Hey Pall It seems I was using an old address that bounced back to me. So as I don't have a current address, could you contact me please?
(Because I'm interested in buying a set irrespective of their status as art objects :)) Geert On Nov 19, 2008, at 1:25 AM, Pall Thayer wrote: > I would say that in the case of mass-produced items, then yes, it's a > commodity if there's demand. But in the case of art, it's a commodity > if there's a price. > > Pall > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Karl Heinz Jeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Its not a commodity unless there is demand. >> Depending on how you look at things/commodities/art they might appear >> different. And keep in mind you only see what you know. >> >> Simon Biggs schrieb: >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > ***************************** > 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
