[NetBehaviour] New Reviews and Reviewing Tony...

[Paul Annear]

Shouldn't that be 'playing even when we are working'?

And then last night after watching my genius friend dance at Showgirls I saw Tony Blair showing us his nipples on TV - and for the first time (not participating beyond an hour a year in that silly exercise in group think) I saw with my own eyes what (hopefully) was obvious to everyone else: the man is the perfect flatulent embodiment of the stupidity of a nation. 

Watching and listening to him broadcast his monologue of clichës of hate against the haters it was possible to see that in the arena of manipulation of mass hysteria he is a potent force - but not out of intelligence. (Wouldn't the intelligent thing to say be: 'we had it coming' and 'there will be more and worse'?). 

What was even more disturbing (or, if you prefer, amusing) was that 'the media' was in it (the hysteria) up to their rodent-brained eyeballs and the spectacle of the Poms wailing and gnashing their teeth when the terror they practiced for centuries - and still practice given the slightest opportunity - adds up to somewhat more than a few sub-Madrid bombs in mind-the-gapland. 

The timing was wonderful. One day we have the people of London in a orgy of self-congratulation after buying the democratic vote to get the Mac-Olympics and the next day they are in an orgy is self-pity because what is happening most other places in the world is happening to them. 

Does anyone see it differently?

APA


-----Original Message-----
From: marc <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:25:56 
To:NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity<netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>
Subject: [NetBehaviour] New Reviews on Furtherfield.org (July 05)

New Reviews on Furtherfield.org (July 05)
  
 http://www.furtherfield.org
 
 Scream(v0.1) by Amy Alexander.
 Following a theme found in several of Amy Alexander's previous works, Scream blurs the traditional distinctions between work and play. The effects of computers on our leisure time - and vice versa - is an important and still relatively under explored area in the analysis of our current social and political realities, despite the fact that "it's hard to tell work from play anymore. We seem always to be working - even when we're playing. Reviewer: Chris Joseph.
 Direct link: http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=149
 
 Grafik Dynamo by - Kate Armstrong Michael Tippett, on Turbelance.org.
 When I first encountered Kate Armstrong and Michael Tippett's Grafik Dynamo after reading a brief description on the Turbulence website, it made me think of the concept referred to as the "Internet Hive Mind." While I don't subscribe to this concept as such, my initial thought when viewing Grafik Dynamo was, "is this an example of what collective consciousness looks like?" Reviewer: Alison Coleman.
 Direct links: http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=152
 
 House Gymnastics by Harrison&Ford.
 Whilst discussing about boredom with each other in the upstairs hallway, fed up with everything, wanting something different, fresh and alive. They both realized that they had both reached a crossroads regarding the context of their creativity. An important era was born, and out of this meeting they busted their first moves. The Brace was conceived and perfected that one afternoon and several experimental versions of moves followed.
 Reviewer: Joachim Desarmenien.
 Direct link: http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=150
 
 Why Rock? by Annie Abrahams & Clément Charmet, at Turbulence.org.
 As part of the guest curators season at Turbulence.org, Annie Abrahams and Clement Charmet have brought together a variety of digital artists perhaps more well known for their visual arts than musical explorations. Under the banner of Why Rock? The pieces presented offer an intriguing exploration of digital musics potential. One that is more aligned to ideas of DIY punk than what we imagine the current music scene to be. Reviewer: Mark R. Hancock.
 Direct link: http://www.furtherfield.org/displayartist.php?artist_id=205
 
 Call 1 800 interact by Martha Carrer Cruz Gabriel.
 Bringing together voice and image to build a visual mosaic of users chosen colours, Voicemosaic allows us to hear the voices of people dropping by and saying a few words (mostly in Portuguese, and English) to be part of the project. Voicemosaic shows a screen that maps participation as it arrives from several different geographical areas, in different languages and different times, and from this something is meant to be produced. Reviewer: Joachim Desarmenien.
 Direct link: http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id=144
 
 All reviews:
 http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreviews.php
 Reviewers at Furtherfield:
 http://www.furtherfield.org/reviewersbio.php
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