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

Re: Where did everyone go?


Hi Erika,

1665 online -this cannot be true surely...

Getting back to your question, where is everyone? We are all pretty busy
I reckon :-)

marc

>The last couple of months of rhizome have left me wondering what is happening out there. Right now there are 1665 online where are the posts that reflect this, hopefully, diverse and engaged bunch of peeps. Where are the posts about the woefully inadequate nature of new media art? Is everyone hanging out at a second life gallery opening? Google Sprachenwerkzeugubersetzungen verletzten mein Gehirn. What is one to do?
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New Furthernoise reviews & Projects - April 07.


New Furthernoise reviews & Projects - April 07.

Welcome to the April issue of Furthernoise.org which features a host of
new reviews on adventurous cross genre music, sound and writing.
Included in this is our new net label release Appropriate
Re-Appropriations which is a compilation of international musicians and
sound artists compositions utilizing the Freesound Project archive. It
is free to download with printed folded sleeve from Fn net label menu.

We introduce our new guest reviewer Derek Morton from US drone merchants
Mikroknytes as well as podcasts of Furthernoise radio on BCfm.

We are also hosting a live performance by Derek Holzer & Rob Curgenven
who will be mixing improvised field recordings and analogue synth
explorations at the Blue Lagoon Cafe Bristol on 14th April from 8pm.

Furthernoise issue April 2007
http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?issa

"Roggbif Records - Purveyors of Fine Norwegian Noise." (feature)
Sten Ove Toft has been of a mainstay of Norwegian Noise for sometime and
his Roggbif label is turning out some of the most interesting and
aggressive music from the genre. The first time I met him however, it
was a somewhat quiet affair. I had received a txt msg from someone
saying "You should like this" a time and an address.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID1
feature by Mark Francombe

"Clair / Shahar 'Avner's Arrival'" (review)
John Clair and Jed Shahar record a session of 'electro acoustic
improvisation'. This is news to the security guard whose venue they are
in. An interesting conversation develops.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID6
review by Mark McLaren

"Eavesdropping" (review)
Blind people are not casual listeners. Blind since birth, Stephen
Kuusisto recounts the surprise that comes when we are actively listening
to our surroundings. There is an art to eavesdropping.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID5
review by Mark McLaren

"Helicoids / Psychotic Breaks Mix CD - Alex Young" (review)
In June 06 Alex Young created a special continuous mix for the
Furthernoise Month Of Sundays live A/V event in London. Combining tracks
from two of his releases, psychotic breaks and Helicoids. The result was
a thirty-minute trip into frenetic beats, glitch textures, flowing
synthesizer ambience and melodic tones.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID7
review by Bill Binkelman

"Sonic Postcards - Sonic Arts Network" (review)
Sonic Postcards is a UK wide education project devised and delivered by
Sonic Arts Network. It is a unique and innovative project that enables
9-14 year old pupils from across the UK to explore and compare their
local sound environments through the exchange of sound postcards with
other schools via the internet.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID0
review by Roger Mills

"SuperTexture by Gary Smith" (review)
SuperTexture throws away post-processing and effects, leaving just Gary
Smith, his guitar and amp to take us on a journey of virtuoso guitar
experimentation. The first disc, Smith's solo work, is pure guitar and
amp. The second disc features guests exploring each improvisation
through their own interpretation.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID8
review by Alex Young

"Terraform EP - Razing Darkness" (review)
The journey begins with ominous bass drones and industrial machine noise
in the track Gravity Damage. Its evident that we are exploring planetary
territories through alien droid transmissions. Headphones are
recommended if you prefer to maximize the dizzying array of stereo
panning and acoustic mind fuck.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID4
review by Derek Morton

Roger Mills
Editor, Furthernoise

(Furthernoise.org is a node of the Furtherfield.org online Neighbourhood.)

DISCUSSION

RHIZOME & Spam


Is it just me getting spam from the Rhizome list?

Or is it some sort of naff spam art project?

marc

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DISCUSSION

Re: Saatchi-Gallery showdown


I'd vote for you not to be in the Saatchi-Gallery...

marc

>Vote for me in Saatchi-Gallery showdown
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DISCUSSION

Become a reviewer for Futherfield.org


Become a reviewer for Futherfield.org
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Furtherfield receives regular submissions from artists and groups from
all over the world, inviting us to feature and review their projects. We
have an excellent team of reviewers working with us at the moment. Yet,
because we are receiving more innovative and high quality media artworks
from different cultural contexts, than we ever have before, we are
finding it hard to keep up. So, now we need even more reviewers.

We welcome contributions from all kinds of writers - but would
especially value bi-lingual reviewers who are able to introduce work
created by artists in non-English-speaking cultures.

We are also interested in people who understand and know net art,
software art, social networks, live net art, live Internet tv, open
source, tactical media, art blogs, net films, media art connected- self
institutions, psychogeography, activist games, media art related
exhibitions online and in spaces, and related conferences.

As a reviewer you will be asked to select from these works and
contribute to the context of what is being created and write about why
it is relevant. You will also have the option of seeking out and writing
about other works that you personally think should be seen on Furtherfield.

If you possess knowledge and enthusiasm for any of these subjects, are
able to write and communicate clearly;-) and are interested in being
part of a explorative group, that is growing daily as an adventurous,
networked and mult-platformed community in its own right. And like us,
are passionately and critically engaged in investigating the constant
shifts and reinvention of the creative, digitally related vista as we
know it; we welcome you aboard...

Furtherfield has been working on a brand new CMS/Interface & design with
new features that enable reviewers to have more control over their own
text, images and different formats when reviews are submitted. It was
supposed to be finished last year, thankfully after much hard work it
will be up within about 4 weeks.

contact - marc garrett:
marc.garrett@furtherfield.org
http://www.furtherfield.org

Note: Please do not apply unless you are sure that you are definately
interested.

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Other projects related to Furtherfield:
http://www.http.uk.net
http://blog.visitorsstudio.org
http://blog.game-play.org.uk
http://www.nodel.org (with many others)
http://netartfilm.furtherfield.org
http://blog.furtherfield.org
http://www.furthernoise.org