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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.
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.
Skinstrip Online
Skinstrip Online
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Declare your naked identity online - a collaboration between
furtherfield.org & completely naked.
Starting today 24th march. Everyone is welcome to play with the online
facility & upload their bodies at will. http://www.skinstrip.net
The global digital community are invited to anonymously express their naked
identity using visual images of their bodies. Individual net users
participate in a collective, live event, confronting social and cultural
representations of the body within the net community, by revealing and
viewing their previously unknown corporeality via net-based technology.
The official starting date, linked from the BBC/Shooting live Artists site
is from the 28th of march. http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/shootinglive/
We are also exhibiting with a booth for physical particitpation on the 28th
March at the Site Gallery, Sheffield. http://www.sitegallery.org
Reviews & articles
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Alan Sondheim
"The Internet revolution isn't one of communications and technology alone -
it touches the very social fabric of our world. Sexuality and desire are
foregrounded everywhere..."
http://www.skinstrip.net/docs/reviews_articles_sondheim.htm
Lewis Lacook
"The body looms large in post-modern and contemporary art practice. It's the
symbol of all that's sensual and corporeal--including the artwork itself.
Ever since Andy Warhol..."
http://www.skinstrip.net/docs/reviews_articles_lacook.htm
Charlotte L. Frost
"Why when we own our bodies from the day we are born are we more likely to
know the processes of our Intel Pentium than our pancreas? Why do we want to
make our computers as personal as possible, and specific only to us, and yet
we don't celebrate the specificities of our own bodies?"
http://www.furtherfield.org/cfrost/review1.htm
commissioned by Shooting Live Artists.
http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.completelynaked.co.uk/
++++++++++++
Declare your naked identity online - a collaboration between
furtherfield.org & completely naked.
Starting today 24th march. Everyone is welcome to play with the online
facility & upload their bodies at will. http://www.skinstrip.net
The global digital community are invited to anonymously express their naked
identity using visual images of their bodies. Individual net users
participate in a collective, live event, confronting social and cultural
representations of the body within the net community, by revealing and
viewing their previously unknown corporeality via net-based technology.
The official starting date, linked from the BBC/Shooting live Artists site
is from the 28th of march. http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/shootinglive/
We are also exhibiting with a booth for physical particitpation on the 28th
March at the Site Gallery, Sheffield. http://www.sitegallery.org
Reviews & articles
++++++++++++++
Alan Sondheim
"The Internet revolution isn't one of communications and technology alone -
it touches the very social fabric of our world. Sexuality and desire are
foregrounded everywhere..."
http://www.skinstrip.net/docs/reviews_articles_sondheim.htm
Lewis Lacook
"The body looms large in post-modern and contemporary art practice. It's the
symbol of all that's sensual and corporeal--including the artwork itself.
Ever since Andy Warhol..."
http://www.skinstrip.net/docs/reviews_articles_lacook.htm
Charlotte L. Frost
"Why when we own our bodies from the day we are born are we more likely to
know the processes of our Intel Pentium than our pancreas? Why do we want to
make our computers as personal as possible, and specific only to us, and yet
we don't celebrate the specificities of our own bodies?"
http://www.furtherfield.org/cfrost/review1.htm
commissioned by Shooting Live Artists.
http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.completelynaked.co.uk/
Skinstrip Online
Skinstrip Online
++++++++++++
Declare your naked identity online - a collaboration between
furtherfield.org & completely naked.
Starting today 24th march. Everyone is welcome to play with the online
facility & upload their bodies at will. http://www.skinstrip.net
The global digital community are invited to anonymously express their naked
identity using visual images of their bodies. Individual net users
participate in a collective, live event, confronting social and cultural
representations of the body within the net community, by revealing and
viewing their previously unknown corporeality via net-based technology.
The official starting date, linked from the BBC/Shooting live Artists site
is from the 28th of march. http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/shootinglive/
We are also exhibiting with a booth for physical particitpation on the 28th
March at the Site Gallery, Sheffield. http://www.sitegallery.org
Reviews & articles
++++++++++++++
Alan Sondheim
"The Internet revolution isn't one of communications and technology alone -
it touches the very social fabric of our world. Sexuality and desire are
foregrounded everywhere..."
http://www.skinstrip.net/docs/reviews_articles_sondheim.htm
Lewis Lacook
"The body looms large in post-modern and contemporary art practice. It's the
symbol of all that's sensual and corporeal--including the artwork itself.
Ever since Andy Warhol..."
http://www.skinstrip.net/docs/reviews_articles_lacook.htm
Charlotte L. Frost
"Why when we own our bodies from the day we are born are we more likely to
know the processes of our Intel Pentium than our pancreas? Why do we want to
make our computers as personal as possible, and specific only to us, and yet
we don't celebrate the specificities of our own bodies?"
http://www.furtherfield.org/cfrost/review1.htm
commissioned by Shooting Live Artists.
http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.completelynaked.co.uk/
++++++++++++
Declare your naked identity online - a collaboration between
furtherfield.org & completely naked.
Starting today 24th march. Everyone is welcome to play with the online
facility & upload their bodies at will. http://www.skinstrip.net
The global digital community are invited to anonymously express their naked
identity using visual images of their bodies. Individual net users
participate in a collective, live event, confronting social and cultural
representations of the body within the net community, by revealing and
viewing their previously unknown corporeality via net-based technology.
The official starting date, linked from the BBC/Shooting live Artists site
is from the 28th of march. http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/shootinglive/
We are also exhibiting with a booth for physical particitpation on the 28th
March at the Site Gallery, Sheffield. http://www.sitegallery.org
Reviews & articles
++++++++++++++
Alan Sondheim
"The Internet revolution isn't one of communications and technology alone -
it touches the very social fabric of our world. Sexuality and desire are
foregrounded everywhere..."
http://www.skinstrip.net/docs/reviews_articles_sondheim.htm
Lewis Lacook
"The body looms large in post-modern and contemporary art practice. It's the
symbol of all that's sensual and corporeal--including the artwork itself.
Ever since Andy Warhol..."
http://www.skinstrip.net/docs/reviews_articles_lacook.htm
Charlotte L. Frost
"Why when we own our bodies from the day we are born are we more likely to
know the processes of our Intel Pentium than our pancreas? Why do we want to
make our computers as personal as possible, and specific only to us, and yet
we don't celebrate the specificities of our own bodies?"
http://www.furtherfield.org/cfrost/review1.htm
commissioned by Shooting Live Artists.
http://www.furtherfield.org
http://www.completelynaked.co.uk/
The Global Candlelight Vigil for Peace
The Global Candlelight Vigil for Peace -- Sunday, March 16
Over 6400 vigils in 129 countries.
"On Sunday evening people in every corner of the globe will shine beacons of
light throughout the world. May our candles rekindle the light of reason and
hope so that war will be averted in Iraq and peace will prevail in the
world."
-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
We have been inundated with photos from hundreds of cities around the world.
We're still posting new pictures, so check back soon.
http://vigilpics.moveon.org/images/index.html
Over 6400 vigils in 129 countries.
"On Sunday evening people in every corner of the globe will shine beacons of
light throughout the world. May our candles rekindle the light of reason and
hope so that war will be averted in Iraq and peace will prevail in the
world."
-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
We have been inundated with photos from hundreds of cities around the world.
We're still posting new pictures, so check back soon.
http://vigilpics.moveon.org/images/index.html
promotional conformity...
'multimedia artist whose work has been exhibited in major institutions such
as the ICA in London'
When one sees statements like this above, I cringe... I tend to think yeah -
so what? I think that we need to reevaluate this type of myth-making
language (conscuiously) when regarding such text-based promotions. All the
above statement really means to me is that the individual concerned has been
seen there. It does not impress me. In fact, like commercials on the TV I am
more likely not to be interested cuz all it says is that that individual is
supported but it does not necessarily mean that they are worth my time.
marc
as the ICA in London'
When one sees statements like this above, I cringe... I tend to think yeah -
so what? I think that we need to reevaluate this type of myth-making
language (conscuiously) when regarding such text-based promotions. All the
above statement really means to me is that the individual concerned has been
seen there. It does not impress me. In fact, like commercials on the TV I am
more likely not to be interested cuz all it says is that that individual is
supported but it does not necessarily mean that they are worth my time.
marc
Do Media Know That War Kills?
Do Media Know That War Kills?
March 14, 2003
Despite daily reports about the "showdown" with Iraq, Americans hear very
little from mainstream media about the most basic fact of war: People will
be killed and civilian infrastructure will be destroyed, with devastating
consequences for public health long after the fighting stops.
Since the beginning of the year, according to a search of the Nexis database
(1/1/03-3/12/03), none of the three major television networks' nightly
national newscasts-- ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News or NBC Nightly
News-- have examined in detail what long-term impact war will have on
humanitarian conditions in Iraq. They've also downplayed the immediate
civilian deaths that will be caused by a U.S. attack.
The closest thing to a report on the likely humanitarian impact to appear
this year on the nightly newscasts was a January 23 CBS Evening News story
about the mood in Iraq. Noting that "many [Iraqis] are genuinely scared" of
war, the report stated that "almost half" of the country "would starve
without government food handouts." But CBS's report shifted responsibility
for any humanitarian disaster away from the U.S., suggesting that what
Iraqis fear "perhaps even more than an American military attack" is that
domestic "hatred and revenge could tear [Iraq] apart" in the aftermath.
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting 112 W. 27th Street New York, NY 10001
http://www.fair.org/activism/war-kills.html
March 14, 2003
Despite daily reports about the "showdown" with Iraq, Americans hear very
little from mainstream media about the most basic fact of war: People will
be killed and civilian infrastructure will be destroyed, with devastating
consequences for public health long after the fighting stops.
Since the beginning of the year, according to a search of the Nexis database
(1/1/03-3/12/03), none of the three major television networks' nightly
national newscasts-- ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News or NBC Nightly
News-- have examined in detail what long-term impact war will have on
humanitarian conditions in Iraq. They've also downplayed the immediate
civilian deaths that will be caused by a U.S. attack.
The closest thing to a report on the likely humanitarian impact to appear
this year on the nightly newscasts was a January 23 CBS Evening News story
about the mood in Iraq. Noting that "many [Iraqis] are genuinely scared" of
war, the report stated that "almost half" of the country "would starve
without government food handouts." But CBS's report shifted responsibility
for any humanitarian disaster away from the U.S., suggesting that what
Iraqis fear "perhaps even more than an American military attack" is that
domestic "hatred and revenge could tear [Iraq] apart" in the aftermath.
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting 112 W. 27th Street New York, NY 10001
http://www.fair.org/activism/war-kills.html