I had a dream one time of teams of artists paratrooping into troubled areas - delivering theatrical re-interpretations of local mythology - explaining in local vernacular the torment that locals faced. From Ferguson to Belfast to Jerusalem they went - para-troop-theater they called it. Nullifying concerns with the bitter sweat catharsis of drama. Imprinting consent with beauty and quality. Bz
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Randall Packer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> “I'm not sure I feel like a citizen of the net. …. it (citizen) [also}] >>>>> means 'A person who is legally recognized as a member of a state, with >>>>> associated rights and obligations’… and I'm not sure I feel any of those >>>>> things about the Net." > > All true @Edward, all true… but, I leave with you with the following Tweet I > sent out yesterday (with some embellishment) : > > #netartizens: the #Internet as our own self-proclaimed #nation not requiring > hierarchical authority from above to be [granted the rights of] citizenship > [of our own domain]. > > Once again, it gets back to the idea of the artist as modeler, breaking the > status quo, the artist as illustrator of new ways of seeing the world. > > ________________________________ > > I'm not sure I feel like a citizen of the net. The word 'citizen' has the > same root as 'city' and partly means 'living in a city or town'; it also > means 'someone who lives in a state which is not a monarchy' - hence the > French revolutionaries addressing each other as 'citizen' - but it also > means 'A person who is legally recognized as a member of a state, with > associated rights and obligations' (Wiktionary), and I'm not sure I feel any > of those things about the Net. I do, on the other hand, feel a sense of > community - a word which is connected both to 'communication' and 'common' - > a sense of sharing and fellowship - but not with everyone else on the Net, > or with all other parts of the Net, just with certain circles or > associations in which I have become involved, like Furtherfield and > NetBehaviour. > > I'd like to put forward the word 'NetArtisans' as an alternative to > 'NetArtizens', because I don't feel like a citizen of the net, but I do feel > like someone who takes material off the net and tries to hand-make new > artefacts out of it (if you can call mucking around with bits of software > hand-making). > > - Edward > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- ----------------------------------------- Technology for Generation Z ** http://www.bishopZ.com ** ----------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
