Comments on: Are You Awake? Are You In Love?

By: networked_performance

networked_performance — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:52:02 +0000

The Relational Aesthetic

From an essay written for Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts by Matt Locke: [A story about Uncle Roy All Around You by Blast Theory; A story about Surrender Control by Tim Etchells; and A story about Audit by Lucy…

By: jimmyb

jimmyb — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 12:32:20 +0000

Interesting and affecting. You describe the everyday exchanges in a way which shows their fragility or strength rests in the relationality itself rather than our ‘conscious’ actions. It would have been interesting to see how the relationships we make everyday, however fleeting and forgettable, throw up so much mis-understanding and opportunities for so much more than we realise. i guess i’ll have to read and get out more to see the ‘wounds’.
quibbles: can photography really be seen as a twentieth century virus? and can communication technology have morals, let alone dual morality?

By: Richard Soderberg

Richard Soderberg — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 06:02:25 +0000

[content reposted from http://www.crystalflame.net/archives/000082.html

At the last Dean meetup, everyone (at all meetups, in all cities) was asked to hand-write three letters to three “undecided” Iowa constituents, asking them to consider Dean as the candidate to vote for in the upcoming primary elections.

Discussions were heard about the room as we wrote the letters, at most tables, as people realized that they had to put a return address on the envelopes being sent to these strangers in Iowa. An invitation was included in the letters for the constituent to contact the letter writer for more information, in case they had questions or wanted to talk more.

For the next year or so, until the 2004 elections, I’m committed to respond to three people’s questions and comments, if they choose to contact me. I’ve provided an open-ended option to three total strangers; now I wait.