Re: [NetBehaviour] I don't know what to think anymore
... when things get worst, humans are able to move to higher levels of equilibrium ... and not feed the monster. How many out there? [quote] get ready for next wave of corporatized zombie led manouvering, implementations of conservative ideologies flooding the art world [/quote] (Mr. Mark, that's powerful) i would take this sentence and build a reactive world around it. another burned pixel, r On 31/03/2011 16:59, Joel Weishaus wrote: Marc; I think what's happening was inevitable, as wealth and power becomes concentrated into a few hands, the population grows, and resources become scarce. So perhaps its time for artists to drop out of the art scene and not feed the monster. Not a bad thing, as it can mean a rebirth of work over which the Art Market has no power. -Joel - Original Message - From: marc garrettmarc.garr...@furtherfield.org To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:09 AM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] I don't know what to think anymore Hi Simon Antonio, Yesterday was a significant day. A big shift politically, where the ideology of a neo-liberalist agenda successfully disarmed half of the media art world in the UK. Some excellent groups who were grass roots, doing amazing stuff were attacked. I can't even bring myself to mention their names at present, because it feels too raw. Already in the UK, artist groups have been just about surviving on minimal amounts of income. This recent attack has lessened their power to make 'real' change in the world. Currently, my toleration for those who say that 'if you are arts council funded you are not radical', as they themselves are about as socially engaged as a wet muppet - all mouth no trousers. There has been some excellent art collectives and groups receiving revenue in the UK from Arts Council funding, whilst actively changing things via their own, critical approaches. What has happened is, those who are already supported by and part of, an established elite have gained even more power. If we thought that things were bad before, get ready for next wave of corporatized zombie led manouvering, implementations of conservative ideologies flooding the art world. Already the established art world was propping up useless and culturally vapid artists via protocols, defined from top-down initiatives. It was already hard to convince galleries and art magazines to allow media context and its practice to be seen in their frameworks, now they have yet another excuse to stay in the same state of denial, and escape the responsibility of having an awareness of work more relevant than their own limited remits, let alone a small glimmer of imagination. marc. wishing you well. The days when an artist could rely on ACE for an income are long gone. 1998/99 was the key period, when major restructuring of ACE (at the behest of the new Labour government) meant that direct funding to artists was replaced by a focus on funding institutions and regional areas. The closing off of the tap for direct funding to artists from the National Lottery, specifically the closure of the Film Councils support for experimental practice, was the single most negative hit the new media arts sector has taken over the past decades (along with the closure of the Film and Video unit of ACE). Since that time it hasn't been possible for an artist to make a living from ACE supported activities. Artists that had benefitted from ACE's prior largesse (happily I was amongst them) had to find alternate means to support their work. That doesn't make what happened yesterday any more palatable. The cuts made are amongst the most profound that I can remember and many worthy groups and companies have suffered. This has happened as the direct result of government policy. ACE had little choice when its budget was cut by a third - the big question was whether to cut everyone a little or a few a lot. They went for the latter option. There are arguments for and against either option. Understanding why this has happened doesn't dull the pain for those that have lost out. Best Simon On 30/03/2011 23:09, Antonio Robertsanto...@hellocatfood.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellocatfood/5575389294/ After reading the Arts Council's funding decisions today I'm really not sure how I feel about them and the whole art world in general. I should just give up now. An artists' income is largely dependent on the government/Arts Council and they currently are more keen on cutting funding and trying to convince us that it'll be great challenge for our creativity. What a load of crap. A challenge is good, unemployment is not. What a crap day ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org
Re: [NetBehaviour] We need your feedback - how to improve the current websites?
just completed the survey! i mostly focused on information organization, see YOU r On 4/9/10 11:56 AM, Ruth Catlow wrote: Well that's embarrassing! I just recent the whole mail WITH LINK but it's here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/furtherfieldorgcommunitysurvey Thanks Helen for your usual diligence. : ) Ruth -Original Message- *From*: helen varley jamieson he...@creative-catalyst.com mailto:helen%20varley%20jamieson%20%3che...@creative-catalyst.com%3e *Reply-To*: he...@creative-catalyst.com mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com *To*: ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org mailto:ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org, NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org mailto:netbehaviour%20for%20networked%20distributed%20creativity%20%3cnetbehavi...@netbehaviour.org%3e *Subject*: Re: [NetBehaviour] We need your feedback - how to improve the current websites? *Date*: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:39:05 +0200 ruth, where is the survey?? On 8/04/10 7:15 PM, Ruth Catlow wrote: Hi Netbehaviourists! We need your help. We are in the process of restructuring and redesigning all the platforms in the Furtherfield.org neighbourhood (see below). We are looking for ways to make the communities more visible to each other and more accessible to newcomers. All of your feedback about how to improve the current websites will be crucial to the process. Please could you visit this survey and tell us what you think. cheers and thanks! Ruth and the Furtherfield.org crew ---A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood... Furtherfield - online media arts community, platforms for creating, viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the intersections of art, technology and social change. http://www.furtherfield.org HTTP Gallery - physical media arts Gallery (London). http://www.http.uk.net Furthernoise - an online platform for the creation, promotion, criticism and archiving of innovative cross genre music and sound art for the information interaction of the public and artists alike. http://www.furthernoise.org Netbehaviour - an open email list community engaged in the process of sharing and actively evolving critical approaches, methods and ideas focused around contemporary networked media arts practice. http://www.netbehaviour.org Furtherfield Blog - shared space for personal reflections on media art practice.http://blog.furtherfield.org VisitorsStudio - real-time, multi-user, online arena for creative 'many to many' dialogue, networked performance and collaborative polemic. http://www.visitorsstudio.org/x.html We are on Twitter http://twitter.com/furtherfield ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] We need your feedback - how to improve the current websites?
UW MArc, it's been a net-pleasure! r On 4/9/10 1:12 PM, marc garrett wrote: Hi Renato, Much thanks for filling in the survey - we are going to make some (hopefully) great changes :-) wishing you well. marc just completed the survey! i mostly focused on information organization, see YOU r On 4/9/10 11:56 AM, Ruth Catlow wrote: Well that's embarrassing! I just recent the whole mail WITH LINK but it's here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/furtherfieldorgcommunitysurvey Thanks Helen for your usual diligence. : ) Ruth -Original Message- *From*: helen varley jamiesonhe...@creative-catalyst.com mailto:helen%20varley%20jamieson%20%3che...@creative-catalyst.com%3e *Reply-To*: he...@creative-catalyst.com mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com *To*: ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org mailto:ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org, NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativitynetbehaviour@netbehaviour.org mailto:netbehaviour%20for%20networked%20distributed%20creativity%20%3cnetbehavi...@netbehaviour.org%3e *Subject*: Re: [NetBehaviour] We need your feedback - how to improve the current websites? *Date*: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:39:05 +0200 ruth, where is the survey?? On 8/04/10 7:15 PM, Ruth Catlow wrote: Hi Netbehaviourists! We need your help. We are in the process of restructuring and redesigning all the platforms in the Furtherfield.org neighbourhood (see below). We are looking for ways to make the communities more visible to each other and more accessible to newcomers. All of your feedback about how to improve the current websites will be crucial to the process. Please could you visit this survey and tell us what you think. cheers and thanks! Ruth and the Furtherfield.org crew ---A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood... Furtherfield - online media arts community, platforms for creating, viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the intersections of art, technology and social change. http://www.furtherfield.org HTTP Gallery - physical media arts Gallery (London). http://www.http.uk.net Furthernoise - an online platform for the creation, promotion, criticism and archiving of innovative cross genre music and sound art for the information interaction of the public and artists alike. http://www.furthernoise.org Netbehaviour - an open email list community engaged in the process of sharing and actively evolving critical approaches, methods and ideas focused around contemporary networked media arts practice. http://www.netbehaviour.org Furtherfield Blog - shared space for personal reflections on media art practice. http://blog.furtherfield.org VisitorsStudio - real-time, multi-user, online arena for creative 'many to many' dialogue, networked performance and collaborative polemic. http://www.visitorsstudio.org/x.html We are on Twitter http://twitter.com/furtherfield ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.orgmailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.orgmailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] Lets social bookmark!
Hello, i just added all of us, http://delicious.com/spritehat Happy Easter to the listers renato On 4/3/10 11:46 AM, marc garrett wrote: Thanks Neil :-) marc I'm here http://delicious.com/catechstrophy ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] call for participating sites.
Hello Jason, I would like to join. the website is http://www.underconstriction.net/ Obviously i will take for granted the no fancy script point, despite your domain name secrettechnology scared me at the beginning. Waiting for answer. regards renato anniea wrote: Hi Jason, Just want it to be clear, If I agree to participate, you will make a special partial artwork in the style of the site I am proposing you to host it on? At the same time I agree to host it and to make a link to it on my mainpage or blog. Is that it?, did I get it well? Best Annie On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Jason Nelson helio...@gmail.com mailto:helio...@gmail.com wrote: An invitation to participate in a dispersed Net Artwork. Briefly, I am building an expansive net-artwork with each of the sections placed on and inspired by a different web portal, with all sections linked together, hopefully creating multiple entryways and generate curious intersections and audiences. A detailed site explaining the project, and more about me http://www.digitalcreatures.net Excuse the brevity, but I am in the first stage of coaxing sites to play along. Explore the site above, and do let me know if your site wants to participate. contact email: digitalcreatu...@gmail.com mailto:digitalcreatu...@gmail.com cheers, Jason Nelson ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- Solo exhibition If not you not me 12 February - 20 March 2010, HTTP Gallery, London. http://www.http.uk.net/exhibitions/ifnotyounotme/ On Collaboration : http://bram.org/collaboration/index.php ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] collecting avatar picture - glad if You (all) join
short link: http://www.underconstriction.net/avatar/upload/ Hello! will be short because of ADD! I am collecting pictures of avatars for an exhibition that should be held in february 2010 at the: Museo del Balì, località San Martino, 61030, Saltara (PU), Italia. I'm glad if You all join. ... If You would like to include in the single image a description of Your parallel lives, as well as Your own picture (oops privacy sucks!) near to the avatar's one, that would be the optimus. Please: .Choose an image with jpg format (max size 10 kilobytes). .Give your file an original name so that it will be not accidentally rewritten by other uploaders. .Upload Your file through the form and wait for the confirmation message or, artenatively (as well as in case You desire to include addictional information), .send it via e-mail to yourdog [at] underconstriction [dot] net. In net we trust. Thank You. SpriteHat http://spritehat.net/ ps did i test my server capabilitites? ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] Glad if You Read
Hello again (since the first shy post) i'm Renato from Italy, and would be glad, happy to invite everyone to give a quick look to this fb group. (That could be probably soon deleted?) It's about ritualization. (I would be happier if i could find the proper english words to express what i mean, but a lack of english pushes me to be terse). It's about acting. It's about choosing. It's about feeling free. It's about testing our attachment to life in a virtual environment. a very simple test. *December 21.12.2012* Facebook Account Virtual Collective SU1C1DE http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738ref=tsgid=189618367266#/group.php?gid=189618367266ref=ts http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738ref=tsgid=189618367266#/group.php?gid=189618367266ref=ts http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738ref=tsgid=189618367266#/group.php?gid=189618367266ref=ts Any advice is welcome. renato [SpriteHat] ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
