[NetBehaviour] *** SPAM *** Re: *** SPAM *** Open Call –,video works for LIAF 2008.

marc garrett marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Thu Jan 17 11:26:09 CET 2008


Hi Richard,

 >'with friends like these' was a great article, thanks for that marc.

Cool :-)

The article was originally pointed out to me via Facebook by Ilza Black, 
who I am most grateful to.

 >whene facebook first surfaced in my life last year i noticed that it 
smelled a bit off. although i couldn't put my finger on quite why i just 
suspected there was something amiss there. so i put it permanently on 
the backburner, for which i was once memorably branded a 'sweet old 
hippy' by a colleague

I have been using Facebook, mainly because I take it on as part of my 
work so to know more about how these things work. I have always been 
interested how social groups work together online, mainly independent 
ones or art related groups using networks to communicate to each other 
and share ideas and promote their work.

I think that it is always healthy to be suspicious of web 2.0 social 
networking facilities, and large platforms such as Second Life. I also 
do not think that it's hippy'ish to to be questioning, I feel that such 
healthy scepticism can sometimes raise useful questions that many are 
too eager to ignore.

Even with this new adventure for Netbehaviour (www.netbehaviour.ning) I 
am suspicious, but as mentioned before; it is important to active and 
get things happening and jump into areas not immediately known, but be 
conscious at the same time.

 > in stark contrast i signed up to netbehaviours ning account five  
 > minutes after reading about it. i'm enormously busy with work right  
 > now but im hoping it might lead to someinteresting collaboration in  
 > the future.  :)

Regarding collaborations with Netbehaviour artists, there are some more 
in the pipeline. Even potential of more DIWO collaborations in 2008. But 
I also think even when people collectively explore systems such as a 
social networking tool/platform as Ning together, some interesting and 
exciting things can happen.

Hopefully some others on here join us on Ning, so to be part of building 
a new independent culture that is free, adventurous and dynamic in 
sharing and creating even more dynamic media art that is not following 
those groups who are making artists pay to be part of something creative.

wishing you well.

marc




 > 'with friends like these' was a great article, thanks for that marc.  
 > whene facebook first surfaced in my life last year i noticed that it  
 > smelled a bit off. although i couldn't put my finger on quite why i  
 > just suspected there was something amiss there. so i put it  
 > permanently on the backburner, for which i was once memorably branded  
 > a 'sweet old hippy' by a colleague
 >
 > in stark contrast i signed up to netbehaviours ning account five  
 > minutes after reading about it. i'm enormously busy with work right  
 > now but im hoping it might lead to someinteresting collaboration in  
 > the future.  :)
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > On 16 Jan 2008, at 23:55, marc garrett wrote:
 >
 >> Hi Annie,
 >>
 >> "With friends like these ... ", is a very interesting article. It  
 >> kind of reinforces my own questions regarding these platforms being  
 >> run by those who do not care or even know the context of the people  
 >> who use them. As in, they are only interested in money really, not  
 >> the art etc...
 >>
 >> Our recent experiment with ning for Netbehaviour is to try and  
 >> build a social networking group that relates more to our own shared  
 >> practices and interests, administrated by those who give a damn.
 >>
 >> This is the correct link
 >> http://netbehaviour.ning.com
 >>
 >> We are not sure what is going to happen with the ning project, but  
 >> people are joining it and seem to uploading a lot of interesting  
 >> material. It's a bit like this list but visual I suppose, plus  
 >> facilities for uploading audio, video and images as well as  
 >> offering who ever joins their own blog page, which connects to the  
 >> main Netbehaviour ning blog.
 >>
 >> I't the kind of thing that we have trying to do with Furtherfield,  
 >> but we just hasve not had the money or time to build something so  
 >> effective. So we thought why not jump on someone else's system and  
 >> learn about it with others as a community, and then perhaps we can  
 >> build something similar with Drupal code in the future, but for now  
 >> we can all have fun on the current one.
 >>
 >> wishing you well.
 >>
 >> marc
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>> thanks Marc
 >>>
 >>> about "With friends like these ... " I definately should take time to
 >>> join  and try your netbehavior
 >>> http://netbehaviour.ning.com/?xgi=hDxUOQd
 >>> I will
 >>>
 >>> On Jan 16, 2008 6:12 PM, marc garrett  
 >>> <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org> wrote:
 >>>
 >>>> Hi Annie,
 >>>>
 >>>> I'm not sure if it's a translation thing, or a continual growing  
 >>>> community.
 >>>>
 >>>> marc
 >>>>
 >>>>> This call made me realize I don't know exactly what is meant by
 >>>>> "expanded community"
 >>>>> Could someone explain, or give a link
 >>>>> please
 >>>>>
 >>>>> On Jan 16, 2008 2:37 PM, marc garrett  
 >>>>> <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org> wrote:
 >>>>>
 >>>>>
 >>>>>> *Open Call –*
 >>>>>> *video works for LIAF 2008*
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> *Lofoten International Art Festival* invites you to send video  
 >>>>>> material
 >>>>>> for their forthcoming screening program. The program will be  
 >>>>>> shown on
 >>>>>> different sites throughout the Lofoten Islands as well as at the
 >>>>>> "transit- areas and ports" to Lofoten Islands. The festival  
 >>>>>> opens 14th
 >>>>>> June and closes 7th September 2008.
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> The co-curators of LIAF 2008, Taru Elfving and Rickard  
 >>>>>> Borgström, aim to
 >>>>>> create an event that involves the local inhabitants and the
 >>>>>> participating artists in a dialogue around the questions of  
 >>>>>> sustainable
 >>>>>> future and expanded community. More than a thematic frame these  
 >>>>>> notions
 >>>>>> give the curators and the artists an ethos and, furthermore,  
 >>>>>> inform the
 >>>>>> structure and modes of practice of the coming festival. The  
 >>>>>> festival
 >>>>>> hopes to act as an opening, initiating encounters and shared  
 >>>>>> visions in
 >>>>>> the present of the yet-to-come.
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> If you are interested, please send us a DVD and a short  
 >>>>>> description of
 >>>>>> the work(s) to
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> LIAF- open call, Post Box 285, NO- 8301 Svolvær, Norway
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> *Deadline for submissions is 25th Feburary 2008.*
 >>>>>> The video works should not be longer than 10 minutes.
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> For further information contact LIAF at post at liaf.no  
 >>>>>> <mailto:post at liaf.no>
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> Some information on Lofoten islands and the festival:
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> Lofoten is an archipelago with a unique and fragile ecosystem  
 >>>>>> located in
 >>>>>> the Northern Atlantic Ocean above the Arctic Circle. It is  
 >>>>>> becoming
 >>>>>> increasingly charged as a political arena due to the national  
 >>>>>> resources,
 >>>>>> fish and oil. Simultaneously the expanding tourist industry is  
 >>>>>> making
 >>>>>> its mark on the islands and the local community.
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> LIAF (Lofoten International Art Festival) is a contemporary art  
 >>>>>> festival
 >>>>>> that takes place every second summer at Lofoten islands in  
 >>>>>> Northern
 >>>>>> Norway. The festival is entering a new phase with an emphasis on
 >>>>>> site-specificity and commissioned work. For further information  
 >>>>>> on the
 >>>>>> festival see www.liaf.no <http://www.liaf.no/>
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> Fax:  +47 73 52 06 74
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