marc garrett
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BIO
Marc Garrett is co-director and co-founder, with artist Ruth Catlow of the Internet arts collectives and communities – Furtherfield.org, Furthernoise.org, Netbehaviour.org, also co-founder and co-curator/director of the gallery space formerly known as 'HTTP Gallery' now called the Furtherfield Gallery in London (Finsbury Park), UK. Co-curating various contemporary Media Arts exhibitions, projects nationally and internationally. Co-editor of 'Artists Re:Thinking Games' with Ruth Catlow and Corrado Morgana 2010. Hosted Furtherfield's critically acclaimed weekly broadcast on UK's Resonance FM Radio, a series of hour long live interviews with people working at the edge of contemporary practices in art, technology & social change. Currently doing an Art history Phd at the University of London, Birkbeck College.

Net artist, media artist, curator, writer, street artist, activist, educationalist and musician. Emerging in the late 80′s from the streets exploring creativity via agit-art tactics. Using unofficial, experimental platforms such as the streets, pirate radio such as the locally popular ‘Savage Yet Tender’ alternative broadcasting 1980′s group, net broadcasts, BBS systems, performance, intervention, events, pamphlets, warehouses and gallery spaces. In the early nineties, was co-sysop (systems operator) with Heath Bunting on Cybercafe BBS with Irational.org.

Our mission is to co-create extraordinary art that connects with contemporary audiences providing innovative, engaging and inclusive digital and physical spaces for appreciating and participating in practices in art, technology and social change. As well as finding alternative ways around already dominating hegemonies, thus claiming for ourselves and our peer networks a culturally aware and critical dialogue beyond traditional hierarchical behaviours. Influenced by situationist theory, fluxus, free and open source culture, and processes of self-education and peer learning, in an art, activist and community context.
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DISCUSSION

Re: Rhizome's Book Club


Reading Deleuze eh!

There is a rather nifty piece that I found in Nettime a little while back
from 2000. A translation by Bram Dov Abramson, you might be interested. The
translation isn't that bad really, pretty good in fact, although I can
imagine it loosing various sub-nuances.

Gilles Deleuze on Human Rights -
http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0002/msg00145.html

this is Bram Dov Abramson's site
http://commposite.uqam.ca/videaz/bio/baaben.html
It seems his main concern evolves around anti-rascist activities, a big
feature in relation to various conferences that he has run.

Your friend from Cambridge - could you get the secret of how to use a fish
knife correctly from her, it could impress various members of the arts
council if and when I get into their building, mixing with the artirati.
Which seems more possible these days, now I am accepted whilst in the guise
of middle class educated (self educated really) , thefore not a threat
anymore. I remember Heath saying years ago, that it does not matter what you
do but if you are not talking in the same language which is class and
administravely associated, your concerns will not be appropriated. And look
at him now... his work is at the Tate.
http://www.tate.org.uk/netart/default.htm

marc

> Later on, when everyone else had left; she said the work was great but she
had cried
> for me. I asked her why?
> She said it was because no one will get to see the work because of my
background and
> lack of relevant breeding.
> lack of relevant breeding? What was she a pedigree collie???
>
> I have a friend who pleased her parents by doing an MA at Cambridge.
> she said the only thing she learnt was how to use a fish knife.
>
> I'm fighting my way through some text books but I'm very intolerant. I
don't mind hard
> work but if I have to get out the dictionary more than three times in one
paragraph it
> goes back on the shelf. I've just started reading Deleuze at the moment
and my brain
> aches.
>
> j.
>
>

DISCUSSION

Re: Spears warns against piracy


Ah, my heart bleeds for them, poor littl' oppressed popstars...

marc

>
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>
> Spears warns against piracy
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2283072.stm
>
> --
> Joseph Franklyn McElroy
> Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]T
> Take the survey they are all talking about...
> http://www.electrichands.com/genius2000
> Electric Hands, Inc
> 212.255.4527
> www.electrichands.com
> joseph@electrichands.com
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Re: The Hitler Project


ok Daddy...

marc

> On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, furtherfield wrote:
>
> > Yep,
> >
> > We are getting duped by established orders who have no interest in human
> > issues or human lives, they are mainly more interested in maintaining
their
> > elitist heritage at whatever cost
>
> What a bunch of idiotic schlock.
> Wake up from your paranoid nightmare, baby.
> `, . ` `k a r e i' ? ' D42
>
>

DISCUSSION

Re: Spears warns against piracy


Yeah,

cuz they need all the help they can get - a multimillion pound industry just
ain't enuff support these days.

marc

>
>
> Quoting furtherfield <info@furtherfield.org>:
>
> > Ah, my heart bleeds for them, poor littl' oppressed popstars...
> >
> > marc
>
> Should we start a relief fund?
>
> --
> Joseph Franklyn McElroy
> Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]T
> Take the survey they are all talking about...
> http://www.electrichands.com/genius2000
> Electric Hands, Inc
> 212.255.4527
> www.electrichands.com
> joseph@electrichands.com
>
>
>
>

DISCUSSION

Re: The Hitler Project


It would be really cool if some great charismatic leader showed up that both
sides would trust'

Some chance - I know, I'm just not gonna bother worrying about the world
today and go to an orgy tonight, let off some steam...

marc

> reQuoting furtherfield <info@furtherfield.org>:
>
> > We are getting duped by established orders who have no interest in human
> > issues or human lives, they are mainly more interested in maintaining
their
> > elitist heritage at whatever cost
>
> I think that they are pursuing their own best interests (which they
construe to
> be the best interests of everyone except the designated scapegoat) and in
doing
> so are not paying attention to the costs to others outside their sphere of
> protection and ignore/misunderstand the real long term ramifications of
what
> they do.
>
> Those of use opposed to their actions, are, at the end of the day,
pursuing
> what we think are our best interests (even if we self-sacrifice, we made a
> decision that is best for us) and by extension, the best interests of the
> people we care about (be it the whole world). From their viewpoint, we
are
> probably trying to dupe them into giving up on what they believe is the
best
> for the world and their family.
>
> So there you have it, a vast corporate/military power trying to protects
its
> world from a vast oil/religion power trying to expand its world (to
protect it
> from implosion) and a weak power of reason not rising to meet the
challenge.
>
> If you want to have a chance at winning this war, you can't cripple either
side
> alone - you have to defeat them both... how are you going to do this?
Neither
> of the two militant powers are going to listen to reason, why should they,
in
> their view if they give in to reason the other militant power wins the
game.
> There is no trust on either side.
>
> I am afraid that the only solution is to kick both their asses, which
opens up
> a whole lot of problems of its own. Otherwise, try to bet on the winner
and
> wait.
>
> It would be really cool if some great charismatic leader showed up that
both
> sides would trust.
>
> --
> Joseph Franklyn McElroy
> Cor[porat]e [Per]form[ance] Art[ist]T
> Take the survey they are all talking about...
> http://www.electrichands.com/genius2000
> Electric Hands, Inc
> 212.255.4527
> www.electrichands.com
> joseph@electrichands.com
>
>
>
>
>
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