Re: [NetBehaviour] Games Art

2009-02-18 Thread Corrado Morgana
Hi Marc > So, by changing the nature of what it was 'originally' meant to be, >changes its meaning. Guess so...or behaving and interacting in ways that are unexpected and contrary. Think Carnival and Masquerade altho' that's a bit more temporary and things return to their original state eventual

Re: [NetBehaviour] Slurp

2009-02-18 Thread james of jwm-art net
I wondered who it was! I used to like Doomlord, I bought a reprint of the strips from the Eagle, last year or so. I didn't fancy Doomlord tho, just wanted his mind-control and vaporising powers. On 17/2/2009, "marc garrett" wrote: >I'm sure that I used to fancy Captain Scarlet. I think I still d

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread bob catchpole
I agree. Artists I admire are seekers of truth, not given to ill-considered me-jerk reactions... Bob From: Donna Kuhn To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Tuesday, 17 February, 2009 17:33:39 Subject: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc i feel that the tone of

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread Simon Biggs
My ill-considered knee-jerk reaction to this statement is to ask which truth? I seriously hope you are joking... On 18/2/09 13:29, "bob catchpole" wrote: > Artists I admire are seekers of truth, not given to ill-considered me-jerk > reactions... Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh colle

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread Rob Myers
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Simon Biggs wrote: > My ill-considered knee-jerk reaction to this statement is to ask which > truth? I seriously hope you are joking... I don't understand what you are saying here? - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list N

[NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread mark cooley
I'll never understand why any criticism of Israel is automatically taken as racism by some. I have Jewish friends who don't like the apartheid happening in Palestine any more than I do. I don't see that the problems that you point out concerning racist attitudes around the world have anything to

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread Simon Biggs
I was a little surprised to encounter somebody who could state, with a straight face, that they appreciate those who seek truth. I therefore queried what they meant by truth. Truth is a highly contentious term. Many would agree that there is no single truth in respect of any particular issue, there

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread Rob Myers
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, mark cooley wrote: > I'll never understand why any criticism of Israel is automatically taken as > racism by some. I'll never understand why some racists think they can shut down debate by saying this." The project is not (simply) criticism of Israel, it is exten

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread Rob Myers
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Simon Biggs wrote: > Truth is a highly contentious term. Is this true? > Perhaps I missed something? If there is no single truth in respect of any given issue then you cannot say that someone's claim that all artists are seekers after truth is not true. It may

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread Michael Szpakowski
Mark I can only speak for myself on this but if you read my original post carefully you'll see that it addressed both the possibility of the call being interpreted in an anti-semitic way (which I think is real - if you can't see ,as Rob M pointed out, how the accompanying cartoon walked a peril

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread mark cooley
thanks for your thoughts. i don't agree. --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Rob Myers wrote: From: Rob Myers Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc To: flawed...@yahoo.com, "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 9:23 AM On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, mar

Re: [NetBehaviour] Games Art

2009-02-18 Thread james of jwm-art net
Hi Corrado, I just wanted to say a little about the game project I've been working on - a remake of a early 90's 8bit game. ((( I'm waiting for Arcadia(S.T.A.L.K.E.R) to download as I type and will probably still be waiting by the time I've finished typing...))) ( http://www.jwm-art.net/dark.php?

Re: [NetBehaviour] boycotts etc

2009-02-18 Thread Simon Biggs
Without relativism there would be no argument. The inquisition was over long ago (I hope). I also think it is possible to be anti-Zionist and not racist. Zionism and Judaism are not the same thing, although some would have us believe they are. Mostly they are people lobbying the US government on t

[NetBehaviour] Makers and Hackers.

2009-02-18 Thread info
Makers and Hackers is a competition run by Folksy and Tinker.it! to make things for the Maker Faire in Newcastle on 14th/15th March - the first ever Maker Faire in the UK. We’re running two Make days on the 28th Feb, one in London (North House off Caledonian Road) and one in Sheffield at Access

[NetBehaviour] PureData Festival.

2009-02-18 Thread info
PureData Festival. 15 Mar 2009 Puredata, or Pd, is an open source tool for multimedia programming. Because of its open source nature, much of its development results from a community effort of developers worldwide. The PureData community is inviting artists, producers, developers and further e

[NetBehaviour] CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - MediaArtHistories, M.A.

2009-02-18 Thread info
Subject: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - MediaArtHistories, M.A. The first international Masters Degree in MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES is gearing up a new start in May. APPLICATIONS for Spring 09 will be accepted until April 1, in our rolling admissions system. The postgraduate program MediaArtHistories at the

[NetBehaviour] MAN O WAR

2009-02-18 Thread karen blissett
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[NetBehaviour] scent of nothing these

2009-02-18 Thread Alan Sondheim
scent of nothing these http://www.alansondheim.org/neww1.png cuddled in here between urls 1 sunflower aichi and myself in dance ocad hybrid installation i'm dressed conservatively. well, i thought, before was too much someone looked and said "you're nude" with great surprise http://www.alanson