Thanks sooooooo much Helen! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:00 PM Helen Varley Jamieson < he...@creative-catalyst.com> wrote:
> done :) > On 30.08.21 20:47, Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour wrote: > > Thanks for letting me know Helen! > Take a look now. > > Because we are still in Beta... there are still a few wrinkles to iron out > : / > Very happy to help anyone else that gets stuck - we want your votes!!!! > x > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:21 AM Helen Varley Jamieson < > he...@creative-catalyst.com> wrote: > >> 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/ 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> >> 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> on >>> behalf of Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour < >>> netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 25, 2021 10:47 AM >>> *To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity < >>> netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> >>> *Cc:* Ruth Catlow <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/ (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 >> technologies research 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 >> listNetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.orghttps://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> -- >> >> helen varley jamieson >> >> he...@creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.upstage.org.nz >> https://mobilise-demobilise.eu >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > -- > 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 > technologies research 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 > listNetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.orghttps://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -- > > helen varley jamieson > > he...@creative-catalyst.com > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.upstage.org.nz > https://mobilise-demobilise.eu > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- 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 technologies research 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. 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