Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-13 Thread Byron Rich
heny.edu/alic/ Co-chair of Exhibitions & Events - New Media Caucus www.newmediacaucus.org Reference letters require three weeks of lead time.  From: Sophia Brueckner Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:50 AM To: Ben Grosser Cc: Byron Rich; empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au Subject: Re: [-empyre-]

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-12 Thread Sophia Brueckner
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Byron asked “As someone really invested, aware, and working in the discourse of social media and its proliferation of policy and culture, are you hopeful at all?” Ben said: “As Geert Lovink said recently, artists have a ‘special

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-11 Thread Ben Grosser
--empyre- soft-skinned space--On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 10:10 AM Byron Rich wrote: > As we start to wind down week one, I’m really interested in your > perspective on the future. As noted in the opening thoughts earlier this > week, Margaret Atwood doesn’t like it when

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-10 Thread Byron Rich
rsday, May 7, 2020 8:03 AM To: empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Introduction Byron wrote: Do you ever worry that you’re doing the research of finding conceptual holes for the corporations whose platform you are critiquing? I mean, is there ever a concern that they u

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-09 Thread Roya Ebtehaj
gt; > www.sites.allegheny.edu/alic/ > > Co-chair of Exhibitions & Events - New Media Caucus > www.newmediacaucus.org > > Reference letters require three weeks of lead time. > > > > From: Roya Ebtehaj > Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 9:09 PM > To: Byron Rich > Cc:

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-09 Thread Byron Rich
Ebtehaj Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 9:09 PM To: Byron Rich Cc: empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Introduction I don’t see any way that tech giants and social media platforms can really benefit from the commentary and critique that I am engaged in. My work is about how social

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-07 Thread Sophia Brueckner
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Byron wrote: Do you ever worry that you’re doing the research of finding conceptual holes for the corporations whose platform you are critiquing? I mean, is there ever a concern that they use your work to actually close loopholes, or more

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-07 Thread Ben Grosser
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Byron wrote: *Do you ever worry that you’re doing the research of finding conceptual holes for the corporations whose platform you are critiquing? I mean, is there ever a concern that they use your work to actually close loopholes, or more

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-06 Thread Roya Ebtehaj
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- I don’t see any way that tech giants and social media platforms can really benefit from the commentary and critique that I am engaged in. My work is about how social media shapes popular culture and appearances, and I can’t imagine that

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-06 Thread Byron Rich
--empyre- soft-skinned space--I’m pasting Ben and Sophia’s intros to their work into this thread. Thank you all for your thoughtful intros to your work. I guess to start I thought I’d talk about why I’ve been drawn to your work individually. In 2007 I was in

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2018-06-09 Thread Jenny Pickett
transmission. From: empyre-boun...@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au on behalf of Aviva Rahmani Sent: 08 June 2018 22:41 To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Introduction --empyre- soft-skinned space-- I am very interested

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2018-06-09 Thread Shu Lea Cheang
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- in response to Aviva's Is anyone trying to sonify actual mycelium? yes, one of our long time sonic collaborator Martin Howse started a project called Radio Mycelium and has been conducting workshops since 2011, "Radio Mycelium

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2018-06-08 Thread Aviva Rahmani
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- I am very interested in this thread because I'm very interested in literal mycelium. My project, The Blued Trees Symphony, which Kathy participated in in 2015, is seeking Earth rights protection for forest ecosystems. The communicative

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2018-06-08 Thread Christina McPhee
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Reading about Mai-ling’s architectural design work in the Liverpool Biennial suddenly reminds me of some superb and whimsical mycelium furniture by DEZEEN - by chance encountered at the London Design Week show at Somerset House last

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction: Between Biology and Art Welcome Byron Rich

2017-02-11 Thread Byron Rich
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Greetings everyone. I’m pretty happy to be a part of the conversation. I’ll start with a bit about what I do. I’m really most into designing absurd solutions to ecological and social problems. I like pushing back against the idea of

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2015-06-12 Thread Natasha Myers
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Thanks so much, Alana, for getting our 2nd week conversation moving. I was sad to miss the performance of the Ghillie Suit last summer, but remember seeing remarkable images. I love the haunting, looming, lurking and uncanny effect of