Dear Sally-Jane,
this sounds like the kind of argument that Alexei Shulgin might have put
forward. A brief search brings up this:
Alexei Shulgin: "Art, Power, and Communication" (1996)
was debated on several lists, a.o. on Syndicate and included here:
(Syndicate Reader)
Deep Europe: The 1996 – 97 edition. Selected texts from the V2_East /
Syndicate mailing list. Edited by Inke Arns, Andreas Broeckmann, Berlin 1997
RHIZOME DIGEST: October 11, 1996, http://www.rhizome.com
... and discussed here:
http://manovich.net/content/04-projects/017-on-totalitarian-interactivity/14_article_1996.pdf
Regards from your humble archivist,
-a
Am 17.01.17 um 13:18 schrieb sally jane norman:
Dear Spectres and especially ancient ones
I'm trying to remember who, back on syndicate or nettime or..., in any
case on a slightly smaller and more genuinely conversational list, some
time in the mid nineties, from "deep Europe", denounced interactivity as
being western technology driven push-button behaviour with associated
myths of empowerment that was the last thing needed or desired in
totalitarian or post-totalitarian regimes.
Any clues/ ideas hugely appreciated
all best
sj
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