Re: Fwd: The .art TLD again: E-Flux are soliciting support for their bid
Yes, this is all important but also local in a way. Art is an English word. So why not discuss .kunst? .amsterdam is clearly local. It was in fact bought by the city government, in fact to make money with this new gained symbolic monopoly. Dave Winer has argued on his blog against more TLDs in general, in principal. http://scripting.com/stories/2012/06/20/icannIsWrong.html The interesting aspect of E-Flux's move would be that is finally moves outside of its own safe ghetto of contemporary art and makes a techno- political gesture (abeit with an unclear commercial agenda). Geert On 21 Jun 2012, at 7:41 PM, Flick Harrison wrote: Is there really going to be some kind of thoughtful vetting process to get a .art domain? That seems rather dubious. If there's a stampede of thousands of folks on day 1, who is going to sift through those in a timely manner? # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org
The .art TLD again: E-Flux are soliciting support for their bid
Hello, well since I first received this request of support from E-Flux I have been wondering about the implications; not good - not good at all. This seems to me to be a rather blatant power grab on the part of the E-Flux crew. The E-Flux service (which may or may not be non-profit) has more than a slight elitist tinge about it especially considering the high rates it charges which are deliberating skewed in favour of museums (with good subsidies) or established galleries. The tone of the letter requesting support is crudely self-aggrandising once one manages to take the time to figure out exactly what is going on; if you can manage to peruse their application you'll see (aside from the application jargon) that the model for the 'selection process' by which the .art domain name is awarded to prospective applicants is not at all transparent but will be outfitted with various 'experts' who will determine who is qualified to get the domain name (and at what cost). In a concession to the reality that not all applicants would be able to afford the top-shelf fees there is the inclusion of a sliding scale for those not quite on the radar of the New York cognoscenti. What is also particularly disturbing about this is E-Flux's request is its framing with the phrase 'wouldn't you want someone who REALLY knows about art and the art world' determining who has the privilege of acquiring the .art domain. Meaning that now the E-Flux brand is really going global and seeking to position itself as the East Broadway gatekeepers to the glorious and important world of art. I have no idea who the other applicants are and to what degree they are better or worse but this does not seem at all like a good way to go. allan # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org
