beautifully put, especially the second two paras.michael
From: isabel brison <[email protected]>
To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
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Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] DIWO Process
On 15 March 2015 at 18:21, Randall Packer <[email protected]> wrote:
@Michael >>>>> "It also characterises much of my experience of lists from about
2000 onwards… And to my dismay it doesn't seem to be happening here to
anything like the extent I'd thought it might. And I wonder why.”
So my conclusion here is that perhaps we need to propose new and evolving DIWO
strategies if we really want to “do it with others” via email lists in the age
of overload.
I'd say hustling for paid work may be the issue here more than information
overload, as that overload was already happening at the time of the last DIWO
on this list and that didn't seem to affect participation (though I must admit
to having passively spectated through that one but I was fairly new on the list
and still trying to get a feel for the conversation).
That said, I'd still argue for no rules. Rules may be necessary in large funded
projects, as funding drives the need for results in our productivity-obssessed
age, but rules tend to bring hierarchical structure with them. That goes
against the best aspects of participatory work: inclusiveness, the freedom to
play when and if you want to, and the openness and unpredictability of it all.
Necessarily that means projects may fail to deliver results, spin out of
control or take unexpected turns, but surely that's part of the fun of it?
Also I think more than ever it's important to have spaces where we feel free to
remix, appropriate and play with other people's work. When artists are being
prosecuted left, right and center for things like doing a painting based on
someone else's photograph, just keeping that space open is a political
statement. And Netbehaviour has been doing a great job of that :-)
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