Turbulence Commission: "Status Grabber" by Liz Filardi. December 14, 2009 Turbulence Commission: "I'm Not Stalking You; I'm Socializing: Status Grabber" by Liz Filardi http://turbulence.org/works/stalkingsocial/
A record of telephone interactions is gathered under the pretense of a social networking service called "Status Grabber," in which a representative makes personal phone calls to request very short "status updates" from strangers. Call recipients are told that someone they know has anonymously requested a status update about them, and that they should provide the representative with an open statement about their career, family, social life, or literal whereabouts. The service mimics the social activity of users on Facebook and Twitter, where users stay connected without directly interacting. In creating an analog version of those services, "Status Grabber" places analogous pressure on individuals to relinquish privacy in order to participate in this new model of socialization. "Status Grabber" is part of a project called "I'm Not Stalking You; I'm Socializing," in which the artist explores how social networking changes the ways in which we relate to one another and enrich our! lives. Visitors to the website can directly request status updates through the satirical service, listen to phone records, and view rolling, one-line status updates. BIOGRAPHY Liz Filardi is an emerging New York-based artist and recent graduate of the Parsons Design and Technology MFA program. Through narrative experiments with social networks, her work examines issues of privacy, property, intimacy, and identity. END OF THE YEAR APPEAL Dear Friends, As the end of the year draws near, we hope you will think about supporting our many inspiring and innovative projects -- Turbulence.org, Networked_Performance, Networked_Music_Review, Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art), Upgrade! Boston, Floating Points, Programmable Media, New American Radio -- and the artists, scholars, and writers they support. Please contribute $10, $25, $50 or more. No amount is too small! No amount is too large! Contribute via PayPal on Turbulence (http://turbulence.org) or send a check to: New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. 124 Bourne Street Roslindale, MA 02131, USA Thanks for your generous support, and a Happy New Year to you all. Warm Regards, Jo-Anne Green and Helen Thorington, Co-Directors New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
