Re: [NetBehaviour] The untenable technophobia of the Left

2018-03-05 Thread Rob Myers
In addition to technophobia, with support for censorship on social media there's also a pattern of a misjudged paternalism (by people who will not be the daddy of this particular scenario) and failure to learn from history. Even the very recent history of how the imposition of "Real Names" policies

Re: [NetBehaviour] The Blockchain as a Modulator of Existence

2018-03-05 Thread Rob Myers
"ongoing expansion of identification strategies" If this is the case then this is an expansion *into* cryptocurrencies, not out of them. "This time stamp marks the beginning of what might be called the post-digital" It doesn't, any more than a password or a directory listing do. "It is this basic

[NetBehaviour] The Vaslav Dark Ballet

2018-03-05 Thread Alan Sondheim
The Vaslav Dark Ballet http://www.alansondheim.org/ballet.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/Nijinsky.mp4 "Ideas and situation of the ballet," text by Vaslaj Nijinsky I do not know, but that I identify with the life of Vaslav Nijinsky. "It is so silent that it is not a language of its own. Nijin

Re: [NetBehaviour] The Blockchain as a Modulator of Existence

2018-03-05 Thread Alan Sondheim
Second this; I'm on some other lists where I'm totally quiet; I have to dig through the language and I feel if I don't respond in kind I'll be ignored or tolerated at best. - On Mon, 5 Mar 2018, Edward Picot via NetBehaviour wrote: Marc - Your stuff I can understand. It's full of referen

Re: [NetBehaviour] The Blockchain as a Modulator of Existence

2018-03-05 Thread Edward Picot via NetBehaviour
Marc - Your stuff I can understand. It's full of references to people I've never heard of, but I can understand it. Keep writing it! Edward On 05/03/18 11:39, marc.garrett via NetBehaviour wrote: Hi Edward, Fair enough - I wouldn't dare use those words, and i think it makes the subject les

Re: [NetBehaviour] The Blockchain as a Modulator of Existence

2018-03-05 Thread marc.garrett via NetBehaviour
Hi Edward, Fair enough - I wouldn't dare use those words, and i think it makes the subject less interesting. However, if you fancy a bash at this -- Marc Garrett - Unlocking Proprietorial Art Systems. It's a sketch at the moment, and will be published in an academic book after a rigorous peer

Re: [NetBehaviour] The Blockchain as a Modulator of Existence

2018-03-05 Thread Edward Picot via NetBehaviour
Sorry, Marc, I'm going to have to pass on this one. 'Protocological internet layer'... 'ongoing expansion of identification strategies'... 'a sovereign chronological regime'... 'capacities to proof... data'? What? I thought maybe he was just trying to make a big impression in the opening parag

[NetBehaviour] The Blockchain as a Modulator of Existence

2018-03-05 Thread marc.garrett via NetBehaviour
The Blockchain as a Modulator of Existence By: Oliver Leistert "The advent of the blockchain as a protocological internet layer for values corresponds to a continuing monetization pressure and ongoing expansion of identification strategies. Notwithstanding these trajectories, behind this prosp

[NetBehaviour] The untenable technophobia of the Left

2018-03-05 Thread marc.garrett via NetBehaviour
The untenable technophobia of the Left Simona Levi and Xnet 2 March 2018 "At least in Spain, the conservative Right tries to censor and jail as many Twitter users as it can. Fair enough. That is their goal: why would the Right not want to suppress rights and freedoms? It wouldn’t be the Right af

[NetBehaviour] igaies: intimate glitches across internet errors

2018-03-05 Thread Randall Packer
A new Internet performance work – igaies: intimate glitches across internet errors - will debut at the Art of the Networked Practice Online Symposium (March 29-31) by Chicago glitch artist Jon Cates (US) and collaborators: Roberto Sifuentes (US), Arcángel Constantini (MX), Shawné Michaelain Holl