Hi Stuart, Rob and everyone on the list, Slightly hesitant in being part the discussion, have been unsubscribing and resubscribing on and off. I will stay now - this list and most of the people who use it and furtherfield to me, is an essential resource for anyone dedicated in learning and knowing about contemporary art, the actual contemporary. Not just that, I have noticed that the audience and subscribers here sometimes collaborate, the energy is very different than traditional ways of creating, and feels deeper than what I am used to. Much more going on at many different levels.
Until today I have always been lurking and reading the discussions and viewing a lot of the work submitted here, sometimes just viewing archives. My background is in painting, since working with peer students on projects at Greenwich UNiversity on computers, collaborative networks I have found a whole new world has opened up for me and it is actually very overwheling. Like Stuart said, it is like a secret has suddenly been unveiled. I am very disappointed with the mainstream art scene, it all seems so shallow and empty compared to the dynamic and questioning energy that comes about from new media art, still not sure what to call it - I have noticed that even some of the main people who practice this genre (is it a genre?) are not in complete agreement themselves about the term anyway. I think this is a good thing, it feels right that it is still in flux and changing all of the time. I will be at HTTP Gallery tomorrow evening. Have been researching and finding great live art and media art for a little while, and Annie Abraham's work is really interesting, actually it's brilliant and I can't wait to see it as it happens in the space. The last show I saw there was Jeremy Bailey's and the performance he did was magnificent. Been following his work as well. I have also been looking at work by Renee and De Geuzen, but there is so much other stuff out there which is exciting as well, like the reviews on furtherfield. I would not know about digicult.it, neural.it, node london and artisopensource if this community did not exist, so I can understand why people are very passionate about it. I'm afraid when talking about the ICA, I have nothing useful to contribute. It just does not feature in my life. I have seen exhibitions there, to be honest I have usually left bored and felt empty inside, which is actually how I feel with most mainstream art shows at the moment. I suppose it could be a generational thing, it looks to me as though this EKow guy is going to pinch many ideas from a culture which has genuinely grown from learning and discovery. And he's like the spoilt cat that pinches the cream. It seems a bit cheap and desperate to me - sorry:-( I know there is a whole bunch of students subscribed on here just reading and learning and visiting projects, events and shows which is shared here. I also know many of them are shy and feel out of their depth, I feel like this. I still would like to hear from some of them. I have done it and now I feel much more part of the list. And I know it sounds corny, but I also feel part of an important moment of history. Things are changing and I know this, because I am part of the change. Here is a site I have been enjoying lately. I have not seen it posted on the list yet. Hope you like it :-) http://everythingvisual.net/?p=906 daniella. A student discoverying worlds out there, not just my own ego. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
