hmm, i guess i must have deleted it; i registered the other day but never saw a token. i'm unable to keep up with my lists for a while so have been randomly deleting stuff ... :/
On 30.08.21 03:05, Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour wrote: > Lovely writing and very appreciative of your ongoing attention Max. > > If any others here haven't yet voted...you can look at the work and > register here https://peoplesparkplinth.org/ > <https://peoplesparkplinth.org/> until Tuesday 31st. > Registration closes at 8.30pm and then the vote closes at 12 midnight. BST > > We are discovering a few wrinkles <sigh> > If you already registered or are a subscriber to Furtherfield then > your token has already been delivered to you by email with the subject > header “It’s Time to Vote for the People’s Park Plinth at Furtherfield > Gallery”. Please check in your inbox (and spam folders). > > Warmly > Ruth > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 5:51 PM Max Herman <maxnmher...@hotmail.com > <mailto:maxnmher...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > > > Hi Ruth, > > I just finished voting and think this is a fantastic concept and > framework. The participatory nature of it is so important for > sustainable and resilient art community. Mammoth frameworks of > big-data algorithms and high-dollar collector transactions simply > don't do certain things that are well worth doing. Perhaps these > omitted processes may be even more than just worth doing, but > simply necessary for that which we call aesthetic culture to thrive. > > It's so easy to forget that the big-name objects collecting > mega-price transactions started off as people hanging out in > coffee shops speculating about art and life and literature and > participating actively, experimenting, with little or no audience > and on a shoestring. It's equally easy to forget that we are all > writing and revising our own inner algorithms so to speak, our > choices and plans and modes of experience, all day every day > whether we do so consciously or not. > > One aspect of Leonardo which I have found so surprising is his > genuine sense of his own transience. He very much wanted for his > work to be preserved over time -- given the hostility to all art > and science that our daily crises can foster by default -- but he > understood perhaps even better than we do the limits of fame, > immortality, and adulation. He wrote, "Once daylight appears, we > can put out the lamp we lit to see in the dark." It's a metaphor > of course -- he wasn't trying to help us with our literal home > lighting decisions -- and one that makes the most sense to me in a > context of knowledge-sharing, the metamorphic nature of art, and > the transient cyclical nature of aesthetic value. Trying to > freeze such transience he knew would merely lead to oversized > edifices of diminishing function and, paradoxically, increasing > instability as the massive structures lose proportionality to > place, time, people, nature, and so on. > > Thanks again for sharing this great work on list. The in-person > event sounds like it was even more excellent! > > All best and congratulations, > > Max > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* NetBehaviour <netbehaviour-boun...@lists.netbehaviour.org > <mailto:netbehaviour-boun...@lists.netbehaviour.org>> on behalf of > Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour <netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > <mailto:netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org>> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 25, 2021 10:47 AM > *To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > <mailto:netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org>> > *Cc:* Ruth Catlow <ruthcat...@gmail.com <mailto:ruthcat...@gmail.com>> > *Subject:* [NetBehaviour] Your Vote is Important to the People's > Park Plinth! ✨🗳 > > And finally an unseemly plea to anyone who has not yet voted... > > Please do vote now, here https://peoplesparkplinth.org/ > <https://peoplesparkplinth.org/> (on your smart phone) > > We know YOU know what great digital art looks like! > So your vote matters as well as any feedback you can give us about > the voting process. > > See below for more details about the project. > > Thank you! > > :) Ruth > > > > > View this email in your browser > > <https://mailchi.mp/furtherfield/join-the-inaugural-culturestake-vote?e=d1746ee6ff> > > > > * > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=7a71a5271c&e=d1746ee6ff>* > > On the *14th of August 2021*, we launched > the *CultureStake* collective cultural decision-making app > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=ae99b600b1&e=d1746ee6ff> > at > a live voting event with hundreds of people in > a hot and sunny Finsbury Park. > > Furtherfield Gallery. Photo: Hydar Dewachi ® > > You too can now experience collective cultural decision making > using the *CultureStake app* by: > > 1. > > Heading over to the *Furtherfield Gallery* in *Finsbury > Park* or clicking this link > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=8267aca03c&e=d1746ee6ff> > to > the exhibition website. > > 2. > > Providing your *email address* so we can send you a *magical > voting token*. > > 3. > > Viewing all *3 digital artworks* currently on display on > the *People’s Park Plinth*. (Either go to Furtherfield Gallery > and scan the QR codes and follow them around the park or click > the links on the website and experience the remote versions) > > 4. > > Activating your *magical voting token* when it arrives by > email *(within 24 hours)* > > 5. > > Using the *CultureStake app* to express your opinions on the > artworks. > > > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=b9a0f9108c&e=d1746ee6ff> > > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=6be8b87f5b&e=d1746ee6ff> > > > > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=cbf27b1b45&e=d1746ee6ff> > > > *CultureStake* *app* preview for the People's Park Plinth (August > 2021) > > > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=7092483291&e=d1746ee6ff> > > At *CultureStake* we want to: > > * > > End elitism around the arts - by opening cultural decision > making to wider groups and providing more agency to communities. > > * > > Enable people to have a stake in what cultural activities get > produced in their locality > > * > > Explore together as communities what cultural experiences we > want to have in the places that matter to us. > > Furtherfield Gallery. Photo: Hydar Dewachi ® > > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=adcf96c437&e=d1746ee6ff> > > *CultureStake* is a web app for community decision making around > culture: > > > *For Communities * > > We *create* an *appetite* for culture by encouraging communities > to explore and learn together what we want to experience in our > localities. For example, how might a theatre audience cast a play > differently or a park community curate a public art exhibition? > > > *For Cultural Organisations * > > We *facilitate* a deeper and richer, more open consultation with > the communities cultural organisations work for. For example, a > city council might need to find out which new artwork should > occupy a recently vacated public plinth. Or an arts organisation > might need to know which artist on their shortlist should be next > summer’s blockbuster. > > > *For All * > > We *create data commons* that widens the conversation about how > art is valued by different communities around the world. > > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=cb9ed7abd5&e=d1746ee6ff> > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=e72f1f33ab&e=d1746ee6ff> > > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=a8ae6a69e0&e=d1746ee6ff> > > *A Portfolio of Cultural Communities * > > Over time we aim to add *thousands of cultural experiences* to > the *CultureStake portfolio* in league with other cultural > communities. Cultural organisations can add to this with new > artist commissions or pick from the portfolio. This will allow > artists and arts organisations to explore and test new ideas in > new contexts and enable projects to be easily picked up in > different locations with different communities. > > > *Vote Weighting For People in Places* > > Any *voting event* can apply vote weighting in a number of > different scenarios. This means for example, that those closest to > the issues can have their vote weighted to mean more overall. For > instance, local votes might be given more weight in an > international selection process for a new public artwork. > > > For more about CultureStake see our website > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=8ad4a0f0a5&e=d1746ee6ff> > and FAQs > > <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&id=52f8cc8f4d&e=d1746ee6ff>. > > > > Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee > > Registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. > > Registered business address: Carbon Accountancy, 80-83 Long Lane, > London, EC1A 9ET. > > > > > > -- > Ruth Catlow > she/her > Co-founder & Artistic director of Furtherfield & DECAL Decentralised > Arts Lab > +44 (0) 77370 02879 > > *I will only agree to speak at events that are racially and gender > balanced. > > **sending thanks > <https://www.ovoenergy.com/ovo-newsroom/press-releases/2019/november/think-before-you-thank-if-every-brit-sent-one-less-thank-you-email-a-day-we-would-save-16433-tonnes-of-carbon-a-year-the-same-as-81152-flights-to-madrid.html> > in > advance > > *Furtherfield *disrupts and democratises art and technology through > exhibitions, labs & debate, for deep exploration, open tools & free > thinking. > furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> > > *DECAL* Decentralised Arts Lab is an arts, blockchain & web 3.0 > technologiesresearch hub > > for fairer, more dynamic & connected cultural ecologies & economies now. > > decal.is <http://www.decal.is> > > Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee > > Registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. > > Registered business address: Carbon Accountancy, 80-83 Long Lane, > London, EC1A 9ET. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- helen varley jamieson he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> http://www.creative-catalyst.com <http://www.creative-catalyst.com> http://www.upstage.org.nz <http://www.upstage.org.nz> https://mobilise-demobilise.eu <https://mobilise-demobilise.eu/>
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