Hi Marc Who has warned you and about whom (in power)? Off-list if you like.
I wonder who in power would be watching us? What do you mean by the powerful? Do you mean institutional curators, funding agency officers, etc? They have no meaningful power. Politicians? They have limited power, in so far as those who manage them (corporate top-dogs and civil service mandarins) let them stretch their leash. It's those top-dogs and mandarins that have power - heads of corporations, senior police and intelligence officers, permanent secretaries at the Home Office who take their orders from the States and then ensure UK politicians do what they are told. I can't imagine that "they" are "watching" us. We're below their radar. If they are I doubt we are doing anything that would raise their eyebrows. A bit of breast beating in the arts community isn't going to concern them. At least, let them believe that... ;) Best Simon On 11/12/2010 12:28, "marc garrett" <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> wrote: > We have already been warned to stop discussing the current crisis > regarding cuts and the neoliberlaist situation with our own community, > by friends who are well connected to others in power, who are watching > us - and it really feels strange and distressing to know that by openly > discussing this with you and others, that I may be risking the future of > our independent, creative and brilliant individuals and groups who are > part our networked communities... Simon Biggs s.bi...@eca.ac.uk si...@littlepig.org.uk Skype: simonbiggsuk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ Research Professor edinburgh college of art http://www.eca.ac.uk/ Creative Interdisciplinary Research in CoLlaborative Environments http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice http://www.elmcip.net/ Centre for Film, Performance and Media Arts http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/film-performance-media-arts Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
