Ippolita Collective, In the Facebook Aquarium Part Two
Anonymous, or out-of-the-box activism (section 8, continued)
Viewed from out the media, the reaction of the church of Scientology, just
as that of all Anonymous' (many) casualties afterwards, was to portray the
members of the group as monoma
Forgive me, but it seems to me "the work" did not steal anything from you.
It was rather your own behaviour in the face of authority that caused your
frustration. Why did you let a sign and a security guard stop you?
Again (like in last month's discussion), to me what is required to enjoy a
bootle
It seems to me that Felix is right in pointing out that the issues discussed
here are primarily political. I consider in particular the emergence of a 'Deep
State' largely outside of democratic (electoral) accountability and existing
rights frameworks that Felix sketches here a deeply problemati
Following NYTimes quotes of 'The People's Platform,' by Astra Taylor:
"Open systems can be starkly inegalitarian," a "tyranny of structurelessness.
Elites can happily deny their own existence."
The Tyranny of Structurelessness, Jo Freeman:
http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
# distr
Hello David,
> And ask whether the generally low pay and insecure conditions for
> practitioners of what have become known as the creative economy really
> is such a new phenomenon?
>
> Are the average earnings enjoyed/endured by commercial photographers
> (and designers/illustrators/animators/wri
Excerpt from ?Understanding Media was our First Big Mistake,?
published in Centerfold magazine (Toronto), 1979.
Tom Sherman
Miami. Here I am. Sitting on the 5th-storey sunroof of the Wandolyn Motor
Hotel. Taking in the (squint-eyed) panoramically framed view of the quiet,
mid-afternoon light.
Hello David,
> And ask whether the generally low pay and insecure conditions for
> practitioners of what have become known as the creative economy really
> is such a new phenomenon?
>
> Are the average earnings enjoyed/endured by commercial photographers
> (and designers/illustrators/animators/wri
I'd like to engage with the last paragraph of Florian's post-
And ask whether the generally low pay and insecure conditions for practitioners
of what have become known as the creative economy really is such a new
phenomenon?
Are the average earnings enjoyed/endured by commercial photographers
I share Florian's sense of crisis, but I would unpack the issues --
surveillance, security, information economy -- a bit differently.
Ever since "Wall Street" switched from telephone/telegraph to computer
networks for communication and transaction in the early 1970s (and
the City of London some 10
