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.

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* 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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Cult CPA Performance This Saturday - The Point in The Bronx


DON'T MISS

THE CULT OF THE COR[PORAT]E [PER]FORM[ANCE] ARTISTS CLEAN [SING] RITUAL

We are producing a performance art piece about preparing for a spiritual
journey; about cleansing the body and mind to be receptive to meditation and
tranquility. In some of the specifics, we deal with personal reactions to the
rituals of childhood, adulthood, and dealing with tragedy, war and peace. We
attempt to cleanse ourselves of the emotional responses to these past events in
order to prepare ourselves for the future. Our ultimate goal is to inspire our
audience do this for themselves, without shamans or intermediaries.

JOSEPH & DONNA
FRED SULLIVAN
RAFAEL CUBELA

ALSO SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCE BY WANDA ORTIZ IN GET WET

Saturday February 8, 2003 @8pm
The Point
940 Garrison Ave
718-542-4139
The Bronx
www.thepoint.org

For advanced tickets call joseph 646-279-2309 or donna 646-279-9549

Tickets are 15$ at the door, 12$ in advance

By Subway: Take the 6 train to Hunts Point Avenue. Walk under the Bruckner
Expressway (right in front of you when you exit the train station onto Hunts
Point Avenue) and make a right turn at the first light onto Garrison Avenue.
THE POINT is on the corner of Garrison and Manida Street (the first street on
your left walking on Garrison).

By Car: Take the FDR drive to the Willis Avenue Bridge. Bear right on Bruckner
Boulevard (and stay under the Bruckner Expressway) for 1 to 2 miles. Turn right
onto Barretto Street. For THE POINT, turn left onto Garrison. THE POINT is
located on the corner of Garrison and Manida. Park on the street. The entrance
is on Manida Street.

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DISCUSSION

Re: [thingist] Cult CPA Performance This Saturday - The Point in The Bronx


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

> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, joseph (yes=no & yes<>no) wrote:
>
> > Our ultimate goal is to inspire our audience do this for themselves,
> > without shamans or intermediaries.
>
> Best of luck, but this is simply not a possibility.
> And if one understood what a shaman is, one wouldn't
> be so egotistically knee-jerking against them.

I admit that I don't understand what a shaman is on anything other than a
superficial level. I am trying to understand, but I assume it will take a long
time (if ever). There are plenty of faux shamans around who make claims that
should be examined critically, even by the asleep audience (and cast) members.

>
> A point that cannot be "proven".
>
> And you will invite the audience to do as you do.

We will only invite the audience to critically examine claims of shamanism, and
to search for answers themselves.

> As if you're any manner of authority, or even in the capacity
> to take responsibility what will happen to those humans
> (o, but for which a shaman would).

We are consciously expressing that we ARE NOT shamans, and only ask the
audience to engage in searching for answers with us. I take responsibility for
initiating the search, not out of knowledge that I have, but do not have.

>
> Be "open" my dearest.
>
> After all, there's always the opportunity to cleanse
> onself from any and all seeds of consciousness.
> It's not like there isn't anyone out there who'd
> just *love* to take advantage of such "open" humans.

We seek only to engage them such that they are entertained and wish to attend
(and purchase tickets to) more performances. If we can stimulate them to pursue
issues further, we will be happy but will be sure not to provide answers that
we do not have.

>
> After all, consciousness : the most expensive energie.
>
> It's so "cool" and "rebelious against authority" to play
> with "cultism" and take advantage of and exploit potential
> audience stupidity.

Cult is not Religion, nor are we rebelling. We are seeking authority and not
providing it.

>
> That would be part of the ritual of self-cleansing,
> one assumes.

If one does not have someone to follow, one must do for themselves.

>
> Crass con-men.

I am on occassion very crass, in the past I have hidden my lack of confidence
with a sales pitch that one could call a con, but I no longer lack confidence.

If you have any suggestions upon how to prevent us from damaging people, I
would greatly appreciate them.

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

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Re: Re: [thingist] Cult CPA Performance This Saturday - The Point in The Bronx


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

> Comme vous voulez, senoras. Comme vous voulez.
> Los anjelitos estaban des serviteurs des votre voleurs.
> Waltz + tango. Reformacion.
>
> http://www.reformation.org/chapter14.html

I don't know yet the nature of the repression, like a child, I take my first
steps, and stand in awe of people who knew what to do and did it. However, the
dramatic statement now needs to be so large as to bring more than two buildings
down. Televized suicide is now a sport. What other way?

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

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DISCUSSION

Re: Your role in stopping the war against Iraq


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

> On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Dyske Suematsu wrote:
>
> The state of a catatonic rabbit with no will, tail in the air,
> eyes and ass wide-open (for suggestion), so it's more comfortable
> for him to feed.

I am not interested in feeding. His position on neutrality I disagree with.

>
> His entire modus operandi is "competitive" power posturing,
> even though he has none, as well as cheap techniques which
> "paralyze" humans from self-defense such as attempting to
> induce fright, misinformation, authority posturing (again
> he has none), abuse of state of blindness (you aren't seeing
> what I am doing, you misunderstand) (btw, it's not necessary
> to "see" him or "understand" him in order to act accordingly,
> as the latter are cheap mesmeric techniques anyhow), as well
> as disbalance / undermining attempts via either data overload,
> emotional bleating.

I have stated that I am equally in a state of investigation, thus have no
authority to judge his actions, though I am free to disagree with a particular
position (neutrality vs apathy vs investigative) he places the state.

>
> What a shame that it's not Joseph doing it even.
> But that ego always makes one feel so "tough".
> For 5 minutes. Until you need another hit.
> On and on, until you die in the ditches like a
> rotting piece of human flesh.

Dramatic bit of writing, however I am not engaged in such behavior.

>
> A fate to die--and murder for. But the former
> demands the latter. A necessity.
>
> Why do humans murder?

Their feet are locked in mud and thus unable to leap over obstacles other
beings present.

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

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DISCUSSION

Re: Your role in stopping the war against Iraq


Quoting Dyske Suematsu <dyske@dyske.com>:

> All three statements make you guilty of your own criticisms. I stated that I

You are not on the recognized list of judges.

> am willing to learn from anyone including yourself, though you did not feel
> that I "proved" it.

You are willing to passively accept knowledge transferred via conversations,
you have not demonstrated a willingness to take action beyound this email list
to advance your knowledge to the point where you feel comfortable making a
committed decision. You are not neutral, you are apathetic.

>You are flat out admitting that you are unwilling. Or,
> perhaps you are saying that you are neither willing or unwilling, i.e.,
> neutral, the very state you also criticize.

I never stated the condition of my willingness and I pointed this out to you.
The argument in question is whether you are neutral or apathetic and has
nothing to do with my state.

>
> "yet are insistent upon their expression" What about your own insistence?
>
> Yes, I believe in Nietzsche's will-to-power. Those who protest the war,
> those against it, or neutral; they all have it. Everyone is entitled to
> their will-to-power. It is a social mechanism that works well as a whole,
> and it is in the basis of democracy. To "dictate" is a different issue. To
> dictate means to force someone against their will. I have no such power or
> desire to dictate. If someone wants to listen to my opinions, then that is
> great, if not, no problem.

Your attempt to turn the argument into a contrast of personal abilities
demonstrates a desire to overpower. Will to power allows Nietzsche to see self-
transformation as a creative art form. We are speaking of your will to
overpower and control some other person's transformation into a weak imitation
of yourself.

>
> "Yes, run." Here you express your wish for me to be in the state that you
> describe. Though I do not know what this state is, I am willing to be
> open-minded of the possibility of the state of my mind changing in the
> future, as it did in the past. You criticize me for being insistent of my
> opinion, and you even call it "murder". Yet you insist that I reach the
> state you describe. How do you reconcile this?
>

You are not making sense, "yes,run" was a description of your final action. If
you stop attacking me, perhaps we can return to the argument of neutrality.

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

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