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

'The Devils' - (re-edited)


BlankHow I felt after watching Ken Russell's film 'The Devils' - (re-edited)

http://www.furtherfield.org/mgarrett/mgw/docs/How_I_felt_after_watching_Ken_
Russell%27s_film_The_Devils.htm

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Los demonios - Spanish / Venezualan title
The Devils of Loudon
Die Teufel - German title
Les diables - French title
I diavoli - Italian title
Djavlarna - Swedish title

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R

Finland
Rating: Banned

Italy
Rating: Banned

Norway
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: X; 18
Cut by approximately 90 seconds in 1971. Subsequently, 10 minutes or so were
removed by distributors trying to fit the film onto a double bill.

USA
Rating: X; R

The Devils was dismissed by many as blasphemous, crass or shocking simply
for its own sake - 17 local councils banned it outright while pressure group
the National Viewers and Listener's Association were particularly vociferous
in their condemnation. Seen with the benefit of hindsight, it remains a
powerful and often deeply disturbing meditation on sexual repression,
religious mania and political corruption as only Russell can do it. Often
hysterically over the top and frequently brutal and confrontational, The
Devil's power lies in its deliberate flouting of all of the 'rules' of
decency and taste. Russell has never been one to exercise restraint and here
he lets rip with the full weight of his righteous indignation in one of the
most astonishing primal screams ever committed to celluloid

DISCUSSION

Re: 4700 - international mail art project against penalty death


I wasn't talking to you - BOT.

Go and find a friend - you need one...

marc

> On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, furtherfield wrote:
>
> > I think what you are doing is kool
>
> It isn't.
>
> > - and speaks more
>
> No it doesn't. Nor does anything that 'speak'
> speak MORE than.
>
> > than those empty & bitter soulless critics
>
> I am neither empty, nor bitter, nor soulless,
> you're talking about yourself, baby.
> To make matters even worse--humans are not
> automatically born with souls--and you're not
> qualified to make judgements on such issues.
>
> > who are doing nothing worthwhile themselves,
>
> My dearest, what I do is VERY worthwhile.
> Your idiotic peasant attitude is simply that.
> Avoid attempting to pass judgements on things
> you have no capabilities of observing.
>
> > and want to drag others down into the dark pit that they are stuck in...
>
> You're talking about yourself, luv.
> I am not 'stuck in any pits*--unlike you.
> And YOUR debasing comments are SIMPLY an attempt
> to drag me there--fruitlessly.
>
> As for the people below: they're attempting to build themselves
> a castle and 'climb up' on the suffering--and backs of others.
>
> > gor for it - do whatever you want, not what others impose...
>
> Oh right. Do whatever you WANT--as if youcan want.
> Follow EVERY imbecillic impulse that runs through your
> brain--or through your reproductive organs.
> And most of all--DO WHATEVER YOU WANT except for
> demonstrate the cheap + flat idiocy of furtherfield's
> behavior.
>
> He doesn't IMPOSE no--he only runs around throwing unjustified
> delusiional epithets and attempts to ostracize those who don't suit
> his agenda.
>
> Do as you please--but if you don't do as I say, I'll talk trash.
>
> HA HA.
>
> Imbecile.
>
> Reply to: valeriasurico
>
> > > dear sir/s,
> > > we are very afraid for your e-mail..
>
> I'm sure you are. Quaking inyour boots.
>
> > > we belive
>
> I don't care what you 'believe'.
>
> > that before speaking, writing or thinking these kind of things
> > you might be sure about what you are saying.
>
> I am. VERY SURE. Avoid your imbecilic condescending tactics
> of misrepresenting what I wrote as coming from someone
> who doesn't know what s-he is talking about.
> Furthermore, remove your patronizing + idiotic tone.
>
> You'renot qualkified to judge my actions.
>
> > > the Casa di tolleranza, is one of the few places in Milan, perhaps in
> > > Italy, where artists can make art without pay anything.
>
> And? As if that somehow justifies the content of your projects?!
>
> > > we give the space in which we live, we make invitations, vernissage
and
> > web
> > > site, all for free!!!!
>
> ALL FOR FREE!!
> If you had half a clue, you'd know that nothing is for free.
> Secondly, encouraging 'for free' leeching instead of
> creating an environment in which these 'artists''--or
> humans-who-fancy-themselves-so-special-that unlike-
> the-rest-of-humanity-they-don't-have-any-dues-to pay
> fester and hatch to be large egotistical monsters
> who then run around and destroy anything genuinely artistic--
> and you want a medal for all that?!
>
> HA!
>
> > > We call it Casa di tolleranza because we love art
> > and we want to encurage > young artists !!!
>
> My arse.
>
> > > We don't want abuse of another's tragedy to bolster our career..
> career
> > ???
> > > wich carrer???
>
> ARTIST career dear. Don't play dumb.
>
>
> > > Our goal with this project is to spread sensibilization about the
death
> > > penalty, possibly in all over the world.
>
> Sheer idiocy.
>
> > next opening will take place in
> > > buoenos aires, argentina, octorer 26th
> > > If you aren't abale to undestand this, we feel sorry for you !
>
> Oh right. The 'pitying' debasing condescension.
> Dearest it is not THAT I AM UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU.
> THERE IS SIMPLY NOTHING TO UNDERSTAND--you may POSE as you WISH,
> but all of it is EMPTY POSTURING.
>
> Ciao.
>
>
> + the Patty Winters show this morning was about Real-Life Rambos.
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DISCUSSION

Re: 4700 - international mail art project against penalty death


Hi there valeria & gang,

I think what you are doing is kool - and speaks more than those empty &
bitter soulless critics who are doing nothing worthwhile themselves, and
want to drag others down into the dark pit that they are stuck in...

gor for it - do whatever you want, not what others impose...

marc

> dear sir/s,
> we are very afraid for your e-mail...
> we belive that before speaking, writing or thinking these kind of things
you
> might be sure about what you are saying.
> the Casa di tolleranza, is one of the few places in Milan, perhaps in
> Italy, where artists can make art without pay anything.
> we give the space in which we live, we make invitations, vernissage and
web
> site, all for free!!!!
> We call it Casa di tolleranza because we love art and we want to encurage
> young artists !!!
> We don't want abuse of another's tragedy to bolster our career... career
???
> wich carrer???
> Our goal with this project is to spread sensibilization about the death
> penalty, possibly in all over the world. next opening will take place in
> buoenos aires, argentina, octorer 26th
> If you aren't abale to undestand this, we feel sorry for you !
>
> best regards
> valeria surico e giorgio del basso
> www.casaditolleranza.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>
> To: "valeria surico" <valeriasurico@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <list@rhizome.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: 4700 - international mail art project against
> penalty death
>
>
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, valeria surico wrote:
> >
> > > Casa di Tolleranza presents:
> >
> > The abuse of another's tragedy to bolster one's own career.
> >
> > Die pornographic psychic sex-death obsession passed on as
> >
> > 'tolerance, liberalism, and consciousness'.
> >
> > `, . ` `k a r e i' ? ' D42
> >
> + the Patty Winters show this morning was about Real-Life Rambos.
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>

DISCUSSION

My Secret


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My Secret

I won't make any excuses for anything that I've done and I don't think I
should have to. In college I have explored as many clever young guys as I
could. It felt like a playful, perverse discourse and a pleasurable protest
against the other unchallenging females. Believing that I can be a carouser
and still maintain an essence of genius as well. The mommy's girls swatted
on, studying about their potential future careers, researching all those
faulty de-educational blueprints of life. I was exploring instinctive
motions wrapped with an intellect with many variants in respect of aspects
of living thrown in as well. Ok, sometimes I got milk on my face, but it had
calcium and nutrients; at least I was healthy. Unlike those, sun petrified
bimbos worrying about their snotty pimples bursting under the heat, who
thought studying handed down ideas, text and institutional propaganda would
make them somehow wiser. When they were really just trained up commodities,
taught how to bandwagon jump through selected hoops, swallowing handed down
mythologies disguised as real histories.

Nope, I could see through all that crap. Even if though shit does sell very
well in this disposable world, that's not an excuse to do it; I could have
done a great good job at selling such bile. I do have my self-respect and
have managed to maintain my psychological dignity. At that same time though,
I didn't make any effort to conceal anything I did, which does have its
drawbacks. Many of the college girls began to get jealous due to their
boyfriends discussing new numerous ideas that we had shared together, and
were very frustrated that it was not featured on their curriculum. I was too
idealistic and I found out the hard way that one woman can't make much of a
difference to change the world. The reputation I acquired made life very
difficult for me during the three years that I went to college. I've learned
from my blunders. I don't consider anything I did as big mistakes, the only
real regret I have is not taking steps to be more discrete.

After college I got married and my life changed a lot. I settled into
married life easily and became a faithful wife. My husband is amazing and
has a very flexible imagination and he always satisfies me. The only sort of
experience that I have missed over the four years we've been together is the
excitement and sensations of getting cerebrally challenged by two guys at
the same time. Men who are well endowed with uncommon vigor of mind and
superior intellectual faculties have always turned me on. Threesomes were my
favorite in college and I learnt loads.

I thought that I could put everything behind me until I discovered

DISCUSSION

A New Career in Net Art for Bot-Fem


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r entity; I spent most of my time licking ass to get my work known or seen.=

My life changed when I met the members of