Just to echo Helen's sentiments really - I really appreciate Furtherfield sticking it's neck out (and I appreciate that is what it is) and publishing this critique. Swept up in futurist thinking 'tech' cultures seem to be generally immune (obvs there's exceptions) to self-critical thinking & a lack of engagement with uncomfortable implications of the further solidification of global inequalities... I think there's a fear of being seen as a bit of a luddite (a misunderstanding sometimes I face because of my practise engaging with ideas of online addictions) & any hesitation or criticism seemed as 'backward' or 'awkward' (but then women are generally 'awkward' hahaha!). Generally techno-utopanists still have too much sway. Here's to more discussion and engagement with the realities of our techno-dystopias....
Katriona x On 23 September 2016 at 12:00, <netbehaviour-requ...@netbehaviour.org> wrote: > Send NetBehaviour mailing list submissions to > netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > netbehaviour-requ...@netbehaviour.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > netbehaviour-ow...@netbehaviour.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of NetBehaviour digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: technological sorcery | Technology is Not Neutral > (helen varley jamieson) > 2. The Ineffable, Joke, Sublimation - Maria Damon, myself > (Alan Sondheim) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:20:18 +0200 > From: helen varley jamieson <he...@creative-catalyst.com> > To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] technological sorcery | Technology is Not > Neutral > Message-ID: > <dcbb7361-7565-1bf4-800f-e976498cd...@creative-catalyst.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > good on you furtherfield for, as usual, taking the risk :) it's an > important critique that should be made, & it would be interesting to > hear more - from others who were there, perhaps from ars electronica too. > > h : ) > > > On 17/09/16 12:39 21PM, marc garrett wrote: > > Hi Johannes, > > > > Thanks for your response, > > > > It is reassuring that the 'Technology is Not Neutral' show has been > > happening in Brighton and I wish that I'd to the time to be there. > > But, like yourself I've been too busy what with doing Furtherfield > > things, and my PhD. > > > > > It includes significant and newly commissioned work by pioneering > > >and contemporary female digital artists, spanning a wide range of > > >themes and approaches. > > > > Usually, I bulk at words like 'pioneering', they tend to m,ake me feel > > ill isnide -- but, if you've been kept down by: totalitarianism, > > sexism, hegemony, suppression, or an established elite - getting > > around these blockages means you're definitely worthy of upmost > > respect, as well as being seen as pioneering ;-) > > > > Getting back to your comments regarding the Ars Electronica 2016 > > Review by KissMyArs on Furtherfield. Featuring it on the site is a > > risk because we are not rich and do not have the institutional power > > or resources that Ars Electronica has. And, many of the traditional > > groups out there may see this as a step too far. However, as one > > individual said on Twitter "Thanks #KissMyArs for writing on > > @furtherfield what many of us have been whispering 4 years about..." > > > > And, this is part of the point which is also a big problem that, too > > many are too quiet until it's too late to do something about it, and > > when someone (or many) does speak out about these matters, they are > > more likely to get attacked because to them it feels like you're being > > unjust, rude or horrible. It was the same when the Sex Pistols & peer > > punks challenged the establishment. > > > > Of course, the review and its critique on ars Electronica is a bit > > like an ant bumping into a tank. > > > > They'll survive, the establishment is banking on it ;-) > > > > Wishing you well. > > > > marc > > > > On 16 September 2016 at 18:42, Johannes Birringer > > <johannes.birrin...@brunel.ac.uk > > <mailto:johannes.birrin...@brunel.ac.uk>> wrote: > > > > dear all > > oh, are the techno-sorcerers at it again in Linz? the alchemists > > of our time? > > thanks for sharing this review with us, I was not aware (of the > > writer) but glancing at the review i see the critique spelled out > > in the last > > segment -- > > > > > > > The lack of social awareness and engagement of issues surrounding > > our time have begun to impinge on the festival itself, and an > > awareness campaign called #kissmyars is voicing concerns over the > > lack of female representation at the festival, particularly in the > > prix art prize which is awarded to men 9/10 times. The gender > > diversity in technology sector should no longer be ignored; this > > is one example of a socio-political issue not only overlooked at > > the festival program but also exacerbated by the organisation > > itself. I hope that the #KissMyArs campaign will not only > > rebalance the gender inequality at the event but also encourage > > the organisers to address other alarming realisations that operate > > within and around the application of technology in the social, > > political and economic sphere... > > >> > > > > Can I, in this connection, mention an exhibition that a curator > > friend, Gordana Novakovic, drew my attention to: > > > > >> > > Technology is Not Neutral > > 2 ? 25 September 2016 > > Presented in partnership with Phoenix Brighton as part of Brighton > > Digital Festival 2016 > > The show highlights and investigates the work of a group of women > > artists in the field of digital arts, where women are often > > underrepresented. The title refers to a quote by Donna Haraway > > taken from her Cyborg Manifesto. It includes significant and newly > > commissioned work by pioneering and contemporary female digital > > artists, spanning a wide range of themes and approaches. The > > exhibition features work by Ghislaine Boddington, Susan Collins, > > Laura Dekker, Anna Dumitriu, Bhavani Esapathi, Julie Freeman, Kate > > Genevieve, Sue Gollifer, Luciana Haill, Nina Kov, and Gordana > > Novakovic. > > >> > > > > I missed it as I have been on the continent, but shall catch up > > with it when the show comes to Watermans in London later this fall. > > > > regards > > Johannes Birringer > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > furtherfield [furtherfiel...@gmail.com > > <mailto:furtherfiel...@gmail.com>] > > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 4:58 PM > > > > Subject: [NetBehaviour] The tireless enchantment of technological > > sorcery | Ars Electronica 2016 Review. > > > > The tireless enchantment of technological sorcery | Ars > > Electronica 2016 Review. > > > > By #KissMyArs - http://bit.ly/2ctU82g > > > > A participant asks how Ars Electronica, one of the longest > > standing and biggest media arts festivals in the world, has found > > itself so far distanced from the political concerns surrounding > > technology? > > > > "The alchemists of our time, or as I like to call them 'Dumb > > wizards', are continuing to design and exhibit technological > > achievements in self-fulfilling speculative words that have very > > little concern, consideration or critique with any relevant social > > issues of our time. Excluding the CyberArts exhibition (curated by > > Genoveva R?ckert), which I thought was a top selection of some of > > the best media art works of the last years, Ars Electronica is > > predominantly occupied by interactive spectacles that neglect to > > examine the social & political impact of technology." > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > > > Marc Garrett > > Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield. > > > > Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network > > http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change > > since 1996 > > > > Furtherfield Gallery & Commons, > > Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ > > T +44(0)208 802 1301/+44(0)208 802 2827 > > M +44(0)7533676047 > > www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -- > helen varley jamieson > he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.upstage.org.nz > > *Magdalena M?nchen - In Between - 14-16 October, M?nchen > <http://themagdalenaproject.org/en/content/magdalena-m%C3%BCnchen-between > >* > /frauen - theater - performance/ > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://www.netbehaviour.org/pipermail/netbehaviour/ > attachments/20160923/9a91dbd1/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:06:12 -0400 (EDT) > From: Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> > To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > Subject: [NetBehaviour] The Ineffable, Joke, Sublimation - Maria > Damon, myself > Message-ID: <alpine.neb.2.20.1609221906040.25...@panix3.panix.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > > The Ineffable, Joke, Sublimation - Maria Damon, Alan Sondheim > > > http://www.alansondheim.org/ineffable.png > http://www.alansondheim.org/maria.mp3 (M.D.) > http://www.alansondheim.org/joke.mp3 (M.D., A.S.) > http://www.alansondheim.org/alanflute.mp3 (A.S.) > > I understand that sublimation is the process of repressing the > "baser" instincts i.e. the libido in favor of structure and > cultural production of some kind, but it also seems as if the > same processes and products are in play in the attempt to reach > the highest point of metaphysical ineffability and failing; the > music, art, high-level philosophical/mathematical thinking that > results is the by-product of aiming *beyond* the point of > articulability rather than having its origins in the realm > *below* it. Of course these are the two sides of the same coin > of, say, addiction. > > - Maria Damon > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > End of NetBehaviour Digest, Vol 2848, Issue 1 > ********************************************* > -- www.katrionabeales.com twitter: @KatrionaBeales instagram: @bealesabout 'Are we all addicts now?' http://online-addict.tumblr.com <http://online-addict.tumblr.com/> An artist-led enquiry into new pathologies created by digital technologies and specifically internet addiction, supported by the Wellcome Trust. A member of Artists' Union England www.artistsunionengland.org.uk
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