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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.
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.
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom Part 3.
Dates:
Tue Jul 06, 2010 00:00 - Tue Jul 06, 2010

Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom Part 3.
by Ellie Harrison
From September 2008 - June 2010, Ellie Harrison undertook a Leverhulme Scholarship on the Master of Fine Art programme at Glasgow School of Art. The thesis published forms one of the major outcomes of her research during this period. This is part 3, of 4 articles to be published on Furtherfield.
Part 3, here:
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review\_id=395
How Can We Continue Making Art? - questions whether there is a place for art in a world which is fast approaching environmental catastrophe, and Altermoderism: The Age of Stupid (http://tinyurl.com/32a3wr7) published on Furtherfield (26/8/09) - which uses Nicolas Bourriaud's Altermodern exhibition at Tate Britain in 2009 as a paradigm for exploring the art world institution's lack of acknowledgement and action over climate change.
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom, addresses the ethical implications of continuing to choose the career of an artist in the twenty-first century. It is a manifesto of sorts, written from the personal perspective of a young UK-based artist looking to identify worthwhile reasons for continuing down this 'self-interested' path, given that the future we are likely to face as a result of climate change, is so different from how we dreamt our careers might pan out whilst growing up under Thatcher and New Labour. It explores how we should aim to evolve our roles as artists, in light of this, and what form a new 'reconciled practice' might take.
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Other Info:
A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood...
We are on identi.ca & Twitter
http://identi.ca/furtherfield
http://twitter.com/furtherfield
Other reviews,articles,interviews
http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php
Furtherfield - online media arts community, platforms for creating,
viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the
intersections of art, technology and social change.
http://www.furtherfield.org
HTTP Gallery - physical media arts Gallery (London).
http://www.http.uk.net
Netbehaviour - an open email list community engaged in the process of
sharing and actively evolving critical approaches, methods and ideas
focused around contemporary networked media arts practice.
http://www.netbehaviour.org
Join Furtherfield.org on Resonance 104.4FM - weekly Broadcasts
http://www.furtherfield.org/resonancefm.php
Furtherfield Blog - shared space for personal reflections on media art
practice. http://blog.furtherfield.org
VisitorsStudio - real-time, multi-user, online arena for creative ‘many
to many’ dialogue, networked performance and collaborative polemic.
http://www.visitorsstudio.org/x.html
Furthernoise - an online platform for the creation, promotion,
criticism and archiving of innovative cross genre music and sound art
for the information & interaction of the public and artists alike.
http://www.furthernoise.org
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom Part 2.
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom Part 2.

by Ellie Harrison
From September 2008 - June 2010, Ellie Harrison undertook a Leverhulme Scholarship on the Master of Fine Art programme at Glasgow School of Art. The thesis published forms one of the major outcomes of her research during this period. This is part 2, of four weekly articles to be published on Furtherfield.
Part 2, here:
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=394
How Can We Continue Making Art? - questions whether there is a place for art in a world which is fast approaching environmental catastrophe, and Altermoderism: The Age of Stupid (http://tinyurl.com/32a3wr7) published on Furtherfield (26/8/09) - which uses Nicolas Bourriaud's Altermodern exhibition at Tate Britain in 2009 as a paradigm for exploring the art world institution's lack of acknowledgement and action over climate change.
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom, addresses the ethical implications of continuing to choose the career of an artist in the twenty-first century. It is a manifesto of sorts, written from the personal perspective of a young UK-based artist looking to identify worthwhile reasons for continuing down this 'self-interested' path, given that the future we are likely to face as a result of climate change, is so different from how we dreamt our careers might pan out whilst growing up under Thatcher and New Labour. It explores how we should aim to evolve our roles as artists, in light of this, and what form a new 'reconciled practice' might take.
————>
Other Info:
A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood...
We are on identi.ca & Twitter
http://identi.ca/furtherfield
http://twitter.com/furtherfield
Other reviews,articles,interviews
http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php

by Ellie Harrison
From September 2008 - June 2010, Ellie Harrison undertook a Leverhulme Scholarship on the Master of Fine Art programme at Glasgow School of Art. The thesis published forms one of the major outcomes of her research during this period. This is part 2, of four weekly articles to be published on Furtherfield.
Part 2, here:
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=394
How Can We Continue Making Art? - questions whether there is a place for art in a world which is fast approaching environmental catastrophe, and Altermoderism: The Age of Stupid (http://tinyurl.com/32a3wr7) published on Furtherfield (26/8/09) - which uses Nicolas Bourriaud's Altermodern exhibition at Tate Britain in 2009 as a paradigm for exploring the art world institution's lack of acknowledgement and action over climate change.
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom, addresses the ethical implications of continuing to choose the career of an artist in the twenty-first century. It is a manifesto of sorts, written from the personal perspective of a young UK-based artist looking to identify worthwhile reasons for continuing down this 'self-interested' path, given that the future we are likely to face as a result of climate change, is so different from how we dreamt our careers might pan out whilst growing up under Thatcher and New Labour. It explores how we should aim to evolve our roles as artists, in light of this, and what form a new 'reconciled practice' might take.
————>
Other Info:
A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood...
We are on identi.ca & Twitter
http://identi.ca/furtherfield
http://twitter.com/furtherfield
Other reviews,articles,interviews
http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php
Distant Presences - Real-time performance 'live' Sunday 20th June.
Dates:
Sat Jun 19, 2010 00:00 - Sat Jun 19, 2010
Distant Presences - Real-time performance 'live' Sunday 20th June.

A Furthernoise (www.furthernoise.org) audio visual networked improvisation takes place this Sunday 20th June.
Times: From 12 Midday (UK) GMT, 1pm Central Europe, 9pm EST Australia.
Audio: http://www.fbiradio.com
Visuals: http://www.visitorsstudio.org
Duration: 30 mins
Who: Ethernet Orchestra featuring:
Buhu Ganburged - Mongolian Horse Fiddle and throat singing,
Yavuz Uydu Turkish Oud and Bendir
Roger Mills - Processed Trumpets.
Live from Londrina, Brazil- Guitar by ex Blurt (Factory Records) Guitarist Chris Vine
Live from Braunschweig, Germany - Martin Slawig Laptop Electronics and Max/MSP processing.
Live visuals mixed in Visitorsstudio to the program stream
Grazmaster - London
Helen Varley-Jamieson - Munich, Germany.
Neil Jenkins - Sydney
"Distant Presences" is an improvised sound work which reflects the nature and aesthetic of the ensembles dispersed interaction. As divergent musical cultures meet in improvisation, the work will be a meditation on the multifarious nature of location and being. It forms part of an ongoing series of networked improvisations curated by Furthernoise for "Explorations in Sound" Vol 4.
To listen/watch open each urls in separate browser windows.
Hope you can join us !

A Furthernoise (www.furthernoise.org) audio visual networked improvisation takes place this Sunday 20th June.
Times: From 12 Midday (UK) GMT, 1pm Central Europe, 9pm EST Australia.
Audio: http://www.fbiradio.com
Visuals: http://www.visitorsstudio.org
Duration: 30 mins
Who: Ethernet Orchestra featuring:
Buhu Ganburged - Mongolian Horse Fiddle and throat singing,
Yavuz Uydu Turkish Oud and Bendir
Roger Mills - Processed Trumpets.
Live from Londrina, Brazil- Guitar by ex Blurt (Factory Records) Guitarist Chris Vine
Live from Braunschweig, Germany - Martin Slawig Laptop Electronics and Max/MSP processing.
Live visuals mixed in Visitorsstudio to the program stream
Grazmaster - London
Helen Varley-Jamieson - Munich, Germany.
Neil Jenkins - Sydney
"Distant Presences" is an improvised sound work which reflects the nature and aesthetic of the ensembles dispersed interaction. As divergent musical cultures meet in improvisation, the work will be a meditation on the multifarious nature of location and being. It forms part of an ongoing series of networked improvisations curated by Furthernoise for "Explorations in Sound" Vol 4.
To listen/watch open each urls in separate browser windows.
Hope you can join us !
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom.
Dates:
Fri Jun 18, 2010 00:00 - Fri Jun 18, 2010
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom.

by Ellie Harrison
From September 2008 - June 2010, Ellie Harrison undertook a Leverhulme Scholarship on the Master of Fine Art programme at Glasgow School of Art. The thesis published forms one of the major outcomes of her research during this period. This is part one of four weekly articles to be published on Furtherfield.
Part 1, here:
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review\_id=393
How Can We Continue Making Art? - which questions whether there is a place for art in a world which is fast approaching environmental catastrophe, and Altermoderism: The Age of Stupid (http://tinyurl.com/32a3wr7) published on Furtherfield (26/8/09) - which uses Nicolas Bourriaud's Altermodern exhibition at Tate Britain in 2009 as a paradigm for exploring the art world institution's lack of acknowledgement and action over climate change.
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom, addresses the ethical implications of continuing to choose the career of artist in the twenty-first century. It is a manifesto of sorts, written from the personal perspective of a young UK-based artist looking to identify worthwhile reasons for continuing down this 'self-interested' path, given that the future we are likely to face as a result of climate change, is so different from how we dreamt our careers might pan out whilst growing up under Thatcher and New Labour. It explores how we should aim to evolve our roles as artists, in light of this, and what form a new 'reconciled practice' might take.
————>
Other Info:
A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood...
We are on identi.ca & Twitter
http://identi.ca/furtherfield
http://twitter.com/furtherfield
Other reviews,articles,interviews
http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php
Furtherfield - online media arts community, platforms for creating,
viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the
intersections of art, technology and social change.
http://www.furtherfield.org
HTTP Gallery - physical media arts Gallery (London).
http://www.http.uk.net
Netbehaviour - an open email list community engaged in the process of
sharing and actively evolving critical approaches, methods and ideas
focused around contemporary networked media arts practice.
http://www.netbehaviour.org
Join Furtherfield.org on Resonance 104.4FM - weekly Broadcasts
http://www.furtherfield.org/resonancefm.php
Furtherfield Blog - shared space for personal reflections on media art
practice. http://blog.furtherfield.org
VisitorsStudio - real-time, multi-user, online arena for creative ‘many
to many’ dialogue, networked performance and collaborative polemic.
http://www.visitorsstudio.org/x.html
Furthernoise - an online platform for the creation, promotion,
criticism and archiving of innovative cross genre music and sound art
for the information & interaction of the public and artists alike.
http://www.furthernoise.org

by Ellie Harrison
From September 2008 - June 2010, Ellie Harrison undertook a Leverhulme Scholarship on the Master of Fine Art programme at Glasgow School of Art. The thesis published forms one of the major outcomes of her research during this period. This is part one of four weekly articles to be published on Furtherfield.
Part 1, here:
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review\_id=393
How Can We Continue Making Art? - which questions whether there is a place for art in a world which is fast approaching environmental catastrophe, and Altermoderism: The Age of Stupid (http://tinyurl.com/32a3wr7) published on Furtherfield (26/8/09) - which uses Nicolas Bourriaud's Altermodern exhibition at Tate Britain in 2009 as a paradigm for exploring the art world institution's lack of acknowledgement and action over climate change.
Trajectories: How to Reconcile the Careerist Mentality with Our Impending Doom, addresses the ethical implications of continuing to choose the career of artist in the twenty-first century. It is a manifesto of sorts, written from the personal perspective of a young UK-based artist looking to identify worthwhile reasons for continuing down this 'self-interested' path, given that the future we are likely to face as a result of climate change, is so different from how we dreamt our careers might pan out whilst growing up under Thatcher and New Labour. It explores how we should aim to evolve our roles as artists, in light of this, and what form a new 'reconciled practice' might take.
————>
Other Info:
A living, breathing, thriving networked neighbourhood...
We are on identi.ca & Twitter
http://identi.ca/furtherfield
http://twitter.com/furtherfield
Other reviews,articles,interviews
http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php
Furtherfield - online media arts community, platforms for creating,
viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the
intersections of art, technology and social change.
http://www.furtherfield.org
HTTP Gallery - physical media arts Gallery (London).
http://www.http.uk.net
Netbehaviour - an open email list community engaged in the process of
sharing and actively evolving critical approaches, methods and ideas
focused around contemporary networked media arts practice.
http://www.netbehaviour.org
Join Furtherfield.org on Resonance 104.4FM - weekly Broadcasts
http://www.furtherfield.org/resonancefm.php
Furtherfield Blog - shared space for personal reflections on media art
practice. http://blog.furtherfield.org
VisitorsStudio - real-time, multi-user, online arena for creative ‘many
to many’ dialogue, networked performance and collaborative polemic.
http://www.visitorsstudio.org/x.html
Furthernoise - an online platform for the creation, promotion,
criticism and archiving of innovative cross genre music and sound art
for the information & interaction of the public and artists alike.
http://www.furthernoise.org