[NetBehaviour] Maecenas

[helen varley jamieson]

agree. thank goodness my art is mostly ephemeral & can't be stuck with a
financial pin like a dead butterfly ...


On 07.10.2017 02:29, Alan Sondheim wrote:
>
> I noticed this -
>
> "Maecenas touts itself as a blockchain platform that, according to its
> creators, will democratise access to fine art. For the first time, the
> Maecenas website enthuses, technology will allow investors, collectors
> and owners to exchange shares in paintings and sculptures instantly,
> akin to the way stocks of a company are traded today."
>
> This does NOT democratise access to art; it's nothing more than a
> secure way to protect and exchange's one investment - which plays into
> the notion of enclaving described in Mike Davis' City of Quartz (think
> it was written in the 80s). Art has to RESIST enclaving, unless one
> accepts useless decoration and connoisseurship as the only form of art
> worth considering.
>
> One of the amazing things about Furtherfield is, at least as far as I
> can tell, it itself is a form of resistance! I'd thank God for this,
> but given the state of things on the planet, I wouldn't want to burden
> Her with more communication.
>
> - Alan
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