Re: [NetBehaviour] Maecenas

2017-10-18 Thread marc.garrett
Hi Gretta, I scrolled the page & just saw that it was mainly men, perhaps it's synonymous with aspects of Modernism ;-) wishing you well. marc Marc Garrett Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield. Art, technology and social change, since 1996 http://www.furtherfield.org

Re: [NetBehaviour] Maecenas

2017-10-18 Thread Gretta Louw
Had another frustrating (yet, fundamentally unsurprising) incident since I sent that email in which a museum director matter-of-factly told me that all of the greatest artists in history were men and after I strenuously argued against that, we continued discussing the work we were cooperating

[NetBehaviour] Senior Management - an Inspirational Guide' by Karen Blissett

2017-10-18 Thread marc.garrett
Oh my... [Screenshot from 2017-10-18 09-48-36.png] I just revisted the 'Senior Management - an Inspirational Guide' by Karen Blissett. (Bastard daughter of Karen Eliot and Luther Blissett ) It reflects how empty and crap our world is at the moment, when it run by neoliberal idiots. On Youtube

[NetBehaviour] murnau

2017-10-18 Thread Alan Sondheim
murnau mourning for the lost bodies, lost americas http://www.alansondheim.org/murn1.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/murn.mp3 Jordanian rababa http://www.alansondheim.org/murn2.jpg nothing is suitable nothing is ever suitable the etiquette of violence is the violence of etiquette the violence

[NetBehaviour] from today's Washington Post

2017-10-18 Thread Alan Sondheim
The fascist creep in action: Alan Sondheim Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Wednesday that he reserves the right to jail journalists, if we have to. Here's his exchange with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: KLOBUCHAR: Will you commit to not

Re: [NetBehaviour] Maecenas

2017-10-18 Thread Rob Myers
On Wed, 18 Oct 2017, at 03:52 AM, Gretta Louw wrote: > Had another frustrating (yet, fundamentally unsurprising) incident > since I sent that email in which a museum director matter-of-factly > told me that all of the greatest artists in history were men Gn. > and

Re: [NetBehaviour] Maecenas

2017-10-18 Thread Alan Sondheim
It's the men who have traditionally gotten the most attention, but there have always been many brilliant women; when I did Individuals in 1974 for Dutton, the ratio was pretty much even, and when I curated later at Nexus in Atlanta, it was the same. This is an issue and prejudice on the part

Re: [NetBehaviour] Maecenas

2017-10-18 Thread helen varley jamieson
good on you gretta, for not letting him get away with it (or at least, not without discussion ...). this kind of casual sexism really needs to be challenged, as in many ways it's even more insidious than the outright variety which is easier to call out. it reinforces women's invisibility & the