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

[Pall Thayer]

Well, and that's another funny part of the piece. It's a very small and
exclusive group that is able to donate, those who have and use bitcoin.
There's a lot of "noise" out there now but those who actually have bitcoin
are pretty few and far between.

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 9:55 PM Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com> wrote:

>
> 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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