Dear Karens, I remember Integer, NN etc well and spent hours deleting their prolific contributions to listings some of which I looked at and others went unread. It¹s true that there was a mass exodus from Syndicate during that time which was a pity as it did good things and it never really recovered. Finally, I understood what was going on but felt a little sad as well. I¹m not up for a culture that¹s worth preserving eating itself.
I¹m all for this activity in a way but why ( as happened in Syndicate¹s case) do it to ourselves? There must be much more of a statement to be made to do it in other contexts. In this respect, I really liked what Heath Bunting and Rachel Baker et al did with supermarkets at about the same time as these others. We¹re entering hard times and in my opinion we should be careful about the way we do these kinds of interventions now. But hey, you can tell me that I don¹t understand and I can take it. Just a thought. I look forward to hearing more from Karens but hope you don¹t implode. Best Helen Helen Sloan SCAN On 11/7/10 21:40, "Michael Szpakowski" <szp...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I absolutely agree that this is more interesting than the Mandiberg, and for > much the same reasons. Certainly there's a wild unpredictability to the ceding > of something so personal as an e mail address which in terms of *real* > consequences might play out much more creatively than the actually rather > measured, prescriptive & essentially conservative feel of the MM piece. > (There always seemed to be a continual *desperation* with him to be on top of > the next new thing, even when the result in art terms was not all that > interesting. > However he was a good egg in that he voluntarily gave his time to running an > excellent calls and opps list for several years & for that I am grateful...) > cheers > michael > > --- On Sun, 7/11/10, Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> wrote: >> >> From: Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> >> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Invitation to join me >> To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 5:46 PM >> >> Great stuff so far Karen(s) and Marc and Michael and Alan, >> >> It seems to me Karen that you are likely to be closer to nn than to "the >> essential guide to mandiberg"... >> more anarcho-cyborg than the bureaucractic-art-twonk that is the >> over-surveyed subject of mandiberg's alter-ego; ) >> >> I think that's something to do with that fact that you are inviting people to >> join you by opening up your email. >> It is not "about" being multiple. >> It "is" being multiple. >> >> You have already told us a bit about your celebrity art parents. >> >> Do you feel that you are following in their footsteps? >> >> Why have you issued this invitation to join you now? And why by email when >> everyone is so busy socialising in sites like Facebook and Twitter? >> >> Cheers >> Ruth >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: karen blissett <karen.bliss...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:karen%20blissett%20%3ckaren.bliss...@googlemail.com%3e> > >> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> <mailto:NetBehaviour%20for%20networked%20distributed%20creativity%20%3cnetbeh >> avi...@netbehaviour.org%3e> > >> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> <mailto:NetBehaviour%20for%20networked%20distributed%20creativity%20%3cnetbeh >> avi...@netbehaviour.org%3e> > >> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Invitation to join me >> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:37:15 +0100 >> >> So...yes please Ruth >> >> perhaps the interview has already started. >> >> :) >> Karen >> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> >> wrote: >>> Hi Karen, >>> >>> What an intriguing idea brimming with subversive potential; ) >>> I would like to join you. >>> >>> But before I "speak and act as you" I would like to "speak to you" to find >>> out more about you and why you have decided to to do this. >>> >>> How would you feel about a short interview here in the Netbehaviour list? >>> >>> very best things >>> Ruth >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: karen blissett <karen.bliss...@googlemail.com >>> <mailto:karen%20blissett%20%3ckaren.bliss...@googlemail.com%3e> > >>> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >>> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org >>> <mailto:NetBehaviour%20for%20networked%20distributed%20creativity%20%3cnetbe >>> havi...@netbehaviour.org%3e> > >>> To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org >>> Subject: [NetBehaviour] Invitation to join me >>> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:43:24 +0100 >>> >>> Dear Friends. >>> >>> Please join me. >>> >>> Literally. >>> >>> I want to become more open and free, with a more distributed identity. >>> >>> So if you would like to take a break from yourself and speak and act as me >>> instead, please drop me a personal email. >>> >>> If I trust you I will send you my password and you can start expressing me. >>> >>> Can't wait! >>> >>> Karen Blissett
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