have you given your students the call for the 090909 UpStage festival? they can perform to audiences around the world without flying anywhere.
http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=210 h : ) Jason Nelson wrote: > today I was rummaging through calls for artwork for my students. And I've > noticed a drop as of late in the calls for work specifically targeting > anything > remotely close to net art. most of them are for festivals, requiring some > performative aspect, or searching for more mechanical contraptions, all of > which > not only "cost" in environmental and monetary ways, but also tend to only > collect a local audience, with mostly semi-local talent. even video calls ask > for DVDs to be mailed.... > > part of this might have to do with funding models....in terms of both > maximizing > the impact (large scale festivals) and requiring a model of audience > participation > that is easier to understand for arts funding bodies (look there are > people!!!) > > and it would seem that everyone else is finally going > net....newspapers, stores, banks > etc.....so why is it the art world is backing off.....? > > I would love to meet others....in person....I dont think I've met even > a handful of you > on the list......but why havent we all developed easy ways to meet up? > why aren't > net artworks and net based art portals funded (sure there are small > bits here and there) > but fighting over a few rhizome or turbulence grants (and small ones > at that) seems sad > considering how much impact our work has.....in terms of raw numbers > of audience for > example....... > > I would be overjoyed to not travel.....to have more venues and > exhibitions (funded ones) > that allow us to simply send files, do chats, and play here...where we > type.mouse > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst [email protected] http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.upstage.org.nz http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
