[NetBehaviour] We wont fly for art

Thu Apr 16 10:50:53 CEST 2009

Hi Ruth
Paint is oil based, as is our economy....
there is a direct link, as direct as a flight from Cornwall to Dublin
anyway.
peak oil padsxxx

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Ruth Catlow
<ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org>wrote:

>  Hi Patrick,
>
>
>   >"I pledge to never Paint in my pursuit....."
>
> I suspect, your suggestion saying 'never to paint' in your pursuits, is
> from a more personal place rather than relating to global, environmental
> concerns. Although, I can also imagine that you may also consider it to be a
> global issue ;-)
>
>
> marc
>
>
> I was thinking along the lines of wanting that art related travel too!
> How about "I pledge to never Paint in my pursuit....."
> patrick
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Michael Szpakowski <szpako at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi Ruth
>     pretty much my every breath is dedicated to trying to blag an art
> related trip outside Europe so I don't think I can do this one, or at
> least not until I've pulled that off. However I am happy to promise
> *never, ever* to drive anywhere in pursuit of my art...
>     warmest wishes
>     michael
>
>
>     --- On Sun, 4/12/09, Ruth Catlow <ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org> wrote:
>
>
>     From: Ruth Catlow <ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org>
>     Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] We won't fly for art : Take the Pledge
>     To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity"
> <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>
>     Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 6:07 PM
>
>
>     Thanks Karen and Dimos for joining us so quickly and for setting
> longer pledge deadlines; )
>
>     For those who'd like to join us but have tickets already booked for
> art-flights before 26th April, check out the comments:-
>     - Karen's pledge has a 10th May as its deadline
> http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart2
>     - Dimos Dimitriou has 15th May
> http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart3
>
>     Cheers
>     Ruth
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Ruth Catlow <ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org>
>     Reply-To: ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org, NetBehaviour for networked
> distributed creativity <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>
>     To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
> <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>
>     Subject: [NetBehaviour] We won't fly for art : Take the Pledge
>     Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:16:35 +0100
>
>     We won't fly for art for six months
>     but only if 6 others will do the same AND replicate this pledge by
> 26th April 2009
>     http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart
>     - Marc and Ruth
>
>
>     We will not take an aeroplane for the sake of art. For the next 6
> months we will find other ways to visit and participate in exhibitions,
> fairs, conferences, meetings, residencies. We will not fly for
> inspiration, nor to appreciate, buy or sell art.
>
>     But only if 6 others will do the same AND replicate this pledge.
>
>     This pledge is designed for exponential growth so if you persuade
> another 6 people to do the same,  within a year you could be one of
> millions of people changing the way the artworld works. So sign up,
> create a replica pledge and share your own experiences, observations and
> arguments towards reducing art flights. Post a link to it in the comment
> box so others can find their way to it.
>
>     This is a public art experiment in the de-escalation of
> carbon-fuelled, high altitude, high-velocity, global art careering. For
> six months we choose to cover less physical distance, move more slowly
> between destinations, to look futureward with more attention to the view
> from the ground and the network, for ways to connect with others around
> the world.
>
>     Who can sign up to this pledge? Any individual involved in the arts:
> artist (in the broadest sense), curator, art administrator, art
> appreciator, gallerist, art critic, art historian, art academic, art
> technician, art security, art transporter etc. Whether you currently fly
> for art 50 times a year or never, your engagement will change things by
> making your position in the artworld visible and by offering an
> alternative perspective. If you work with others you may need to
> completely revise your schedules and budgets and lobby for the right not
> to fly.
>
>     This is to light the blue touch paper of Gustave Metzger's Reduce
> Art Flights campaign using the generative and viral capabilities of
> social networks. We want to know more about the impact of air-flight on
> the artworld (and beyond). We intuit that abstaining from air flight
> will motivate and enable people (with more time, money, energy and
> attention) to relate differently to their own local cultures and to
> connect more imaginatively to other cultures.
>
>     Inspirations and Observations
>
>     Artwork- 'Reduce Art Flights' by Gustave Metzger, reviewed here
> http://tinyurl.com/cnv44r
>
>     Sustainable Development- Social science on the environmental impact
> of economic growth
>     'Why Politicians Dare Not Limit Economic Growth' by Tim Jackson
> http://tinyurl.com/6784zw
>
>     Investigative Journalism - What can we do to stop climate change?
>     Heat (2006) by George Monbiot, summarised and reviewed here
> http://tinyurl.com/devyax
>     Monbiot's Guardian blog http://tinyurl.com/dcew6o
>
>     Plane Stupid Campaign- 'bringing the aviation industry down to earth'
>     http://www.planestupid.com/
>
>     More Art and Ecology Links- http://delicious.com/ruthc/ecology+art
>
>     DIWOlogue- http://diwologue.net/blog/?p=38
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