Hi Annie, I appreciate your honesty very much, and think you¹ve hit the nail ... The wish to see the neighbours¹ came from realising how I am not genuinely part of many of the online networks I am part of. Those where I feel I¹m truly in, are the ones where I know people, usually where I have met them in the real world. The ones where I can put faces to names.
I have said a few words on this list before, but, yes, I¹m a stranger I am not really part of the neighbourhood at all! I guess, in many ways and continuously (here, elsewhere, in the real world), I¹m considering in what way I ought to, could or should be part of the neighbourhood or, the network of neighbours. And if I would like to, how do I become part of the neighbourhood? Do I post a lot, do I have to meet you in the real world, do I have to be introduced, do I need to prove myself to you (if, then how)? Can I just show up and ask for sugar? Can the cake be a way of saying hello? I¹m on the outside looking in. Curious, too, to hear other¹s reaction to this it brings up a lot of questions. Best m From: Annie Abrahams <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:10:10 +0200 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Visualising the netbehaviour neighbours - and the neighbourhood love thy neighbour :) Hi Marianne, yes that talk's to me :) I am not sure if this can be done by asking me to make a vidéo for you - can one compare your request to asking thy neighbour for some sugar or flower when you run out of these just before you want to prepare a cake? I think I have diffculties to generously say "yes" to your proposition, request because you never manifested yourself on this list before - in a certain way you are still a stranger for me, not yet part of the neighbourhood - I fond myself a bit rude by saying this... I wonder how others react to your request and what my reaction tells about what netbehaviour is to me? Yours Annie On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:45 PM, list|marianne <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Annie, > Fair enough. > I¹m an artist (etc) - the etc is something I considered adding to my ³title² > the other day as I was trying to explain what it is I do across media, > practices, teaching, participatory projects, museums workshops all somehow > part of me being an artist, or done in a particular way because I am an > artist, or to make money. Sometimes I get confused, I¹m often spread too > thinly. > > I used to work with net-art, but now mostly drawing, animation, video. > However, networks, netart/new media, technology (used for good and bad) > continues to interests me, so, I¹m here mostly lurking, on the netbehaviour > list (as well as empyre) trying to keep up, stay informed, as much as I can. > > At the moment I¹m publishing a book on Repetition while also doing an online > residency with rules and regs http://www.rulesandregs.org/digital11.html > (spread thinly indeed, but not complaining). The latter has imposed rules on > me, which is interesting and difficult, forcing me to reconsider my practice > (I guess this is why residencies are good, and why mixing with those that > don¹t do exactly as you, is good as well!). So to follow the rules, ³love thy > neighbour² is one, I am trying to find out who my neighbours are. The way I > know how to do this, is to look and listen. Hence the request for video > portraits it may be a big ask? What do you think? > > (For someone who feels most comfortable being anonymous, I sure said a lot! ) > > All best > marianne > > > > From: Annie Abrahams <bram.org <http://bram.org> @gmail.com <http://gmail.com> > > > Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:01:36 +0200 > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Visualising the netbehaviour neighbours - and the > neighbourhood > > > Hello Marianne, please tell me a bit more about who you are first. > Yours > Annie > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:03 PM, list|marianne <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear all, >> I'm trying to visualise different online networks. Considering online >> networks as neigbourhoods where people congregate around >> ideology/interests/beliefs rather than through physical proximity, >> netbehaviour easily becomes a neighbourhood. >> I'm in this neighbourhood I like it. I have met a few of you in real life, >> but mostly know you just by name (and sometimes surprised by how knowing by >> name make me believe I know in person). The truth is, I don't know most of my >> online neighbours, I can¹t put a face to the name. >> >> So, in an attempt to visualise the neighbourhood - I'm collecting video >> portraits from those I know, and those I connect to but don't yet know. I >> will share the accumulated neighbourhood portrait online. >> >> I¹m extending the invitation to all. So, if you want to be part of it - will >> you send me a video portrait of yourself? 15-20 seconds. Using this excellent >> picture as a guide >> >> (main point: plain background, make sure lighting is good, keep camera still, >> look into camera). >> YOU DON²T NEED TO LOOK SERIOUS - YOU CAN SMILE, and you can be a little >> creative, sit down, head in hand, etc. >> If you want to be in, but not in, turn your back to the camera, make a video >> portrait of your chair, your desk, your window... >> >> For online purposes final size will probably be 640x so phone camera should >> be fine. I can convert most formats. >> >> Email to me at this address or, if file is more than 10mb, use yousendit >> https://www.yousendit.com/ or similar. >> >> I¹ll love to have you in the neighbourhood! >> (billions of alternatives for visualising the neighbourhood does exist so if >> you have something to say, tell me) >> >> Best >> Marianne >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > -- > 30-04 21h30 9.30 PM Paris time Theme Song Revisited (After Acconci) > webperformance 5 min Plus / more info > http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/after-acconci/ > > 07 05 2011 Une caresse intercontinentale / An intercontinental caress Fabrice > Métais (New York) Annie Abrahams (Paris) > http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/une-caresse-intercontinentale/ > <http://vimeo.com/22335939> > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- 30-04 21h30 9.30 PM Paris time Theme Song Revisited (After Acconci) webperformance 5 min Plus / more info http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/after-acconci/ 07 05 2011 Une caresse intercontinentale / An intercontinental caress Fabrice Métais (New York) Annie Abrahams (Paris) http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/une-caresse-intercontinentale/ <http://vimeo.com/22335939>
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