[spectre] _net_][paral][lax [cluster][ing][2...0] :progression of
theory-conception_
Cur.][O][va.ture
netwurker@hotkey.net.au
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:39:31 +1000
::...it has so much 2 do with a whole range of elements contributing 2 the
formulation of practices that basically alienate any acknowledgment of the
nuanced & intricate use of the network in the creation of x.pressive
works.....this following of a canonistic chain-linked progression...first
the documenting/alteration of a [multilogue-email.constructed] piece
intrinsically x.isting in the communicative, rhizomatic spaces of the net,
then the kicking in of theory that further re-instates this concretisation
& static-formalising of the piece......
......the whole progression of theory-conception of this _RE_WORKINPR_
piece concerns me, as the reduction process it seems 2 have undergone
typifies 4 me the problems that r obviously evident when trying 2 document
& display wurks that r s.sentially un-documentable, un-displayable [in
terms of regular x.hibition/demonstration]......
::firstly, the node dispersal elements evident in the _RE_WORKINPR_ wurk r
reduced in2 a piece that is x.hibition friendly & display.able in a
literary format, then the piece is described & theorised in yr paper as a
s.sentially a procedural work that again [in my opinion:)] thins the nature
of the piece yet again.......how i'd equate it in terms of yr work, _ _, is
if a literary boffin decided to x.tract all the text elements from 1 of yr
works and displayed this raw text as b.ing indicative of the impact of the
overall work......if i did this [ie took all the text elements out and
reformed them with the intention of describing them in an essay as b.ing
equal 2 the established ini.tial format of the work] wot would yr reaction b?
::.....it is difficult when i c the value of the _RE_WORKINPR_ wurk [which
is d.pendent on the node dispersal aspect] b.ing diluted, framed in such a
way that it morphs the conceptualisation of the wurk in2 something
completely other.......@ i'm sad 2, that these wurks have no
(w)rite-of-reply, that in terms of an formalised, academic setting they
have no credibility, no information currency in which such a position can b
set forth, as i c participation in these conferences/symposia events as
perpetuating so much of the info-system that [i assume] wurk in this field
is desperate to offer alternatives 2......
::i don't find these s.sues silly 2 all, especially when i'm in the very
act of witnessing the canonization/filtering of net/code.wurks thru
traditional channels that present information that will, in some form,
actively shape the way this _RE_WORKINPR_ work & hence others like it will
b conceptualised, stamped & labelled...this is largely defined via x.pert
presenters [such as yrself] actions & content @ conferences, symposiums, &
also via gallery-museum acquisition processes, all dependent on the content
that is presented via educative linear methods such as thru essay
structures like this........
::absolutely not, _ _, i'm not n.terested @ all in changing the essay, or
yr presentation of it. wot i'm n.terested in is the discussion that essays
[such as this 1] pro.][e][voke.....1 s.sue that jumps clean outta this
discussion b.ing the idea that artists that work in this net/web-d.voted
field, 1 that has the capacity 2 change the very nature of data
presentation, established learning process & the domination of
institutionalised information dispersal [e.g the essay format], r still ok
with presenting the theoretical side in regulation formats/avenues.......
::well, we're obviously coming @ this from vastly different
perspectives...i c that this whole progression/dilution of the
_RE_WORKINPR_ net./code.wurk acts 2 illustrate certain documentation &
genre-formation gaps/problems......& this *does* distress
me.......s.pecially when others wurk in this arena could be reduced &
conceptualised in a similar lite [& in a way has been, as have been all the
other contributions/dispersions of _RE_WORKINPR_]...........
::i'd b relucatnt 2 equate property terminology with this overall, as that
further acts 2 abbreviate the power of the wurk, 2 drag it in2 a
capita.list.ic framework where everything is commodified & equated with
worth thru this act of ownership..........
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