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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Regina Pinto lives, loves and believes in net.art. So that all her work
as artist ( http://arteonline.arq.br/library.htm )
or curator ( http://arteonline.arq.br )
is done for the web.
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DISCUSSION
Posted on Fri Mar 17, 2006

## Re: Marshall McLuhan, "actual destroyer of our civilization"

Hi Jim,
"Sorry, I did not mean to imply that you should read McLuhan before talking
about him."
Well, I did understood what you intended to say. The problem is that I
really think that I can not discuss an Author who Idid not know very well.
That is it.
I will read your text and then I will tell you what I think.
Bye,
Regina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com>
To: <list@rhizome.org>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 3:29 PM
Subject: RE: RHIZOME_RAW: Marshall McLuhan, "actual destroyer of our
civilization"
> Hi Regina,
>
> My point was that most people who talk about McLuhan know about
> him elsewhere than from reading his books. One could say the same of Allen
> Ginsberg or William S Burroughs or any number of writers whose media
> presence is more prominent than their books. I don't mean that this
> invalidates what people say about McLuhan. Instead, I mean it illustrates
> that 'literature is finished'--in the sense that popular knowledge is much
> less print-based than 'anchored' in other media.
>
> Also, the assertion that 'literature is finished' operates much like other
> equally overstated propositions such as 'evolution is over' or 'we are
> post-human' or 'the medium is the message' etc: it is the popular face of
> an
> argument or phenomenon that cannot be so easily summarized, but must be
> stated compactly to travel in popular culture. It requires considerable
> 'unpacking'.
>
> Paper books have real advantages over other means of distributing certain
> types of work. And these advantages ensure that the book is not going away
> any time soon.
>
> You ask about McLuhan's books. I haven't read them all myself.
> 'Understanding Media' is the main one. I wrote an essay that people seem
> to
> like as an introduction to his work:
> http://vispo.com/writings/essays/mcluhana.htm
>
> ja
>
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DISCUSSION
Posted on Fri Mar 17, 2006

## Re: Marshall McLuhan, "actual destroyer of our civilization"

Hi Jim,
I can not discuss about McLuhan with you because I did not read much of his
work. What I really did not like yesterday is the idea that he said that
Literature is dead, but if you have other meanings for which he said, things
change. To read McLuhan is anything that is missing in my life bibliography.
But it is never late to start, for which book do you think that I have to
start my McLuhan adventure?
As you certainly know my formation is in Anthropology of Art, so that I can
not think that any art expression will disappear and give place to other
expressions.
If you remember, Picasso and Bracque created cubism from African masks,
masks of a less complexe (?) culture and I yet admire african masks. I
believe in "less complex", I believe in complex too, I do not like the idea
that a nice less complexe culture must be victim of evolutionism. I am for
good Art, it does not mind if it is more complex or less complex. That is
it, however people think differently, and if you do not agree with me, it is
not a problem. It shows how humanity is nice in its difference.
You know how I like your work and how I work with literature in my own
multimedia way. But I think that these are our ways and that there are other
ways so beautiful like ours. One of them is literature to be print. I like
books, to feel the smell of an old book, imagine how many hands opened it
... Also I like new books, to feel the smell of them and imagine how many
hands will yet touch them... When I was a teen, I was what people call in
Brazil "rato de biblioteca" > "mice of library", I still remember the old
building of the library of my school and the time I spent there looking for
interesting books, books that made me fly hight, very hight in an unlikely
limit...
What will be the Art of the future well, the future will tell us, I am sure.
Warmest regards,
Regina
Ps: I have just written my first literay text, my previous texts are
parodies of other Author texts that I admire. I think you know them because
of my e-books. However this one is not a parody, it is really mine and I am
very proud of it ;-). The interesting is that it appears from a not very
nice event, Helen Jamieson suffers an accident and she had to substitute a
portion of her femur to a tantalum piece. She is featuring this in her blog
(http://www.creative-catalyst.com/plog.html). Also she is inviting people to
create stories for that event. I created mine and liked and decided to do a
multimedia book with it. If you have time, browser at
(http://www.creative-catalyst.com/e-femoral/regina.html) and read it. No, it
is not my intention to make a printed book ;-), as you, multimedia is my
favorite way of creation.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com>
To: <list@rhizome.org>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 7:22 AM
Subject: RE: RHIZOME_RAW: Marshall McLuhan, "actual destroyer of our
civilization"
>
>> " What idea of McLuhan's are you thinking of?"
>>
>> This one, which I cut from the text you sent yesterday morning.
>>
>> " Immediately, Marshall McLuhan's philosophies are brought into the
>> discussion. They speak of McLuhan's theory that literature is finished. "
>>
>> Literature is not finished because of television or new medias
>> and, the best
>> way to read Literature up to now, are yet common books. Have you read the
>> complete Eco's text and not only the two paragraphs of my
>> yesterday morning
>> email?
>
> I had a quick read of it. Have you read 'Understanding Media' or any of
> McLuhan's other books? Yet we know something about McLuhan, though most of
> it is second-hand or via video or sound. In saying 'literature is
> finished',
> he might have been thinking of how his own work was propagating. There are
> his books, yes, and they are an important part of his oeuvre, but what
> most
> people know about Marshall McLuhan is *not* his books. They've encountered
> other people talking/writing about him, or have heard recordings or seen
> video.
>
> Literature--print literature--now shares the literary pie with other
> media.
> Intense engagement with language is not limited to words on a page, as you
> know. Serious, imaginative writing is not limited to literature (print).
>
> Also, given the contemporary situation, can you imagine the most promising
> young writers gravitating to print? I would think that intensest
> engagements
> with language are to be had elsewhere.
>
> ja
> http://vispo.com
>
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DISCUSSION
Posted on Fri Mar 17, 2006

## Re: Marshall McLuhan, "actual destroyer of our civilization"

What idea of McLuhan's are you thinking of?"
This one, which I cut from the text you sent yesterday morning.
" Immediately, Marshall McLuhan's philosophies are brought into the
discussion. They speak of McLuhan's theory that literature is finished. "
Literature is not finished because of television or new medias and, the best
way to read Literature up to now, are yet common books. Have you read the
complete Eco's text and not only the two paragraphs of my yesterday morning
email?
Regina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com>
To: <list@rhizome.org>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 1:23 AM
Subject: RE: RHIZOME_RAW: Marshall McLuhan, "actual destroyer of our
civilization"
>> To agree is not an obligation but I
>> believe that it is good to confront his ideas with McLuhan ideas,
>> do not you
>> think so?
>>
>> Regina
>
> What idea of McLuhan's are you thinking of?
>
> ja
>
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DISCUSSION
Posted on Thu Mar 16, 2006

## Re: Marshall McLuhan, "actual destroyer of our civilization"

Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves..."
Huuum, I am not going to give you a literature example, I tryed to remind of
any digital work about this subject but I could not, could you?Watch the
excellent Woody Allen's movie "Match Point" and after this tell me if your
feelings about fate continue the same. ;-)
Eco's text is wonderful and very clear and well written, although, it seems
to me that you do not agree with it. To agree is not an obligation but I
believe that it is good to confront his ideas with McLuhan ideas, do not you
think so?
Regina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com>
To: <list@rhizome.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:38 PM
Subject: RE: RHIZOME_RAW: Marshall McLuhan, "actual destroyer of our
civilization"
>> But the written War and Peace does not confront us with the
>> unlimited possibilities of Freedom, but with the severe law of
>> Necessity. In
>> order to be free persons we also need to learn this lesson about Life and
>> Death, and only books can still provide us with such a wisdom. "
>
> Men at some time are masters of their fates:
> The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
> But in ourselves...
>
> ja
>
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DISCUSSION
Posted on Thu Mar 16, 2006

## Hybrid Insect MEMS (HI-MEMS)

Well, the Proposal for a Great Earth Mother Cyborg (http://www.creative-cat=
alyst.com/e-femoral/regina.html)*. is not alone...
Read this below;
"FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 11, 2006 FBO #1566
SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Hybrid Insect MEMS (HI-MEMS)
Notice Date
3/9/2006
Notice Type
Solicitation Notice
NAICS
541710 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sc=
iences
Contracting Office
Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contract=
s Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714
ZIP Code
22203-1714
Solicitation Number
BAA06-22
Response Due
6/5/2006
Archive Date
3/9/2007
Description
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting researc=
h proposals in the area of Hybrid Insect MEMS. Proposed research should inv=
estigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in scienc=
e, devices or systems. Specifically excluded is research, which primarily r=
esults in evolutionary improvement upon existing state-of-the-art. DARPA se=
eks innovative proposals to develop technology to create insect-cyborgs, po=
ssibly enabled by intimately integrating microsystems within insects, durin=
g their early stages of metamorphoses. The healing processes from one metam=
orphic stage to the next stage are expected to yield more reliable bio-elec=
tromechanical interface to insects, as compared to adhesively bonded system=
s to adult insects. Once these platforms are integrated, various microsyste=
m payloads can be mounted on the platforms with the goal of controlling ins=
ect locomotion, sense local environment, and scavenge power. Multidisciplin=
ary teams of engineers, physicists, and biologists are expected to work tog=
ether to develop new technologies utilizing insect biology, while developin=
g foundations for the new field of insect cyborg engineering. The HI-MEMS m=
ay also serve as vehicles to conduct research to answer basic questions in =
biology. The final demonstration goal of the HI-MEMS program is the deliver=
y of an insect within five meters of a specific target located at hundred m=
eters away, using electronic remote control, and/or global positioning syst=
em (GPS). Although flying insects are of great interest (e.g. moths and dra=
gonflies), hopping and swimming insects could also meet final demonstration=
goals. In conjunction with delivery, the insect must remain stationary eit=
her indefinitely or until otherwise instructed. The insect-cyborg must also=
be able to transmit data from DOD relevant sensors, yielding information a=
bout the local environment. These sensors can include gas sensors, micropho=
nes, video, etc. In order to successfully demonstrate the mission described=
above, it is anticipated that effort in the following technical areas is r=
equired: 1. Demonstrate reliable bio-electromechanical interfaces to insect=
s, 2. Demonstrate locomotion control using MEMS platforms, and 3. Demonstra=
te technologies to scavenge power from insects."
more at: http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2006/03-March/11-Mar-2006/FBO-0100=
3518.htm
***********************************************
Now, remembering the Proposal for a Great Earth Mother Cyborg:
13 March
"Regina Celia Pinto has made the first contribution to "e-Femoral: the se=
vered head and other stories.
(http://www.creative-catalyst.com/e-femoral/index.html)" Her story is an ex=
tract from her current work in progress, an electronic artist's book entitl=
ed "Proposal for a Great Earth Mother: Bio Art and Digital Literature" (tra=
nslated from Portuguese by Sabrina Gledhill). Read it here (http://www.crea=
tive-catalyst.com/e-femoral/regina.html)."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Proposal for a Great Earth Mother:
Bio Art and Digital Literature
Regina Celia Pinto
(English Version: Sabrina Gledhill)
The renowned anthropologist Sir R.B. was the first to note the strange
symbols on Kiwi multimedia artist HVJ's femur stem. As a result, this item=
was immediately taken to the CALS (Center for Anthropological and Linguisti=
c
Studies) in the main city on the Island of Aotearoa. The world's foremost=
anthropologists and experts in linguistics and codes flocked to that
important research center to witness an unheard-of event in the world of
Science.
For months on end, these specialists devoted themselves to the study of tha=
t
femur stem without making any discoveries. Meanwhile, multimedia artist HVJ=
got used to walking with her new tantalum1 hip implant, and was amazed at=
the sudden fame gained by that former part of her bone structure. Every day=
,
the wildest claims appeared in the newspapers, but the scientists were
stymied. The code (?) was still unbroken.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Much more at:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.creat=
ive-catalyst.com/plog.html
Please, I will be delighted if you browser at:
http://www.creative-catalyst.com/plog.html , read the text and send me smal=
l
chips to be installed into the head of the "Great Earth Mother Cyborg".
(images, animations or movies > maximum: 100 pixels x 100 pixels, poems >=
+ - 3 lines)
To receive lots of chips would be really great!
Send your chip to arteonline.museum@gmail.com , subject: Great Earth Mother
***********************************************
Regina Celia Pinto
http://arteonline.arq.br/
http://arteonline.arq.br/library.htm
The Latest Works:
http://arteonline.arq.br/magic_walls/
http://arteonline.arq.br/eva/
http://arteonline.arq.br/ducks/
http://arteonline.arq.br/eua200km/
http://arteonline.arq.br/ecologia/
http://arteonline.arq.br/my_movies/
http://arteonline.arq.br/carnaval_2006/

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