Hi Ana, yes, I agree again - the more money we can get the more people we can bring with us ;-)
wishing you well. marc > I was the "inmigrant" alibi in all those funding organizations and I accepted > after discussions with many comrades. I felt at the beginning I was used but > I did my best to take to the surface alternative anarchist individuals or > groups unknown for the most of my colleagues. > I was not among the ones taking decisions but one of the consults they hired > to broad their knowledge and get to know other groups. > But all these organizations, Rhizome, the Thing or Eyebeam, Turbulence (it > has been quite silent from them now, maybe they tired), Furtherfield itself, > are part of the history of digital Arts and should be kept afloat with public > money, the same money the councils or the EU spend lavishly in Le Louvre, > Tate or el Prado. > Ana > > Skickat från min iPhone > >> 30 okt 2013 kl. 15:10 skrev marc garrett <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi Ana, >> >> I have been thinking about this a lot today, >> >> The article itself on emprica and the hacking was interesting. But I'm >> not sure who this really serves. >> >> We live in strange, horrible & difficult neo-liberal times - and if >> anything happens that brings about possible forms of emancipation beyond >> the branding of the more highly marketed, mainstream art culture >> dominating this world, I'm happy with that - the more the merrier. >> >> I do not know how it all went at the Barbican with Rhizome on the day. I >> hope it all went well :-) >> >> If we deconstruct too much what other individuals & groups are doing >> without looking at the bigger picture, we are in danger of being >> oppositional with the wrong things for the wrong reasons. And creating >> the conditions of what the left (in the UK) used to do a lot, which was >> pull each other down and lose sight of the greater issues that they >> could collaborate on, and collectively critique. >> >> I may have misgivings regarding Rhizome's past antics with its >> relationship with its community in the early days, but I actually like >> their current articles & not everyone should be the same as each other >> anyway. >> >> Furtherfield also gets funding from the Arts Council and we are trying >> to find other avenues of income to survive. I'm not going to have a go >> at them, when we have been supported by them to do all the great stuff >> we do. >> >> Yes, the Arts Council did cut the arts, and it was sad to see groups >> like Mute, Access Space & many others lose their funding - which I am >> still unhappy about to this day. However, the motives behind these cuts >> were imposed by the current libcondem government who through their shock >> and awe strategy of blaming the people for the bankers crisis, decided >> to hurt others with austerity cuts which is shameful, of course. >> >> I would hate to be put in the position to deciding these things. >> sometimes, we can view things too simply and react too quickly. >> >> And I don't mean you Ana, I mean 'myself' & others. >> >> wishing you well. >> >> marc >> >> -- >> ---> >> >> A living - breathing - thriving networked neighbourhood - >> proud of free culture - claiming it with others ;) >> >> Other reviews,articles,interviews >> http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php >> >> Furtherfield – online arts community, platforms for creating, viewing, >> discussing and learning about experimental practices at the >> intersections of art, technology and social change. >> http://www.furtherfield.org >> >> Furtherfield Gallery – Finsbury Park (London). >> http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery >> >> Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community. >> http://www.netbehaviour.org >> >> http://identi.ca/furtherfield >> http://twitter.com/furtherfield >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- ---> A living - breathing - thriving networked neighbourhood - proud of free culture - claiming it with others ;) Other reviews,articles,interviews http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php Furtherfield – online arts community, platforms for creating, viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the intersections of art, technology and social change. http://www.furtherfield.org Furtherfield Gallery – Finsbury Park (London). http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community. http://www.netbehaviour.org http://identi.ca/furtherfield http://twitter.com/furtherfield _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
