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

Project Dog Ear


Project Dog Ear

A rogue scientist has sacrificed himself to be the subject of a bizarre
experiment. The inner ear of a dog has been implanted into his right ear.
Obsessed by his desire to gain sensory experiences beyond those available to
him as a human, he has set himself a series of tasks to monitor the shifts
in his aural and visual perceptions.

About The Research

During the research period we have been exploring:

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DISCUSSION

Photography, Outsider and Otherwise


Photography, Outsider and Otherwise

There were some revelations and a few nagging questions in the recent show =
of outsider photography at Chicago's Intuit gallery, featuring Lee Godie, E=
ugene Von Bruenchenhein and Morton Bartlett.

A group of altered photo-booth self-portraits by Chicago artist Godie (1908=
-1994) was one of the revelations. Shown in quantity, Godie's photographs m=
anage to stand apart from her better-known paintings. The 50 or so pictures=
have a cumulative effect that helps the viewer discern meanings not appare=
nt in individual examples, which when seen separately can look more like fu=
nky oddities than a distinct body of work.

http://www.interestingideas.com/out/photo.htm

DISCUSSION

The Role of the Feline Art Critic


The Role of the Feline Art Critic

The Museum of Non-Primate Art, along with galleries devoted to the curation=
, preservation and exhibition of cat works, are constantly on the lookout f=
or people who are able to provide interesting and meaningful interpretation=
s of feline creativity.

http://www.monpa.com/wcp/critic.html

DISCUSSION

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DISCUSSION

Anaplasty


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Anaplasty

anaplasty is the suppozed self

weaving continuously

changing

conforming to the temporal non-static process

mutation is not mutilation

it is reinvention - new cells retrace the old

the body before, no more

recycled is the frame we think we knew

body flesh tone - transmaterialized

atom based shifters cause the transfer

we exist and move

yet inners change the inside of us

a constant fluxuation creates a no choice integration

an emigration of psycho-place, no place no space

the body is a dipper

and others dip into that place all the time

my body is a place

it exists as a memory trace

recognition is subsumed by the mediation

now we have no place, no trace no place

plasma gushes - keeping the vessel in motion

breathing the intake, no fake

yet the mind is a liar, and so is mediation

a perpetual constant integration

amalgamation of familiars inform us

objects guide us, just like information

we lap up the haze, yes we graze, oxen munching

placid in odious conformity, no choice just a voice

lost in subsume, it consumes the voice

emotion is our freedom, formalism is our sanity

emotion is our vanity, logic is a standard

my fingers reach out there

but are still connected to me, and I see

what the world wants me to see

sucking the metaphorical glaze, it's juicy and sweet

and we always want more - hungry little children

chewing on the cud

I eat the world as it eats me

my defines are blurred by the (ex) - external

what was once seen as external, now all of me

so now I cannot see me, for I am out there

and we all share this continuum, maelstrom of uniformity

and the enormity of the larger thing which we are of

we are the world, we are the world, we are the world

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<P><BR><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>an=
aplasty is
the suppozed self</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>weavin=
g
continuously</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff
size=4><STRONG>changing</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>confor=
ming to the
temporal non-static process</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>mutati=
on is not
mutilation</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>it is =
reinvention
- new cells retrace the old</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>the bo=
dy before,
no more</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>recycl=
ed is the
frame we think we knew</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>body f=
lesh tone -
transmaterialized</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>atom b=
ased
shifters cause the transfer</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>we exi=
st and
move</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>yet in=
ners change
the inside of us</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>a cons=
tant
fluxuation creates a no choice integration</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>an emi=
gration of
psycho-place, no place no space</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>the bo=
dy is a
dipper</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>and ot=
hers dip
into that place all the time</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>my bod=
y is a
place</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>it exi=
sts as a
memory trace</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>recogn=
ition is
subsumed by the mediation</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>now we=
have no
place, no trace no place</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>plasma=
gushes -
keeping the vessel in motion</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>breath=
ing the
intake, no fake</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>yet th=
e mind is a
liar, and so is mediation</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>a perp=
etual
constant integration</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>amalga=
mation of
familiars inform us</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>object=
s guide us,
just like information</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>we lap=
up the
haze, yes we graze, oxen munching</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>placid=
in odious
conformity, no choice just a voice</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>lost i=
n subsume,
it consumes the voice</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>emotio=
n is our
freedom, formalism is our sanity</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>emotio=
n is our
vanity, logic is a standard</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>my fin=
gers reach
out there</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>but ar=
e still
connected to me, and I see</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>what t=
he world
wants me to see</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>suckin=
g the
metaphorical glaze, it's juicy and sweet</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>and we=
always
want more - hungry little children</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>chewin=
g on the
cud</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>I eat =
the world
as it eats me</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>my def=
ines are
blurred by the (ex) - external</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>what w=
as once
seen as external, now all of me</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>so now=
I cannot
see me, for I am out there</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>and we=
all share
this continuum, maelstrom of uniformity</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>and th=
e enormity
of the larger thing which we are of</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#ffffff size=4><STRONG>we are=
the world,
we are the world, we are the world <BR></STRONG></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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