> Hiyas..
Yes..When is a user not using and the used can be without having being used? Can we get used to that? Here's perhaps some stuff on the subject with s write's notion of usership? http://transform.eipcp.net/correspondence/1180961069 Cheers and ciaos! ahanone (?) xxx > On Wed, 2014-10-15 at 02:45 -0400, Alan Sondheim wrote: >> Was the user a viewer? Or someone who worked within/activated an >> interactive program? It's interesting because labor is involved and that >> relates to the notion of audience labor - a phrase often used in >> relation >> to television commercialization. >> >> Is a painting usable? I'd say yes - let's say a painting perturbs me; >> the >> painting then functions as a perturbation catalyst. Is this then a >> function of the painting? Is the painting being-used to perturb (i.e. >> the >> passive mode for example)? Is the painting being used to perturb? Is the >> function of the painting to perturb? Does a user use the painting to >> perturb? And so forth - >> > Same for music or film or games or drugs or books. They're all used to > do something to the person experiencing them. They all have uses for all > those from creator to distributor to end user. Music for example, can be > used both to create a persistent presence in the end user's mind or to > dislodge a persistent musical presence in the end user's mind. The > latter also capable of returning one to a particular frame of mind when > one's frame of mind is influenced too much by the attitudes those around > you. > > James. > > >> Alan >> >> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, Pall Thayer wrote: >> >> > I encountered an interesting discussion today about contemporary >> digital art >> > that referenced the "user" in a prominent way. I'm wondering whether >> this >> > has become a "thing". Does our art need to be "used"? If so, is its >> quality >> > determined by its "usability"? Will gallery guests start saying, "That >> was >> > so usable. I might buy it." Or "That piece on the left was one of the >> most >> > useful pieces I've seen in years. It left me with this vague sense of >> still >> > using it." >> > -- >> > ***************************** >> > Pall Thayer >> > artist >> > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org >> > ***************************** >> > >> > >> >> == >> email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >> web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 >> music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/sw.txt >> == >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
