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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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Re: New on post.thing.net


Hi patrick & all,

Just want mention here that when Patrick say's that he's writing on
Furherfield that he is not referring to the main site - what he is
discussing here is the new blog that we have had up now for about 5
weeks (may be more) - http://blog.furtherfield.org

The blog is for those who wish to explore their own personal experience
and practice on media art and connected creative explorations. It is
consciously with an emphasis on 'practice' in respect of those who show
media art, net art, curate it, write about it and want to put their
current ideas somewhere and share them with others who are interested as
well.

We have not publicized the blog that much, because to be honest it is
not about trawling the Internet and reblogging, it is a small community
who wish to focus more their experiences and reflect upon their
subjective studies, and networked behaviours without the pressure of
having to be self-consciously academic or presenting what they are up to
in an aggressive manner - it is space for reflection, thinking, playing
with ideas, putting down your own histories on your own terms, and of
course working things out...

Of course the main Furtherfield site is much different :-)

---I think lists are great and will use them as long as they carry on
being there, but I am not a singular soul and I also like exploring
other ways of being on-line, and if others wish to do that as well with
us on the blog, I see no problem with that at all :-)

The Furtherfield blog, is not about promotion, it is about reflection
and exploring without that sort of pressure, but at the same time being
open to discuss if the occassion arises. It is different to most blogs
for it does not demand an audience - it will survive and be what it
wants to be whether an audience is part of it or not.

I also feel that because Furtherfield has spent so much time doing stuff
for so many 'excellent' dudes out there - that we should allow ourselves
this sort of space to recuperate, in a context that is the opposite of
pushing out all of the time...

Of course, if this blog says something to you as a thinker or creative
individual who likes to explore various ideas regarding one's own
practice and experience, you are very welcome to contact us and ask to
be part of the blog

wishing everyone well marc

>I am also generally against blogs myself. However, at least for a while, I feel I need to address them.
>
>More soon.
>
>I genrally agree with most of Annie's assertions, but I feel that I need to confront the idea of the blog myself.
>
>As a quick commentary, I feel like the blog and the Thing Forums compartmentalize conversation into neat threads that exclude the amorphousness of open list discussion, which I generally prefer.
>
>However, I have some very specific reasons for going on Thing and Furtherfield for a while. More on this in a bit.
>
>Patrick Lichty
>- Interactive Arts & Media
> Columbia College, Chicago
>- Editor-In-Chief
> Intelligent Agent Magazine
>http://www.intelligentagent.com
>225 288 5813
>voyd@voyd.com
>
>"It is better to die on your feet
>than to live on your knees."
>
>
>
>Yes I knew post.thing.net interface. Someone pointed it out to me a
>few weeks ago. I do have nothing against it "personally".
>
>I cite Eric Dymond "It truncates it. It also looses something, the
>stream of thought, the interaction is missing, something active and
>alive just isn't there.
>Lists belong to a continuum, blogs are private and chunky, and read by
>far fewer people."
>
>Yes, I do prefer what you call "closed discussion" read by the
>initiated subscribed to a listserv above no discussion at all that I
>find in most blogs. I do prefer to be confronted to all kinds of
>messages, ideas, different opinions of a list community above finding
>more of the same on the rss of a blog. (of course there are
>exceptions)
>a blog is monolithic a list is multiple
>a blog is materiel, a list is a fluid
>a blog is glue and crystals, a list soap and bubbles
>
>Blogs can serve specific working situations, as making collections
>together. But mostly they serve only to reinforce the identity of the
>blogger.
>It might also be that as T.Whid stated some time ago, that they serve
>as a secure haven where one can have opinions without having to
>discuss them.
>blogs are save, lists are dangerous (in potential)
>
>in potential
>That's why we should stay on the lists side and try to reinforce existing ones.
>
>best
>Annie
>
>
>
>On 11/27/06, G.H. Hovagimyan <ghh@thing.net> wrote:
>
>
>>gh responds:
>>Actually there are several forms of threaded discourse intrinsic to the cms we're using. You can start your own forum or comment on an article or post your own article. The only difference is that it's client pull. What are your objections to these type of structures? Do you prefer a closed discussion that only the initiated may read if they are subscribed to a listserv? In fact, the cms we use is more accessible to the networked world via google searches. The threaded discussions are actually a lot clearer and easier to follow that the traditional email listserv structure. I wonder what you objections might be then. Have you actually taken the time to use the new post.thing.net interface before dismissing it offhand?
>>
>>annie abrahams wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I am against blogs
>>>
>>>I am for lists
>>>
>>>I won't participate, no blog for me.
>>>unless a participative blog as the noblog of jim punk (cannot find a
>>>link, has it disappeared?
>>>
>>>I hope other women also will leave the blogs to men and will try to
>>>invest lists again
>>>
>>>
>>>best Annie Abrahams
>>>
>>>On 11/27/06, G.H. Hovagimyan <ghh@thing.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I've taken over the editorship of post.thing.net.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>http://post.thing.net I've been inviting people to come and blog.
>>>There are many new bloggers joining from around the country and around
>>>the world. Some recent bloggers include:
>>>
>>>
>>>>James Allan - England - http://post.thing.net/blog/171
>>>>Isabel Arvers - Switzerland - http://post.thing.net/blog/200
>>>>
>>>>Casper Straeke is reporting on the 4th international Media Art
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Biennale Seoul 2006. frontpage- http://post.thing.net
>>>
>>>
>>>>Patrick Lichty has continued his thoughts on Craft and New Media
>>>>
>>>>
>>>first presented informally on rhizome. frontpage-
>>>http://post.thing.net
>>>
>>>
>>>>The juxtapositon of these two essays is very exciting!
>>>>
>>>>I would like to extend a special invitation to women bloggers who
>>>>
>>>>
>>>would like to become part of this exciting discourse.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hey! don't let the boy's club just rule things!! Contact me and I'll
>>>>
>>>>
>>>set you up with a blog!!
>>>
>>>
>>>>+
>>>>-> post: list@rhizome.org
>>>>-> questions: info@rhizome.org
>>>>-> subscribe/unsubscribe:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
>>>
>>>
>>>>-> give: http://rhizome.org/support
>>>>+
>>>>Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
>>>>Membership Agreement available online at
>>>>
>>>>
>>>http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>"FearingS" Participate in creating a collective voice about "fear".
>>>Help revealing it's actual tendencies. http://bram.org/peur/fear/
>>>"Peurs" Participez � la cr�ation d'une voix collective autour de la
>>>"peur". Aidez � en r�v�ler les tendances actuelles.
>>>http://bram.org/peur/fear/indexfr.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>+
>>-> post: list@rhizome.org
>>-> questions: info@rhizome.org
>>-> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
>>-> give: http://rhizome.org/support
>>+
>>Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
>>Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Re: New on post.thing.net


Hi Annie & Eric,

>in potential
>That's why we should stay on the lists side and try to reinforce
existing ones.

I am definately one for lists, as many of you who have shared
discussions with me through the years are aware of, but I also like
blogs - they offer different resonances & functions.

So, I am split here. Perhaps there is no absolute, only opinion...

marc

> Yes I knew post.thing.net interface. Someone pointed it out to me a
> few weeks ago. I do have nothing against it "personally".
>
> I cite Eric Dymond "It truncates it. It also looses something, the
> stream of thought, the interaction is missing, something active and
> alive just isn't there.
> Lists belong to a continuum, blogs are private and chunky, and read by
> far fewer people."
>
> Yes, I do prefer what you call "closed discussion" read by the
> initiated subscribed to a listserv above no discussion at all that I
> find in most blogs. I do prefer to be confronted to all kinds of
> messages, ideas, different opinions of a list community above finding
> more of the same on the rss of a blog. (of course there are
> exceptions)
> a blog is monolithic a list is multiple
> a blog is materiel, a list is a fluid
> a blog is glue and crystals, a list soap and bubbles
>
> Blogs can serve specific working situations, as making collections
> together. But mostly they serve only to reinforce the identity of the
> blogger.
> It might also be that as T.Whid stated some time ago, that they serve
> as a secure haven where one can have opinions without having to
> discuss them.
> blogs are save, lists are dangerous (in potential)
>
> in potential
> That's why we should stay on the lists side and try to reinforce
> existing ones.
>
> best
> Annie
>
>
>
> On 11/27/06, G.H. Hovagimyan <ghh@thing.net> wrote:
>
>> gh responds:
>> Actually there are several forms of threaded discourse intrinsic to
>> the cms we're using. You can start your own forum or comment on an
>> article or post your own article. The only difference is that it's
>> client pull. What are your objections to these type of structures?
>> Do you prefer a closed discussion that only the initiated may read if
>> they are subscribed to a listserv? In fact, the cms we use is more
>> accessible to the networked world via google searches. The threaded
>> discussions are actually a lot clearer and easier to follow that the
>> traditional email listserv structure. I wonder what you objections
>> might be then. Have you actually taken the time to use the new
>> post.thing.net interface before dismissing it offhand?
>>
>> annie abrahams wrote:
>>
>> > I am against blogs
>> >
>> > I am for lists
>> >
>> > I won't participate, no blog for me.
>> > unless a participative blog as the noblog of jim punk (cannot find a
>> > link, has it disappeared?
>> >
>> > I hope other women also will leave the blogs to men and will try to
>> > invest lists again
>> >
>> >
>> > best Annie Abrahams
>> >
>> > On 11/27/06, G.H. Hovagimyan <ghh@thing.net> wrote:
>> > > Hi All,
>> > >
>> > > I've taken over the editorship of post.thing.net.
>> > http://post.thing.net I've been inviting people to come and blog.
>> > There are many new bloggers joining from around the country and around
>> > the world. Some recent bloggers include:
>> > >
>> > > James Allan - England - http://post.thing.net/blog/171
>> > > Isabel Arvers - Switzerland - http://post.thing.net/blog/200
>> > >
>> > > Casper Straeke is reporting on the 4th international Media Art
>> > Biennale Seoul 2006. frontpage- http://post.thing.net
>> > >
>> > > Patrick Lichty has continued his thoughts on Craft and New Media
>> > first presented informally on rhizome. frontpage-
>> > http://post.thing.net
>> > >
>> > > The juxtapositon of these two essays is very exciting!
>> > >
>> > > I would like to extend a special invitation to women bloggers who
>> > would like to become part of this exciting discourse.
>> > > Hey! don't let the boy's club just rule things!! Contact me and I'll
>> > set you up with a blog!!
>> > > +
>> > > -> post: list@rhizome.org
>> > > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
>> > > -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
>> > http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
>> > > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
>> > > +
>> > > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
>> > > Membership Agreement available online at
>> > http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > "FearingS" Participate in creating a collective voice about "fear".
>> > Help revealing it's actual tendencies. http://bram.org/peur/fear/
>> > "Peurs" Participez � la cr�ation d'une voix collective autour de la
>> > "peur". Aidez � en r�v�ler les tendances actuelles.
>> > http://bram.org/peur/fear/indexfr.htm
>> >
>> +
>> -> post: list@rhizome.org
>> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
>> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
>> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
>> +
>> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
>> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>>
>
>

--
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HTTP - http://www.http.uk.net
Node.London - http://www.nodel.org

DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION

Audio recordings from Guantanamo tribunals.


Audio recordings from Guantanamo tribunals.

Tapes Provide First Glimpse of Secret Gitmo Panels.

Article - by Jackie Northam

Audio recordings obtained by NPR provide the outside world with its
first window into the secret world of military tribunals at the U.S.
prison camp for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The recordings, made by the U.S. military, are of tribunals held in the
fall of 2004 to review the "enemy combatant" status of six detainees who
were arrested in Bosnia in late 2001. Lawyers for the men obtained the
tapes under the Freedom of Information Act and provided NPR with copies
of the recordings.

The Combatant Status Review Tribunals are held in small, low-ceiling
trailers at Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon describes the proceedings as an
administrative process, so the detainees are not allowed lawyers.
There's a court reporter, a translator and a panel of three military
officers to whom detainees tell their story, ask why they are being
held, and appeal for release.

more...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyIde14923

DISCUSSION

Furthernoise issue November 2006.


Welcome to the November issue of Furthernoise.

http://www.furthernoise.org

As always we are flagging up and critiquing a host of great new releases
as well as featuring Ultra-Red & Various Artists ENCUENTRO: Day of
Dialogue For Militant Sound Investigations and the Net Audio 06 Festival
in London.

We have also extended the call for our planned Freesound net release
Appropriate Re-Appropriations so check out the submissions guidelines
for full details.

I hope you enjoy this new issue and we welcome all feedback, comments
and proposals.

Furthernoise issue November 2006
http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?issX

"Netaudio London Festival" (feature)
Netaudio '06 was the London instalment of the Netaudio festivals,
following Netaudio '05 in Berne and Netaudio V2.05 in Cologne, and
spanned two days (15-16th September). The London Netaudio festival was /
is a chance for netaudio activists, academics and musicians to get
together and explore netaudio, both through performance and discussions.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID1
feature by Alex Young

"Ambienti Tribali" (review)
Deconstructed and reconstituted ethnic and/or tribal rhythms merge with
contemporary electronics, a smattering of acoustic instruments, assorted
laptop, glitch and breakbeat percolations and a variety of synthesized
melodic fragments to form nine tracks of frenetic energy that, according
to the artist, conveys 'Extreme exploitation of technology reveals the
weakness of