I really urge people to read this article. It's a great tribute to a remarkable, much loved and greatly missed person, whose work people would do themselves a favour by getting to know, especially the magnificent Sporkworld Microblog,
http://sporkworld.tumblr.com/ but also - in connection with our recent discussion about language- it strikes me as exemplary in its clarity and thoughtfulness - the clarity never achieved by oversimplification, the thoughtfulness never self-regarding or obscure but directed towards a shared-thinking-through with the reader. michael --- On Mon, 1/11/10, marc garrett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: marc garrett <[email protected]> > Subject: [NetBehaviour] Not-so-silly Millie. An Appreciation of Millie Niss > (1973 - 2009). > To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" > <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 1:56 PM > Not-so-silly Millie. An Appreciation > of Millie Niss (1973 - 2009). > > This article is co-published by Furtherfield and The > Hyperliterature > Exchange. > > Not-so-silly Millie. An Appreciation of Millie Niss (1973 - > 2009). By > Edward Picot. > > Millie Niss, the writer and new media artist, died at 5 > a.m. on 29th > November 2009, of swine flu with complications. Her mother > and longtime > collaborator, Martha Deed, was with her at the time. She > had been in > hospital for four weeks, mostly in intensive care, after > picking up the > virus, which quickly became serious in her case, probably > because she > already had respiratory difficulties as a result of a rare > condition > known as Behcet's Disease. She was 36 years old. > > http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=372 > > "Millie's work for me, has always reached beyond the > surface of things. > Managing to communicate an essence of her character and her > varied > intentions successfully. There is a unique sense of humour > in much of > her work, even when dealing with dark themes. A surreal > edge, informed > by her particular views on humanity and all of its, > seemingly perpetual > absurdities. Mixed with a playful, open spirit and a twist > of > simplicity. Her work was and is, more for those not bound > by distracting > trends - open for all. A rare wisdom with an authentic > voice in this > strange and complex world. Good bye Millie..." Marc > Garrett. > > This article by Edward Picot can also be read on The > Hyperliterature > Exchange - http://hyperex.co.uk/reviewmillieniss.php > > -------------> > > Other Info: > > A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood... > > We are on Twitter > http://twitter.com/furtherfield > > Other reviews/articles/interviews > http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php > > Furtherfield - online media arts community, platforms for > creating, > viewing, discussing and learning about experimental > practices at the > intersections of art, technology and social change. > http://www.furtherfield.org > > HTTP Gallery - physical media arts Gallery (London). > http://www.http.uk.net > > Netbehaviour - an open email list community engaged in the > process of > sharing and actively evolving critical approaches, methods > and ideas > focused around contemporary networked media arts practice. > http://www.netbehaviour.org > > Furtherfield Blog - shared space for personal reflections > on media art > practice. > http://blog.furtherfield.org > > VisitorsStudio - real-time, multi-user, online arena for > creative 'many > to many' dialogue, networked performance and collaborative > polemic. > http://www.visitorsstudio.org/x.html > > Furthernoise - an online platform for the creation, > promotion, > criticism and archiving of innovative cross genre music and > sound art > for the information & interaction of the public and > artists alike. > http://www.furthernoise.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
