Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-11-04 Thread Alexandre Castonguay
The question reminds me of : Letters to a Young Artist, a collection of essays modeled after Goethe's letter (another good read). It has some insights from people like Adrian Piper, William Pole L. and the Guerilla Girls. The variables are alike between the artistic discipline (time, revenue

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-11-02 Thread Adityo Pratomo
hahaha, gotta agree with this. I couldn't even stand sleeping for 4 hours a day for a week. because on the next week, i'll be sleeping 10 hours a day, hahaha... anyway, thank you for sharing your stories everybody :) On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Derek Holzer wrote: > Short term results = fa

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-11-02 Thread Derek Holzer
Short term results = fantastic! Long term results = detrimental to one's health... Just ask Jack Kerouac. Jaime Oliver wrote: make art with that time. Or you could try giving up sleeping. In the end, the sleeping thing... doesn't work. -- ::: derek holzer ::: http://blog.myspace.com/macumb

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-11-02 Thread Jaime Oliver
> make art with that time. Or you could try giving up sleeping. In the end, the sleeping thing... doesn't work. J ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-11-02 Thread Derek Holzer
10 years ago I made the decision to be "professional" and live off my art. But to do that, one has to treat their art as a business. That means: 1/3 of your time is spent traveling to exhibitions, performances, workshops, classes, festivals, symposiums and any other place where you get to show

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-10-30 Thread Alvaro
you can get an artist in residence grant at daad.org, waag.org, nimk.nl etc. you will need some impressive letters of recommendation by somebody big like your teacher or galerist though ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-10-30 Thread João Pais
Hi, I suggest you keep your day job maintaing networks. it's much more well paid than art jobs, which means that you can work less and have more time for you. plus, the frustration of not being involved in art gives you energy to sit down and work on your things when you finally manage it. you

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-10-30 Thread Loic Kessous
THIS IS GREAT! On 29 oct. 09, at 21:47, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: Here's the last big project that was done from our own pockets for our own satisfaction. It has nothing to do with pd, in fact we didn't even use computers anywhere in the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTeevHn

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-10-29 Thread Adityo Pratomo
Hmm, I see. Looks like we have to have a day job right? Just curious, is there anyone have a day job in a field that has no relation with art? Like for example, I myself, I work as a network consultant. And then use my spare time to do some art stuff. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Hans-Christop

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-10-29 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
The day job is a wonderful thing when you find a good one. I do a lot of random technical freelancing and some sound design, plus I teach workshops and university courses. That gives me lots flexible time to work on what I want to. Here's the last big project that was done from our own

Re: [PD] life as a new media artist

2009-10-29 Thread Py Fave
i wouldn't rely on artistic works to have something to eat for me and family. I find it rather difficult to be paid for personal work. i wish money would'nt interfere with creativity. the economic model of art is so different of industry. i work as an editor for a (quite cheap) living but sometim

[PD] life as a new media artist

2009-10-29 Thread Adityo Pratomo
hi there everyone! well, my question would be very simple this time. Is there anyone here make a living as a new media artist? If yes, how do you get money to financially funding your project while still gaining money for personal usage or eve for providing your family? or do you have another job?