut London, and the State Machines programme. Its > title is inspired by a paper written by artist, hacker and writer Rob > Myers called DAOWO ? Decentralised Autonomous Organisation With Others. > > -- > Co-founder Co-director > Furtherfield > > www.furtherfield.org > > +44 (0) 77370 02879 > > Bitcoin Address 1G7SPFpvHhVEqn5trpNEcyNWbDcyZXuAnh > > Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs, & > debates > around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997 > > Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee > registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. > Registered business address: Ballard Newman, Apex House, Grand Arcade, > Tally Ho Corner, London N12 0EH. >
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