[NetBehaviour] Working on the Furtherfield Archives.

Johannes Birringer johannesbirringer1 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 21 16:48:33 CEST 2023


Agreed, it's a wonderful archaeological adventure you are describing, this
archival work.
I wish you joy, and good health.
best
Johannes Birringer



On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 4:37 PM Michael Szpakowski <m at michaelszpakowski.org>
wrote:

> Fantastic, Marc!
>
> On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 11:19:46 AM GMT+1, marc.garrett via
> NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Netbehaviourists,
>
> One of my main tasks at Furtherfield these days is dealing with its
> archive, which is challenging. Updating past material going back to the
> mid-90s is taking a long time. And, as you can imagine, not having massive
> budgets with an institution means less money to pay others to do the more
> time-consuming work. However, I have been enjoying reconnecting to past
> ventures with artists, writers and techies, and many are still on this
> list. It is an excellent resource of knowledge for digital, networked
> practitioners today, tomorrow, and of course, for ourselves who've been
> very much part of this amazing journey.
>
> It still needs to be finished. But it will be ready early next year. Until
> then, I'll be posting on the list and on social media various
> (re)discoveries of our shared past which I know many on here will value and
> remember warmingly.
>
> This is our history, and it was built from the ground up. Revisiting this
> rich and imaginatively diverse material of artistic, collective and
> individual energies has been an immense pleasure. It has been a privilege
> to know and work with you all, and this wild and messy history will be
> unearthed like radical folklore challenging the official and easily
> accepted narratives issued by top-down systems of hegemony.
>
> Wishing you all well.
>
> Marc
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