hi Annie, I agree that because for this DIWO project we have been working on a pre-set (if contested) context that a more careful framing of work will be needed, and I'm looking forward with some anticipation to that discussion on Friday.
However a key element of the mail art ethos is the inclusion of all submissions. Putting everything in a book may be one way to do it. I have also been wondering about alternative ways to provide a meaningful interface to the work made. What if we could persuade Neil to create a version of his word-seed-to-tree work, Exquisite Copse http://www.devoid.co.uk/exquisitecopse/ that takes the texts and discussions submitted for DIWO at the Dark Mountain. I think that the way this shows the possible forking paths of meaning within texts resonates well with the way DIWO is unfolding. It also meshes together the 'natural' and the network. It makes explicit the shared dna of natural and digital language/forms (like branching decision trees). Perhaps others can suggest other already-existing netart or other digital interfaces that we could use to make texts available to viewers. cheers Ruth -----Original Message----- From: anniea <[email protected]> To: [email protected], NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] DIWO: Co-Curation event 12-3pm Friday 27th November 2009 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:12:04 +0100 Hi all, I was thinking it might be a good idea to have just a few works on the walls or in the space and to put all the others printed out in a book like or scrollerlike display. This obliges us to choose what was most important for us in this DIWO Black Mountain experience. As noticed some times not all the work really was concerned with the subject. So I propose a selection. (This concerns all, video and html and code included) Yours Annie ps I am sorry not to be able to assist next Friday. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Ruth Catlow <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Folks, A reminder about the upcoming DIWO open curation event next Friday. It will run from 12-3pm at HTTP Gallery http://www.http.uk.net/docs/gettingto.shtml and you can join us via the network. Details of how to get involved across the network will be posted here and on the blog at 10am on the morning of the event. If you are able to join us in meat-space let us know in advance so that we are sure to have enough tea and biscuits to go round. We have been thinking about how best to harness the potential concentration of so many great minds. 1) In practical preparation for co-curation we will gather all images, videos, sound files that have either been attached or linked to a DIWO email for viewing on the day. 2) We have also just bid for a v. cheap Dot Matrix printer - so we would welcome suggestions about how that might be used to display contributions. 3) We invite you to make suggestions about how to approach the curation of the exhibition over the next week. This is how we approached exhibiting DIWO email art last time.... (deets here http://vagueterrain.net/journal11/furtherfield/01) - we 'curated' the archive of the Netbehaviour list inbox into threads, streams, themes etc (see attached image), projected it on the wall and attached a computer so that punters could explore the mails and forward them to their own friends. - we printed out every image that was contributed - we played all the videos on a loop on a TV - we compiled all sound files and played them into the space - we had a drawing machine working for food to obscure the printed face of Karl Marx. But maybe this time we will want to take a whole new approach. Looking forward to it! Ruth and the Furtherfield.org crew _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- Double Blind (Love) performance Annie Abrahams Curt Cloninger 29 - 11 - 2009 Information : http://livingroomart.wordpress.com/performance/double-blind-love/ Video "Squad" fragment 3 min Riam06 http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/squad/ http://vimeo.com/6926113
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