marc garrett
Since the beginning
Works in London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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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

Melt the guns


*Melt the guns*

Programmes of violence,
As entertainment,
Brings the disease into your room.
We know the germ,
Which is man-made in metal,
Is really a key to your own tomb.

Prevention is better than cure,
Bad apples affecting the pure,
You'll gather your senses I'm sure
Then agree to,

Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
And never more to fire them.

Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
And never more desire them.

Children will want them,
Mothers supply them,
As long as your killers are heroes.
And all the media
Will fiddle while Rome burns,
Acting like modern-time Neros.

Prevention is better than cure,
Bad apples affecting the pure,
You'll gather your senses I'm sure
Then agree to,

Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
And never more to fire them.

Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
And never more desire them.

I'm speaking to the Justice League of America.
The U S of A,
Hey you,
Yes you in particular!
When it comes to the judgement day and you're standing at the gates with
your weaponry,
You dead go down on one knee,
Clasp your hands in prayer and start quoting me,
'Cos we say...
Our father we've managed to contain the epidemic in one place, now,
Let's hope they shoot themselves instead of others,
Help to civilize the race now.
We've trapped the cause of the plague,
In the land of the free and the home of the brave.
If we listen quietly we can hear them shooting from grave to grave.
You ought to,

Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
And never more to fire them.

Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
Melt the guns,
And never more desire them.

(Andy Partridge) XTC.

DISCUSSION

FurtherStudio Critical Forum : Live online interview with Replic**t


FurtherStudio Critical Forum : Live online interview with Replic**t
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Replic**t will be interviewed by Charlotte Frost of Furthertxt and Helen
Sloan of SCAN
Live online in the FurtherStudio Critical Forum
Wednesday at 7.30pm BST 21/07/04

URL:http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/online/index_replic.htm

at 8.15pm you are invited to join an open discussion with Replic**t,
Charlotte and Helen and other visitors at the same URL.

Look forward to meeting you there,

The Furtherfield Crew

http://www.furtherstudio.org
http://www.furtherfield.org

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About Replic**t Ltd

In today's art world the role of the artist has become indistinguishable
from that of the corporation. Late capitalism has fully integrated
artistic criticism and in turn artists have become capitalism's ground
troops. Todays art is one of integration not resistance. In recognition
of the extraordinary possibilities and potentials of such a coupling the
artist Replic**t has taken the marriage of business and art to its
logical end and registered herself as a private company limited by shares.

Replic**t Ltd is an attempt by the artist to use the corporate
environment for the dissemination of her artwork and her self, side
stepping the gallery distribution system and art market altogether by
turning to the corporation as the ultimate vehicle for the dissemination
of the artist and her work.

Replic**t Ltd's primary interest lies in exploring the potential of the
artist as an entity dominated by global business interests. She uses
pre-existing corporate structures and strategies and locates herself
within the already produced discourses of commodity culture, looking at
replication as a potential and effective form of global hegemony.

Replic**t Ltd @ Furtherstudio
http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/online/index_replic.htm
====================================>
In the past few months Furtherfield's online real-time studio facility,
FurtherStudio has been taken over by the artist Replic**t Ltd and
seamlessly transformed into a telematic boardroom . Chat room, tele
conferencing facility and real time snapshot of the company desktop have
collectively transpired to allow shareholders to penetrate product
development in an unparallel manner.

During this time Replic**t Ltd has continued her exploration of the
artist as a brand, merging her signature styles and themes with a brand
names values and attitude. Confessional work is merged with company
gifts and projected onto merchandise available for purchase on the
Replic**t Ltd website.

for more information visit ::::::::::::::: www.furtherstudio.org

DISCUSSION

New Reviews & Articles on Furtherfield - July 2004.


*New Reviews & Articles on Furtherfield - July 2004.*

You can access all new reviews, articles and interviews from our
homepage http://www.furtherfield.org - or access them separately via
introductory paragraphs below.
*
The Works of George W. Bush - Review by Dyske Suematsu.*
George W. Bush is arguably the most influential and controversial
performance artist in the history of Western art. Born as the son of
George HW Bush senior, he learned early on how politics works. After
studying at Yale and Harvard, he chose politics as his medium for art.
In the 80s, like many other artists of the time, he was influenced by
the French postmodern theorist Jean Baudrillard. He was particularly
interested in the following passage in the book "Simulacra and Simulation".
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id0

*The free, visible network - Review by Pau Waelder.*
The wireless network is to become visible in the art project Free
Network Visible Network by artists Clara Boj and Diego Diaz. The
project advocates the need of free, public access WiFi networks by
making them visible, thus demonstrating how they are part of a
community. Users will be able to easily locate the area which is
covered by the wireless network, and to actually see the data flow from
their computers to the nearest node. This is made possible with the use
of AR technology and a customised carnivore PE client.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id1

*Revisiting Cory Arcangel's Data Diaries - Review by Marc Garrett.*
He likes to use obsolete computers and hacks into computer games,
re-appropriating their purpose and use. In his work Data Diaries,
commissioned by the seemingly ever progressive Turbulence.org in
February 2003, with a mixture of computer geek and abstraction, he
pushes aside (social) narrative, creating an object d'arte. Attention
to detail is given in respect of changing the notion and idea of what
an object is, shifting its behaviour and use, into an art context.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id4

*Communicating Corporeal Experience = Theatre & Bio-terrorism?
Review by Nancy Mauro-Flude.*
The work of CAE is only the beginning of imaginatively, challenging the
mechanisms of domination, not only in the US, but their work liberates
ways of engaging with science-up to new definitions and possibilities
for acessing information with their public theatre models. The Queen of
communicating through deeply poetic and visceral language Kathy Acker
writes that "culture is one way by which a community attempts to bring
its past up out of senselessness and to find in dream and imagination
possibilities for action. When culture isn't this, there's something
wrong in the community, the society".
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id2
*
bzzzpeek - Agathe Jacquillat & Tomi Vollauschek.
Review by Kristen Palana *(net.swap with http://www.netartreview.net)
Bzzzpeek, by Agatha Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek, is an online
project that is truly about THE WORLD. In this project, we are able to
click on an animal or vehicle. We are then presented with up to
seventeen representations of our choice, made different by the various
flags representing their language or country. So, by clicking on a
police car, for example, we hear that the English one makes a "woo
woo," the German car goes "ta tu tah tah,ta tu tah tah," the South
Korean car says "bee bo bee bo," and the Pakistani car goes "nee no nee
no."
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id3

________________________________________________________

Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion,
criticism and archiving of adventurous digital/net artwork for public
viewing, experience and interaction.

Furtherfield creates imaginative strategies that actively communicate
ideas and issues in a range of digital & terrestrial media contexts;
featuring works online and organising global, contributory projects,
simultaneously on the Internet, the streets and public venues.
Furtherfield focuses on network related projects that explore new
social contexts that transcend the digital, or offer a subjective voice
that communicates beyond the medium. Furtherfield collaborates with
artists, programmers, writers, activists, musicians and thinkers who
explore beyond traditional remits.

The majority of activities are self funded and are sustained by the
passion, ideas, exploration and skills of the Furtherfield team as well
as its diverse membership. Occasional public funding facilitates a more
in-depth collaboration with programmers and artists on specific
projects, usually leading to more intuitive audience interaction and
accessibility.

*We can make our own World . . .

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'unsubscribe' in the subject header & we will delete you from our list.
Thank you.*

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DISCUSSION

New Reviews & Articles on Furtherfield - July 2004.


*New Reviews & Articles on Furtherfield - July 2004.*

You can access all new reviews, articles and interviews from our
homepage http://www.furtherfield.org - or access them separately via
introductory paragraphs below.
*
The Works of George W. Bush - Review by Dyske Suematsu.*
George W. Bush is arguably the most influential and controversial
performance artist in the history of Western art. Born as the son of
George HW Bush senior, he learned early on how politics works. After
studying at Yale and Harvard, he chose politics as his medium for art.
In the 80s, like many other artists of the time, he was influenced by
the French postmodern theorist Jean Baudrillard. He was particularly
interested in the following passage in the book "Simulacra and Simulation".
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id0

*The free, visible network - Review by Pau Waelder.*
The wireless network is to become visible in the art project Free
Network Visible Network by artists Clara Boj and Diego Diaz. The
project advocates the need of free, public access WiFi networks by
making them visible, thus demonstrating how they are part of a
community. Users will be able to easily locate the area which is
covered by the wireless network, and to actually see the data flow from
their computers to the nearest node. This is made possible with the use
of AR technology and a customised carnivore PE client.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id1

*Revisiting Cory Arcangel's Data Diaries - Review by Marc Garrett.*
He likes to use obsolete computers and hacks into computer games,
re-appropriating their purpose and use. In his work Data Diaries,
commissioned by the seemingly ever progressive Turbulence.org in
February 2003, with a mixture of computer geek and abstraction, he
pushes aside (social) narrative, creating an object d'arte. Attention to
detail is given in respect of changing the notion and idea of what an
object is, shifting its behaviour and use, into an art context.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id4

*Communicating Corporeal Experience = Theatre & Bio-terrorism?
Review by Nancy Mauro-Flude.*
The work of CAE is only the beginning of imaginatively, challenging the
mechanisms of domination, not only in the US, but their work liberates
ways of engaging with science-up to new definitions and possibilities
for acessing information with their public theatre models. The Queen of
communicating through deeply poetic and visceral language Kathy Acker
writes that "culture is one way by which a community attempts to bring
its past up out of senselessness and to find in dream and imagination
possibilities for action. When culture isn't this, there's something
wrong in the community, the society".
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id2
*
bzzzpeek - Agathe Jacquillat & Tomi Vollauschek.
Review by Kristen Palana *(net.swap with http://www.netartreview.net).
Bzzzpeek, by Agatha Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek, is an online
project that is truly about THE WORLD. In this project, we are able to
click on an animal or vehicle. We are then presented with up to
seventeen representations of our choice, made different by the various
flags representing their language or country. So, by clicking on a
police car, for example, we hear that the English one makes a "woo
woo," the German car goes "ta tu tah tah,ta tu tah tah," the South
Korean car says "bee bo bee bo," and the Pakistani car goes "nee no nee no."
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id3

________________________________________________________

Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion,
criticism and archiving of adventurous digital/net artwork for public
viewing, experience and interaction.

Furtherfield creates imaginative strategies that actively communicate
ideas and issues in a range of digital & terrestrial media contexts;
featuring works online and organising global, contributory projects,
simultaneously on the Internet, the streets and public venues.
Furtherfield focuses on network related projects that explore new
social contexts that transcend the digital, or offer a subjective voice
that communicates beyond the medium. Furtherfield collaborates with
artists, programmers, writers, activists, musicians and thinkers who
explore beyond traditional remits.

The majority of activities are self funded and are sustained by the
passion, ideas, exploration and skills of the Furtherfield team as well
as its diverse membership. Occasional public funding facilitates a more
in-depth collaboration with programmers and artists on specific
projects, usually leading to more intuitive audience interaction and
accessibility.

*We can make our own World . . .

*

DISCUSSION

Replic**t Ltd @ Furtherstudio


* Replic**t Ltd @ Furtherstudio *

Live online this afternoon, Friday 9th July @ 3pm BST
http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/online/index_replic.htm
<http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio>
====================================>
In the past few months Furtherfield's online real-time studio facility,
FurtherStudio has been taken over by the artist Replic**t Ltd and
seamlessly transformed into a telematic boardroom . Chat room, tele
conferencing facility and real time snapshot of the company desktop have
collectively transpired to allow shareholders to penetrate product
development in an unparallel manner.

In the spirit of corporate transparency Replic**t Ltd opens up the
company cupboards once again.
Join shareholders and interested parties for this weeks boardroom boxing
session

See you there
Ruth
http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio

====================================>
*More about Repli**t *

In today's art world the role of the artist has become indistinguishable
from that of the corporation. Late capitalism has fully integrated
artistic criticism and in turn artists have become capitalism's ground
troops. Todays art is one of integration not resistance. In recognition
of the extraordinary possibilities and potentials of such a coupling the
artist Replic**t has taken the marriage of business and art to its
logical end and registered herself as a private company limited by shares.

Replic**t Ltd is an attempt by the artist to use the corporate
environment for the dissemination of her artwork and her self, side
stepping the gallery distribution system and art market altogether by
turning to the corporation as the ultimate vehicle for the dissemination
of the artist and her work.

Replic**t Ltd's primary interest lies in exploring the potential of the
artist as an entity dominated by global business interests. She uses
pre-existing corporate structures and strategies and locates herself
within the already produced discourses of commodity culture, looking at
replication as a potential and effective form of global hegemony.

During the course of the residency Replic**t Ltd will continue her
exploration of the artist as a brand, merging her signature styles and
themes with a brand names values and attitude. Confessional work is
merged with company gifts and projected onto merchandise available for
purchase on Replic**t Ltd's website. In the spirit of corporate
transparency Furtherstudio will be transformed into the world's first
telematic boardroom, with chat room, tele conferencing facility and real
time snapshot of the company desktop allowing shareholders to penetrate
product development in an unparallel manner.