Well, and that's another funny part of the piece. It's a very small and exclusive group that is able to donate, those who have and use bitcoin. There's a lot of "noise" out there now but those who actually have bitcoin are pretty few and far between.
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 9:55 PM Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a way the value's always there, in the code; and I approach your work > with a sense of wonder, in fact, at the depth of it, as is... I couldn't > donate - my own work's not supported, I have to put whatever surplus I > have, into it... > > > On Sun, 21 Jun 2015, Pall Thayer wrote: > > > Thanks, Alan. > > > > The whole concept of tying the "value" of this piece to donations (which > affect the length and complexity of it) is intended > > as a bit of a joke. The "system" that guides the work is already fully > created so that, strictly speaking, the donations and > > therefore, additional drawings and sounds are not really adding "value" > to the piece. The joke is that it's worth whatever > > people are willing to throw at it. > > > > Also, the fact that the source code is all made available adds another > twist. Someone could set up their own instance and make > > up a bunch of transaction data to make the audio-visual part more > interesting. This goes back to the point that all of the > > value is already there... in the code. > > > > Best r. > > Pall > > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 12:38 PM Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Count me in on this one; it also goes, at least in terms of music, > to open > > source; people expect free music, period. So for Avatar Woman, we > had 8-9 > > absolutely stunning reviews - and over a six month period, sold 3 > copies. > > People just listened to the samples, that was it. > > > > Loved Paul's work myself, by the way - Alan > > > > On Sun, 21 Jun 2015, Edward Picot wrote: > > > > > This is excellent! Really well-conceived and well-executed. The > audio was so > > > painful to my ears that I had to snatch my headphones off, but > that's not > > > really a criticism. To me, the animated 'splash' which appears > in the middle > > > of the screen resembles both someone throwing a pot of paint at > the artworks, > > > and those complex spirograph-style patterns of fine lines which > appear on > > > banknotes. > > > > > > We keep coming back to this theme, don't we? The fact that some > 'established' > > > art is worth millions whereas there are talented artists > languishing on all > > > sides who can't make the price of a busfair out of their work. I > suppose to > > > the general public it might come across as self-absorbed > bellyaching, but > > > actually it's a reflection of the gaps between the haves and the > have-nots in > > > society at large. > > > > > > - Edward > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > > > > > == > > 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/tf.txt > > == > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > > > == > 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/tf.txt > == > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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