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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: [thingist] [Fwd: Please Support Rhizome Now!]
Alright, service to service, cost to cost, chest to chest. Get ready to Rumble!
Joseph
Joseph
Medical Miracles
Medical Miracles
A British doctor says, "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can
take a kidney out of one man put it in another and have him looking for
work in six weeks."
A German doctor says, "That's nothing, we can take a lung out of one person
put it in another and have him looking for work in four weeks."
A Russian doctor says, "In my country medicine is so advanced we can take
half a heart out of one person put it in another and have them both looking
for work in two weeks."
The American doctor, not to be outdone, says, "You guys are way behind, we
just took a man with no brain and no heart out of Texas, put him in the White
House, and now half the country is looking for work, and the other half
preparing for war.
A British doctor says, "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can
take a kidney out of one man put it in another and have him looking for
work in six weeks."
A German doctor says, "That's nothing, we can take a lung out of one person
put it in another and have him looking for work in four weeks."
A Russian doctor says, "In my country medicine is so advanced we can take
half a heart out of one person put it in another and have them both looking
for work in two weeks."
The American doctor, not to be outdone, says, "You guys are way behind, we
just took a man with no brain and no heart out of Texas, put him in the White
House, and now half the country is looking for work, and the other half
preparing for war.
Re: Fwd: RHIZOME_RAW: Keep the discussion to art
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
>
> (though note I did not say one should give up trying necessarily)
An opening? You gave him an escape route? My world tremors.
Joseph
>
> (though note I did not say one should give up trying necessarily)
An opening? You gave him an escape route? My world tremors.
Joseph
NOMAD UPDATE
NOMAD UPDATE
Would you condemn me, if you were here, as I tell you that I feel I am
watching a floorshow, reducing these fat women of various ethnic
backgrounds to mere character actors in a performance for my secret
amusement? I don't know if I am to blame; they seem to perform as
characters for each other; talking gossip in loud exaggerated voices
as they wash and fold laundry in this laundry room slash imitation
greenhouse.
Donna is oblivious, engrossed in reading the paper, except for the
interruptions from me to review and contribute to these words you are
reading. This missive is a two-person "we" voice speaking as a
one-person "me" voice called Joseph.
The Latin music in the background distracts me just enough to mention
it here, without interrupting the flow of thoughts and words. Whereas
the vending game beside me makes me ponder how anyone could use a
metal hook to capture plastic-coated, small toys mounted on thin
cardboard. I calculate the odds of winning are greater from the Lotto
ticket-dispensing machine next to the game.
So, we have moved our studio to the South Bronx, called SoBro by the
local merchants eager to create a trendy neighborhood so they can cash
in. Since we are going to travel, there is no need to maintain an
expensive Manhattan address. It was a tough move, now completed so we
can resume communicating with the world.
So, on the way back from Burning Man we went to a farm in Iowa, the
one Khrushchev visited, the one advertised at www.farmresort.com.
Now switch to Donna's one-voice that is two:
We met Elizabeth Garst (Liz) thru the Internet. Her friend, Allen
Bukoff, posted the invitation to her annual potluck dinner & barn
dance on the fluxus art mailing list to which both Joseph & I
subscribe to keep us informed & in touch with the fluxus artists.
We decided to go to the dinner/barn dance because it was en route for
our return to New York. We missed the dinner because Nebraska's high
winds and rough roads caused us (and other drivers-as evidenced by
many discarded treads) to have a tire blow out. We had to get new
tires before leaving Nebraska and had to stay the night. Thus we were
a day late to the party. When we finally arrived around 9pm, after
driving thru some of those dark country roads with which Joseph is
luckily quite familiar - we first came upon the resort House/Bed &
Breakfast. Here sat a beautiful home that appeared totally empty &
wide open. We walked in & looked around. I felt a little
apprehensive about being a stranger, on someone else's property, at
night. But I figured what the hell
Would you condemn me, if you were here, as I tell you that I feel I am
watching a floorshow, reducing these fat women of various ethnic
backgrounds to mere character actors in a performance for my secret
amusement? I don't know if I am to blame; they seem to perform as
characters for each other; talking gossip in loud exaggerated voices
as they wash and fold laundry in this laundry room slash imitation
greenhouse.
Donna is oblivious, engrossed in reading the paper, except for the
interruptions from me to review and contribute to these words you are
reading. This missive is a two-person "we" voice speaking as a
one-person "me" voice called Joseph.
The Latin music in the background distracts me just enough to mention
it here, without interrupting the flow of thoughts and words. Whereas
the vending game beside me makes me ponder how anyone could use a
metal hook to capture plastic-coated, small toys mounted on thin
cardboard. I calculate the odds of winning are greater from the Lotto
ticket-dispensing machine next to the game.
So, we have moved our studio to the South Bronx, called SoBro by the
local merchants eager to create a trendy neighborhood so they can cash
in. Since we are going to travel, there is no need to maintain an
expensive Manhattan address. It was a tough move, now completed so we
can resume communicating with the world.
So, on the way back from Burning Man we went to a farm in Iowa, the
one Khrushchev visited, the one advertised at www.farmresort.com.
Now switch to Donna's one-voice that is two:
We met Elizabeth Garst (Liz) thru the Internet. Her friend, Allen
Bukoff, posted the invitation to her annual potluck dinner & barn
dance on the fluxus art mailing list to which both Joseph & I
subscribe to keep us informed & in touch with the fluxus artists.
We decided to go to the dinner/barn dance because it was en route for
our return to New York. We missed the dinner because Nebraska's high
winds and rough roads caused us (and other drivers-as evidenced by
many discarded treads) to have a tire blow out. We had to get new
tires before leaving Nebraska and had to stay the night. Thus we were
a day late to the party. When we finally arrived around 9pm, after
driving thru some of those dark country roads with which Joseph is
luckily quite familiar - we first came upon the resort House/Bed &
Breakfast. Here sat a beautiful home that appeared totally empty &
wide open. We walked in & looked around. I felt a little
apprehensive about being a stranger, on someone else's property, at
night. But I figured what the hell
Re: Ten Million Hits
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
>
> The emotional impact is part of the package.
> It's backhanded attempt at censorship.
Yes, and I'll let you march around protesting abortion if you want to, but I
wouldn't let you stick a dead fetus under the nose of my mother.
>
> What are you gonna do next? Stick signs in the amazonian jungle--beware
> there are snakes around?
Yes, and if my children live nearby, I would put up a fence. No guilt.
>
> Only a farmer attempts to mediate natural lifeforms.
Nuff said.
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]
>
> The emotional impact is part of the package.
> It's backhanded attempt at censorship.
Yes, and I'll let you march around protesting abortion if you want to, but I
wouldn't let you stick a dead fetus under the nose of my mother.
>
> What are you gonna do next? Stick signs in the amazonian jungle--beware
> there are snakes around?
Yes, and if my children live nearby, I would put up a fence. No guilt.
>
> Only a farmer attempts to mediate natural lifeforms.
Nuff said.
--
Joseph Franklyn McElroy
Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]