FLUXLIST: Fw: ahem!
- Original Message - From: "alan bowman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 12:02 PM Subject: ahem! to anybody who has asked for my address recently I sent the wrong one to everybody!! Another stroke of genius from Bowman my address is alan bowman director freeformfreakoutorganisation via lorenzago 15/7* 30174 mestre - venezia italy +39 (0)41 61 40 20 http://space.tin.it/clubnet/abowman/freeformfreakoutorganisation.htm * NOT # 17 hope you haven't sent any large cheques (UK + Canada) or checks (US)
Re: FLUXLIST: Re: fffo barcodes gifs
Heiko As a result of extensive (ahem!) research the stout fellows of the Freeformfreakout Organisation are on the verge of producing their long awaited book "BARCODES". To commemorate the fact that they are even contemplating the finishing of a project, the Freeformfreakout Organisation Barcodes and other Pub Rules Research Dept are offering you the chance to get your own Personalised Barcodes How can you refuse? Best Wishes bowman http://digilander.iol.it/freeformfreakoutorg/barcodes.html
Re: FLUXLIST: irises
Hi Carol, I no longer have a garden :((( I have to get-out of this city
somehow... I had some nice black irises in Portland. I'm still
saving/collecting small metal boxes for the project; many still have to be
'rusted' and lacquered. Perhaps there'll be a bigger response the second
time around.
/:b
On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Carol Starr wrote:
hi brad,
according to my garden book the time to divide iris is autumn when the plants
are dormant. my chionodoxa sardensis and the scilla siberica are blooming,
their beautiful gentian-blue flowers are quite special in the snow. how big is
your garden?
do you still have all those little boxes for the seed exchange that hasn't
happened( so far)? maybe someday...
bests, carol :)
{ brad brace } wrote:
I am going to dig up and divide my irises. If I dig them up now will they
have flowers this year?
--
carol starr
taos, new mexico, usa
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FLUXLIST: respecting the limitations of the 1 hot minute sound project
As I said before, I like the work that you made but I don't happen to be quite that cavalier about trampling the works of the other participants into near nonexistence. Aside from any social implications hat would seem to me to flatten the image we are attempting to jointly create which is, I would say, a composition more like an exquisite corpse (http://www.exquisitecorpse.com/definition.html)which reveals interesting relationships among the various parts. If, in the end, one participant, like yourself let's say - not to disparage your work in any way - decided to filter the entire composition into a constant mono tonal humming sound then - though it might be a fitting conclusion - I am sure most would agree, such an act would be like pulling a audial shroud over the whole work through which the effort of each would become indistinguishable. This is counter productive from the standpoint of seeing how several people might interact together musically which I believe is the central intention of this project. So I would have to conclude that the social and aesthetic concerns must be closely bound together in order to conform to the inherent limitation of this project which is the very thing that makes it potentially interesting. Cecil Heiko Recktenwald wrote: Hi, On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Cecil Touchon wrote: OK, I think I see your tact Heiko and will reintroduce the earlier IMHO this is less a social question but an esthetic one, whatever you did ;-) H.
FLUXLIST: new FFFO site
Dear all, The Freeformfreakout Organisation would like to announce to opening of yet another web-site. "Be Calm" ."this site is a collection of simple images and texts to be viewed in silence" This is an on-going piece (which means, as per usual, Bowman had an idea, and then banged it straight on line without so much as a proper proof-read! His excuse being that the FFFO web-pages are in fact simple a part of his sketch book and ideas are worked out there - blah - blah -blah!! Honestly I despair of that man, one day he might actually finish something properly.) Anyway you'll find it at http://digilander.iol.it/freeformfreakoutorg/becalm/index.html Err.That's it really
FLUXLIST: For your attention (fwd)
(fwd) This means war Now that George Bush has found out the Kyoto agreement is about emissions reduction and might annoy his oil chums back in Texas, he has done what the world had feared: torn it up. But if he thinks there is nothing we can do about it, then he is sorely mistaken. Stephen Moss suggests some sanctions Special report: global warming Special report: George Bush's America Thursday March 29 2001 The Guardian Arms Britain should immediately withdraw its Tornado from Iraq and refuse to take part in any further bombing missions, no matter how many shiny new missiles we are promised. Nato should suspend the US, invite Russia to take its place and establish no-fly zones in the north and south of America. (OK, let's say over Nantucket for starters: we don't want to be too ambitious.) Support should be given to any coherent anti-Bush groups that may develop in Washington, though at present there is little evidence of effective opposition groups in the capital. US air bases in the UK should be closed and weedkiller sprinkled on the airmen's golf courses. Sport All sporting contacts should cease immediately. Pete Sampras will not be permitted to win Wimbledon for the eighth time, and even Jack Straw will accept that Mike Tyson should not be allowed into the country. Tiger Woods will be allowed to compete in the Open, but will have to play blindfold. He will still win, but we shall have made our point. Baseball, basketball and American football will be treated as the ludicrous, TV-dominated non-events they are. The term "World Series" to describe a contest between teams from rival American leagues is henceforth banned. We will continue to ignore Nascar racing and the Indianapolis 500. No wrestling will be shown in the UK, no matter how obscure the channel. Continuous coverage of the Ashes will be beamed to the US to demonstrate the historic wrong turning they made by opting for baseball in the middle of the 19th century. History It will be pointed out that the US was late arriving for both world wars, and that we had already softened up the oppo. We could have won the American war of independence if we had really been trying, and if our boys hadn't insisted on wearing red coats which made them such easy targets. As for the Spanish-American war, we imagine Spain could have won that too, but we can't be certain as we have no idea when it took place or what they were fighting about. (1) History books will also make it clear that Ulysses S Grant was a drunk with an outrageous name who took an age to subdue numerically inferior forces in the American civil war. Basically, count it as a win for the South, which will (with a bit of assistance from fifth columnists funded by MI6) rise again. Film and TV There will be a blanket boycott, except for films by the Coen Brothers, any half-decent new movie by Quentin Tarantino, and anything with Billy Bob Thornton. All references to the Oscars will be banned. Clearly, this will mean newspapers will be very restricted in size, and many supplements will disappear altogether, but these are difficult times and we must all make sacrifices. No US TV will be permitted except the Simpsons, Sex and the City, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Frasier and Friends. All repeats are prohibited. Blockbusters is out of bounds while sanctions are in force. T*m C***se No mentions under any circumstances. This is punishable by five years in prison or a fortnight spent watching Eyes Wide Shut, Mission Impossible (I and II), Top Gun, Days ofThunder and Cocktail, whichever punishment is deemed the worse. (2) Music (pop) White rap music will be banned. Yes, we know that means Eminem. And, yes, we know that he has been compared to Shakespeare by some respected literary figures. But in any war there are victims. Henceforth the only white American rapper permitted is Vanilla Ice, precisely because he is rubbish. Vanilla's collected works will helpfully confirm to us the complete and utter worthlessness of US culture. English musicians will be discouraged from singing in American accents. Large speakers will be put up along the Mexican and Canadian borders which will broadcast the Clash's I'm So Bored With The USA at regular intervals. Music (classical) No more John Adams operas will be produced, especially those staged by Peter Sellers. So what if that means we won't hear Nixon in China or The Death of Klinghoffer? We can sing-a-long with Harrison Birtwistle instead. Barber's Adagio will also be banned, especially that dreadful dance music version by William Orbit. This will mean long periods of silence on Classic FM, but we all have our crosses to bear. Expulsions We are sorry that some innocent individuals will be caught up in this imbroglio, but frankly you started this. When that rich bloke appointed ambassador by Bush arrives, he should be detained on arrival, frisked at Heathrow, Diana Ross-style and then sent back
Re: FLUXLIST: Re: fffo barcodes gifs
How can you refuse? I must start Netscape for this ;-) Ok, thanks ! H.
Re: FLUXLIST: respecting the limitations of the 1 hot minute soundproject
which is, I would say, a composition more like an exquisite corpse This is the misunderstanding. But in my understanding, this experiment is open, and so it goes ;-) No problem, I just liked the cecilia effects, like a violin, and the falcon sounds etc were still there. Milder than before, less Captain Beefhard like, less clicks. There is a moment after the big silence in the middle when Zaps piano reappears that I really like. Sounds a little bit ringmodulated now, so what. Etc.. But I understand that you were shocked. Best, H.
FLUXLIST: # and Robin shall restore amends
# and Robin shall restore amends sometimes I wonder, that day it rained you never would say where you came from, i get home from work and you're still standing there in your dressing gownwell, what am i to do?two roads diverged in the wood, and I--- please, give me your hands, if we be friends; --rise up, because for you, the flag is flung - for you, the bugle trills, for you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths - for you the shores a-crowding, for you they call, we're the flowers in the dustbin, we're the poison in your human machine, we're the future you're future, let the stories be told, let the photos be old,when evening falls so hard, when you're on the street they can say what they want let them show what they want,..."and for you they ask, didn't you love the things we stood for? didn't we try to find some good for you and me? will you ride the great white bird into heaven now? will you carry our words of love with you?" then they say, it must be strangely exciting to watch the stoics squirm, must be somewhat heartening to watch shepard meet shepard..." and finally, didnt she wake you up to tell you that it was only a change ofplan?" as now, I'm standing in the rain on the cornerI'm watching the people go shuffling downtown as now, my bodys starting to quiver and the palms of my hands are getting wet,it's all a terrible mess,I used to live alone before I knew you, and now-- I'm living off of grass and I'm dripping from the ceilings, for when I'm breathless I'll run in the rain tillI'm breathless... so hello? is anybody home?wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,you don't know me, but I know you young people speaking their minds, Im sorry to disturb you, in your long armsin your automatic arms your electronic arms in your petrochemical arms in your military arms where the Room suddenly gets still and when you'd almost bet you could hear yourself sweat,and when I watch you moveand I can't think straight and I am silenced and I can't think straight when you went out of sight when you got lost into the city got lost into the night and somehow I lost touch when I'm throwing punches in the airwhen I'm broken down and I can't stand when I've shown you that I just don't carewhen, I feel that I should be heard loud and clear: yes, it's a long way to go, but in the meantime, in the mean time before you cross the street there's nothing in the streetthere is no street we are all outlaws in the eyes of America in order to survive we steal, cheat, lie, forge, fuck, hide and dealwe are obscene, lawless, hideous, dangerous, dirty, violent and young people, if this isn't what you see if this doesn't make you feelif you don't want to be seen if you don't want to believe think but this, and all is mended, that you have but slumber'd here while these visions did appear =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To stop receiving future incarnations of this spam return: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=remove love, Douglas
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Title: No Sensors a symposium on Mainstream Technophilia vs. Radical Critical Practise
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keynote
speakers:
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moderator:
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remarks by: TIMOTHY DRUCKREY
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"No
Sensors" a symposium on Mainstream Technophilia vs. Radical Critical Practise
brings together a notable group practising within the field of emerging
media technologies, who are committed to the opposition of a simple acceptance
of popular notions of art-making practise, but rather, propose a critical
investigation into the socio-economic, political and ideological ramifications
of global information structure systems, wherein: "the medium is NOT the
message"
Natalie
Bookchin: "Computer Games, Virtual Pets + the Net"
is
a two-part project that addresses the politically volatile subjects of
genetics + biotechnology. "In this work, I do my best to avoid quiet artistic
contemplation of ethical issues + the pros + cons of genetic research while
for-profit scientists + their corporate backers get on with their business."
Natalie
Bookchin is an artist who works with the net, computer games + other unpopular
art forms. She lives in L.A. + is a member of the faculty at CalArts.
Her new project in development is "Man-ALife", an on-line virtual human
pet game + a PR campaign/art project called "BioTaylorism". Recent projects
also include organizing net.net.net>, an eight month series of lectures
and workshops at CalArts, MoCA, L.A. + Laboratorio Cinematek in Tijuana,
Mxico, + "Street Action on the Superhighway" a series about the
spaces between art + activism, + between the streets + the net www.street-action.net>.
She has been a part of the collective RTMark rtmark.com> + has
collaborated on projects with artists including Alexei Shulgin, Heath Bunting,
Jin Lee + Lev Manovich. She exhibits her work + lectures regularly
throughout Europe + the US. Her work is frequently covered in national
+ int'l journals including NY Times, Art Forum, El Pais, + the BBC
on line. In 1999-2000 she received grants for project development
from Creative Capital, Creative Time, Walker Art Center/Jerome Foundation,
MECAD/the Media Center of Art + Design in Barcelona, the Andy Warhol Foundation
+ the Daniel Langlois Foundation.
Marina
Grzinic: "Troubles with Life + the Internet"
Marina
Grzinic will speak about her collaborative project with Aina Smid for the
world wide web: "Axis of life", and about 0100101110101101.orgs project:
"life_sharing" (commisioned by the Walker Art Center). She will discuss
relations of narration on the Internet and radical criticism.
Marina
Grzinic, philosopher, media artist, and curator from Slovenia, works at
the Institute of Philosophy ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana. She is taking part in
the Apex Art Residency Program from April 1 to 30.
Marina
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Eastern Europe, Post-Socialism and the Retro-Avant-Garde (Vienna: Edition
selene in collaboration with Springerin, Vienna, 2000). In
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Grzinic, Exposure Time, the Aura, and Telerobotics" in The Robot in
the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet,
ed. Ken Goldberg (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000); Grzinic, "Strategies
of Visualisation and the Aesthetics of Video in the New Europe" in Culture
and Technology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transformation in
Post-Communist Nations, ed. Laura Lengel (London: Ablex Publishing
Company, 2000); Grzinic s text Spectralization of Europe is included
in The Net_Condition: Art and Global Media, eds., Peter Weibel
and Timothy Druckrey, MIT press, 2000.
Jenny
Marketou:
"Z_neefing
on the NET: Hacktivism, Bandits + Intensive Sports"
Since 1995 she has
been working in different media, including photography,video, video events
involving djs + performers, public performances, web-based telepresence
environments + networking technologies.
Her multimedia web-based
environment, "Smellbytes.Tm", has been exhibited internationally, including
such venues as: Tribes Gallery, NY (Dystopia + Identity in the Age of Global
Communications); The Swiss Institute, NY ("Tenacity"); Cal Arts +
Moca, LA, ("Net.Net.Net>"); and ZKM, Karlsruhe,Germany, ("Net_Condition"),
Her work, "Translocal: Camp in My Tent", an interactive video and telepresence
networked environment has been exhibited at Witte de With, Rotterdam,1996
(Manifesta I) and Art + Idea, Mexico City, among others locations.
"@Electric Eve", an
Re: FLUXLIST: irises
Thanks David; but I think I'll soon have enough boxes, and I wanted them
all to be the same size anyway. Perhaps the seed project should consist of
random mixes of everyone's contribution(s), in a planting medium (dirt) in
each box: just add water...
Huge crows used to perch in the tall pine trees at the back of the Long
Beach (WA/US) newspaper office where I once worked. They'd listen to us
chattering by the door and mimick our voices (and dump on our car
windshields). Apparently they do like brightly colored/shiny objects,
especially blue.
/:b
On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Estimado Brace:
I will go through my small metal boxes here to see if any may be of
use--ones various found on street--
also will be sending you s some seeds--in order that they not be
excluded, and as have had a fondness for them due to their "outcast" status i
suppose--wanted to send seeds of weeds--of course this is a little
tricky--one can't just walk in some place and buy them! I have some i dried
out from last fall--am not sure if any good or not?
Also rooting around for seeds of common flowers that grow independently along
the streets --as no garden or real yard here--just a strip of land about
twenty five feet long by about ten wide--between our apt building and the
next--however abundant undergrowth that despite limited direct light and
limited water from rain and snow--thrives none the less, among some rather
lean trees which none the less manage foliage and furnish homes for quite a
number of bird families--as they feel somewhat safe in the relatively
unnoticed-by-maruading-crows
corridor--
Have you ever examined the insides of crows' nests? They are often quite
brilliant (literally--crows love o collect shiny things--) collage
constructions--can be inspiring, thought provoking--and make one think of
Scwitters and his Merzbau--
onwo/ards!
and will let you know what may have here in the way of boxes--used to be
many but may have jettisoned quite a number and/or given many away in move
to much smaller place--
david baptiste
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