Hi James, I'm glad you've reposted this message, originally sent to the Netbehaviour list a little while back...
> Watch out (fellow digital arts activists) for the way that pillars of e > participatory digital arts culture like "Folly" collapse quietly, while > new, often paper-thin initiatives are shouted from the rooftops. Yes, it is mind-numbingly tedious & quite depressing, when witnessing the more privileged & top-down orientated initiatives out there, get most of the support (as usual) whilst others, get pushed aside. Folly as you say, were an excellent digital arts group. Why they were not as vocal as some others were regarding the funding cuts, I am not really sure - perhaps they felt it was a hopeless venture- that it all just felt so inevitable. I do know they were quite busy at the time and were also very keen in getting everything sured up, in respect of the people in the group looked after before it's closure. Recently we have been working with the Folly team in setting up an archive of the Folly site on the Furtherfield server, which will be announced soon. Already some projects by Folly are now accessible, such as the 'The Digital Artists Handbook' http://www.digitalartistshandbook.org/ - on the Furtherfield server... wishing you well. marc > Hello All, > > I just emailed "Folly" in Lancaster to find out how they're getting on, > and I got this response (below). > > Folly has been a key beacon of challenging, high quality, participatory, > digital arts in the North West and it's a tragedy that it has had to > close. In a way, though, the thing that disturbs me most about this > closure is the quietness of Folly's disintegration. Take a look at their > web page. > > Watch out (fellow digital arts activists) for the way that pillars of e > participatory digital arts culture like "Folly" collapse quietly, while > new, often paper-thin initiatives are shouted from the rooftops. > > Best Regards, > > James > ===== > > folly is now closed and all staff have now left the organisation. > > I am monitoring this e-mail occasionally and will deal with urgent / > important correspondence relating to folly's wind down and closure. > > Please remove all folly.co.uk e-mails from you contacts and cease any > newsletter postings to folly.co.uk. > > Many thanks > > Taylor Nuttall > previously CEO folly.co.uk > > www.folly.co.uk e: [email protected] m: 07932692336 registered charity, > 328232. vat 817711627 > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
