hi Ann + all Ann, this particular part of yr msg in my inbox was particularly delightful to me:
"__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5271 (20100712) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5275 (20100713) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus." to me the questions of if an online identity is or isnt stable, clean, trusted, etc are always engaging esp in rltn to if this online identity is an art project i have written previously on Furtherfield + stated publicly that i believe Netochka Nezvanova (the nameless nobody mentioned earlier in this thread in rltn to the new arrival of the Karens) to be the most important/influencial New Media Artist + Artware Developer of the turn of the 21rst Century those comments + sum Media Art Histories reflections on/of those moments can be found in an unfinished series of posts that i started last year on my Furtherfield blog in that unfinished series of posts (which i should finish but drifted aways from for various reasons) called "lists, boards, friends + feeds", i start w/a comparison/connection to 4chan + in particular the /b/ or Random channel of 4chan. Christopher "moot" Poole (the formerly secretive founder of 4chan) has recently been appearing publicly + discussing 4chan as a project @ events such as Paraflows 09 Festival and Symposium, TED2010, ROFLCon 2010, etc... in these talks Poole defends a concept he is fwd'ing of "pro-anonymity" in/on online networks + communities. this position + the range of activities of /b/ + Anonymous are relevant to our interests i thin these concepts + activities are complex, conflictual + resist reduction into clearly definable discursive terms jonCates http://blog.furtherfield.org/?q=blog/594 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
