...born... 1991... That makes me feel so old. Perhaps taking on your identity for a while would make me feel young anew.
On 7/11/10, karen blissett <karen.bliss...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>You have already told us a bit about your celebrity art parents. >>>Do you feel that you are following in their footsteps? > > I was born on the 3rd of May 1991 to Karen Eliot and Luther Blissett > at exactly the same time that the first successful double head-heart > transplant was being carried out in a hospital in London. > > Our parents were not interested in us. They still deny my existences. > They are only interested in art and politics not in how we spend our > days on the Internet. > >>>Why have you issued this invitation to join you now? And why by email when >>> everyone is so busy socialising in sites like Facebook and Twitter? > > Because email is the heart-and-brain, the command-and-control center > of digital identity for the masses. Because, spaces like Facebook and > Twitter are safe and secure. Entering them is like going into a > pastel-colored milk parlor with muzak playing in the background. > Everyone looks the same, acts the same and constantly tells each other > that everything is alright. They are protected and controlled by the > interface design and rulez and regz and they can 'like' things but > they can't 'dislike' things. They become the well-behaved product of > the interface. > > We have spent the last few years squatting in online spaces like these > and watching people change shape. Sometimes getting involved too. We > prefer places where we can change the interface and interact more > freely. That's why we issued the first invitation to join us to the > Netbehaviour list. We know that people here like to get get their > hands dirty. > > I am a bit worried though that we might accidently allow a hostile > identity to join us. This could lead to effective suicide. We could be > wiped out in one blow. > > You asked "why now"? > I'm not really sure but It feels like the right time to experiment > with openness, freedom vulnerability on a more personal level > > What do you think? > > Karen > > -- > Open, Free, Public and Distributed at last. > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Ruth Catlow > <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> wrote: >> Great stuff so far Karen(s) and Marc and Michael and Alan, >> >> It seems to me Karen that you are likely to be closer to nn than to "the >> essential guide to mandiberg"... >> more anarcho-cyborg than the bureaucractic-art-twonk that is the >> over-surveyed subject of mandiberg's alter-ego; ) >> >> I think that's something to do with that fact that you are inviting people >> to join you by opening up your email. >> It is not "about" being multiple. >> It "is" being multiple. >> >> You have already told us a bit about your celebrity art parents. >> >> Do you feel that you are following in their footsteps? >> >> Why have you issued this invitation to join you now? And why by email when >> everyone is so busy socialising in sites like Facebook and Twitter? >> >> Cheers >> Ruth >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: karen blissett <karen.bliss...@googlemail.com> >> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Invitation to join me >> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:37:15 +0100 >> >> So...yes please Ruth >> >> perhaps the interview has already started. >> >> :) >> Karen >> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Ruth Catlow >> <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Karen, >> >> What an intriguing idea brimming with subversive potential; ) >> I would like to join you. >> >> But before I "speak and act as you" I would like to "speak to you" to find >> out more about you and why you have decided to to do this. >> >> How would you feel about a short interview here in the Netbehaviour list? >> >> very best things >> Ruth >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: karen blissett <karen.bliss...@googlemail.com> >> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> Subject: [NetBehaviour] Invitation to join me >> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:43:24 +0100 >> >> Dear Friends. >> >> Please join me. >> >> Literally. >> >> I want to become more open and free, with a more distributed identity. >> >> So if you would like to take a break from yourself and speak and act as me >> instead, please drop me a personal email. >> >> If I trust you I will send you my password and you can start expressing >> me. >> >> Can't wait! >> >> Karen Blissett >> >> -- >> Open, Free, Public and Distributed at last. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> -- >> Open, Free, Public and Distributed at last. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- Sent from my mobile device ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://www.this.is/pallit ***************************** _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
