[NetBehaviour] The Year of Covid-19, Death and Collages.

[marc garrett]

Hi Gretta,

>love this one Marc, and have really enjoyed following the progress
>of this series online.

Thanks for your kind and supportive words.

>The post you wrote makes so much sense to me, all of that about your
>mental state dictating that you get away from screens at this time and
make
>things with your hands. I’ve been learning so very much these last 12
months
>about how to think with my hands, and the ways and perhaps reasons why I
>didn’t allow myself to do that before.

Thank you, it feels strange and a bit like declaring a secret. And, after
so many years engaging with and working in technology it feels a bit like
going back home to one's parents cuz the job fell through, or something
similar. Of course, this is not true. However, for me, there is a level of
returning to a point in time where I left off. There is a feeling of
insecurity regarding whether it's relevant at all because it does not
reflect elements of the technological medium we've all been exploring
through the years. But in one sense, it's a liberation rather than
conformity, and being brave to oneself.

>I see some value in the art world’s
>sudden recognition of the importance of digital art work (both culturally
>and, more problematically, financially) but I find myself unable to get
into
>the right  frame of mind to be actively involved, despite having made
digital
>work for the previous decade plus. Instead, I am one of those (also many!)
of
>us who are realising that the primacy of ’thinking’ and intellect is a
myth
>and that the fingers and senses have their own powerful ways to discover,
to
>innovate, and to know.

Yes, if we consider the pressure to be at the top of one's game with
technology as a medium. To be seen as 'special' and worth consideration,
top technology and academic relevance gets realised and graded like meat
for the market, magazines, curators, galleries;  either through the term of
scarcity or as another kind of cultural product. For me, art has always
been about liberation, whatever the medium or culture it is part of, or
crosses over from.

However, as mentioned in the post, I will take them further. I have also
been receiving quite a few requests from people who want to buy them. What
I like about this, is that anyone can enjoy them on their own terms. I
don't have to spend hours of my time explaining their worth to others.

It's time to love myself more.

Wishing you well.

Marc

On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 10:02, Gretta Louw via NetBehaviour <
netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:

> I love this one Marc, and have really enjoyed following the progress of
> this series online.
>
> The post you wrote makes so much sense to me, all of that about your
> mental state dictating that you get away from screens at this time and make
> things with your hands. I’ve been learning so very much these last 12
> months about how to think with my hands, and the ways and perhaps reasons
> why I didn’t allow myself to do that before. I see some value in the art
> world’s sudden recognition of the importance of digital art work (both
> culturally and, more problematically, financially) but I find myself unable
> to get into the right  frame of mind to be actively involved, despite
> having made digital work for the previous decade plus. Instead, I am one of
> those (also many!) of us who are realising that the primacy of ’thinking’
> and intellect is a myth and that the fingers and senses have their own
> powerful ways to discover, to innovate, and to know.
>
> Thanks for sharing this and for your words!
>
> Warmly,
> Gretta
>
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> On 12. Apr 2021, at 23:08, marc garrett via NetBehaviour <
> netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>
> The Year of Covid-19, Death and Collages.
>
> <img00_103_web.jpg>
>
> Since the Covid-19 pandemic, I’ve reconnected to my art-making side again.
> Like many people who have experienced the death of their loved ones and
> gone through lockdown, things in life feel very different than before the
> pandemic. This post aims to declare and share a small part of my life that
> academia and everyday work-life cannot typically compensate for. It’s about
> my renewed passion for making art and my own life.
>
> https://marcgarrett.org/2021/04/12/the-year-of-covid-19-death-and-collages/
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Wishing you well

Marc

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Dr Marc Garrett

Co-founder & Artistic director of Furtherfield & DECAL Decentralised Arts
Lab

Furtherfield disrupts & democratises art and technology through
exhibitions, labs & debate, for deep exploration, open tools & free
thinking. http://www.furtherfield.org

DECAL Decentralised Arts Lab is an arts, blockchain & web 3.0 technologies
research hub for fairer, more dynamic & connected cultural ecologies &
economies now. http://decal.is/

Recent publications:

State Machines: Reflections & Actions at the Edge of Digital Citizenship,
Finance, & Art. Edited by Yiannis Colakides, Marc Garrett, Inte Gloerich.
Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam 2019 http://bit.do/eQgg3

Artists Re:thinking the Blockchain. Eds, Ruth Catlow, Marc Garrett, Nathan
Jones, & Sam Skinner. Liverpool Press - http://bit.ly/2x8XlMK
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