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: All our eggs in one basket


Quoting leewells@bb19.net:

> Hi Joe

Oh no, not Joe. Joseph if you please. Joe I left in forgotten trees.

>
> I see and understand where you are coming from and for the most part am down
> with what you are saying. I did introduce my statements playing dr. evil.
> But for instance I am not a corporation and outside of Lawyers for the
> Creative Arts, I do not have a lawyer.

Da point is that the DA position is well known and easily argued. But "I am
going git my lawyer and sue" stuff doesn't really wash - only the rich and
powerful can do it. So da poor devil advocates need to stop a usin' dem
fighting words. It is like dem trees I forgot, all bark.

>
> But why should WE...working artists let others make money off of our hard
> work and ideas. Art is a business, this is how I pay the rent. Its fraud that
> most galleries take 50% commission for doing basically nothing (No other
> business in the world that takes such high commission) I'm not a trust fund
> kid that doesn't need to worry about paying the bills. It takes time and
> money to make art, upgrade computers, play the game to get the deal that
> pushes us forward. I look forward to the day i dont need to worry about money
> or the game. Believe me I give my art and Ideas away freely most of the time,
> but that is my choice. I believe its your choice too.

I don't give it away, I license it freely to the world. I don't care much if
some are crumbs are made...but if someone finds a gold mine, I reckon I will be
knockin' at their door. My pov, if individually we worry about control so much,
it don't really mean a hill of beans, however, when that control becomes
corporate, looking for every little patent and copyright, using the "individual
artists right" as political cover, we end up getting this repressive and
unequal society.

So I stop using the "I want what's coming to me" stance.

>
> All I'm saying is WE need to cover ourselves so that We're not taken
> advantage of. I'm only talking about the large multinational corporations but
> also by the budding little indy-cool business men and woman that have already
> had a taste of a little money through the internet boom.

Man, we are all taken advantage of on a regular basis...life would become
unbearable if we couldn't find little ways to take advantage of each other.
Legislating every thing into non-advantage taking is again repressive.

>
> Property is an issue. Ideas are another. It is the system that is currently
> in place. A system that doesn't need to be brought down, but a system that
> need to be reconfigured for NOW. The Squats were burned down a long time ago
> and even if they were'nt, I'm not willing to live with the junkies anymore.
> Been there, done that, thank you.

Ideas are squats. Should be free for everybody.

>
> Oh and by the way, even though the end of the world may be near, It aint
> happenin for a while so we should figure out how to get dinner tonight and
> breakfast in the morning. Ever wonder how to take out a tank without heavy
> weapons.

A practical person, I see. Lets compromise because this is how the world
works. Dig large holes.

>
> Watch out for those sun spots they make folks do strange things.

I don't need em.

--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]

DISCUSSION

Re: ffyyii


How bout we write an AI that requires every critic to submit a sample of their
writing for evaluation prior to them being allowed to evaluate any art work?

--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]

DISCUSSION

Liminality


From the Greek word limnos, meaning "threshold," liminality describes and in-
between time when what was, is no longer, and what will be, is not yet.

It is a rich and creative time, a destructive time. We must form a vision,
like unto a religion, yet not one, of a new world that will be.

Our vision will embrace a multi-theism world order, no preference or priority
given. Our vision will understand a discipline of selflessness, balanced with
the needs of the individual. Our vision will promote an economy of networks,
small nodes, less property, more distribution.

Fill in the blanks for us.

--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]

DISCUSSION

Feet in the grass


Internet by firelight, feet in the grass.
Small trout stream by our camper,
Information flows from flowers.

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Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]

DISCUSSION

Satellite


Finally, satellite.
Moonlight. I see moonlight. Now.
Send.

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Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]