Rachel Greene
Since the beginning
Works in New York, Nebraska United States of America

BIO
Rhizome is friends and family for Rachel, who has been involved with the org. in one capacity or another since 1997 when it was rhizome.com!!
Rachel wrote a book on internet art for thames & hudson's well-known WORLD OF ART series: it was published in June 2004. She was a consultant and catalogue author for the 2004 Whitney Biennial. She has also written for publications including frieze, artforum, timeout and bomb.
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tate webcasting curator job available


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> Tate Webcasting Curator Job Available
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> Tate, London, UK
> http://www.tate.org.uk
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> Salary: c.

DISCUSSION

Fwd: 7th New Media Writers workshop


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> From: Deena Larsen <deenalarsen@yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun Jul 6, 2003 12:45:33 PM US/Eastern
> To: Net Art News <netartnews@rhizome.org>
> Subject: 7th New Media Writers workshop
> Reply-To: textra@chisp.net
>
> 7th New Media Writers Workshop
>
> How can a writer's message be expressed in new media? What does new
> media offer that print does not? And in an age when new media has
> become
> increasingly professional, howt can an individual produce work of a
> high
> enough standard--including text, graphics, animation, sound,
> programming etc. etc?
>
> The 7th New Media Writers' Workshop, part of the Hypertext 03
> conference in Nottingham, will explore these questions and more.

DISCUSSION

Fwd: [oldboys] Post-PATRIOT Magnetic Motto Maker software


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> From: Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org>
> Date: Sat Jul 5, 2003 5:36:18 PM US/Eastern
> To: oldboys@lists.ccc.de
> Subject: [oldboys] Post-PATRIOT Magnetic Motto Maker software
> Reply-To: oldboys@lists.ccc.de
>
> Happy Post-4th-of-July!
>
> Deprogramming.us and Plagiarist.org are pleased to announce the
> release of
> The Post-PATRIOT Magnetic Motto Maker, a new web-filtering,
> motto-making,
> t-shirt-printing, magnet poetry software thingee.
>
> The PPMMM is now available for free download from:
> http://deprogramming.us/ppmmm/
>
> About the PPMMM...
> You've probably seen word magnet poetry, the craze that's sweeping
> refrigerators around the globe. But did you know that the US Government
> uses magnet poetry to assemble its stirring slogans? How else to
> explain
> such eloquence as the full name of the USA PATRIOT Act: "Uniting and
> Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
> Intercept
> and Obstruct Terrorism" ....
>
> But, as poetic as the name may be, it turns out the PATRIOT Act has
> got a
> few bugs. Perhaps there are some better alternatives. We think there's
> lots more people-rallying slogans out there just waiting to be
> unearthed.
> So we've decided to make magnet poetry motto-making technology
> available
> to the public. Now you can use the very same technique as the US
> Government to generate your own magnetically poetic battle cries... and
> maybe even replace USA PATRIOT with something for the public good!
>
> With the Post-PATRIOT Magnetic Motto Maker you can publish your slogans
> online, print stickers, flyers, business cards and address labels,
> make T-shirts... even export your slogans directly to Washington. So
> don't delay, download today!
>
> http://deprogramming.us/ppmmm/
>
> **
> deprogramming.us - post-dotcom software
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DISCUSSION

Re: RHIZOME_RARE: Web cam art - mailing list


Ivan -- do you know elka krajewska's work -- www.elka.net -- unusual
deployment of web cams. she names her works by their duration, a la
minimalist works... they're really pretty also.

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> To view this entire thread, click here:
> http://rhizome.org/thread.rhiz?thread'91&text815#18815
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> Web cam art
> I have started a mailing list to try to gather anybody interested in the
> use
> and abuse of webcams as part of art practice. Its early days, all
> interested
> parties are encouraged to come along and see where this takes us. Please
> feel free to repost this information. Thanks, Ivan
>
> Webcamart
> To discuss the use of webcam and webcam imagery in visual art. Use of
> images
> from webcams, integration of webcam image streams in net art, webcam
> installations, webcam performance, webcam hac*ing. Whatever. Technical
> discussion of webcam and associated subjects encouraged from an artist
> perspective.
>
> You can subscribe at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webcamart
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>
> --
> Ivan Pope
> ivan@ivanpope.com
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> http://www.ivanpope.com
> http://www.tochki-inc.com
>
> Now showing two webcam installations
> http://ivanpope.com/cams/
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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Historically Significant Imitations


I apologize if I didn't seem compassionate -- I was caught up in the art
historical context, etc., I didn't mean to belittle Carlo's concerns about
artbase policy. Sorry, Rachel

> You know, I think it is entirely possible that TS's work was made without
> any
> knowledge of CZ's work. If you look at 'Hole in the sky' on TS's website,
> the
> concept behind it is justified in a compelling way.
>
> But to resolve this matter, why doesn't Rhizome offer to include CZ's
> piece in
> the Artbase and maybe even maintain links between the two works? I get the
> feeling that the idea behind CZ's work is based on the fact that the
> towers
> simply aren't there anymore but TS explains that his idea was based on the
> resulting chaos/dropped requests on the internet around the time of the
> tragic event. I find both quite compelling and interesting pieces.
>
> I think it's quite significant if in fact one event led two different
> artists
> to come to such similar conclusions and that they may be based on very
> different ideas.
>
> I can well understand CZ's anger though. I'd be pretty pissed if I were in
> his
> shoes. I think the Rhizome people who have responded to him could show a
> little more compassion.
>
> Pall Thayer
>
> On Thursday 03 July 2003 19:32, Rachel@rhizome.org wrote:
>> > TS can copy what he prefers, how many times he wants. The only problem
>> is
>> > that ArtBase that (i was thinking) should have an historicization
>> > function,
>> > accepted it.
>> > So following your idea next year I can take the ascii works by eryk,
>> > change
>> > 1 color and then this wonderful reinterpretation will be listed as a
>> new
>> > work? Everything in this digital age can be copied and restyled and
>> > that's the reason why people's brains in valuating things (artworks,
>> > songs, poetries and so on.) are so important today .
>>
>> Yes, if you were undertake a project to copy, deliberately, Eryk's work,
>> he (Eryk) might not *like it,* but it could constitute a project. In
>> that
>> case, since you had made it clear that you were interested in making a
>> work about copying and plagiarism, I think the Eryk-copies would be read
>> in the historical context of those modes.
>>
>> I didn't suggest that TS intended to copy your work -- I think that is
>> how
>> you're interpreting it, but that is your call. I have no idea.
>>
>> > Perhaps you believe in djing. i don't.
>> >
>> > so thank you for your time Rachel,
>> >
>> > all the best,
>> > carlo zanni
>> >
>> > "As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy
>> > Take your time, hurry up
>> > The choice is your, don't be late
>> > Take a rest as a friend as an old memoria"
>> >
>> > come as you are, nirvana
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: <Rachel@rhizome.org>
>> > To: "Eryk Salvaggio" <eryk@maine.rr.com>
>> > Cc: "cz" <cz@zanni.org>; <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>;
>> > <rachel@rhizome.org>; "RHIZOME" <list@rhizome.org>
>> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:27 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Historically Significant Imitations
>> >
>> >> To me there are obvious similarities and differences with the works.
>> In
>> >> both, the use of two image fields represents the twin towers. Carlo's
>> >> work
>> >> uses color however, to suggest the passage of time, and I think, an
>> >> emotional range.
>> >>
>> >> But even if the Scarpino piece uses imitation or derivation, I don't
>> >> think
>> >> that precludes its inclusion in the artbase, or invalidates it as a
>> >> work.
>> >> Imitation, derivation and appropriation have been established
>> practices
>> >> for centuries. Artists would often compete and dialogue with one
>> another
>> >> by painting the same landscape, or mythical scene, using the same
>> >> conventions -- pushing the limits of painting a particular building
>> or
>> >> church -- seeing what happened when the building was painted by
>> >> different
>> >> hands with unique techniques. In contemporary discourse,
>> appropriation,
>> >> re-photography, plagiarism are de rigeur. Examples include Sherry
>> Levine
>> >> (After Walker Evans), and Rauschenburg's piece when he erased a de
>> >> Kooning
>> >> to make his own work (I think it was de Kooning.). As you point out
>> >> Eryk,
>> >> online, authorship is even more slippery (01's), and net artists have
>> >> had
>> >> to go so far as to foreground url data to render a web work unique
>> >> (Lialina's Agatha Appears).
>> >>
>> >> Carlo, I think if I were you, I would try to think of Scarpino's
>> piece
>> >> in
>> >> dialogue with yours -- perhaps a tribute, perhaps a response. Maybe
>> it
>> >> comes out of a totally different context that renders it an important
>> >> expression (e.g. Scarpino's relationship to 9.11, his work in
>> >> architecture, his all white oeuvre -- I am making these up, but you
>> see
>> >> my
>> >> point). I find your work more interesting in light of the fact that
>> >> there
>> >> is other, similar work being made -- it makes one want to dig deeper.
>> >>
>> >> Finally, there isn't anything "new" or "original" about using forms
>> for
>> >> web compositions, (and I don't even know if "new" or "original" makes
>> >> work
>> >> valuable anymore) as I am sure you are aware. If you think you've
>> been
>> >> ripped off in the mean-spirited sense of the word, I would encourage
>> you
>> >> contact Alena about it. But given the trauma of 9-11, and people's
>> need
>> >> to
>> >> respond and react to it, I personally doubt that is a dominant factor
>> of
>> >> Scarpino's project.
>> >>
>> >> I will leave the artbase policy for Alena to address.
>>
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> --
> Pall Thayer
> artist/teacher
> http://www.this.is/pallit
> http://www.this.is/isjs
> http://www.this.is/harmony
> http://130.208.220.190/panse
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