marc garrett
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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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Furtherfield appliances


*Furtherfield appliances
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This is an open call for net-users to visit furtherfield and make use of
3 of its current facilities. Pop in and leave your message, voice or
mark on the site in 3 different ways. Get involved...become part of the
mutation.

*Latest Discussions *
http://www.furtherfield.org/displaydiscussions.php
If you want to discuss featured works/reviews/articles on Furtherfield
this is the place to visit. You will have to register first though...

*Public Broadcast*
If you wish to upload your listings or events then please feel free to
use our Public Broadcast. On front of site...

*VisitorStudio*
The now frequently used platform where you can mix live, online - using
mp3's, swf and jpg's, interacting with others in real-time, and even
chat whilst you are net-sparring.
http://www.furtherstudio.org/live/

All can be accessed from the front page also...
http://www.furtherfield.org

DISCUSSION

Re: Rhizome needs to drop its membership fee andfree its content


Hi Richard,

With respect - the comments before actually were about net art, about
part of its potential 'existing' future - how it will be seen by other
people other than Rhizome's current members, and contributors. It is a
very important issue for many net artists around the world - and yes, it
does get tedious...but not because the all the 'many' people who are
trying to be heard keep discussing it, but because nothing is ever done
about it...by those who can do something about it.

T.Whid is right in bringing it up - he's not being a whinger. In fact,
he's definately one of the most dedicated Rhizome users here - so let
his voice and other voices be heard, it's important.

marc

>Rob Myers <robmyers@mac.com> wrote:
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>>1. It keeps trolls and spammers at bay.
>>2. It provides a revenue stream. Servers don't pay for themselves.
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>>How is it proposed that a costless Rhizome would keep or replace these
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>>- Rob.
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>yep, that's the first reply to this thread i've read that makes any sense. and
>the shortest too [i think].
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>y'all could have earned $5 each in the time you've taken to bandy this ball
>back and forth. more probably.
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>can we get back to the net.art now people?
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>-> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is open to non-members
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'what if I was a Rat'.


Hi all,

This is repost regarding a review that I wrote about a work on
Furtherfield called 'what if I was a Rat'.

I orginally posted it about 3 weeks ago but the link to the work was not
functioning - the server was down at the time - it is back up now....

http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id

DISCUSSION

Men & Bombs...revisited.


As the pretend War against terrorism creates even more terrorism. As
War-fetish is displayed in the media for all the world to see. The link
between sex and violence becomes a more obvious, everyday humanistic
trait, unfurling into a less deniable factor. The activity of sadism via
alpha male and now alpha female expressions are part of the message, the
behavior, the function and the language of War. The Marque Desade like
endevours, we are currently witnessing and discovering does exist within
us all. Violence supersedes gender - all are accepted into process of
exploitation . If given the ultimate power to hurt, torture - would you
be better? More altruistic, or would you take advantage of the
possibility of enacting your darker desires, exploring your feral shadows?

Mean & Bombs - was originally released last year & reflects humanities
seemingly perpetual desire to impose violent fantasies on others. Even
though this was originally a creatively, directed survey. a visual
format - sound and dhtml, on the subject of male fascination with War
weaponry and connected factors. It still throws light on the current
issues regarding the fetish around War and people's darker desire to
enjoy such activities, given permission, given the go head that killing,
hurting is alright when not seen and not in our back yard, unofficially
of course.

>I think this piece may be one of the best pieces of war art I've seen, but
my test for war art is simply, does it make me want to vomit when I think
about war? I always go back to Paul Goodman, in "designing pacifist films"
-Eryk Salvaggio.

http://www.furtherfield.org/mgarrett/men_&_bombs/
Only viewable through Internet Explorer...

marc garrett

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