Hey Marc and DIWO'ists and the those Dark Mountain goats, Yes - I am pleased with myself for turning up at the event last night, my friends and I loved it and we left the building buzzing with ideas and admiration for what was accomplished. I hope the project gets the wide coverage it deserves...
It was much better than I expected, you lot are serious dudes. This is real 'art' very challenging, engaging and still open beyond art elite speak and various fine art cliques. I went to an exhibition earlier yesterday, you might know it. It's called "Earth - Art of a Changing World at the Royal Academy". And when we visited your space afterwards we realized there is something ery wrong in our culture when this type of show gets so much press and coverage compared to something of real depth and quality such as the DIWO at the Dark Mountain, oh well that's our society for yer. Here is an article about I read today, I kind of dislike the way it is written but I appreciate where the writer is coming from "Well I'm no scientist and don't pretend to understand the ins and outs of what is undoubtedly a complex issue. But ignorance doesn't seem to be something that has troubled some of the artists in the Royal Academy's latest exhibition, Earth – Art of a Changing World. As you'd expect there's some great work here, but there's also quite a lot of rubbish. And in a society that already produces far too much waste, there's a certain irony there." http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/tom-699/earth-art-of-a-changing-world-at-the-royal-academy-1798/ I put my email address in your red book could you transfer it to your mailing list & thanks again, brilliant - well done all of yer! Stuart. > >Thoughts after the DIWO at The Dark Mountain opening last night... > >Firstly - A warm thanks to all who contributed and shared in what was >sometimes, a frenzied experience. Of course, I cannot speak for anyone >else, but I have learnt much through the process of 'Doing it With >Others', and am still evaluating some of the nuances in respect of the >exchanges here on the list and its paradigm shifting, dynamics that >occur when engaging in this kind of project. I am currently writing up >some notes about the whole experience, not sure when they will be ready, >but may ask a few questions from people on the list regarding DIWO and >the Dark Mountain soon, but still recovering and can just about walk at >the moment due to feeling a bit tired. > >The show opens officially tomorrow - Friday, click here for the opening >times and invite more people to come along. >http://www.http.uk.net >How to get to HTTP Gallery: >http://www.http.uk.net/docs/gettingto.shtml > >Getting back to the story at hand - Even though the rain was pouring >down outside, a steady influx of curious, imaginative and interested >minds, still attended filling the space. What I find immensely >re-assuring is that even though we have a hard-core of regulars, at each >event or show a completely new crowd of people visit the space every >time. I think we should all feel encouraged by this, because even though >we are continiously hearing noises by various, distant from certain >academics or traditional art hegemons that net art and media art, and >related practices are in trouble, from our own very 'real' experience, >this truly is not the case - perhaps they need to get out more. > >At 8pm there was a performance held as part of the evening's experience, >organised, compiled and edited by Dougald Hine. Featuring extracts from >the dialogue, that had immediately evolved on the Netbehaviour list, >very soon after the call out for artists to join the DIWO at The Dark >Mountain. We have a video currently being edited of the performance that >will 'hopefully' be put up for all to view soon, probably next week. > >It was fascinating to be part of this curious performance, as texts of >the debate was read out aloud. It was illuminating to hear it all as >speech. Also, interesting to hear people such as Michael Szpakowski read >Dougald's words, whilst Dougald read Michaels words, and I read Edward >Picot's words. There were 10 readers, reading from 10 different >individual's original comments from Netbehaviour. > >It would be interesting to hear what others thought about it who were >present at the performance, either from those who took part or those who >watched and listened. The other thing regarding the performance was how >different it is hearing the text, everything changes. The meaning and >language, and understanding of the actual experience of such a dialogue >becomes something else. What that is, is up for re-evaluation really... > >Many heard the contexts of the dicussion for the first time, and >mentioned how the issues of what was discussed on the list was also >relative to other situations in their own lives, in respect of how we >all deal with climate change personally and with others, as it seeps >into every aspect of our lives and its activities. > >The work in the show went down very well. And it is an exhibition that I >am glad to be part of. The DIWO so far... > >More later... > >wishing all well. > >marc >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >------- Original Message Follows ------- >From: "marc garrett" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [NetBehaviour] After the DIWO at The Dark Mountain opening last > night... >Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:54:11 +0000 > >Thoughts after the DIWO at The Dark Mountain opening last night... > >Firstly - A warm thanks to all who contributed and shared in what was >sometimes, a frenzied experience. Of course, I cannot speak for anyone >else, but I have learnt much through the process of 'Doing it With >Others', and am still evaluating some of the nuances in respect of the >exchanges here on the list and its paradigm shifting, dynamics that >occur when engaging in this kind of project. I am currently writing up >some notes about the whole experience, not sure when they will be ready, >but may ask a few questions from people on the list regarding DIWO and >the Dark Mountain soon, but still recovering and can just about walk at >the moment due to feeling a bit tired. > >The show opens officially tomorrow - Friday, click here for the opening >times and invite more people to come along. >http://www.http.uk.net >How to get to HTTP Gallery: >http://www.http.uk.net/docs/gettingto.shtml > >Getting back to the story at hand - Even though the rain was pouring >down outside, a steady influx of curious, imaginative and interested >minds, still attended filling the space. What I find immensely >re-assuring is that even though we have a hard-core of regulars, at each >event or show a completely new crowd of people visit the space every >time. I think we should all feel encouraged by this, because even though >we are continiously hearing noises by various, distant from certain >academics or traditional art hegemons that net art and media art, and >related practices are in trouble, from our own very 'real' experience, >this truly is not the case - perhaps they need to get out more. > >At 8pm there was a performance held as part of the evening's experience, >organised, compiled and edited by Dougald Hine. Featuring extracts from >the dialogue, that had immediately evolved on the Netbehaviour list, >very soon after the call out for artists to join the DIWO at The Dark >Mountain. We have a video currently being edited of the performance that >will 'hopefully' be put up for all to view soon, probably next week. > >It was fascinating to be part of this curious performance, as texts of >the debate was read out aloud. It was illuminating to hear it all as >speech. Also, interesting to hear people such as Michael Szpakowski read >Dougald's words, whilst Dougald read Michaels words, and I read Edward >Picot's words. There were 10 readers, reading from 10 different >individual's original comments from Netbehaviour. > >It would be interesting to hear what others thought about it who were >present at the performance, either from those who took part or those who >watched and listened. The other thing regarding the performance was how >different it is hearing the text, everything changes. The meaning and >language, and understanding of the actual experience of such a dialogue >becomes something else. What that is, is up for re-evaluation really... > >Many heard the contexts of the dicussion for the first time, and >mentioned how the issues of what was discussed on the list was also >relative to other situations in their own lives, in respect of how we >all deal with climate change personally and with others, as it seeps >into every aspect of our lives and its activities. > >The work in the show went down very well. And it is an exhibition that I >am glad to be part of. The DIWO so far... > >More later... > >wishing all well. > >marc >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
