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: Guatama McElroy


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

>
> Is bashing my religion in response to my criticism of your art
> "communication on the human level?" Or are you "pushing the power button"
> again?

No Eryk, it is simply that I know you are attacking for a purely selfish
reason, which is an irrational hatred towards me. Or perhaps it has a rational
and calculated basis, of which I could only conjecture. Therefore, I choose to
respond by whatever caprise happens to strike me, since any reasonable
discourse with you would only result in my frustration at your irrational
behavior.

>
> You have no idea what my religion even is- or if I even have one. Don't try
> to shove your desires into my throat so you can reject them. Reject them
> while they're in your brain, before they get to me. Or keep pretending that
> I am the one recruiting an army to support my delusions. You'll notice I
> don't have many people rushing to my defense. That's because I don't have a
> delusion to share with them- people get bored of the truth. It's old news.

To paraphrase K+, whom you are attempting to assimilate in your argument style,
reality is the most interesting thing there is.

> Everyone always knows "the truth", and if they wanted it they wouldn't
> pretend that they have to play all these games. But then they get so vested
> in winning- and sacrifice all the people who get in thier way, ie, "pushing
> the power button," that they use that game to justify themselves. I refuse
> to stand by idly. I am sure that will annoy plenty of people who want me to
> play games with them- like your call and response routine you run as a
> deflection of personal responsibility.

You do stand by idly. Your email calls for non-protest are self-serving and
productive of nothing.

>
> You are correct: My religion is the religion of toilet paper. But you run
> around trying to convince everyone that you don't shit, and furthermore you
> throw it around and say that it wasn't you. "It was society, guys- my brutal
> life did it." But no, you are not responsible for anything you do. I forgot
> that you are a puppet of your past and present impulses. Forgive me if I
> assumed you had any level of cognizance whatsoever, or any power over your
> own life and actions.

I made no claims to a brutal life. Nor do I claim a moral position superior to
any other. I claim that there are exploitive power structures that I dislike
for reasons derived from observation of people I know and through various media
channels available to me. I see no alternative power structures of sufficient
merit to replace those existing, nor do I envision the specifics of one. Thus,
I utilize to the best of my abilities those skills available to me to
illustrate my observations in the hopes that such will be part of a
conversation that reaches a better conclusion.

chow mein
joseph

DISCUSSION

Re: Guatama McElroy


The religion of Eryk Salvaggio is toilet paper. Please pray to Eryk each time
you wipe. The prayer should be "Oh Great and Wonderful Eryk, please bless my
stool and I will respond to every post yo[ur] in[e]"

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

>
> Again, he's- "teaching enlightenment". It makes me sick. The constant abuse
> of this stuff is what poses the real danger to our ethical climate-
> especially when used in response to allegations that his work is
> exploitative and irresponsible. Instead of looking inward, he'll use
> whatever means he can to justify his own delusions- not only pissing on the
> Iraqi War Dead, preaching the way to "win and lose," and exploiting
> sexuality, but also using religion as toilet paper.
>
> Bravo,
> -e.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "joseph (yes=no & yes<>no) " <joseph@electrichands.com>
> > One should first establish oneself
> > in what is proper and only then
> > try to instruct others. Doing this,
> > the wise one will not be criticized.
> > - Dhammapada 158 -
> >
>
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DISCUSSION

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


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

> There is obviously no universal definition for "good art." There is in fact
> no definition for "good." What happens when we are born is we collect ideas
> and values and begin to apply them to the world. Eventually they become a
> habit, and you apply them to everything without a moments thought. Recently
> I have decided to start choosing my values again. Not to choose values as a
> means to an end, or to use them to reach some goal- not to "win," per se.
> But to have values that I believe in because I believe in the values
> themselves.

One should first establish oneself
in what is proper and only then
try to instruct others. Doing this,
the wise one will not be criticized.
- Dhammapada 158 -

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DISCUSSION

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


A large lounge chair,
contains a shock of hair,
left from a fanciful
man cutting his locks,
to express his distaste
with the inferior
taste of the
strawberries.

Poor man, he is now
bald in the company
of his lounging
friends, who don't
laugh, but instead
decide to cut
their hair as well.

Secretly, the man
is pleased at the
state of his crowd,
and at the next
gathering
expresses his
pleasure by
ordering
strawberries.

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DISCUSSION

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


Excerpt from Power Session Twenty Nine entitled "Pushing the Power Button".

"Winners don't whine and whiners don't win. Other than sharing a number of the
same letters, winning and whining have very little in common. You rarely, if
ever, see a winner whining about this or that. They have already come to terms
with a harsh reality of life - whining keeps you from winning. If there is one
thing that defines the true achievers, it is their impassioned will to win.
Anything that gets in the way of winning has no place in their life - and
whining gets in their way big time.

Winners know full well that you don't have time to whine when you're busy
winning and you don't have time to win when you're busy whining. Griping,
complaining, fussing and fuming won't lead you to the winner's circle. Whining
siphons your energy, diverts your attention and squanders your focus. Don't
fool yourself into thinking, even for a moment, that you can do both. It's not
possible. Don't con yourself into believing whining won't adversely affect your
progress. It will."

Thanks for your "message" Eryk. I have repeatedly tried to get to a human
conversation level with you, only to be repeatedly rejected. You are the type
of person that is more dangerous to humanity that I could ever be. You
stereotype quickly and doggedly resist any contradiction to your initial
opinion.

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joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com

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

>
> From Freud, "Civilization and its Discontents:"
>
> "He must be very strongly impressed by the fact that some sources of
> excitation, which he will later recognize as his own bodily organs, can
> provide him with sensation at any moment, whereas other sources evade him
> from time to time- among them what he desires most of all, his mothers
> breast- and only reappears as a result of his screaming for help."
>
> Or as Joseph spake: "Yes, I was getting immune to photos, so I created a
> setting to make them shock me."
>
> Trivialization of mass murder and human suffering so that Joseph McElroy can
> have the experience of being "shocked" out of his own apathy at the expense
> of others- much in line with his "flower" piece, but now he's added a
> caricature of sexuality into the mix- but no, really, it's all about making
> "art" with a "message."
>
> I wonder if you would like to show this piece to some
> Iraqi/Afghan/Palestinians who are feeling personally affected by thier own
> lives, and you can explain to them how no, really, you're not just trying to
> get a higher jolt of electricity off of the "entertaining" "shock value" of
> thier dead bodies, no really, it's art, guys, it's cool, it's cool, it's
> art. Why aren't you getting a jolt of electricity out of your own death? Why
> do you have to get it from pissing on a pile of dead bodies thousands of
> miles away? But I have to say I really don't care to hear an answer,
> unfortunately I am not really willing to "go there" with you.
>
> I'll admit, I have realized that a lot of my problem with you is actually a
> problem with me- that I don't trust other peoples capacities, and I worry
> that someone might mistake the spewings of your nature for insight, and you
> might send people "astray." But this is not really my responsibility, and I
> don't know why I mistook it for one. I don't know why I listen to the hard
> christian radio stations talk about the war in Iraq when I know it will
> infuriate me and distract me from driving. I don't know why I give up on my
> resolve and go on looking at your art. Its all like insisting on burning my
> hands to see if the stove is hot when its obviously burning bright red. It's
> not really anything philosophically gratifying, its seriously just sadism,
> and my misguided desire to "save people from themselves."
>
> Emails like this are one more bullshit delivery device for my I attempts to
> "save the world"- the same impulse that makes me leap to stop a rape in
> progress is what makes me write an email to "warn people" about your "art".
> I am not going to do that anymore- the emails- because after these pieces I
> think it stands pretty blatantly clear, and nothing I could say would prove
> your retardation more than these pieces have already. It's not my job to
> protect people from you- it's yours.
>
> Works like this make me wonder why it is that I ever worried people would
> mistake you for having understanding or insight, when in fact you prey on
> the weak and the dead in order to get your own kicks. I totally realize what
> K meant when he called you a brute murderous ape- maybe these pieces of
> yours are you realizing that and surrendering to it, I don't know. I don't
> know what you have to do to get out of your zombie trance of power and
> aggression, but I feel like I should say that "shocking yourself" out of
> "apathy" isn't going to do it. Maybe it will, I guess you would know better
> than me, but its none of my buisiness.
>
> -e.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "joseph (yes=no & yes<>no) " <joseph@electrichands.com>
> To: <list@rhizome.org>
> Cc: <FLUXLIST@scribble.com>; <thingist@bbs.thing.net>;
> <integer@www.god-emil.dk>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 12:56 AM
> Subject: [thingist] Rub Linda the right way and she might show you
> wonderland
>
>
> >
> > Rub Linda the right way and she might show you wonderland
> >
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> >
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