I love this, thanks for sharing On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 12:02, Klobucar, Philip Andrew < [email protected]> wrote:
> I think there's a few people on this list who continue to experiment with > blockchain, NFTs and various aesthetic explorations. This new netprov play > might be inspiring. For any who might be interested, start here: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/gl1tchcoin/comments/o1ini1/critics_coiner/ > > > To be in the book. To figure in the book of > > Questions, to be part of it. To be responsible for > a word or a sentence, a stanza or chapter. > > Edmond Jabès, *Le Livre des Questions* > > > > Andrew Klobucar, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Humanities > New Jersey Institute of Technology > 332 Cullimore Hall > 973.596.5724 > [email protected] > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 12:10 PM Max Herman via NetBehaviour < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Ana, >> >> Thank you for the great reference to Palenque Yucatan! Its an example I >> didn't know about and will help my understanding a lot. It's interesting >> that the patterns are both painted and built, comparable to some of the >> examples further north. In many cultures there are linguistic and musical >> parallels too, such as Bach's Little Harmonic Labyrinth which I learned >> about last year, or perhaps even an indigenous drum and song performance I >> heard earlier this month. >> >> In trying to process Dante's Commedia I have found he uses wheels and >> circles a lot, using ancient references such as Fortuna and perhaps most of >> all astronomy (which all eras have pondered). It's not a labyrinth per se >> but he starts out totally lost and needs help (from Beatrice and Virgil) to >> find his way. Theres a theme of "having to go through it" to get balance, >> of faculties being taxed and failing but learning, as well as indeterminacy >> which are comparable to labyrinth experiences. >> >> Interesting coincidence in Garrett's post about Daedalus! :) >> >> All best, >> >> Max >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Ana Valdés <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 22, 2021 8:52 AM >> *To:* Max Herman <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity < >> [email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] labyrinth, maze, atlas >> >> Thanks Max the labyrinth or pattern or maze is indeed an old form of >> representation a kind of natural metaphors where we mankind try to explain >> things and create a narrative of our origin and our aims. >> I was in Palenque Yucatán in Mexico once and saw the complicated >> labyrinths the Mayas reproduced on wall paintings and gardens in the middle >> of the forest. >> Palenque was “discovered” or found as late as in 1922 but the archeologs >> and explorers say there are still many sites or cities to be discovered. >> Ana >> >> On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 at 02:05, Max Herman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Ana, >> >> I was thinking today or yesterday that a key feature of a labyrinth or >> maze is you can't solve it in advance then speed through. You have to >> experience it, and it has unpredictable or random features. This calls for >> a certain being present, with a place, time, and task or activity. The >> task has no purpose beyond its being experienced. >> >> It's also a prehistoric art form, arguably, going back to stone circles >> or indigenous "medicine wheels," thus having omni-cultural aspects >> perhaps. There is often a link between microcosm and macrocosm implied or >> stated. I'm sure there must be electronic ways to mediate such an activity >> but since digital technology makes it so easy and profitable to script an >> environment, and since the body is somewhat excluded from electronic >> settings, that may be more the norm in our hopefully still early stages. >> >> I've never been to Chartres, but Warburgs Atlas has an unscripted "place" >> aspect to it, as may possibly the Berlin exhibit of Leonardo's Books by the >> Planck Institute till June 28 (where the artifacts are arranged kind of >> like maze they say, plus with a vortex of papers at the center, but still >> there is no travel there from here). I did see the 2019 showing at the >> Museo Galileo, which started off all my interest in Leonardo, so I'm >> interested to see what the virtual version of the Berlin exhibit is like. >> >> All best, >> >> Max >> >> >> https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/exhibition/leonardos-intellectual-cosmos-2021 >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Ana Valdés <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, June 21, 2021 9:50 AM >> *To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity < >> [email protected]> >> *Cc:* Max Herman <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] Netbehaviour list renewal - happy lurker >> >> I was once an avid sci-fi and phantasy reader read all Game of Thrones >> before the tv and the hype :) >> There is a great writer Roger Zelazny who wrote several books about a >> parallel world, Amber. There is a maze or labyrinth and only the ones who >> learn to navigate the maze and go trough the maze are worth to rule. >> I saw the maze at the cathedral of Chartres and it’s very interesting to >> see how the maze was used by the Templar’s the masons and the scholars >> studying the Kabbala. >> The maze as metaphor is very powerful. >> Ana >> >> >> On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 at 11:27, Max Herman via NetBehaviour < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Jessica and happy solstice all! >> >> The giant labyrinth sounds intriguing. A very ancient form, and so >> different from one person making an art object then selling it to another. >> Perhaps the latter is the greatest illusion of all? A distraction in a >> maze. >> >> Labyrinths -- well I could go on and on. You enter, like a stone circle, >> then exit, but in imagination too. It's like conscious meditative time, >> both more and less individualized. >> >> As to poetics of imagination -- very relevant too I think. Poetics is >> not words only. In Leonardo's time they called the debate between poetry >> and painting, Dante and Apelles, the paragone for which is best, the >> paragon. Leonardo said they are the same art form, just differently >> focused for the eyes or ears in how we encounter them, both connecting to >> the imagination or sensus communis within the person. I think he wanted to >> create a visual counterpoint to Dante, in some ways, to demonstrate this. >> >> Theres a concept in meditation called "softening of vision," I think, >> which is very physically noticeable in contrast to rigid, brittle, narrow >> sight, I mean in the eyes. Seeing looks and feels different. Not sure how >> to articulate this with brevity but there might be something like it in >> sound and words too. I think of this phenomenon sometimes as a kind of >> poetics perhaps or part and electronic media have an effect on my >> experience of it not always for the better. >> >> All best regards, >> >> Max >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* NetBehaviour <[email protected]> on >> behalf of Jessica May via NetBehaviour < >> [email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, June 18, 2021 4:16 PM >> *To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity < >> [email protected]> >> *Cc:* Jessica May <[email protected]> >> >> *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] Netbehaviour list renewal - happy lurker >> >> I'm a new, Happy Lurker! >> Introduced recently by Adam (of 'A campfire in a ruin in a forest' post), >> I myself am not very at home in the digital realm. I am a woodland creature >> studying for an MA in 'The Poetics of Imagination' (!) at Dartington Arts >> School and helping build a giant labyrinth on Bodmin moor; but I am curious >> about how I stay abreast of all the exciting stuff that happens online, >> when I don't really want to be. And curious about the net as an >> imaginal space for the collective mind, obvs. >> This list seems intriguing, delightful, non techy, and full of strange >> and great minds. Please keep me onboard for now, and thanks for to >> those who facilitate :) >> >> >> >> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 13:47, Irini Papadimitriou < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> A happy lurker too:) >> I don't post here often, but this is a great place. I hugely respect what >> Ruth and Marc have been doing for all these years, and Furtherfield has >> been a great inspiration! >> Thank you! >> Irini >> >> >> Irini Mirena Papadimitriou >> Creative Director | FutureEverything >> twitter: @futureverything @irini_mirena | web: >> http://futureeverything.org >> Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester, M60 0AS >> >> >> *CURRENT PROJECTS:* >> >> >> *Check out our latest newsletter here >> <https://mailchi.mp/futureeverything/newsletter-march2020-898502> * >> >> *Future Focus* >> <https://futureeverything.org/news/introducing-our-new-programme-future-focus/> >> Our new online programme bringing people together to share ideas, connect >> and collectively imagine better, more considerate futures. Current >> programme: Money and Environment >> <https://futureeverything.org/event/future-focus-money-and-environment-ii/> >> >> *Trickle Down, A New Vertical Sovereignty >> <https://futureeverything.org/portfolio/entry/trickle-down-a-new-vertical-sovereignty/> >> by Helen Knowles* >> A tokenised four-screen video installation and generative soundscape >> attached to the blockchain, exploring value systems and wealth disparity. >> This new body of work is now available for touring. >> >> >> *Innovate Manchester >> <https://futureeverything.org/event/innovate-manchester-our-digital-futures-data-ethics/> >> * >> An ambitious events programme bringing together business, academia and >> creative thinkers to collaborate on ideas for a more sustainable future. >> In collaboration with MIDAS and the Business Growth Hub. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* NetBehaviour <[email protected]> on >> behalf of Tom Keene <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, June 18, 2021 8:24 AM >> *To:* lauraplanagracia via NetBehaviour < >> [email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] Netbehaviour list renewal - happy lurker >> >> Happy Lurker and occasional poster! >> Tx >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 14 Jun 2021, at 2:04 PM, j wrote: >> >> like many its one of the only lists I browse, occasionally with eyes >> bigger than brain, but never cursory >> >> adelante! jonathan >> On 14/6/21 10:48 pm, Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour wrote: >> >> Thanks to everyone who already posted on this thread <3 <3 <3 >> >> For those that missed the discussion... >> >> *We are proposing a Netbehaviour renewal process:* >> >> Over a 1 month period starting now (14th June 2021) >> We invite all subscribers to do one of 3 things >> >> 1. Make a post on any topic or responding to anyone else's post >> 2. Send an email with "Happy Lurker" in the subject header (to the list >> or privately to me - if you prefer to remain incognito) >> 3. Do nothing. >> >> At the end of this time, moderators will >> 1. gather a list of everyone who posted >> 2. update subscribers on the proposal to unsubscribing everyone who >> hasn't posted and depending on what we all decide >> 3. unsubscribe everyone who we haven't heard from/ or do something else. >> >> In this way, we will get to know new people a little, and be able to >> better see ourselves collectively. There may be a bunch of people who >> prefer to go un-announced (that's fine too). If they are really keen but >> prefer not to send an email saying so they can always resubscribe. >> >> ======================== >> >> On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 8:00 PM James <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 15:05, Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Finally, I would be curious to hear your feelings about this proposal for >> list renewal. >> ======================= >> >> Over a 1 month period starting xxx >> We invite all subscribers to do one of 3 things >> >> 1. Make a post on any topic or responding to anyone else's post >> 2. Send an email with "Happy Lurker" in the subject header >> 3. Do nothing. >> >> At the end of this time, moderators could >> 1. gather a list of everyone who posted >> 2. unsubscribe everyone else. >> >> In this way we will know who we are, we will be able to see ourselves >> collectively and know who is in the woods. >> >> This is something we can do intermittently. >> ======================== >> If you all love, hate or have alternative suggestions to this idea I'd >> love to know. >> >> >> Hi Ruth, >> >> The invitation to post on any topic and/or respond to another post is a >> good one to open up discussion to broader topics. >> >> When I was more active on here I always took "networked distributed >> creativity" as something allowing me to post, but deliberately reading it >> as 'network distributed' rather than 'networked & distributed' - I'm quite >> useless at networking be it technologically, or socially and professionally. >> >> Creativity was to me always the thread weaving through it all - but I >> manage to see that thread pretty much in all aspects of my life however >> tenuously connected to the arts that may be - which is something I'm >> interested in posting about. >> >> >> >> >> Cheers >> James. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Ruth Catlow >> she/her >> Co-founder & Artistic director of Furtherfield & DECAL Decentralised Arts >> Lab >> +44 (0) 77370 02879 >> >> *I will only agree to speak at events that are racially and gender >> balanced. >> >> **sending thanks >> <https://www.ovoenergy.com/ovo-newsroom/press-releases/2019/november/think-before-you-thank-if-every-brit-sent-one-less-thank-you-email-a-day-we-would-save-16433-tonnes-of-carbon-a-year-the-same-as-81152-flights-to-madrid.html> >> in >> advance >> >> *Furtherfield *disrupts and democratises art and technology through >> exhibitions, >> labs & debate, for deep exploration, open tools & free thinking. >> furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> >> >> *DECAL* Decentralised Arts Lab is an arts, blockchain & web 3.0 >> technologies research hub >> >> for fairer, more dynamic & connected cultural ecologies & economies now. >> >> decal.is <http://www.decal.is> >> >> >> Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee >> >> Registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. >> >> Registered business address: Carbon Accountancy, 80-83 Long Lane, >> London, EC1A 9ET >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/80-83+Long+Lane,+London,+EC1A+9ET?entry=gmail&source=g> >> . >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing >> [email protected]https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jessica Langton >> >> 07792 465 023 >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> -- >> https://anavaldes.wordpress.com/ >> www.twitter.com/caravia158 >> http://www.scoop.it/t/art-and-activism/ >> http://www.scoop.it/t/food-history-and-trivia >> http://www.scoop.it/t/urbanism-3-0 >> >> >> >> >> <http://www.scoop.it/t/postcolonial-mind/> >> >> cell Sweden +4670-3213370 >> cell Uruguay +598-99470758 >> >> >> "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with >> your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always >> long to return. >> — Leonardo da Vinci >> >> -- >> https://anavaldes.wordpress.com/ >> www.twitter.com/caravia158 >> http://www.scoop.it/t/art-and-activism/ >> http://www.scoop.it/t/food-history-and-trivia >> http://www.scoop.it/t/urbanism-3-0 >> >> >> >> >> <http://www.scoop.it/t/postcolonial-mind/> >> >> cell Sweden +4670-3213370 >> cell Uruguay +598-99470758 >> >> >> "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with >> your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always >> long to return. >> — Leonardo da Vinci >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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