[NetBehaviour] Art and usage

[ahanon]

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Hiyas..

Yes..When is a user not using and the used can be without having being used?
Can we get used to that?
Here's perhaps some stuff on the subject with s write's notion of usership?
http://transform.eipcp.net/correspondence/1180961069

Cheers and ciaos!

ahanone
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> On Wed, 2014-10-15 at 02:45 -0400, Alan Sondheim wrote:
>> Was the user a viewer? Or someone who worked within/activated an
>> interactive program? It's interesting because labor is involved and that
>> relates to the notion of audience labor - a phrase often used in
>> relation
>> to television commercialization.
>>
>> Is a painting usable? I'd say yes - let's say a painting perturbs me;
>> the
>> painting then functions as a perturbation catalyst. Is this then a
>> function of the painting? Is the painting being-used to perturb (i.e.
>> the
>> passive mode for example)? Is the painting being used to perturb? Is the
>> function of the painting to perturb? Does a user use the painting to
>> perturb? And so forth -
>>
> Same for music or film or games or drugs or books. They're all used to
> do something to the person experiencing them. They all have uses for all
> those from creator to distributor to end user. Music for example, can be
> used both to create a persistent presence in the end user's mind or to
> dislodge a persistent musical presence in the end user's mind. The
> latter also capable of returning one to a particular frame of mind when
> one's frame of mind is influenced too much by the attitudes those around
> you.
>
> James.
>
>
>> Alan
>>
>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, Pall Thayer wrote:
>>
>> > I encountered an interesting discussion today about contemporary
>> digital art
>> > that referenced the "user" in a prominent way. I'm wondering whether
>> this
>> > has become a "thing". Does our art need to be "used"? If so, is its
>> quality
>> > determined by its "usability"? Will gallery guests start saying, "That
>> was
>> > so usable. I might buy it." Or "That piece on the left was one of the
>> most
>> > useful pieces I've seen in years. It left me with this vague sense of
>> still
>> > using it."
>> > --
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>> > Pall Thayer
>> > artist
>> > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org
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>> >
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