hello everyone!
about this: this email below should have arrived to our beloved Karen Blissett: "hi Karen, well, i happen to be in the Digital Rules'n Regs thing as well. And I do feel you are my neighbour. So, as I'd like to love you, I would like to share and open this thing up. So here it is, an invitation to join me, just like some times ago you asked me(us/them) to join you. love, xDxD" love to you all, xDxD On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:12 PM, helen varley jamieson < [email protected]> wrote: > hi marianne, > i'm curious about what neighbourhood you are aiming to visualise; in the > email you sent to this list, you specified the netbehaviour neighbourhood, > but on the web site where you're posting the portraits, you don't mention > netbehaviour; it's an open invitation to anyone who wants to be part of the > neighbourhood. in that sense, the neighbourhood you're visualising will be a > new & different one to the netbehaviour neighbourhood ... the neighbourhood > of wherever your invitation has reached? (altho the netbehviour > neighbourhood is indeed open to anyone who wants to be a part of it). > > neighbourhood is a really interesting concept to explore, since it's > changing so much at the moment. we don't choose our neighbours & even if we > don't interact with them a lot they can have a huge impact on our lives (& > us on them ... ). > > h : ) > > > On 30/04/11 5:06 PM, list|marianne wrote: > > Hi Annie, > I appreciate your honesty very much, and think you’ve hit the nail ... The > wish to see ‘the neighbours’ came from realising how I am not *genuinely *part > of many of the online networks I am part of. Those where I feel I’m 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, I’m 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), I’m 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? > > I’m on the outside looking in. Curious, too, to hear other’s reaction to > this – it brings up a lot of questions. > > Best > m > > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *Annie Abrahams <[email protected]> <[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]><[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi Annie, > Fair enough. > I’m an artist (etc) - the etc is something I considered adding to my > “title” 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, I’m 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, I’m 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 I’m 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 don’t do exactly as > you, is good as well!). So to follow the rules, “love thy neighbour” 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> <http://bram.org> @ > gmail.com <http://gmail.com> <http://gmail.com> > > *Reply-To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Date: *Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:01:36 +0200 > *To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> <[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]><[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 can’t 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. > > I’m 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 DON”T 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. > > I’ll 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> <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> <http://vimeo.com/22335939> > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing > [email protected]http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > -- > ____________________________________________________________ > > helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst [email protected] > http://www.creative-catalyst.comhttp://www.avatarbodycollision.orghttp://www.upstage.org.nz > ____________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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