[resource-net] Next Roundtable + technology issue

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Hi tati et al,

I also wanted to respond
re: the technology question...

>the discourse of creating a network among people that share
> the same "attitude" towards art (and technology) is more relevant.

this sounds a lot more like where the crucial intersections + common
territory lie...

I would go much further and say the arts which are not tactically +
socially engaged are becoming less and less relevant to ( the survival of
) the human species... and our very challenging situations.

And there is quite a growing abundance of consumer + corporate-driven tech
art that is growing exponentially like an evil fungus, and it may be good
to differentiate ourselves from it.

i started yesterday to write:

If someone uses a pencil to draw a plan for a bicycle-powered cell-phone
charger after a hurricane ... this will ultimately deserve more space in a
21st Century Art context than say, an i-Phone Musical.

or something like that.

...

on names...

i kind of like AtØm (Hub)...

... still hunting if there's something that may contain this inspiring and
fiesty 'attitude' of which we speak...


gruesse!
p.







> Hi,
>
> it is great to see that the discussion is developing so lively, it looks
> great!
> Unfortunately I will be out of town for a conference from 11 to 16
> December, so I won't be able to attend the next meeting. However, we can
> use this list as a platform to develop the initiative, and to
> communicate it to the people that won't be there.
>
> About the question on technology: I am not sure actually "technology"
> should be the main thing is connecting everybody. I agree with Chris
> that of course we cannot open exponentially the group, but I also think
> that maybe the discourse of creating a network among people that share
> the same "attitude" towards art (and technology) is more relevant. My
> background is coming from the hacker culture, and even if we know that
> hackers are of course the ones using technology deeply and consciously,
> among the community we always said that you can be a hacker even if you
> have never used a computer. What we all shared was a common
> understanding of politics, culture, art and of course technology, but
> most of all a common way to deal with the "status quo".
>
> I believe that if somebody enters into a network is because there is
> already something to share, and this is what makes the network alive. I
> would not easily go into a network of people working on quantum physic,
> and I believe that the people around the reSource list are already
> sharing something specific. So I wonder if we really need to say that
> what bring us all together is technology only. I would actually say,
> that it is technology AND something else (maybe network culture, DIY, a
> certain libertarian - which is not liberal! - attitude towards culture
> and politics, etc).
>
> About the names, I like very much the idea of Diana, since she opens it
> up to a variety of practices:
>
> NICE BERLIN
> Network Internet Culture Exchange - Berlin
>
> and it is very funny, too
>
> Best!
>
> Tatiana
>
>
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