[NetBehaviour] For what it's worth, by Pall Thayer

[Alan Sondheim]

In a way the value's always there, in the code; and I approach your work 
with a sense of wonder, in fact, at the depth of it, as is... I couldn't 
donate - my own work's not supported, I have to put whatever surplus I 
have, into it...


On Sun, 21 Jun 2015, Pall Thayer wrote:

> Thanks, Alan.
> 
> The whole concept of tying the "value" of this piece to donations (which affect the length and complexity of it) is intended
> as a bit of a joke. The "system" that guides the work is already fully created so that, strictly speaking, the donations and
> therefore, additional drawings and sounds are not really adding "value" to the piece. The joke is that it's worth whatever
> people are willing to throw at it.
> 
> Also, the fact that the source code is all made available adds another twist. Someone could set up their own instance and make
> up a bunch of transaction data to make the audio-visual part more interesting. This goes back to the point that all of the
> value is already there... in the code.
> 
> Best r.
> Pall
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 12:38 PM Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com> wrote:
> 
>
>       Count me in on this one; it also goes, at least in terms of music, to open
>       source; people expect free music, period. So for Avatar Woman, we had 8-9
>       absolutely stunning reviews - and over a six month period, sold 3 copies.
>       People just listened to the samples, that was it.
>
>       Loved Paul's work myself, by the way - Alan
>
>       On Sun, 21 Jun 2015, Edward Picot wrote:
>
>       > This is excellent! Really well-conceived and well-executed. The audio was so
>       > painful to my ears that I had to snatch my headphones off, but that's not
>       > really a criticism. To me, the animated 'splash' which appears in the middle
>       > of the screen resembles both someone throwing a pot of paint at the artworks,
>       > and those complex spirograph-style patterns of fine lines which appear on
>       > banknotes.
>       >
>       > We keep coming back to this theme, don't we? The fact that some 'established'
>       > art is worth millions whereas there are talented artists languishing on all
>       > sides who can't make the price of a busfair out of their work. I suppose to
>       > the general public it might come across as self-absorbed bellyaching, but
>       > actually it's a reflection of the gaps between the haves and the have-nots in
>       > society at large.
>       >
>       > - Edward
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