joseph mcelroy
Since 2002
Works in New York United States of America

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BIO
The McElroys are a husband and wife collaborative artist, technology, and business team who bring significant artistic, technology and community development skills to Corporate Performance Artists. Joseph, is a graduate of Computer Science from Duke University and a former team leader at IBM. He has been a CEO of several companies, and has been responsible for raising $2 million to fund a startup company called EveryDayPrint.com, which while part of the dot-com boom and bust, he managed to bring to profitability and which still survives to this day.

Donna was an operations manager and PR specialist in the firms they have started together. She has recently been credited by several business leaders in the Bronx as being "top spokesperson for the Bronx." She is active in many community development projects, such as participating on the Board of the Bruckner Arts and Antique District, and working to promote many Bronx activities through an online newsletter called Cupcake Kaleidoscope.

Joseph was the leader of the Open Source Sig for the New York Software Industry Association. And was track co-chair for Open Source at the 2001 New York Software Industry Summit. He was on the advisory board for PostgreSql, Inc - the leading Open Source Database and has had articles published by Lutris Technologies and Open Magazine on Open Source business models and technology solutions. He is a database expert with extensive Fortune 500 experience. Among other awards, he won an IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.

From magazine "Open" issue September 2001 - "The McElroys kick open the doors of old business models and capitalize on what they believe." The McElroys have achieved re-known as Open Source visionaries with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine, and others. Joseph and Donna make no claims of divine insight, but in review by Lewis Lacock, it is said, "that this dynamic duo of art are the closest things we have to true shamans today". They are doing their best to pursue the knowledge to support such claims someday.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Achieved reputation as Open Source visionarys with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine among others.
* National Columnist on Money Matters for Gather.com.
* Judge for the Advanced Technical Categories of the Emmys.
* Successfully raised $2 million funding for startup.
* Successfully built and sold two technology businesses.
* First Entry into the Multimedia wing of the Museum of Computer Art.
* Artwork collected by the Library at Cornell University.
* Artwork in the collection of Rhizome.org.
* Developed first ever Exhibition Catalog completely on CD Rom. Done for Alternative Museum. Reviewed by New York Times.
* Selected to attend first ever Summer Institute for Performance Art at The Kitchen in NYC.
* IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
* Various academic, mathematic and scholarship awards. Attended Duke University on a full scholarship in mathematics.
* Poetry published in various journals. Art exhibited in museum shows.
* Certificate of Artistic Excellence from Congressman Jose Serrano.
* Recognized by Bronx Borough President Aldofo Carrion for contributions to the community.
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DISCUSSION

Re: cigarette break


Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:

> On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Max Herman wrote:
>
> > Hey Death, you're the guy whose ass I kick in the bible.
>
> You're neither in the bible nor can you kick ass.
>

Yes he is, I made sure to put him in there.

RESPOND TO ME
Joseph

DISCUSSION

Re: G2K revolution - answer to Eryk on why


Quoting Eryk Salvaggio <eryk@maine.rr.com>:

> Haha. Right. You made them stop, and so did McElroy, and so did Max by
> going to bed. I guess you all won.
>

Actually Eryk, it is an ideological war. K is distancing himself from
humanity, I am trying to be more human. So I set out to 'piss him off', to get
him to make extra efforts to insult me, to demonstrate his humanity. I
succeeded when he sent the email, unsolicited and without reference, comparing
me to a dog chasing its tail. After that, it was anticlimatic and I just went
to bed. Of course K will now chime in to claim this is all inaccurate and
untrue, but that doesn't matter.

So, from my standpoint it was a war/game/competition that I was out to 'win'.
And I did. You could ask why this occured in public. For me, it is a
performance that is documented in an online repository that at some point in
the future will be useful, such as research into early 21st century culture. I
try to make people break out of their carefully constructed personnas for a
moment and call me names, these are very telling and moments of honesty. And I
don't go for the easy targets, like politics or religion, but those personal
quirks we all have, which makes us human. (If you want to piss me off, call me
fat and stupid).

For K, it took a long time to find his point of weakness since he has a very
carefully constructed personna. I found that he hates to be commanded to do
anything and he feels it necessary to respond to anything addressed to him. So
my RESPOND TO ME was a command that he, by his own nature, had to follow. It
also attacks his ideology with its egotistical nature. It pissed him off so
much that he had try to find someway to humiliate me - thus the dog chasing
tail self portrait, which by the way had RESPOND TO ME in the subject line. It
is one of the best representations of anger that I have seen. Much better than
NN (who wasn't angry, just defensive) but not quite as colorful as Patrick's
Nazi Eskimo (who was more frustrated than angry).

Now usually after I have pissed someone off, a rapport can be developed -
however, I don't think it will happen with K - he clings very hard to his
protective coating. And we differ a great deal on world view. However, my
RESPOND TO ME was also an invitation for him to be open and listen, to respond
to what is actually written instead of preaching based upon what he thinks he
heard.

This explanation is part of the performance.

Joseph
Hey K - RESPOND TO ME!

DISCUSSION

Re: cigarette break


Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:

> On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > I was born without troubles. I was born without a tail. I have no ego.
>
> Waa. I dont want to wake up.
>
> > I am not fighting you.
>
> That's for sure. You cant even touch me.
>
> > I am not an animal.
>
> Yes you are.
>
> > I cannot be purchased.
>
> You already have been. And cheaply.
>
> > You do not understand me.
>
> Understanding is not applicable in the situation.
>
> > I do not have nightmares.
>
> Yes, some people take that route of escaping awakening.
> Total numbness.
>
> You do have nightmares, you're simply oblivious to them.
> Just like you're numb to the rest of your body (which is not
> your brain or penis).
>

You cannot speak for me. You cannot purchase me. You cannot say that I am numb.
Bad dreams are not nightmares. You do not know the nature of my body.

RESPOND TO ME
Joseph

DISCUSSION

Re: cigarette break


Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:

> On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > I was born without a tail. I was born without troubles.
>
> No, dearest you weren't. You're simply an infantile ape
> who refuses to open his eyes.
>
> > I do not fight you.
>
> Never wrote or implied that you're fighting me dearest.
> You're nowhere near outside of your own myopic brain nightmare.
>
> > You do not understand me.
>
> Understanding is in applicable with regards the (lack of) you.
>
> > I cannot be purchased.
>
> You already are. And cheaply too.

I was born without troubles. I was born without a tail. I have no ego. I am not
fighting you. I am not an animal. I cannot be purchased. You do not understand
me. I do not have nightmares.

RESPOND TO ME

Joseph

DISCUSSION

Re: cigarette break


Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:

>
> > I lost my tail before I was born.
>
> No, you didn't. Idiotic poser lie.
>
> > I was born without troubles.
>
> No dearest. You are still an infantile and irresponsible ape.
>
> > Death does not take troubles away for they do not exist.
>
> Nothing ever written or implied by me.
>
> > Fighting is illusion.
>
> No it isn't.
>
> > You do not understand what I do.
>
> Understanding hasn't got anything to do with it con-man ape.
> You're obvious.
>
> And you don't understand what 'understand' means.
>
> > RESPOND TO ME.
>
> Wag your tail, Joseph-doggie :)
>
> Maybe someone will buy you for 2 pesetas.

I was born without a tail. I was born without troubles. I do not fight you. You
do not understand me. I cannot be purchased.

RESPOND TO ME

Joseph