marc garrett
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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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Re: a small new work


Beautiful - I know that feeling...

marc

> The latest in what seems to be becoming a series of
> small self portraits.
> This one has sound.
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DISCUSSION

About Rhizome...


About Rhizome...

Eyrk is not the only one who has read some of their own ideas written by
someone else, and regarding this case I can see a collection of names in
there from this list and their text's, including myself even, although I do
hesitate in saying this for definite, just in case its my ego talking and
not
reality; which I am sure I am not the only one to be self-deluded
occasionally.

It was one of my ideas/suggestions that the money given by all of us to
Rhizome was to be taken as shares and not straight forward membership, so
everyone is part of a collective union, contrary to the guise of donation
for a 'company' which is what it seems like now. Personally I have no issue
of money being earned by the people that run this joint.

I appreciate the criticism that Rhizome seems to be making moves be an
'imperial monopoly'. I remember when Michael mentioned on this list
a few days ago his disquiet about Rhizome moving to Europe but not informing
the list and its members before hand, and asking people who give money &
their time to making rhizome via user function what it is today. Rhizome
does not offer a 'nurturing' emphasis, which is I believe what generally
everyone seems to demand.

These are the type of issues that have arisen concerning Rhizome which has
inspired a few of us in the UK to try out an alternative way. We are
creating
an alternative 'Networked' platform which is very different to Rhizome, it
is
taking longer than originally thought in setting it up due to various
immediate
projects needing attention, but it will soon be available for all then
totally free,
and involves online activities and stuff of which I am not going to mention
here
'yet'. But if groups/individuals are interested just keep an eye out, for it
is
coming to a 'screen' near you (I'm not gonna mention the URL, it is not
appropriate at the moment).

Rhizome is declaring what it is now. Not what it was before, when it was
free
and 'easy on the side'. Open for any interested entities in (so called
digital art)
Net Art fields, and all the other Internet trimmings that we all have grown
accustomed to.

Perhaps - Rhizome should be aloud to change, become what it really is, and
take on a more ambassadorial role. Rhizome is no longer part of our dreams
- it has grown up now. Become a parent, not a peer, not a lover, not a
fellow
artist and not our savior. Rhizome is going through the very natural process
of becoming institutionalized, it has been this for a while now. We were all
probably denying it subconsciously, but if you judge Rhizome by its actual
functions and not by our needs, and our interpretations of those needs onto
it,
the becomes much clearer. More honest even - the delusion is our own, we
are not being conned. It is a fact of life. And it is a positive thing for
we are
now no longer being fed by our own delusory desires to expect it to be
different.

The bitterness that I have witnessed regarding Rhizome's actions has amazed
me. I have always declared my own misgivings about various issues on this
list, but not with hate. Not like I would feel about someone as empty as
Bush,
Sharon, Hitler, Jane Seymour (don't you just hate Jane Seymour - yuk!). They
are of their own making, their own missions and agendas, individuals, they
cannot in anyway satisfy the impossible desires that have been demanded on
them. It just ain't fair, and it is childish to expect it. Of course the
needs and
questions that everyone has asked or discussed regarding changes to Rhizome
were great, not just for the development of Rhizome but also ourselves.

How often do you get a chance to experience actual change in an organization
as
interesting as Rhizome? All those people (unlike me) who went and studied at
college - probably got close to it in their student unions, but here, we
have
learnt and developed by seeing and have shared a discourse, seen
compassionate
creativity via fluid imaginations - it has been a privilege - do not cheapen
the
better moments and cloud them with insecure resentment. For a lot of very
special things have been born from here that some might not be too brave to
admit
to the many.

Many of the people who have used this list and showed their work on Rhizome,
have put great links to their work here, I have valued all their energy;
even if I do
not immediately appreciate some of the comments, the styles. I have been
lucky to
know of them, sometimes be a part of them, shared issues around them - here.
It has
been magical - if we rush too quickly to condemn Rhizome, we will also kill
some of
the brilliant themes, discussions - some even legendary. Max Hermann, he is
a genius
by the way - no matter how some have tried to make him small to make
themselves
seem better (masculine insecurity). He was and is special and is and was an
artist;
he did not fit in but was alive in his conviction.

Rhizome the 'entity' has become its contributors. This is why many are
disturbed by
Rhizome's more recent actions. Those who have used this list really have
given a lot
to this virtual place. Many of the crew hiding upstairs may not wish to
acknowledge
how beautiful a thing it has been for many who have frequented the list,
including
themselves (even though a tad nervous in really getting that involved
themselves),
so using more elite lists and egroups instead, such as superlists, those
ones that we
are not allowed in.

I know that the Rhizome crew will not fulfill my demands, there is loads
that I can offer from my own experience but they are moving in a different
direction,
a more statesman/stateswomanship era, for themselves. But that does not mean
that they are
not human. It means that there is more room for ourselves to get our own
alternative
adventures going out there and have a piece of the action on our own terms.

There are other things going on that we can all get involved in, the true
isolationists will
snub the notion of real collaboration, say that they want it but at the same
time go through
the habitual process of creating divides; not reevaluating their own
situation as critically.
We all do it. But we all must start becoming aware of it. Stop attacking the
wrong people to
satisfy our comforts in wishing to lash out on others just because they are
not doing what
we want them to do - that's what Bush is doing. We don't want to turn into
that sap do we
now.

I now, I have many a time declared my misgivings about many institutions,
but this is the
first one where I have been aloud to have a voice.

Oh I dunno what else to say - I've bored myself shitless already. Just let's
make something out
of this shall we and create positive options out of a change that was
inevitable...

marc

http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
http://www.dido.uk.net
http://www.furtherfield.org
We Can Make Our Own World.

DISCUSSION

Re: you know the drill


Hi T.Whid...

Ah - There you go - he has been redeemed. I remember when Heath Bunting used
to come to openings in the ealier years in Bristol - he'd turn up wearing a
dress, didn't dare find out whether he was wearing knickers. Even though he
was haboring a short beard, he looked rather fetching... a nice ruby red
dress. I used to wear a (see though) dress and big parachute boots on stage
in my punk years. Also used to wear a selection of scruffy hats. I'm having
a hair cut tomorrow (to extricate my Denis the Menace demeanor) so I can
wear some those hats once more...

best wishes - marc

http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
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We Can Make Our Own World.

> At 11:44 +0000 3/12/03, marc.garrett wrote:
> >Hi Twhid,
> >
> >First of all, keep drilling but if you find oil don't tell Bush as you'll
be
> >invaded immediately...
> >
> >The photos have been kool & great to see who is who - although I was
> >surprised to discover that Cory was wearing a ah hem, headband. Assuming
> >that he is not a relative of John McEnroe, that he is not an eighties
> >(female) porn kitten and not a Van Halan groupy or anyhting of that ilk.
We
> >can only assume that he has a sweaty forehead. Now this is not uncommon
and
> >I have heard that it is not necessarily to do with weight; sweat is a
> >tiresome and niggling annoyance. Now, I am not one to dwell on something
so
> >trivial as fashion and style (may be I am) but that head band hurts my
> >emotional sensibilities - although I have heard on the grapevine that
> >certain individuals, some female, some male here, fancy Cory - so that
image
> >of his unshaven face will be enjoyed by those who desire his flesh.
> >
> >http://www.mteww.com/thing_benefit/index-Pages/Image19.html
> >
> >marc
>
> hi marc,
>
> one thing, it's plain to see here:
> http://www.mteww.com/thing_benefit/index-Pages/Image20.html
>
> that cory is actually wearing a *visor*, but he's not wearing a cool
> Missy Elliot-style Kangol visor or anything like that. oh no. he's
> wearing an out-of-work Fort Lauderdale construction worker from the
> 80s getting drunk on the beach at noon type visor.
>
> which is cooler? you be the judge ;-)
>
> his visor seemed to be very important to cory that night, it was the
> cruz of his ensemble.
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DISCUSSION

Re: you know the drill


Hi Twhid,

First of all, keep drilling but if you find oil don't tell Bush as you'll be
invaded immediately...

The photos have been kool & great to see who is who - although I was
surprised to discover that Cory was wearing a ah hem, headband. Assuming
that he is not a relative of John McEnroe, that he is not an eighties
(female) porn kitten and not a Van Halan groupy or anyhting of that ilk. We
can only assume that he has a sweaty forehead. Now this is not uncommon and
I have heard that it is not necessarily to do with weight; sweat is a
tiresome and niggling annoyance. Now, I am not one to dwell on something so
trivial as fashion and style (may be I am) but that head band hurts my
emotional sensibilities - although I have heard on the grapevine that
certain individuals, some female, some male here, fancy Cory - so that image
of his unshaven face will be enjoyed by those who desire his flesh.

http://www.mteww.com/thing_benefit/index-Pages/Image19.html

marc

http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
http://www.dido.uk.net
We Can Make Our Own World.

> I'm probably going to stop doing this as I'm getting to be known as the
> guy who takes the photos and it's annoying.
>
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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: RHIZOME_RARE: The Race for War


Hi Are,

> > But to blame people who voted 'New Labour'

fair enough....

> Not my intent -- the two party system is obviously not a matter of choice
> anymore. I left the UK in the mid 90s, but witnessed part of the
advertising
> campaign that put the new in Labour: the end of a political party and the
> launch of a brand. Keep in mind though: In the US there is a "latent"
> electorate of over 60% of the vote. And it has remained invisible for
years.
> It would help if more people would take democracy literally, at its word.
> The anarchic polis of Dyogenes is, I fear, further off.

I'm one of those who value anarchistic thinking but detest anarchists,
especially some the male ones. I remember when a group of us squatted a
massive building in Bristol around 1988. And we had setup facilities for
creative types, free access to studios, printing equipment, exhibition space
and regular meetings at the end of the week, for all to take part if they
wished to, to reevaluate and play with ideas on how to get the building to
work in a way that was self - sufficient. We sold organic food, had creches,
great bands playing, alternative teaching and loads more. Then this idiot
came along, thought that he was the 'big boss' and then started beating
people up, male and female. We threw him out, then he burnt the building
down and everyone was arrested, about 25 of us. After that, the building was
out of bounds, what was left of it. He reminds me of Bush actually, he never
listened to a word that anyone said, and he was totally dim and lacked human
empathy.
>
> It would, howver, be nice to have more women as representatives, if
nothing
> else to laugh at all the strutting studs parading their testy chicken-hawk
> prowess right now. I have noticed that men tend to behave differently
around
> women.

Yes, we can get the to cockerals prance around everywhere and make the tea
for a change...

'Shit! It's my turn - one lump or 2?

best - marc

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