<div dir="ltr">Hi Shu Lea & all, <br><br>Thanks for inviting Myself and Ruth Catlow to the Empyre list. As asked, I'm posting a short bio about Furtherfield.<br><br>Since 1996 we have explored network technologies to organise, create and take control of art contexts with others. Seeking a less dominated and more hackable artworld (and way of life), we came together with artists, techies and activists, across many disciplines to develop an ethos and set of approaches that we termed DIWO (Do It With Others) in 2006. This was an update on the DIY spirit of punk, the political interventionism of Situationism, and Free and Open Source Software culture, and characterised by remix, appropriation, post-tactical media antics. <br><br>As an arts led group and community, we mutually build contexts that evolve in modes of: production, curation, activism, generosity, grassroot values, in-tune with collaboration and a sharp institutional critique. Furtherfield is constantly changing as an assemblage of: machines, people, platforms, networks and infrastructures, whilst reflecting everyday culture to everyday people in the park, Finsbury Park, London. <a href="https://www.furtherfield.org/">https://www.furtherfield.org/</a><br><br>Wishing you well.<br><br><div>marc</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Marc Garrett</div><div><div><br></div></div><div>Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield.</div><div>Art, technology and social change, since 1996</div><div><a href="http://www.furtherfield.org" target="_blank">http://www.furtherfield.org</a></div><div><div><br></div></div><div>Furtherfield Gallery & Commons in the park</div><div><div>Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ<a href="http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery" target="_blank"><br>http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery<br><br></a></div></div><div>Currently writing a PhD at Birkbeck University, London</div><div><a href="https://birkbeck.academia.edu/MarcGarrett" target="_blank">https://birkbeck.academia.edu/MarcGarrett</a></div><div><div><br></div></div>Just published: Artists Re:thinking the Blockchain<br>Eds, Ruth Catlow, Marc Garrett, Nathan Jones, & Sam Skinner<br>Liverpool Press - <a href="http://bit.ly/2x8XlMK" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2x8XlMK</a><br><br>Latest post: Unlocking Proprietorial Art Systems interview: <br>with Artists, Gretta Louw, Antonio Roberts & Annie Abrahams<br><a href="https://bit.ly/2HQM1bs" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2HQM1bs</a><br> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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