[NetBehaviour] Selling software art

[Richard]

I don't know much about selling objects. But there may be some freedom in who is invited to buy or who is invited to enter into an artists economy.

I remember going to a very attractive west end show by the "environmentalist" artist pair Christo and Jeanne-Claude a couple of years ago. It consisted of drawings and paintings and photographs of their plans and visualisations for one of their "wrapping" projects - this time to "wrap" a portion of the Arkansas river. There was a sign that explained that all the money raised from the sale would go into the production of the final piece:
"Christo and Jeanne-Claude do not accept grants or sponsorships of any kind. They do not accept donated labor (volunteer help). They do not accept money for things like posters, postcards, books, films, T-shirt and mugs or any other products at all".
(Their web site provides further illumination: http://christojeanneclaude.net)

Commodification can lead to a form of participation in or dialogue with an artists work and I was tempted to purchase something. But I can't afford a flat with large enough wall space...


Richard
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Pall Thayer 
  To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Selling software art


  Do keep in mind though that the only reason I got the idea to do this was that I didn't receive the government funding that I expected to receive. And they still haven't told me why the @&%#'s!




  On Nov 18, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Simon Biggs wrote:


    I think that makes you a quantum artist! Is that a first? Or are all artists quantum? Can we have quantum art objects (both commodities and not commodities)?

    Regards

    Simon


    On 18/11/08 14:42, "Pall Thayer" <pallthay at gmail.com> wrote:



      Just don't ask me to explain what I mean. Sometimes you just have to be on both sides of the fence at the same time.




    Simon Biggs
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    edinburgh college of art
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