[NetBehaviour] the no fly pledge

[marc garrett]

Hi Helen,

I personally feel that, meeting people in the flesh is very important 
and can change how we relate to each other.
 
The main problem for anyone, who is wondering how they could possibly 
join the pledge that we have proposed or are at least 'may be' exploring 
the notion of lessening their art flights; is that, if you exist in an 
area which is not as highly populated as London and any other busy city 
in the world, one immediately can observe where problems lies more, it 
is with those who are enjoying the vast infrastructures layed out in 
highly populated areas where flights are more regular and where there 
are more people flying.

Through this dialogue with yourself and Pall, I can see that it more is 
about degrees and where the emphasis of responsibility rests...

Enjoy your travel around Europe and hopefully see you if you visit the UK.

marc






i live in new zealand so flying possibly more expensive & longer than
anywhere else (a minimum 3 hour flight to get to the closest country).
but it's also kind of necessary, because even tho we have some great
communities here like the aotearoa digital arts network, & the magdalena
aotearoa network for women in theatre - we still have a very small
population & it's much easier to earn a living through your art "over
there" than it is here.

my practice happens to be cyberformance (live online performance) so
generally my rehearsals & performances do take place, & with the group
avatar body collision we have never actually all met each other yet
managed to work together over the internet since 2001. i have a lot of
collaborators around the world & it's great to be able to work with them
without having to fly anywhere : )

i do a lot of conference/seminar presentations via the internet - most
recently i co-presented with paula crutchlow at the presence conference
at exeter university in the uk. paula was there, i was here in nz. we
used UpStage (http://www.upstage.org.nz) and skype. i've done quite a
few presentations this way, where the online presenter(s) can hear the
on-site presenter(s) via skype, and is responding in UpStage in a
variety of ways. it works well, & adds humour, visuals, etc to a
presentation.

the one thing i have found with skype is that while most of the time the
sound quality is excellent, every now & again it is appalling. i think
it has something to do with the time of day, but i'm not sure. if it
happens to be appalling when the presentation is happening, it's can be
impossible to understand the presenter, which makes it difficult. a way
around this is to have a script or a good outline that the online
presenter(s) can use to stay in the loop. sometimes we've done
presentations where the online presenter(s) aren't on skype (e.g. the
performance presentation a number of us did at SCANZ in nz in feb, with
me on stage & 4 others online) but this makes improvisation &
sponteneity a bit more problematic.

we also run UpStage tutorials totally online, & that works fine : )

but sometimes we still have to fly ... & as in less than 5 weeks i'm
embarking on a 6 month trip to europe, i really can't sign the pledge
... but i'm looking forward to seeing some of you in the flesh : )

h : )

Jason Nelson wrote:
 > > just noticed the no fly pledge....
 > >
 > > a really interesting idea.....living in Australia makes
 > > traveling anywhere expensive and painful....so I've
 > > been testing out various methods for doing artist talks
 > > online....although there are lots of options...the other
 > > end usually is too scared....or has troubles....can
 > > anyone suggest some methods that have worked well?
 > >
 > > my last net chat was via gchat....and it worked well for about
 > > 30 minutes and then crapped out....
 > >
 > > Jason
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