I’ve been spending a lot of time puzzling over social media lately and think (horrifyingly) that the value of the latter is increasingly measured in instagram followers - we’re not yet at the point of openly sponsored posts, but indirectly I think it’s already happening…
> On 11. Oct 2017, at 09:58, ruth catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> wrote: > > Perfectly put Helen! > Art reframed as a new asset class for fractional ownership ain't my idea of > utopia. > > I have a question brewing - that I want to run by everyone - about the value > of art and artists now and in the future. > > If anyone can tell me what that question is I'd be very interested to hear > what it is;) > > Otherwise...soon... > :! > > On 09/10/17 09:22, helen varley jamieson wrote: >> agree. thank goodness my art is mostly ephemeral & can't be stuck with a >> financial pin like a dead butterfly ... >> >> On 07.10.2017 02:29, Alan Sondheim wrote: >>> >>> I noticed this - >>> >>> "Maecenas touts itself as a blockchain platform that, according to its >>> creators, will democratise access to fine art. For the first time, the >>> Maecenas website enthuses, technology will allow investors, collectors and >>> owners to exchange shares in paintings and sculptures instantly, akin to >>> the way stocks of a company are traded today." >>> >>> This does NOT democratise access to art; it's nothing more than a secure >>> way to protect and exchange's one investment - which plays into the notion >>> of enclaving described in Mike Davis' City of Quartz (think it was written >>> in the 80s). Art has to RESIST enclaving, unless one accepts useless >>> decoration and connoisseurship as the only form of art worth considering. >>> >>> One of the amazing things about Furtherfield is, at least as far as I can >>> tell, it itself is a form of resistance! I'd thank God for this, but given >>> the state of things on the planet, I wouldn't want to burden Her with more >>> communication. >>> >>> - Alan >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> <http://www.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/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > -- > Co-founder Co-director > Furtherfield > > www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> > > +44 (0) 77370 02879 > > Bitcoin Address 197BBaXa6M9PtHhhNTQkuHh1pVJA8RrJ2i > > Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs, & debates > around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997 > > Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee > registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. > Registered business address: Ballard Newman, Apex House, Grand Arcade, Tally > Ho Corner, London N12 0EH. > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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