Please keep us informed Marc, I am glad you decided to return Yours Annie
ps For those interested I will try to write a small text about economie0 next weekend. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:40 PM, marc garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Distant, a new Net Art work by Marc Garrett. > > Distant: > http://www.furtherfield.org/mgarrett/distant/ > > Statement about why I am Making Net Art Once More: > > I have been going through some changes regarding what type of personal, > individual artwork that I wish to explore these days. Even though I am > involved in various high-tech projects which are mainly collaborations, > that are related to larger projects. I wish to return to making Net Art, > reconnect to what has always been my favourite form of creativity and > expression. > > The reasons that I have decided to do this is, because I feel that it is > time for me to re-explore what Net Art can really be now, as part of my > varied practice. Times have changed, Net Art is dead as far as many > others have been concerned, who originally made useful careers in > writing about it and becoming 'heroic' artists from it. I intend to > rebuild my own practice on an Art that was killed by its own culture. > Those who loved it also decided to kill it even though other Net Artists > around at that time were still making it, less considered in regard to > the repercussions of what it meant to them and culture as a whole. For > me, history is really not enough to define a creative culture as > magnificent and dynamic as Net Art. It may be fine for those who were > represented at that time, but surely there are even moments of doubt, a > lingering spectre that says that it all went wrong. I feel that those > few who were selected to be part of the (ironic) 'Heroic Period', have > limited their own expansion. I know that many who have made Net Art in > the past do not wish to be left behind, lost in the history books, as > ghosts and may find this interesting themselves, as well as a budding > contemporary generation of new Net Artists. > > Rather than be part of a past mythology, I wish to be part of current > reality. I am of course very aware of the contemporary technologies that > control the Internet via corporate means, and how the rabid thirst of > those who wish to be technologically determined, by this mannerist > behaviour, are more interested in being led by others who are not > interested in Art, and rather are more interested in being in positions > of power over Media Art culture, via creative industry imposed > protocols. To me, on the whole it says more about spectacle and how > money is dictating people's intentions and causing diversions from > seeing what is of value culturally. As far as I am concerned, it is more > important to make Art. > > Perhaps Net Art was destined to die, may be it had to die so that others > could explore their own perceptions, reasons and creative voices without > the pressure of having to conform to dictates that proposed ideas which > in reality meant nothing to many Net Artists out there, other than to > those who instigated such power-related gestures in the first place. > > So, even though I am not expecting any great come back of a new Net Art > consciousness from my own future ventures in reclaiming a practice that > I believe was killed before its time, mistakenly. I am asking those who > had decided to moved away from making Net Art (some of course moved on > naturally) to respect my decision in embarking in something that was and > is still an expression that I feel offers the world, contemporary > experiences and ideas, that are still unique which can be given a second > chance by actively and consciously engaging in the now. > > For me, because there is no longer the hype about a new Internet and > because it is a time of trouble in respect of economy depressions around > the world, as well as many people only exploring technology for the sake > of it, and because we need to be more ecological in our practices. We > also need to come to terms in re-evaluating why we are doing what we do > now, and how can we reclaim our creative histories and voices in a way > that has more meaning, rather than through processes of mechanistic and > personality driven motives alone. I want to build something that does > not just reflect me being a slave to technology, corporate control and > traditional Art world agendas. The Art will have its own voice on its > own terms > > The latest work 'Distant' is not trying to be clever via the technology, > it is Art. An object, a contemporary piece that is well aware that it is > no longer in fashion. Therefore, it is authentic. > > marc garrett > > > Other Related News: > On the 29th of this month, Ruth Catlow and myself are going on an > artists residency at Banff, Canada. Through the whole of the month > during March, we will both be collaborating to make new Net Art > together. It will include open source and it will involve much coding. > As we explore the possibilities of using contemporary resources that can > be used for our Net Art practice, we will set up a portal or blog that > displays our research as it happens. As well as the Art that we both > create. > > We are, of course interested to hear from those who are also re-engaging > in the making of Net Art, using free software, free media, open source > materials as well as their own ideas about it. It is an exciting time > for us, what is there to lose but gaining the pleasure of doing what we > really want to do:-) > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- " One the puppet of the other " " L'un la poupée de l'autre " p2p torrent ftp http://lenougat.free.fr/ user : fan pass : puppet _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
