[NetBehaviour] .jpg final report

[Michael Szpakowski]

This has been a really interesting project.
As a number of people have remarked, it's been food
for thought too .I originally felt that the premise
was a little over fussy and unwieldy but its always a
pleasure to be proved comprehensively wrong.
I've enjoyed all the residencies -it's a great idea &
it fits the list format beautifully.
I've been struck also, particularly with Rich and
Jason's residencies, by the sheer generosity of spirit
involved ( clearly masses of work taken on by the
artists concerned, a real openness to others in
varying ways) - this contrasts nicely with the dog eat
dog way the present day artworld is presented and
perceived ( and often , unfortunately, is).
best
michael

--- rich white <rich at counterwork.co.uk> wrote:

> hello all
> 
> just a few thoughts to sign off:
> 
> I learned a few things during the residency. a few
> about drawing with
> the mouse - it's tricky.
> I'm pretty pleased with the results, but not
> entirely convinced. the
> final image was, for me, a bit of a disappointment
> (probably due to it
> being the last one, therefore adding more pressure
> for it to be good). I
> ran out of time working on it this morning (9am
> deadline). no excuse
> really. alberto guedea's submission completely threw
> me too. I wish he'd
> submitted more work earlier, it was really
> challenging. take a look at
> his site: http://a--g.com/18/. really
> uncompromising, brash digital
> additions to photographs.
> 
> I was pleased to provoke such disparate responses
> from people, although
> I think I would actually prefere it if people said
> exactly what they
> felt, even if it was by mistake leon;-) seriously
> though, leon's comment
> was honest, which is what I wanted.
> I found the debate around whether this was a
> collaboration or not a
> little irrelevent. we could argue the semantics of
> this for ages but
> this seemed to be avoiding actually discussing the
> work. what I wanted
> to know was 'is this a good drawing?' (and discuss
> what ever that
> means).
> 
> with this project I was tyring to challenge myself
> with a task that I am
> not used to - namely drawing using my computer and
> producing such a
> drawing a day. added to this was the challege of
> using whatever was
> posted to the list in response to the previous days
> drawing. I think
> this was successful. I was challenged. it was tough.
> even if you think
> the end results are so-so. artists should be
> challenged, otherwise they
> become complacent.
> 
> one possible idea that occurred to me as a spin-off
> from this project
> would be to have a permanent netbehaviour image
> posting - a constantly
> changing image that keeps being altered and reposted
> by list members.
> somebody could archive it somehow, or just let it
> drift and change and
> disappear - always in flux... something to think
> about?
> 
> favourite submissions included:
> michael szpakowski's paint by numbers 15.07.05 and
> real-world painting
> 13.07.05
> dion laurent's barcode 08.07.05
> ruth catlow's tv mix 11.07.05
> david rogerson's barry cryer 12.07.05
> anything by lo_y
> alberto guedea's twisted sister 20.07.05
> anything by ana carvalho
> special mention to joachim and marc for their
> inventive use of other
> people's submissions and lawrence upton for
> bookending the project. plus
> sim's bcast.
> please don't be offended if I missed you out there.
> all submissions were
> gratefully received and always a surprise.
> 
> thanks once more to everyone that took the time and
> effort to
> participate
> 
> I hope everyone enjoyed the 'amusing game'. I think
> it's important to
> remember that art does not have to be so serious all
> the time.
> 
> rich
> 
> http://www.counterwork.co.uk
> 07812444612
> 
> 
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