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BIO
Joy Garnett is a painter based in New York. She appropriates news images from the Internet and re-invents them as paintings. Her subject is the apocalyptic-sublime landscape, as well as the digital image itself as cultural artifact in an increasingly technologized world. Her image research has resulted in online documentation projects, most notably The Bomb Project.
Notable past exhibitions include her recent solo shows at Winkleman Gallery, New York and at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; group exhibitions organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, P.S.1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center, Artists Space, White Columns (New York), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (UK), and De Witte Zaal, Ghent (Belgium). She shows with aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
extended network >
homepage:
http://joygarnett.com
The Bomb Project
http://www.thebombproject.org
First Pulse Projects
http://firstpulseprojects.net
NEWSgrist - where spin is art
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/
Notable past exhibitions include her recent solo shows at Winkleman Gallery, New York and at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; group exhibitions organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, P.S.1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center, Artists Space, White Columns (New York), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (UK), and De Witte Zaal, Ghent (Belgium). She shows with aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
extended network >
homepage:
http://joygarnett.com
The Bomb Project
http://www.thebombproject.org
First Pulse Projects
http://firstpulseprojects.net
NEWSgrist - where spin is art
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/
Re: Interpretive Sign for The Rush Creek Wilderness Trail
Brett, et al.:
I've posted more about the Rush Creek Wilderness Trail to
http://StrangeWeather.info, an art resource and archive project that I've
been working on that's much in the spirit of TheBombProject.org but
specifically about art and climate change. It's set up as a weblog.
StrangeWeather.info is almost ready to be launched.... The permalink to the
Rush Creek post is here:
http://firstpulseprojects.net/Strange-Weather-mt/2006/01/the_rush_creek_wil=
derness_trai_1.html
cheers,
Joy
...
http://joygarnett.com
On 1/24/06, Brett Stalbaum <stalbaum@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> New work added to the new work: A typology of an interpretive trail sign
> indexing the Rush Creek Wilderness Trail (Phase 1) was produced for the
> University Art Gallery "New Faculty" exhibition, 1/13/2K6 to 3/25/2K6.
> The Rush Creek Trail was produced by a C5 Landscape Database API
> "virtual hiker" and then followed on foot through the actual wilderness.
>
> http://www.paintersflat.net/rush_creek/
> http://www.paintersflat.net/rush_creek/exhibit.html
I've posted more about the Rush Creek Wilderness Trail to
http://StrangeWeather.info, an art resource and archive project that I've
been working on that's much in the spirit of TheBombProject.org but
specifically about art and climate change. It's set up as a weblog.
StrangeWeather.info is almost ready to be launched.... The permalink to the
Rush Creek post is here:
http://firstpulseprojects.net/Strange-Weather-mt/2006/01/the_rush_creek_wil=
derness_trai_1.html
cheers,
Joy
...
http://joygarnett.com
On 1/24/06, Brett Stalbaum <stalbaum@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> New work added to the new work: A typology of an interpretive trail sign
> indexing the Rush Creek Wilderness Trail (Phase 1) was produced for the
> University Art Gallery "New Faculty" exhibition, 1/13/2K6 to 3/25/2K6.
> The Rush Creek Trail was produced by a C5 Landscape Database API
> "virtual hiker" and then followed on foot through the actual wilderness.
>
> http://www.paintersflat.net/rush_creek/
> http://www.paintersflat.net/rush_creek/exhibit.html
Re: not so sad, Re: The sadness of the dream of Pixar.
that makes sense for "art" that gets pulled out of someone's ass maybe,
since they'd have no connection to anything outside themselves except
through their careers. this is just naive, or just part of the problem...
On 12/28/05, judsoN <office@plasmastudii.org> wrote:
>
> check yer dates. WS and WCW weren't living in today's economy.
>
> though most art can be made as cheaply as you want (particularly
> poetry, but not computer art), it's the time that gets expensive.
> but most artists aren't too resourceful and will spend a fortune on
> their "careers", materials, presentations, marketing, etc. whereas a
> mediocre doctor, with his head elsewhere, just is not going to
> compete. nowadays, to make a living requires focusing, and except in
> super rare cases, art is not making anyone a living. teaching art
> isn't making art. and an artist is only a person making art. great
> to get teaching gigs, but during those hours, for all practical
> purposes, you aren't an artist.
>
> i don't mean to be discouraging. but obviously, the system favors
> art by kids who's parents support them. those same parents probably
> keep institutions like the MoMA and art schools afloat. it isn't the
> artists. it's a messed up system. i'd personally love to see it
> collapse, but i'm a devout anarchist. when the kids can start
> supporting the institutions, it's because they discarded putting all
> their effort into art.
>
> the only folks who can make art are the ones with idle cash. folks
> who don't have to do double shifts pumping gas just to pay rent on a
> slum apartment. art is a luxury akin to crossword puzzles. it's a
> nice way to waste time if you have spare time to waste. not many
> do. we're lucky to have discovered and managed to squeeze into
> loopholes. it's important not to loose sight of that. most of us
> will be squeezed right back out and it's something we all have to
> face daily.
>
> when an artist becomes too hungry, they do lousy work. play time's
> over.
>
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2005, at 1:29 AM, Jim Andrews wrote:
>
> >
> >> Being an artist isn't something
> >> that you do "on [your] own time". It's a full-time job. It's not a
> >> hobby. Sometimes artists need a job on the side to pay the bills but
> >> being an artist takes a lot of devotion. Devotion that you're not
> >> going to muster if you're working a pion 8 am to 10 pm job at Pixar.
> >> Sure, if that's what you want, go for it. But don't fool yourself
> >> into thinking that you're going to be able to have a meaningful art
> >> practice on the side.
> >>
> >> Pall
> >
> > Some arts are not this way. Wallace Stevens (poet) was an insurance
> > executive. William Carlos Williams (poet) was a doctor, though not
> > a very
> > good one, I gather. He wrote poems between patients. Geez I can't
> > read this
> > prescription. What does it say? "A poem is a machine made out of
> > words"???
> > Can someone help me with this??
> >
> > But with the sort of work some of us do, yeah, it's more time
> > consuming and
> > demanding of different types of full concentration than some other job
> > permits.
> >
> > You may have heard this one only with a different name and
> > situation, I'm
> > thinking:
> >
> > So Margaret Atwood is at some cocktail party talking with a brain
> > surgeon.
> > He tells her that he loves writing and plans to become a novelist
> > when he
> > retires. "Isn't that funny," she replies, "I plan to become a brain
> > surgeon
> > when I retire."
> >
> > ja
> > http://vispo.com
> >
> >
> >
> > +
> > -> post: list@rhizome.org
> > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> > -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/
> > subscribe.rhiz
> > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> > +
> > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> > Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/
> > 29.php
> >
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
since they'd have no connection to anything outside themselves except
through their careers. this is just naive, or just part of the problem...
On 12/28/05, judsoN <office@plasmastudii.org> wrote:
>
> check yer dates. WS and WCW weren't living in today's economy.
>
> though most art can be made as cheaply as you want (particularly
> poetry, but not computer art), it's the time that gets expensive.
> but most artists aren't too resourceful and will spend a fortune on
> their "careers", materials, presentations, marketing, etc. whereas a
> mediocre doctor, with his head elsewhere, just is not going to
> compete. nowadays, to make a living requires focusing, and except in
> super rare cases, art is not making anyone a living. teaching art
> isn't making art. and an artist is only a person making art. great
> to get teaching gigs, but during those hours, for all practical
> purposes, you aren't an artist.
>
> i don't mean to be discouraging. but obviously, the system favors
> art by kids who's parents support them. those same parents probably
> keep institutions like the MoMA and art schools afloat. it isn't the
> artists. it's a messed up system. i'd personally love to see it
> collapse, but i'm a devout anarchist. when the kids can start
> supporting the institutions, it's because they discarded putting all
> their effort into art.
>
> the only folks who can make art are the ones with idle cash. folks
> who don't have to do double shifts pumping gas just to pay rent on a
> slum apartment. art is a luxury akin to crossword puzzles. it's a
> nice way to waste time if you have spare time to waste. not many
> do. we're lucky to have discovered and managed to squeeze into
> loopholes. it's important not to loose sight of that. most of us
> will be squeezed right back out and it's something we all have to
> face daily.
>
> when an artist becomes too hungry, they do lousy work. play time's
> over.
>
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2005, at 1:29 AM, Jim Andrews wrote:
>
> >
> >> Being an artist isn't something
> >> that you do "on [your] own time". It's a full-time job. It's not a
> >> hobby. Sometimes artists need a job on the side to pay the bills but
> >> being an artist takes a lot of devotion. Devotion that you're not
> >> going to muster if you're working a pion 8 am to 10 pm job at Pixar.
> >> Sure, if that's what you want, go for it. But don't fool yourself
> >> into thinking that you're going to be able to have a meaningful art
> >> practice on the side.
> >>
> >> Pall
> >
> > Some arts are not this way. Wallace Stevens (poet) was an insurance
> > executive. William Carlos Williams (poet) was a doctor, though not
> > a very
> > good one, I gather. He wrote poems between patients. Geez I can't
> > read this
> > prescription. What does it say? "A poem is a machine made out of
> > words"???
> > Can someone help me with this??
> >
> > But with the sort of work some of us do, yeah, it's more time
> > consuming and
> > demanding of different types of full concentration than some other job
> > permits.
> >
> > You may have heard this one only with a different name and
> > situation, I'm
> > thinking:
> >
> > So Margaret Atwood is at some cocktail party talking with a brain
> > surgeon.
> > He tells her that he loves writing and plans to become a novelist
> > when he
> > retires. "Isn't that funny," she replies, "I plan to become a brain
> > surgeon
> > when I retire."
> >
> > ja
> > http://vispo.com
> >
> >
> >
> > +
> > -> post: list@rhizome.org
> > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> > -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/
> > subscribe.rhiz
> > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> > +
> > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> > Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/
> > 29.php
> >
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
Re: not so sad, Re: The sadness of the dream of Pixar.
Damn right.
...and here's that story about Somerset Maugham to add to the mix; he was a
doctor, and he eventually quit medicine to pursue his writing, er, "full
time." When asked later in life if he had any regrets, he replied that
quitting medicine was the worst thing he could have done -- for his writing.
j
http://joygarnett.com
On 12/28/05, Jim Andrews <jim@vispo.com> wrote:
>
> So Margaret Atwood is at some cocktail party talking with a brain surgeon.
> He tells her that he loves writing and plans to become a novelist when he
> retires. "Isn't that funny," she replies, "I plan to become a brain
> surgeon
> when I retire."
>
>
>
...and here's that story about Somerset Maugham to add to the mix; he was a
doctor, and he eventually quit medicine to pursue his writing, er, "full
time." When asked later in life if he had any regrets, he replied that
quitting medicine was the worst thing he could have done -- for his writing.
j
http://joygarnett.com
On 12/28/05, Jim Andrews <jim@vispo.com> wrote:
>
> So Margaret Atwood is at some cocktail party talking with a brain surgeon.
> He tells her that he loves writing and plans to become a novelist when he
> retires. "Isn't that funny," she replies, "I plan to become a brain
> surgeon
> when I retire."
>
>
>
Re: A couple of notes on the new site
I agree -- and I love the big gnarly rhizome as the background image! Big
congrats,
Joy
...
On 12/19/05, Michael Szpakowski <szpako@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Indeed -looks really nice. Clean, elegant & attractive, & easy to
> navigate. Great stuff!
> michael
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: T.Whid <twhid@twhid.com>
> To: rhizome <list@rhizome.org>
> Sent: 19 December 2005 22:28:36
> Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: A couple of notes on the new site
>
>
> Hi Lauren,
>
> Looks great! Congrats to everyone.
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> On 12/20/05, Lauren Cornell <laurencornell@rhizome.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > So, as you may have noticed, we launched the new site this morning. We
> are
> > fixing glitches now.
> >
> > I just wanted to point out a couple of small but significant text
> changes we
> > made.
> >
> > First, we changed the title of 'Superusers' (those who filter messages
> from
> > RAW onto the front page and to the mailing list RARE) to 'Site Editors.'
> > This decision came out of a conversation with (those formerly known as)
> the
> > Superusers in which we decided that the title Site Editor more
> accurately
> > and clearly described the work they do.
> >
> > We also changed the 'Community Directory' to the 'Member Directory'.
> Under
> > the new membership policy, Rhizome's community -- defined here as people
> who
> > participate in email discussions and our various programs -- is now made
> up
> > of Members and non-Members. So, again, we thought Member Directory was
> more
> > accurate.
> >
> > We also introduced the idea of RhizPaper which refers to the background
> > image on the site. We'd like to turn this image over periodically with a
> new
> > image by a different artist. The starting image is a rendition of root
> by
> > our designer, Sarah. I should credit Marisa here: She came up with this
> > idea as a way to have artists participate in the design..
> >
> > Also, we didn't switch over the title for Net Art News as we are still
> > mulling over feedback and there are a couple of related technical issues
> we
> > need to address that that got laid to the wayside as we headed towards
> the
> > launch. So, stay tuned for that.
> >
> > All that said, let us know if you have any thoughts on the site. Things
> you
> > like, things you cant tolerate, etc. :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lauren
> >
> > Director
> > Rhizome.org
> >
> > +
> > -> post: list@rhizome.org
> > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> > -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> > +
> > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> > Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >
>
>
> --
> <twhid>www.mteww.com</twhid>
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
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>
congrats,
Joy
...
On 12/19/05, Michael Szpakowski <szpako@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Indeed -looks really nice. Clean, elegant & attractive, & easy to
> navigate. Great stuff!
> michael
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: T.Whid <twhid@twhid.com>
> To: rhizome <list@rhizome.org>
> Sent: 19 December 2005 22:28:36
> Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: A couple of notes on the new site
>
>
> Hi Lauren,
>
> Looks great! Congrats to everyone.
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> On 12/20/05, Lauren Cornell <laurencornell@rhizome.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > So, as you may have noticed, we launched the new site this morning. We
> are
> > fixing glitches now.
> >
> > I just wanted to point out a couple of small but significant text
> changes we
> > made.
> >
> > First, we changed the title of 'Superusers' (those who filter messages
> from
> > RAW onto the front page and to the mailing list RARE) to 'Site Editors.'
> > This decision came out of a conversation with (those formerly known as)
> the
> > Superusers in which we decided that the title Site Editor more
> accurately
> > and clearly described the work they do.
> >
> > We also changed the 'Community Directory' to the 'Member Directory'.
> Under
> > the new membership policy, Rhizome's community -- defined here as people
> who
> > participate in email discussions and our various programs -- is now made
> up
> > of Members and non-Members. So, again, we thought Member Directory was
> more
> > accurate.
> >
> > We also introduced the idea of RhizPaper which refers to the background
> > image on the site. We'd like to turn this image over periodically with a
> new
> > image by a different artist. The starting image is a rendition of root
> by
> > our designer, Sarah. I should credit Marisa here: She came up with this
> > idea as a way to have artists participate in the design..
> >
> > Also, we didn't switch over the title for Net Art News as we are still
> > mulling over feedback and there are a couple of related technical issues
> we
> > need to address that that got laid to the wayside as we headed towards
> the
> > launch. So, stay tuned for that.
> >
> > All that said, let us know if you have any thoughts on the site. Things
> you
> > like, things you cant tolerate, etc. :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lauren
> >
> > Director
> > Rhizome.org
> >
> > +
> > -> post: list@rhizome.org
> > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> > -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> > +
> > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> > Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >
>
>
> --
> <twhid>www.mteww.com</twhid>
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
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> +
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>
Re: not so sad, Re: The sadness of the dream of Pixar.
hee! this is hot, very hot:
> bubbles are the abusive boyfriend of the art scene. whether they are good
deep down or not, for our own safety, we gotta get out of there.<
;-0
On 12/19/05, Plasma Studii <office@plasmastudii.org> wrote:
>
> actually, i thought this post seemed extremely reasonable. not at all
> unrealistic. and a helpful attitude.
>
> being an artist, making (and certainly losing a lot of) money at it, it
> would be tempting to say it was a "career". it is just a fact that there=
is
> only an illusion (at least in the US) of there being a "career
> artists". the chelsea gallery scene and broadway theaters are among the =
few
> places on earth that are art for profit. depending where you draw the li=
ne,
> pixar is one of the others. only a handful of choreographers out of the
> millions could actually live off dance. we don't teach in our spare time,
> we teach to eat and if there is time left to us, we CHOOSE to make creati=
ve
> things.
>
> kids out of school, don't have nearly the pressure to earn, so art is a
> more viable option. or there are some who max out their credit cards, pay
> with more than they have. they may think art is a career, but see this is
> not a long term situation. the "i will spend anything i need to further my
> career" attitude is completely common, but eventually self-destructive.
>
> for the vast vast majority art as a career is just not realistic. it's an
> activity one can toss expendable cash at (and doing so is absolutely fine,
> beats drugs. some collect and learn to maintain antique cars, some become
> gourmets, study in Italy and keep an impressive wine seller. everyone wa=
nts
> to be an expert/brilliant.).
>
> yeah it probably will piss people off to even try to burst that bubble,
> but bubbles are the abusive boyfriend of the art scene. whether they are
> good deep down or not, for our own safety, we gotta get out of there. no
> one likes it in the short term, but sometimes medicine just tastes
> bad. there are things to fix and getting rid of these grand illusions is
> the first step.
> bubbles are the abusive boyfriend of the art scene. whether they are good
deep down or not, for our own safety, we gotta get out of there.<
;-0
On 12/19/05, Plasma Studii <office@plasmastudii.org> wrote:
>
> actually, i thought this post seemed extremely reasonable. not at all
> unrealistic. and a helpful attitude.
>
> being an artist, making (and certainly losing a lot of) money at it, it
> would be tempting to say it was a "career". it is just a fact that there=
is
> only an illusion (at least in the US) of there being a "career
> artists". the chelsea gallery scene and broadway theaters are among the =
few
> places on earth that are art for profit. depending where you draw the li=
ne,
> pixar is one of the others. only a handful of choreographers out of the
> millions could actually live off dance. we don't teach in our spare time,
> we teach to eat and if there is time left to us, we CHOOSE to make creati=
ve
> things.
>
> kids out of school, don't have nearly the pressure to earn, so art is a
> more viable option. or there are some who max out their credit cards, pay
> with more than they have. they may think art is a career, but see this is
> not a long term situation. the "i will spend anything i need to further my
> career" attitude is completely common, but eventually self-destructive.
>
> for the vast vast majority art as a career is just not realistic. it's an
> activity one can toss expendable cash at (and doing so is absolutely fine,
> beats drugs. some collect and learn to maintain antique cars, some become
> gourmets, study in Italy and keep an impressive wine seller. everyone wa=
nts
> to be an expert/brilliant.).
>
> yeah it probably will piss people off to even try to burst that bubble,
> but bubbles are the abusive boyfriend of the art scene. whether they are
> good deep down or not, for our own safety, we gotta get out of there. no
> one likes it in the short term, but sometimes medicine just tastes
> bad. there are things to fix and getting rid of these grand illusions is
> the first step.