Re: nettime Fwd: e-flux's vision for the .art domain

2012-08-10 Thread John Stillframe
Dear Nettimers, e-flux is a for-profit venture that sells announcements for . exhibitions, events, etc for considerable amounts. The so-called. announcement service is not free and runs an enterprise that like . other similar capitalist ventures funnels some cash into arts and

Re: nettime Fwd: e-flux's vision for the .art domain

2012-08-10 Thread Andreas Broeckmann
john, folks, just to clarify: i forwarded the e-flux announcement to the nettime list to contribute to the ongoing discussion about the topic; i share john's critique of e-flux (and some of these people have names that are well-known in the art world) posing as a community initiative when what

nettime Surveillance Chess

2012-08-10 Thread !Mediengruppe Bitnik
G'morning! SURVEILLANCE CHESS (2012) Hijacking CCTV Cameras in London ___ Equipped with an interfering transmitter !Mediengruppe Bitnik hacks surveillance cameras in pre-Olympic London and assumes control. The artist collective