sounds great, i'll take two. will i get any nectar points?
2008/11/18 benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *Noun* > > *commodity* (*plural* *commodities*<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commodities> > ) > > 1. Anything movable (a good <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/good>) that > is bought <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bought> and > sold<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sold> > . > - *1995*, James G. Carrier, *Gifts and Commodities: Exchange and > Western Capitalism Since 1700*, > p.122[[1]<http://books.google.com/books?id=7BwbwuPyLccC&pg=PA122&dq=commodities+shopping&sig=dozEQAUipFYsEyUTkKpSqKbSCqk> > ] > - If a key part of shopping is the conversion of anonymous * > commodities* into possessions, shopping is a cultural as much as an > economic activity. > - *2001*, Rachel Pain, *Introducing Social Geographies*, p. 26 > [[2]<http://books.google.com/books?id=FVb2cfVpST8C&pg=PA26&dq=commodities+shopping&sig=OhV4OSNFSU9DE2-UdUBQsFosh5Y> > ] > - In human geography "*commodities*" usually refers to goods and > services which are bought and sold. The simplest *commodities* are > those produced by the production system just before they are sold. > - *2005*, William Leiss, Botterill, Jacki, *Social Communication in > Advertising: Consumption in the Mediated Marketplace*, p.307 > [[3]<http://books.google.com/books?id=R_ELAoKRDb4C&pg=PA307&dq=commodities+shopping&sig=AyH9Brabe3RC16bitD6AOsfSfPw> > ] > - Referring to the work of Bourdieu, Zukin (2004,38) notes that > shopping is much more than the purchase of *commodities* > 2. Something useful or valuable. > 3. *And Slade said: "It really makes me sad that football club chairmen > and boards seem to have lost that most precious **commodity** - > patience. "Sam's sacking at Newcastle had, I suppose, been on the cards for > a while, but it is really ridiculous to fire a manager after such a short > time.* Somerset County Gazette on Jan. 14th, 2008. > 4. (*economics*) Raw materials, agricultural products and other primary > products as objects of large scale trading in specialized exchanges. > 5. *The price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between > professional players in World's many **commodities** exchanges.* > 6. (*marketing*) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit > margin <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/margin>, as distinguished from > branded <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brand> products. > 7. *Although they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, > the calculators have become a mere **commodity**.* > > * > * > * > * > On 18 Nov 2008, at 14:23, marc garrett wrote: > > Hi Patrick & Simon, > > Is it an object before it turns into a consumer-based commodity, or after? > > marc > > > What makes an object art? > > It is clear that these objects are destined to be commodities. > > Can an art object be a commodity? Can commodities be art objects and remain > commodities? Is Duchamps Fountain still a urinal? I seem to remember > somebody testing this hypothesis. > > Regards > > Simon > > > On 18/11/08 13:33, "patrick simons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are these art objects?! > patrick > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Pall Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got some work for sale. Here's the long and short of it. > > I'm going to be exhibiting a piece of mine called Exist.pl (some of > you may remember it as it was developed via discussions here on the > list as well as other lists) at the MakeArt festival in France in a > couple of weeks. The work will also be exhibited as part of the Piksel > festival in Bergen, Norway. Here in Iceland we have what's called The > Center for Icelandic Art. Their job is to provide financial assistance > to artists taking their work abroad. They're the only source for > travel grants for short trips like this one. I applied, I got rejected > (with no explanation of why), I have this nagging feeling that they > don't "get" this type of art. So what I would like to do now, is to > sell copies of this work to get some funds towards the trip (I had > already bought flight tickets before I got rejected). The work > consists of a piece of software running on a computer. It doesn't > produce any output but it's doing a lot of background work. So to > provide the viewer with some information on what's going on, four A2 > sized posters, displaying the source code at various stages of the > softwares development, will be displayed. > > The software itself is free under the GPL license and lives at > http://code.google.com/p/existpl > > But I have for sale a limited edition of twenty sets of these posters. > I'll only sell them in sets. There are four posters in the set. These > are signed and numbered, high quality color prints suitable for > framing. Ideally, they would be displayed in a row on a wall with a > computer nearby to run the software when the owner chooses (but this > entirely up to the purchaser of the work). You can see a small version > of what they look like at the following URLs: > > http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/code1.pdf<http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code1.pdf> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code1.pdf> > http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/code2.pdf<http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code2.pdf> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code2.pdf> > http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/code3.pdf<http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code3.pdf> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code3.pdf> > http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/code4.pdf<http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code4.pdf> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code4.pdf> > > The price is $50 per set. If I manage to sell all twenty sets, this > will provide enough to cover printing and mailing costs, with the > remainder being approximately what I applied for from The Center for > Icelandic Art. > > On top of being colorful and thought provoking, they create an > interesting visual pattern when lined up together. > > Please contact me offlist if you're interested. > > Pall Thayer > > -- > ***************************** > Pall Thayer > artist > http://www.this.is/pallit > ***************************** > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > Simon Biggs > Research Professor > edinburgh college of art > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.eca.ac.uk > www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.littlepig.org.uk > AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk > > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, > number SC009201 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- richtextformat Ltd. | company number: 06699372 http://richtextformat.co.uk | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 078 0706 2090 --
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