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

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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: Re: [thingist] Rub Linda the right way and she might show you wonderland


I wouldn't know, not that evolved. But I know that "dear" is said differently,
more amusement.

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Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <vivienn@fastmail.fm>:

> On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 01:39:40 +0000, "joseph (yes=no & yes<>no) "
> <joseph@electrichands.com> said:
> > Hey K+, your voice has changed!
>
> Toujours. Who's speaking, dear?
> --
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>
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Re: Re: [thingist] Rub Linda the right way and she might show you wonderland


I send you my virtual brawn...best of luck

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Quoting "marc.garrett" <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>:

> The fire crew have been & gone now...
>
> 5 trees burnt - 2 cars completely gutted, black smoke engulfing everything -
> it stinks. I can go to bed now...
>
> And yes - it is a bit of a mess out there...
>
> marc
>
>
> > oh my!!! Two years ago someone torched our van. It is going to be one
> hell of
> > mess to clean up, let me warn you.
> >
> > joseph & donna
> > www.electrichands.com
> > joseph franklyn mcelroy
> > corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
> >
> > go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
> > call me 646 279 2309
> >
> > SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER CUPCAKEKALEIDOSCOPE - send email to
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting "marc.garrett" <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>:
> >
> > > Hi Joseph,
> > >
> > > We could discuss this till the bombs come home...
> > >
> > > We've just had a car catch fire in our yard (sheeesh!) & its just
> reached
> > > another car now, it's wild.
> > >
> > > The fire brigade are popping round to extinguish the blaze, I hope.
> > >
> > > marc
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Good - I'm glad, so you'll also understand that it ain't ethical to
> use
> > > > > people's dead bodies for something as disposable as a statement
> then?
> > > >
> > > > I don't agree with such a blanket generalization. It entirely depends
> upon
> > > the
> > > > nature of the statement.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I still believe that it could of been shown in a different way, not
> > > losing
> > > > > impact.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps, but you would have to show me.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >Given that the Arab world is displaying their dead for a
> > > > > >similar purpose, I don't feel I have violated them at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > We are not isolated by distance
> > > > > But by greed and our racist history
> > > > > Just a wall's width away
> > > > > Still impossible to reach across
> > > > > This space in front of me
> > > > > It's we who write this history
> > > > > We who guard the money-tree
> > > > > We support the companies
> > > > > We stole the colonies
> > > >
> > > > Every person I know believes that no one else can understand them. It
> is
> > > not
> > > > racism, its selfism. You can expand that identity to your race. It
> is
> > > not
> > > > such a binary issue. My ancestors were indentured servants, cherokee
> > > indians,
> > > > and rural appalachian farmers living in poverty. Donna is african
> > > american,
> > > > and though I write here in first person, the final decision on
> released
> > > art is
> > > > with the both of us. Donna firmly believes it was important for the
> photos
> > > of
> > > > lynched slaves and africans in NYC to be displayed as an artistic
> > > statement.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This is not my beef - I feel that too many images of dead people
> have
> > > been
> > > > > mediated, almost like their souls are being re-invented for other
> > > > > functions - it's getting like a bloody 'Dirty Harry go-round otu
> there'.
> > > > >
> > > > > What do we know of their history, their real lives? Nothing...
> > > > > What do we know about them now - they are dead.
> > > >
> > > > I think you are shuddering to think of yourself, dead and lost in an
> > > ignoble
> > > > death. I shudder to think of such for myself. However, if a picture
> of my
> > > body
> > > > in death could be used to a good purpose, I would wish it so.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > No Joseph - you compiled it, placed the images there. Then I was
> invited
> > > to
> > > > > shoot your visual prisoners unkowingly - then I shot them. It's like
> > > being
> > > > > stopped by a cop & one of them plants some crack on me then says
> 'you're
> > > > > nicked for possessing drugs'. I was framed.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I explained to Ruth, perhaps my indicator was not strong enough.
> > > Regardless,
> > > > even curiosity bears responsibility. Though I do not like to condemn
> for
> > > such.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 'It ain't unusual to be wrong every now & then, dah, dah dah dooo'.
> > > >
> > > > as with me.
> > > >
> > > > joseph
> > > > + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: [thingist] Rub Linda the right way and she might show you wonderland


Hey K+, your voice has changed!

joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com

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Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <vivienn@fastmail.fm>:

> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 10:30:21 -0700 (PDT), "Michael Szpakowski"
> <szpako@yahoo.com> said:
> > Short post as I'm away...but I still maintain that not
> > only are Joseph's pieces part of a perfectly
> > legitimate tradition of extremes in satire but that
> > they are also anti war and, I think, good pieces of
> > work.
>
> One can "maintain" lots of things:
> humans have been known to "maintain"
> delusions for centuries.
>
> Realite is such that Joseph's "pieces"
> are cheap + exploitative. Deminstrate
> no real understanding or care for the
> issues + perpetuate ridiculousness
> which contributes_ to "war situations".
>
>
> > When I posted that "it chills the blood" is was to
> > this I was referring - even for those of us who are
> > both horrified by and actively organising against the
> > war sometimes a kind of numbness over the casualties
> > can set in -it's something difficult to keep in the
> > front of one's brain.
>
> Nothing in those pieces "chills your blood".
> Absolutely no-thing. You damage humans on a
> daily basis w/o care.
>
> > To the extent that Joseph's pieces hits us with a
> > renewed sense of shock I think it is a valid and
> > succesful piece of anti war art.
>
> Joseph's piece doesn't do anything of the sort.
> It's drab + appaling.
>
> > As for the name calling -I'm not interested in being
> > involved on any side -I think personal animus should
> > be kept off the list.
>
> Absolument. It's all "impersonal".
> This list is full of *objective* individuals.
> And your statements are not entirely subjective,
> are they. Or is drivel acceptable if it's in
> the *right form* but not acceptable if *you
> can label it name-calling* regardless of
> what it is?
>
> > best
>
> Glik. The insincerity.
> There is nothing "best" in your post.
> --
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> vivienn@fastmail.fm
>
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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: [thingist] Rub Linda the right way and she might show you wonderland


oh my!!! Two years ago someone torched our van. It is going to be one hell of
mess to clean up, let me warn you.

joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com

go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309

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Quoting "marc.garrett" <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>:

> Hi Joseph,
>
> We could discuss this till the bombs come home...
>
> We've just had a car catch fire in our yard (sheeesh!) & its just reached
> another car now, it's wild.
>
> The fire brigade are popping round to extinguish the blaze, I hope.
>
> marc
>
>
>
> >
> > >
> > > Good - I'm glad, so you'll also understand that it ain't ethical to use
> > > people's dead bodies for something as disposable as a statement then?
> >
> > I don't agree with such a blanket generalization. It entirely depends upon
> the
> > nature of the statement.
> >
> > >
> > > I still believe that it could of been shown in a different way, not
> losing
> > > impact.
> >
> > Perhaps, but you would have to show me.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > >Given that the Arab world is displaying their dead for a
> > > >similar purpose, I don't feel I have violated them at all.
> > >
> > > We are not isolated by distance
> > > But by greed and our racist history
> > > Just a wall's width away
> > > Still impossible to reach across
> > > This space in front of me
> > > It's we who write this history
> > > We who guard the money-tree
> > > We support the companies
> > > We stole the colonies
> >
> > Every person I know believes that no one else can understand them. It is
> not
> > racism, its selfism. You can expand that identity to your race. It is
> not
> > such a binary issue. My ancestors were indentured servants, cherokee
> indians,
> > and rural appalachian farmers living in poverty. Donna is african
> american,
> > and though I write here in first person, the final decision on released
> art is
> > with the both of us. Donna firmly believes it was important for the photos
> of
> > lynched slaves and africans in NYC to be displayed as an artistic
> statement.
> >
> > >
> > > This is not my beef - I feel that too many images of dead people have
> been
> > > mediated, almost like their souls are being re-invented for other
> > > functions - it's getting like a bloody 'Dirty Harry go-round otu there'.
> > >
> > > What do we know of their history, their real lives? Nothing...
> > > What do we know about them now - they are dead.
> >
> > I think you are shuddering to think of yourself, dead and lost in an
> ignoble
> > death. I shudder to think of such for myself. However, if a picture of my
> body
> > in death could be used to a good purpose, I would wish it so.
> >
> > >
> > > No Joseph - you compiled it, placed the images there. Then I was invited
> to
> > > shoot your visual prisoners unkowingly - then I shot them. It's like
> being
> > > stopped by a cop & one of them plants some crack on me then says 'you're
> > > nicked for possessing drugs'. I was framed.
> > >
> >
> > I explained to Ruth, perhaps my indicator was not strong enough.
> Regardless,
> > even curiosity bears responsibility. Though I do not like to condemn for
> such.
> >
> > >
> > > 'It ain't unusual to be wrong every now & then, dah, dah dah dooo'.
> >
> > as with me.
> >
> > joseph
> > + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
> > -> post: list@rhizome.org
> > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> > -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> > +
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> > Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >

DISCUSSION

Re: Dia article in NYTimes Mag


> >
> > OK, that's what I was thinking. This goes back a bit to my google/net
> > art masterpiece post. It's practically impossible to make something
> > that competes with the industrial world on a technical level.
> >

The Open Source model, such as Linux has proven capable of competing on the
technical level. You need to get a few dozens or hundreds of net.art
programmers to cooperate.

joseph & donna
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joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com

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Quoting "marc.garrett" <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>:

> HI T.Whid...
>
> >
> > OK, that's what I was thinking. This goes back a bit to my google/net
> > art masterpiece post. It's practically impossible to make something
> > that competes with the industrial world on a technical level.
> >
>
> One would hope that it might take more than how big one's techno-wallet is
> for net/web/new media to gain a 'genuine' influence on the Art World.
> Creative Captial is kool - but it by no means is the only way.
>
> Yet, it does worry me that institutions are beginning to sculpt the Internet
> Art scene in their own reflection. This sort of function shuts doors on
> others
> whom have been getting on with their creative net thang already. No surprise
> there...
>
>
> > How do we find a funder on that level? John Johnson is doing
> > something over at Eyebeam, but they don't have the kind of dough
> > we're talking about. Creative Capital is too broad in scope, they're
> > not really a net/web/new media funder.
>
> Alternative strategies are called for, outside art circles - More connexions
> beyond the converted - Less uneccessary Jargon~Real networking...the medium
> is no longer the message.
>
> >
> > Is it something we can prod along? or do we have to wait for the
> > patron to fall out of the sky and hope she lands on us?
>
> Never wait for a patron, they are really just rich stylists hiding a bad,
> bad hairdo. Why don't we become our own patrons, start something genuine,
> something that really crosses borders & not rely on net mythology (divide
> us) to get us
> all by. Create our own paths. Take these institutions on - bruise em' a
> little so they know what's happening for real. Form alternatives - net
> funded by our own
> 'share holder' businesses, our own investments into companies that kick -
> scum companies butts. Might be a place worth exploring...
>
> > well, the 'heroic' era of net art is tongue-in-cheek.
>
> http://art.teleportacia.org/about/about_alexei.html/
> nothing heroic about this text ...
> you're right, it is a joke.
> But it's a double whammy
> more real than the joke ironicly alludes...
>
> marc
>
>
>
>
>
>
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