kevin lahoda on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:35:53 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> How to Cross Borders, Social or Otherwise |
very romantic. Playing the nomad, walking around, begging, borrowing, finding things, thumbing nose at big brother, while all the while, really, going nowhere at all. I seriously doubt, aside from snippets like "small," "medium" "large," "yes," "thanks" and "please," that much of the crowd this work was *really intended for will ever be inspired in the way of, well, having much of anything to do with those whom it claims, seeks to "aid". Outside of the new "museum setting," that "affords both protection and a certain impotence," the best way you can "aid those who seek change" is to give them an extra quarter the next time they pour you a coffee. Is this a project in similar vein to that of the self proclaimed "tiger-team" hax0rs who took on the FBI's Carnivore? [1] Only this time not tigers, but instead, coyotes? [2] Another, I believe, great Rhizome/newmu sponsorship? oh please, no. Dear Mr. cyber-lobo, your friends and their lawyer: GET REAL. [3] This is all so unbearably cheap and rotten. Any attempt to celebrate, emulate, or compare your art to the (mis)fortune of people who cross borders because that is what they have to do to live, or for that matter, people like Kurtz who get steamrolled because of another list of completely messed up things -- as art/curatorial stance, publicity stunt, petting zoo, etc. -- is so weak it should be ignored. That the NY Times has gone and published an article on this "caper" only points to the ignorance of this media outlet and those it represents. impotent indeed. k [1] http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0206/ msg00088.html [2] http://repositories.cdlib.org/lewis/wps/27a/ [3] http://wpni01.auroraquanta.com/pv/immigration?img=1002 > Source: tech.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/arts/design/27iden.html > > In the basement of the New Museum of Contemporary Art's temporary home > in Chelsea, a seemingly ironic invitation appears on a black-and-white > label next to a flat-screen computer: > > "The Status Project aims to aid those who seek change, for example > moving from homelessness to a career in bank management, or from the > legal identity of a 32-year-old American woman to a male Pakistani > teenager." <...> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net