It's the short video we recorded for the exhibition :) Michel Bauwens wrote: > hi Paolo, > > not sure how I came to participate in this ? it doesn't ring a bell, > > seems an important initiative though, but it it an 'art' project, or really > aims to set out what it explains ? > > Michel > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Orsan Senalp <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:49 PM > Subject: [Networkedlabour] Fwd: <nettime> Global Direct - Political > Philosophy Art - Global Democracy Now > To: [email protected] > > Begin forwarded message: > > *Resent-From:* [email protected] > *From:* Paolo Cirio <[email protected]> > *Date:* 12 Dec 2014 01:43:23 GMT+1 > *Resent-To:* Nettime <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* *<nettime> Global Direct - Political Philosophy Art - Global > Democracy Now* > > Press Release Nov./Dec. 2014. NYC. > Global Direct > [1]http://GlobalDirect.today > Artwork by Paolo Cirio and currently shown at DOX Prague, Palazzo del > Governatore Parma and online on Turbulence.org > With the participation of Carne Ross, Daniele Archibugi, Douglas > Rushkoff, Jon Lebkowsky, Ethan Zuckerman, Michel Bauwens, David Moore, > among others. > The artwork Global Direct is a visionary political philosophy promoting > global participatory democracy driven by information technology and the > failure of current primitive political systems. > To illustrate the conceptual work the artist has drawn a series of > fifteen organograms for initiating a program for global participatory > democracy. > [2]http://GlobalDirect.today/program > These creative diagrams are informed by research in contemporary and > emergent forms of democracy which the artist conducted and integrates > as part of the artwork. Furthermore, the artist promotes Global Direct > through designing a political poster campaign to popularize its > visions. > [3]http://GlobalDirect.today/campaign > Akin to a traditional political campaign, posters are disseminated > throughout public walls in several cities and consistently feature the > campaignâs political symbol beside each slogan. In the poster, a clear > sky visually represents a bright future full of new possibilities above > the clouds. > Global Direct researches in pursuit of a new advanced version of > democracy, where everyone can take part in local and global governance, > justice, and economy. For this new political civilization, Global > Direct aims to inspire new protocols, procedures, and policies that can > cope with the social complexity, crises, and speed of contemporary > life. These issues are addressed in the artistâs theoretical essay. > [4]http://GlobalDirect.today/about > Combining multiple voices and ideas about alternative modes of advanced > participatory and global democracy, the documentation on the website > includes academic publications, links to organizations, and articles > that influenced the creation of the project. > [5]http://GlobalDirect.today/today > As part of its documentary component, the artist produced over ten > video statements by visionaries close to the ideas promoted by Global > Direct. The collection of short video statements are available on the > website, offering a compelling overview of the potentials of an ideal > society. > [6]http://GlobalDirect.today/statements > The website also presents the artistâs research into social sciences > for comparing the political structures of several countries, which are > presented through many charts that diagram different governmental > functions and features. > [7]http://GlobalDirect.today/yesterday > Through this painstaking investigation the artist was able to analyze > common and specific mechanics of contemporary governance and reassemble > them with new organograms drawn in order to suggest the creative > political alternative proposed by the project. > The fifteen diagrams created for the project are presented via large > prints as an installation for art galleries. Each print indicates a > single area of governance and social structure. > [8]http://paolocirio.net/work/global-direct/#pics > The diagrams are also presented together on the website and distributed > in printed leaflets as interconnected networks of conceptual maps that > influence one other in a feedback loop for a fair, self-governing > global society. > [9]http://globaldirect.today/press/GD-DIAGRAMS-PDF/0_global_direct-netw > orked_governance.pdf > These diagrams drawn by the artists are the core of the artwork, > describing the political program of Global Direct, as the ultimate > utopic vision, directly inspired by the multiple perspectives found > through research on prevailing political systems, theories, and > alternative ideas about advanced forms of democracy. > Global Direct is a 2014 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, > Inc. in NY, U.S., for its Turbulence.org website, which is made > possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation. > Global Direct has been especially supported by DOX Centre for > Contemporary Art in Prague and Lunatici Cultural A.P.S Association > through the Municipality of Parma, Italy. > Keywords: > Decentralization, Participation, Deliberation, Transparency, > Accountability and Openness in governance, Open Source Governance, Open > Data, Electronic Voting, Emergent Democracy, Online Consultation. > Thank you for the attention. > Paolo Cirio. > [10]http://paolocirio.net > > References > > 1. http://GlobalDirect.today/ > 2. http://GlobalDirect.today/program > 3. http://GlobalDirect.today/campaign > 4. http://GlobalDirect.today/about > 5. http://GlobalDirect.today/today > 6. http://GlobalDirect.today/statements > 7. http://GlobalDirect.today/yesterday > 8. http://paolocirio.net/work/global-direct/#pics > 9. > http://globaldirect.today/press/GD-DIAGRAMS-PDF/0_global_direct-networked_governance.pdf > 10. http://paolocirio.net/ > > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkedLabour mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation >
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