I've only skimmed this article but it showed up on my tweet feed yesterday via R.U. Sirius https://twitter.com/StealThisSingul/status/572917180506902528 "Maidan, Caliphate, and Code: Theorizing Power and Resistance in the 21st Century" http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=741
also, I know they've been talking about IoT for a while as I recall lecturers talking about it (in general terms) in early 90s whilst studying networks & IPv6 (& I work for Cisco who coined the phrase). I think it's like everything - there's always a way to protect yourself if you should want to so I don't see it as a threat, more an opportunity. On 5 March 2015 at 17:32, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Do you honestly believe, with all the hacking/corrosion/cyberwarfare going > on, that regulations will make the slightest bit of difference? The > consolidation is already occurring, as well as enclaving, ISISolation that > moves the 'caliphate' into the cybersphere, as well as on the ground, all > entangled. > > - Alan > > On Wed, 4 Mar 2015, BishopZ wrote: > > the Internet of Things will inevitably consolidate corporate power over >> our personal liberty unless we implement strict regulations on what part >> of ourselves can and cannot be quantified >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Randall Packer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> "What are we, as NetArtizens doing/writing/ about it (when the land >>>>>>> is scorched from war and climate change)? I think this is critical, >>>>>>> fundamental." >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>> @Alan, what we are doing about it, here, is opening up lines of >>> communication. In a world where negotiation and conflict resolution are >>> upended by unreasonable geo-political differences and the refusal to >>> speak >>> openly, honestly, and directly: we as #netartizens can be a **model** >>> (and >>> yes, that?s essentially the role of the artist to model) by engaging one >>> >>> another under the radar, speaking out, openly with our work & our >>> (net)work & our voices, to help paint + perform + mediate new ideas, >>> words >>> and portraits of **our** vision of humanity. >>> >>> We have to speak in order to be heard. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/3/15, 1:15 PM, "Alan Sondheim" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> What happens when these spaces disappear? They've always been entangled. >>>> Take Syria, today (literally researched released today) postulates that >>>> the war/s there are in part the result of climate change. Who will be >>>> physical when the land is scorched? And perhaps more to the point, what >>>> are we, as NetArtizens doing/writing/ about it? I think this is >>>> critical, >>>> fundamental. >>>> >>>> On the other point, I don't find the world divided in any sense into >>>> three >>>> spaces; there are any number of divisions that might or might not be >>>> made, >>>> and I think they obscure the entanglements and fuzzy boundaries we all >>>> live within (for example, ourselves and everything else, as microbial >>>> life). For me, that neatness has disappeared, just as "real" and >>>> "virtual" >>>> seem still to be inauthentic categories; when amoeba can learn, without >>>> the presence of a nervous system, what world are they living in? What >>>> world are we? I remember von Foerster defining life as fundamentally >>>> characterized by negation, for example, logic and categorization all the >>>> way down. >>>> >>>> - Alan >>>> >>>> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015, Randall Packer wrote: >>>> >>>> Alan, networked space, or ?the third space? as I like to call it, is >>>>> the >>>>> world we are gravitating towards (no pun intended). I am always >>>>> surprised >>>>> the degree to which we forget or don?t pay attention to whether we are >>>>> occupying the first space (physical world) or the third space. (by the >>>>> way, the second space is the representational/symbolic world). We are >>>>> losing the distinction between the real and the virtual, the two >>>>> melding >>>>> together in a kind of ?post reality.? I think for future generations >>>>> the >>>>> distinction will no longer matter. Consider that whichever space we are >>>>> operating in, we will always occupy real, physical space, but our >>>>> interactions will increasingly be situated on the network: just like >>>>> right >>>>> now, as we communicate through this list. So I would disagree that we >>>>> can?t prepare, perhaps what it means to be a netartizen is to be >>>>> self-critical and self-aware about the evolution from the first to the >>>>> third space. The preparation is in realizing its inevitable and its >>>>> real. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "The digital, I think, is unbearably fragile; not only is privacy lost, >>>>> but >>>>> we are not prepared, and can't prepare, for the attacks and corrosion >>>>> to >>>>> come; instead, we grant these worlds a solidity they don't have, never >>>>> have had." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3/3/15, 12:28 AM, "Alan Sondheim" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, a few comments here. My own work is a continuous production which >>>>>> at >>>>>> one time I characterized as an ongoing meditation on cyberspace; at >>>>>> this >>>>>> point I see "real" and "virtual" inauthentic (in Adorno's sense), see >>>>>> the >>>>>> body as inherently entangled among symbolic systems which have always >>>>>> been >>>>>> with us, see culture ("real" and "virtual") as characteristic of >>>>>> organisms >>>>>> in general, and see abjection/annihilation as increasing endemic in >>>>>> the >>>>>> world. It's this last I was trying to address; I wrote a text, sent it >>>>>> through od into hex, mangled the hex, etc.; the main point for me is >>>>>> the >>>>>> multiplication by zero, the annihilation of difference as the world is >>>>>> subsumed and flattened. This in fact has been the focus of my work for >>>>>> a >>>>>> while now, summed up by the phrase (which is also the title of a >>>>>> month's >>>>>> dialog on empyre, that was moderated by Johannes Birringer and myself) >>>>>> ISIS, Absolute Terror, Performance - ISIS replaceable by any thing, >>>>>> group, >>>>>> etc. insistent on the scorched earth of scorched earth, the >>>>>> elimination >>>>>> of >>>>>> culture, difference, the production of genocide and the simultaneous >>>>>> erasure of that production beneath the sign of what? capital, >>>>>> religion, >>>>>> ideology, etc. So I use technologies and networking to open up, across >>>>>> them, the plateaus of urgent response to a crisis which, with >>>>>> increasing >>>>>> population, temperature, and species extinctions, is bound to >>>>>> dominate, >>>>>> if >>>>>> not eliminate, us all. >>>>>> >>>>>> I suppose in that sense I'm not a netartizen; I grovel around the >>>>>> real, >>>>>> trying to deal with issues of slaughter, unutterable pain, anguish, >>>>>> and >>>>>> so >>>>>> I probably repeat myself endlessly in this manner. >>>>>> >>>>>> The digital, I think, is unbearably fragile; not only is privacy lost, >>>>>> but >>>>>> we are not prepared, and can't prepare, for the attacks and corrosion >>>>>> to >>>>>> come; instead, we grant these worlds a solidity they don't have, never >>>>>> have had. >>>>>> >>>>>> - Alan, and thank you for the opportunity to respond. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015, Randall Packer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I am intrigued by Alan Sondheim?s response to our NetArtizens call >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> reference to cultural heritage as a sequence of datapoints, i.e.: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 0000000067141066147020145071157060440063556066145063040* >>>>>>> 0000020071157072040062550062563061040064545063556020163* >>>>>>> 0000040067543062555072040071150072557064147060440074556* >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here are some questions to consider: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Are we in fact producing a cultural history that emanates from the >>>>>>> language of computers? Are the cultural references of today >>>>>>> increasingly >>>>>>> coded in numerical values that will need to be compiled and encoded >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> far future by curious historians of the 21st century? What in fact >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> we >>>>>>> leaving behind for future generations on our hard drives and cloud >>>>>>> repositories? And how will the technological culture of today be >>>>>>> viewed >>>>>>> when these values are no longer decipherable. Are we in fact erasing >>>>>>> our >>>>>>> historical past as we create it for the digital future? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Randall >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3/2/15, 11:07 AM, "ruth catlow" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear NBers >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You can see some early submissions to 0p3nR3p0 here >>>>>>>> http://0p3nr3p0.net/show/netartizens >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have been tweeting some of them to twitter.com/netartizens using >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> #netartizens hashtag. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Check them out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Send @Lowpolybot your images for auto-asbtract low-polygon artworks >>>>>>>> by >>>>>>>> @quasimondo http://bit.ly/18EPVBG. #netartizens >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> net art expressionism or glitchart? - D!G!t4L.DUMP!ng.GR0UND by >>>>>>>> @domibarra http://bit.ly/1DvQAwN #netartizens >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The Camera in the Mirror by Mario Santamaria: Google robot sees >>>>>>>> itself >>>>>>>> reflected in the mirror. http://bit.ly/1APnn2z #netartizens >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cultural Heritage by @alansondheim http://www.alansondheim.org/ >>>>>>>> ch.png >>>>>>>> #netartizens >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>>> Ruth >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The NetArtizens Project >>>>>>>> http://www.furtherfield.org/netartizens/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 02/03/15 13:30, Randall Packer wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Greetings Everyone: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> First, thank you Marc & Ruth, along with Nick Briz & Joseph >>>>>>>>> Chiocchi >>>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>>> 0p3nr3p0.net, who have been working for the past weeks to create >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> NetArtizens Project, which begins today and culminates with the Art >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> Networked Practice | Online Symposium (March 31 ? April 2). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So to begin the conversation, what does it mean to be a NetArtizen? >>>>>>>>> That >>>>>>>>> is the subject at hand over the next month, not to be defined by >>>>>>>>> us, >>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>> fleshed out in in this space through all the varying perspectives >>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>> make up this community. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And furthermore, as NetArtizens, we ask: how has your practice as >>>>>>>>> an >>>>>>>>> artist, educator, writer scholar & activist been shaped / catalyzed >>>>>>>>> / >>>>>>>>> transformed / by your use of the network? How has the Net altered >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> creation, contextualization, and diffusion of your work? How has >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> Net >>>>>>>>> impacted your studio process? And finally, in reference to this >>>>>>>>> forum, >>>>>>>>> what are the various ?net behaviours? that result in the immersion >>>>>>>>> & >>>>>>>>> flow >>>>>>>>> of media creation, research, and information distribution that we >>>>>>>>> participate in each and every day via the network? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As we consider and discuss these questions (and more!), we approach >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> NetArtizens Project as an opportunity to experiment in the power of >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> network to catalyze collective narrative. As NetArtizens, we have >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> means to tell our stories, share our work, debate our opinions - >>>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>>> just >>>>>>>>> as individual broadcasters speaking to the multitude ? but >>>>>>>>> collaboratively >>>>>>>>> in a hyper-distributed, socially-engaged, many-to-many exchange of >>>>>>>>> ideas >>>>>>>>> and opinion. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We invite you to explore the NetArtizens Project, survey the >>>>>>>>> landscape >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> discourse & production we have provided, and become a >>>>>>>>> ?super-participant? >>>>>>>>> by shaping & sharing & disseminating the ongoing narrative. If the >>>>>>>>> flow >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> this project becomes a drowning experience, we ask that you embrace >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> critique it! That?s the only way we?ll come to terms and fully >>>>>>>>> grasp >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> meaning of our evolving role as NetArtizens. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Randall >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The NetArtizens Project >>>>>>>>> http://www.furtherfield.org/netartizens/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Art of the Networked Practice | Online Symposium >>>>>>>>> http://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/symposium2015/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Reportage from the Aesthetic Edge >>>>>>>>> http://www.randallpacker.com/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 3/2/15, 7:00 AM, "ruth catlow"<[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dear Netbehaviourists, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It is our pleasure to introduce Randall Packer, composer, artist, >>>>>>>>>> writer, educator, former Secretary of the US Department of Art & >>>>>>>>>> Technology, and convener of the upcoming Art of Networked Practice >>>>>>>>>> | >>>>>>>>>> Online Symposium (31 March 31 ? 2 April 2015). >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> We have invited Randall to act as host and moderator for The >>>>>>>>>> NetArtizens >>>>>>>>>> Project, a month of discourse and artistic production across 3 >>>>>>>>>> network >>>>>>>>>> channels including our very own Netbehaviour discussion list, >>>>>>>>>> beginning >>>>>>>>>> right here, right now, and leading up to the symposium. You are >>>>>>>>>> also >>>>>>>>>> invited to contribute to the NetArtizens Open Online Exhibition, >>>>>>>>>> an >>>>>>>>>> evolving showcase of works submitted between March 2 ? April 2, >>>>>>>>>> 2015. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> For more information about The NetArtizens Project and how to >>>>>>>>>> participate:http://www.furtherfield.org/netartizens/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> We invite you all to join us to explore, express, and debate the >>>>>>>>>> role >>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>> the network in our individual and collective practices as artists, >>>>>>>>>> scholars, educators, and citizens of the Net. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The NetArtizens Project is devised by Furtherfield in >>>>>>>>>> collaboration >>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>> Nick Briz & Joseph Chiochhi. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> RELEVANT LINKS: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Randall Packer >>>>>>>>>> http://www.randallpacker.com/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The NetArtizens Project >>>>>>>>>> http://www.furtherfield.org/netartizens/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Art of the Networked Practice | Online Symposium >>>>>>>>>> http://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/symposium2015/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Randall will say more about it now...! >>>>>>>>>> Can't wait to see what happens!!! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Marc, Ruth and the Furtherfield Crew >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ---> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood - proud of >>>>>>>>>> free >>>>>>>>>> culture, claiming it with others ;) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Reviews, articles, interviewshttp://www.furtherfield.org/features >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Furtherfield Gallery ? 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