Re: [-empyre-] seeing yourself a prototype - the limits of open source

2010-03-19 Thread Lynn Hershman
Actually the Art Colider is a joint project with the San Francisco Art Institute begun nearly 2 years ago. http://theartcollider.org/ l On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Renate Ferro wrote: Thanks Cynthia for sharing. I've been lurking this month, enjoying Adrienne's posts and others. I just

Re: [-empyre-] seeing yourself a prototype - the limits of open source

2010-03-19 Thread s...@krokodile.co.uk
cynthia/all The logic of open-source seems to work in subsidized environment like academia where they are paid for teaching and perhaps a little research - but external to the academy how would an open-source artist survive ? I can see how the economics of it would work in West, with a false

Re: [-empyre-] seeing yourself a prototype - the limits of open source

2010-03-19 Thread davin heckman
I ran into the case of the disposable diaper and the result it has had in increasing by an average of several years now how long it takes for children to be potty trained. On the surface it is valuable to eliminate children's discomfort by optimizing the diaper. In fact current diapers

Re: [-empyre-] the man as a prototype - the limits of open source

2010-03-19 Thread Gabriel Menotti
society' but also the implications for our ways of thinking about the 'prototype' as that which ties the old debate between 'synthetic' and 'natural' (Sonia Matos) In that sense, one could also say that prototyping also ties creationism and evolutionism as complimentary ideas of /genesis/ – the

Re: [-empyre-] seeing yourself a prototype - the limits of open source

2010-03-19 Thread Renate Ferro
Yes of course, I believe it is a collaboration as I said. Are there not many collaborators, Lynn? Actually the Art Colider is a joint project with the San Francisco Art Institute begun nearly 2 years ago. http://theartcollider.org/ l On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Renate Ferro wrote:

Re: [-empyre-] seeing yourself a prototype - the limits of open source

2010-03-19 Thread christopher sullivan
definitions, I think we are not all talking about the same thing. so here are my worst case and best case definitions of prototyping. Chris dictionary, Prototype A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of something serving as a typical example, basis, or standard for other things of

Re: [-empyre-] seeing yourself a prototype - the limits of open source

2010-03-19 Thread christopher sullivan
also, if the diaper is comfortable, there is no incentive for the child to become potty trained. Chris Quoting davin heckman davinheck...@gmail.com: I ran into the case of the disposable diaper and the result it has had in increasing by an average of several years now how long it takes

Re: [-empyre-] diapers art.

2010-03-19 Thread christopher sullivan
whoops hit send accidentally, as aI was saying...there is no incentive for the child to become potty trained. In much of the art academy, there are also classes that give a pleasurable experience of connectedness, and collaboration, and even presumed social relevance (community gardens, etc.)