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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.
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.
Re: Max Herman: Portraits of Life in Net.Art
Quoting Nmherman@aol.com:
> But in Zen drawing the drawing doesn't matter and the point is not to be
> thinking, deciding, choosing, any of that. Is that the basic difference
> between Eastern and Western art?
Trained thoughts into fingers or hands. Perhaps worse in many ways. What
happens when you don't like either East or West? Is there some South or North
bipolar I can work with?
What I have to do is get out of my head thoughts not related to the moment of
drawing - like "what will my audience thing", "what clever idea should I
express", "imagine the money I will make from selling this", "I can be
famous", "I will make her love me" etc.
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
> But in Zen drawing the drawing doesn't matter and the point is not to be
> thinking, deciding, choosing, any of that. Is that the basic difference
> between Eastern and Western art?
Trained thoughts into fingers or hands. Perhaps worse in many ways. What
happens when you don't like either East or West? Is there some South or North
bipolar I can work with?
What I have to do is get out of my head thoughts not related to the moment of
drawing - like "what will my audience thing", "what clever idea should I
express", "imagine the money I will make from selling this", "I can be
famous", "I will make her love me" etc.
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
Re: Portraits of Life in Net.Art
Quoting Nmherman@aol.com:
> It is if one's mission is to promote the philosophy of cosmic flopover.
> Those were not naive children; they were real-life Ninjas. Literally, Ninjas
> in the Ninja sense of "to move swiftly and unseen."
I think a cosmic flopover would be a real hoot. Who said naive? I bet you they
could kick my ass and yours, why do you think I am learning karate? Because I
want to look good? No, keep kids from beating me up on the street. It is
dangerous out there you know?
>
> Hey, I got a great idea. We could do a Rhizome collab where people vote for
>
> who gets to be what superhero from The Avengers. Vision? Thor? You decide.
>
> Perhaps Iron Man, Valkyrie, whoever else is an Avenger. Then create a VR
> realm where they can take on say Galactus or Magneto. A fully augmented
> reality game.
I would volunteer for the Incredible Hulk, but then I don't look good in green.
I already picked on some dude in nettime about being in an Iron Man
competition, so I guess I can't bring that up here. But I bet I can kick
Thor's ass, all that golden hair, he is sure to be a pussy.
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
> It is if one's mission is to promote the philosophy of cosmic flopover.
> Those were not naive children; they were real-life Ninjas. Literally, Ninjas
> in the Ninja sense of "to move swiftly and unseen."
I think a cosmic flopover would be a real hoot. Who said naive? I bet you they
could kick my ass and yours, why do you think I am learning karate? Because I
want to look good? No, keep kids from beating me up on the street. It is
dangerous out there you know?
>
> Hey, I got a great idea. We could do a Rhizome collab where people vote for
>
> who gets to be what superhero from The Avengers. Vision? Thor? You decide.
>
> Perhaps Iron Man, Valkyrie, whoever else is an Avenger. Then create a VR
> realm where they can take on say Galactus or Magneto. A fully augmented
> reality game.
I would volunteer for the Incredible Hulk, but then I don't look good in green.
I already picked on some dude in nettime about being in an Iron Man
competition, so I guess I can't bring that up here. But I bet I can kick
Thor's ass, all that golden hair, he is sure to be a pussy.
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
Re: Cupcakes, signal, noise
Quoting Patrick Lichty <voyd@voyd.com>:
> Sorry if I sound condescending, which isn't the case. That involves
> personal feelings about the subject, which have been driven out of me long
Don't apologize Pat my boy, you are condescending, always and forever, amen.
Someone gave you the misguided notion that you are smarter than the average
bear. So you have to act like it.
But you do have a nice little career going, daddy will be proud. Keep up the
resume building, maybe they will hang it in a museum some day. Caption "Here
lies the true art of Patrick Lichty, he was dedicated to cultural inquiry and
social activism through technological arts advocacy, exploration of media
subversion and nonlinear narrative, and independent curatorial projects. "
You forgot the keywords "disruptive tecnology", thats pretty hot right now.
Can I hire you to write my Art Business Plan?
>
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
> Sorry if I sound condescending, which isn't the case. That involves
> personal feelings about the subject, which have been driven out of me long
Don't apologize Pat my boy, you are condescending, always and forever, amen.
Someone gave you the misguided notion that you are smarter than the average
bear. So you have to act like it.
But you do have a nice little career going, daddy will be proud. Keep up the
resume building, maybe they will hang it in a museum some day. Caption "Here
lies the true art of Patrick Lichty, he was dedicated to cultural inquiry and
social activism through technological arts advocacy, exploration of media
subversion and nonlinear narrative, and independent curatorial projects. "
You forgot the keywords "disruptive tecnology", thats pretty hot right now.
Can I hire you to write my Art Business Plan?
>
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
Re: Cupcakes, signal, noise
Quoting "t.whid" <twhid@mteww.com>:
>
> anyway, pat helped invent the keywords, he should be able to use 'em.
>
>
There is a new bill in congress, one year term limits on keywords. Its part of
the soft money finance reform package.
It seems everybody is tired of the same old, same old. Want new representatives
in everything. It's the Springer crowd, you know those Eskimos and
Transexuals. Want a more populist movement.
Anybody else tired of subversives? I keep waiting for them to actually subvert
something. Now those priests, they were real subversives.
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
>
> anyway, pat helped invent the keywords, he should be able to use 'em.
>
>
There is a new bill in congress, one year term limits on keywords. Its part of
the soft money finance reform package.
It seems everybody is tired of the same old, same old. Want new representatives
in everything. It's the Springer crowd, you know those Eskimos and
Transexuals. Want a more populist movement.
Anybody else tired of subversives? I keep waiting for them to actually subvert
something. Now those priests, they were real subversives.
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
Re: Elves love cupcakes!
I think Elvis loved cupcakes also. He sang that song "Great Balls of Cupcake".
Also "You ain't nothing but a cupcake", "Just let me be your
Cupcake", "Amazing Cupcakes", "I'll have a Cupcake Christmas without you",
Glen Cambell followed in his footsteps with "I'm a Rhinestone Cupcake"
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
Also "You ain't nothing but a cupcake", "Just let me be your
Cupcake", "Amazing Cupcakes", "I'll have a Cupcake Christmas without you",
Glen Cambell followed in his footsteps with "I'm a Rhinestone Cupcake"
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]