[NetBehaviour] Fwd: augmented reality art termed "offensive!" by Transmediale Director

[mez breeze]

thanks 4 the update. Tamiko + other Transmediale-goers have been in touch
with me about this incident as well: it's not going to just fade away
[thankfully]...

chunks,
mez

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:46 AM, helen varley jamieson <
helen at creative-catalyst.com> wrote:

>  hi everyone,
> i spoke to tamiko today & heard a bit more of the story. she was not
> actually presenting herself, but was in the audience at a panel on activist
> art when one of the panel members, who was showing tamiko's work as an
> example, invited her to comment on her work. her web site was being shown
> on the screen at the time. as well as stopping tamiko from speaking,
> gansing also asked for this to be taken off. nobody else in the audience
> said anything, which is disappointing ...
>
> tamiko does plan to say something more about it but at the moment she has
> some deadlines; hopefully she will come on the list & discuss it with us
> soon.
>
> h : )
>
>
> On 5/02/12 2:08 PM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
>
> Well, this is rather thought-provoking.
>
>  Aside from the "offensive" stance of the Director towards the whole AR
> practice, which could possibly be well motivated and arguable,
> I can't really see the point of censoring or dump an artwork being
> discussed during a panel at Transmediale.
>
>  Did they actually took off the work from the screen and suddenly stopped
> talking about it?
>
> I would find it quite disturbing.
>
>  best,
>
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