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BIO
Michael Szpakowski is an artist, composer, writer and educator.
CV:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/szpakowski_cv.pdf
Video work:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi
Stills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako
12 Remixes:
http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/mickiewicz/
CV:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/szpakowski_cv.pdf
Video work:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi
Stills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako
12 Remixes:
http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/mickiewicz/
Re: Re: [webartery] new work
Hi Alan
thanks as always - for both the comments & the
criticism :)
I'll think about the latter (& that's not just a token
response - I owe you a big debt & I take your opinion
very seriously) . I don't know about you but I steer
with my viscera making these & formally the piece
*felt* finished - with lots happening at the start
then a gradually levelling off & the sudden final
appearance of the person you might guess & would be
right was my English grandfather.. - on which note of
course (it's a risky & a problematic M.O perhaps) so
much of a "private mythology" is embedded in these
things that the rest of the world might not see it
even remotely the same way...
warmest wishes
michael
--- Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com> wrote:
>
>
> Really like these, particularly the 2nd one which is
> incredibly rich (as
> is the color changing in the first) - my only
> criticism is the 2nd's
> abrupt ending which seems unresolved (i.e. not as if
> it implied a further
> unseen continuity) - - Alan
>
>
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
>
> > Two new short movies:
> >
> > Babes in the Wood:
> >
> >
>
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/02/23
> >
> > (1.5MB, 26 sec loop)
> >
> >
> > Tales Heard at my Grandfather's Knee
> >
> >
>
http://dvblog.org/tales-heard-at-my-grandfathers-knee
> >
> > (16MB, 1:35 min)
> >
> > both have sound.
> >
> > best
> >
> > michael
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webartery/
> >
> > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email
> to:
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> >
> > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
> > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> For URLs, DVDs, CDs, books/etc. see
> http://www.asondheim.org/advert.txt .
> Contact: Alan Sondheim, sondheim@panix.com,
> sondheim@gmail.com. General
> directory of work: http://www.asondheim.org .
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>
thanks as always - for both the comments & the
criticism :)
I'll think about the latter (& that's not just a token
response - I owe you a big debt & I take your opinion
very seriously) . I don't know about you but I steer
with my viscera making these & formally the piece
*felt* finished - with lots happening at the start
then a gradually levelling off & the sudden final
appearance of the person you might guess & would be
right was my English grandfather.. - on which note of
course (it's a risky & a problematic M.O perhaps) so
much of a "private mythology" is embedded in these
things that the rest of the world might not see it
even remotely the same way...
warmest wishes
michael
--- Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com> wrote:
>
>
> Really like these, particularly the 2nd one which is
> incredibly rich (as
> is the color changing in the first) - my only
> criticism is the 2nd's
> abrupt ending which seems unresolved (i.e. not as if
> it implied a further
> unseen continuity) - - Alan
>
>
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
>
> > Two new short movies:
> >
> > Babes in the Wood:
> >
> >
>
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/02/23
> >
> > (1.5MB, 26 sec loop)
> >
> >
> > Tales Heard at my Grandfather's Knee
> >
> >
>
http://dvblog.org/tales-heard-at-my-grandfathers-knee
> >
> > (16MB, 1:35 min)
> >
> > both have sound.
> >
> > best
> >
> > michael
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webartery/
> >
> > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email
> to:
> > webartery-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
> > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> For URLs, DVDs, CDs, books/etc. see
> http://www.asondheim.org/advert.txt .
> Contact: Alan Sondheim, sondheim@panix.com,
> sondheim@gmail.com. General
> directory of work: http://www.asondheim.org .
> +
> -> 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
>
new work
Two new short movies:
Babes in the Wood:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/02/23
(1.5MB, 26 sec loop)
Tales Heard at my Grandfather's Knee
http://dvblog.org/tales-heard-at-my-grandfathers-knee
(16MB, 1:35 min)
both have sound.
best
michael
Babes in the Wood:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/02/23
(1.5MB, 26 sec loop)
Tales Heard at my Grandfather's Knee
http://dvblog.org/tales-heard-at-my-grandfathers-knee
(16MB, 1:35 min)
both have sound.
best
michael
Re: geo visitation
That's neat Eric -kind of like a short & affecting
poem in a language I only half comprehend -I actually
like the delays, makes it pleasantly contemplative...
best
michael
--- Eric Dymond <dymond@idirect.ca> wrote:
> Visit the spaces, and see the faces ( well icons) of
> some of the Rhizome community, visit the homes of
> the stars (well, members, Ryan, Marisa, Michael,
> Teaspace, Rhizome, and myself at the doorway)
> requires google-earth plugin, and a bit of
> patience..
> http://www.edymond.com/crossroad.php
>
> Eric
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>
poem in a language I only half comprehend -I actually
like the delays, makes it pleasantly contemplative...
best
michael
--- Eric Dymond <dymond@idirect.ca> wrote:
> Visit the spaces, and see the faces ( well icons) of
> some of the Rhizome community, visit the homes of
> the stars (well, members, Ryan, Marisa, Michael,
> Teaspace, Rhizome, and myself at the doorway)
> requires google-earth plugin, and a bit of
> patience..
> http://www.edymond.com/crossroad.php
>
> Eric
> +
> -> 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
>
Re: Re: Griffis is genius
Hi all
I had a long debate here awhile back, somewhat
acrimonious I recall, with Manik, about their use of
the racist term "shiptar" for Albanians. ( & I can't
be bothered to go into it all again here -it's all on
record, for anyone who cares to look
http://rhizome.org/print/?23606
http://rhizome.org/print/?23595
http://rhizome.org/print/?24013
& for "shiptar" see note 41 here
http://hrw.org/reports/2005/serbia1005/4.htm#_ftn41
).
It's unfortunate that their somewhat splenetic (&
often spot on) critique of the US/Britain/NATO is
marred by this. It makes it difficult to take anything
they say *politically* entirely seriously.
On the other hand honesty compels me to say I think
they are interesting , original & worthwhile
artists...
I suspect that many on this list would actually be
relatively sympathetic to some of the points they have
made here ( not all; the ad feminem- I just made that
up, I think!- attack on Marisa is, I think, entirely
uncalled for)& it's really not a very effective
political tactic to attack those who are actually
predisposed to be sympathetic to you - where I grew up
we had a saying -"Don't shit on your own doorstep".
Declaration of interest: Manik recently posted a nice
note on my vlog. I took it as something of a peace
offering & replied in kind. I remain a fan of their
work. I dislike intensely their anti Albanian racism &
I think they should be called on it. I also believe
their espousal of name calling as a method of
political & artistic debate here is to say the least
counter productive.
michael
--- Ryan Griffis <ryan.griffis@gmail.com> wrote:
> this is interesting MANIK, thanks for the
> provocations. But i'm going
> to pretend that you're really trying to be critical
> here.
> OK, launch into slightly aggravated tone:
> "Come on, MANIK... you've got to be kidding me.
> You're equating someone disagreeing with you on a
> list serve to a KKK
> attack is just plain irresponsible and insulting.
> You want to get all
> upset about me not knowing a certain political
> context? Try being a
> little more savvy about your own extra-cultural
> references. While all
> the things you mention are certainly important, who
> here is claiming
> absolute knowledge about something (other than you
> that is). Pulling
> your archive of an old email thread and showing me
> receiving a link
> someone sent in is supposed to be some kind of
> indictment? Really? And
> you feel justified and even adequate to throw around
> various contexts
> (xenophobia in Europe, institutional racism in the
> US, etc) to make
> your point (whatever that may be)? And what argument
> did I ever have
> with your use of "Shiptar" - i confess to know
> nothing about this
> matter, and don't recall ever saying anything about
> it before.
> And, i don't know... i'm not always happy with my
> life, but i wouldn't
> call it miserable. though i think most of us are in
> for some rough
> times ahead.
> Anyway, if you're point is to keep your earlier
> posts about
> Serbia/Kosovo in the mix of our discussions, that's
> great. i'm sure i
> can learn more about what you're saying. But can't
> you do so without
> flailing about so much? Why is everyone assumed to
> be your enemy?
> And by the way, i'm not in NYC, and don't use
> heroin."
>
> the ASCII hyperlinked dogs are great.
> take care,
> ryan
>
> On Feb 9, 2006, at 5:12 PM, manik wrote:
>
> > Ryan Griffis wrote:
> > >...i'm an idiot.
> >
I had a long debate here awhile back, somewhat
acrimonious I recall, with Manik, about their use of
the racist term "shiptar" for Albanians. ( & I can't
be bothered to go into it all again here -it's all on
record, for anyone who cares to look
http://rhizome.org/print/?23606
http://rhizome.org/print/?23595
http://rhizome.org/print/?24013
& for "shiptar" see note 41 here
http://hrw.org/reports/2005/serbia1005/4.htm#_ftn41
).
It's unfortunate that their somewhat splenetic (&
often spot on) critique of the US/Britain/NATO is
marred by this. It makes it difficult to take anything
they say *politically* entirely seriously.
On the other hand honesty compels me to say I think
they are interesting , original & worthwhile
artists...
I suspect that many on this list would actually be
relatively sympathetic to some of the points they have
made here ( not all; the ad feminem- I just made that
up, I think!- attack on Marisa is, I think, entirely
uncalled for)& it's really not a very effective
political tactic to attack those who are actually
predisposed to be sympathetic to you - where I grew up
we had a saying -"Don't shit on your own doorstep".
Declaration of interest: Manik recently posted a nice
note on my vlog. I took it as something of a peace
offering & replied in kind. I remain a fan of their
work. I dislike intensely their anti Albanian racism &
I think they should be called on it. I also believe
their espousal of name calling as a method of
political & artistic debate here is to say the least
counter productive.
michael
--- Ryan Griffis <ryan.griffis@gmail.com> wrote:
> this is interesting MANIK, thanks for the
> provocations. But i'm going
> to pretend that you're really trying to be critical
> here.
> OK, launch into slightly aggravated tone:
> "Come on, MANIK... you've got to be kidding me.
> You're equating someone disagreeing with you on a
> list serve to a KKK
> attack is just plain irresponsible and insulting.
> You want to get all
> upset about me not knowing a certain political
> context? Try being a
> little more savvy about your own extra-cultural
> references. While all
> the things you mention are certainly important, who
> here is claiming
> absolute knowledge about something (other than you
> that is). Pulling
> your archive of an old email thread and showing me
> receiving a link
> someone sent in is supposed to be some kind of
> indictment? Really? And
> you feel justified and even adequate to throw around
> various contexts
> (xenophobia in Europe, institutional racism in the
> US, etc) to make
> your point (whatever that may be)? And what argument
> did I ever have
> with your use of "Shiptar" - i confess to know
> nothing about this
> matter, and don't recall ever saying anything about
> it before.
> And, i don't know... i'm not always happy with my
> life, but i wouldn't
> call it miserable. though i think most of us are in
> for some rough
> times ahead.
> Anyway, if you're point is to keep your earlier
> posts about
> Serbia/Kosovo in the mix of our discussions, that's
> great. i'm sure i
> can learn more about what you're saying. But can't
> you do so without
> flailing about so much? Why is everyone assumed to
> be your enemy?
> And by the way, i'm not in NYC, and don't use
> heroin."
>
> the ASCII hyperlinked dogs are great.
> take care,
> ryan
>
> On Feb 9, 2006, at 5:12 PM, manik wrote:
>
> > Ryan Griffis wrote:
> > >...i'm an idiot.
> >