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welcome to -empyre-
-empyre- is a soft space where invited guests
from the media arts field - artists, theorists, curators, producers and
admisistrators can discuss their projects, publications, productions, and share
knowledge and experience. it's specific to the issues which surround media
arts, without necessarily being academically referenced, nor concerned with
deliniating areas of practice into interactive, or digital, or net, or rom, or
pda, or web, or text, or flash art.
how it works:
guests will send out an initial email statement
about thier work/project/publiction, and then for two or so weeks will be
open to comment, questions, discussion around the topics. on 15 january 2002 the
discussion starts with Ollivier Dyens ( bio at http://www.subtle.net/empyrean/empyre/dyens.html
) who has generously agreed to be the test guest..
a new guest will be invited at regular
intervals..currently every second month, however
depending on the level of interaction perhaps i will make it more or less
frequent. administratively there may still some glitches to be ironed out over
the next few weeks as well - the net is never a seamless experience.
many people have subscribed since i opened the list
a few days ago which is great.. and leads me to think a lot of you want
something extra in the way of content from your email.. however i know i get
enormous amount of email in my in box everyday, a lot of it duplicated info
which i have to filter out..
-empyre- is not the place for conference announcements, or art show invitations or email
text works. i think we are all connected to (often too) many networks which
provide these functions already.
If anyone consistantly spams the list, sends
attachments, or is abusive towards other members i will unsubscribe
them.
as i have made the subscriber list invisible so
that it can't be harvested by bulk emailers, i would encourage people to post a brief introduction to the
list before the first guest arrives. i'm glad to see new
names, as well as so many subscribers whom iv'e known in other hard and digital
realms over the years, and i look forward to your participation, which has
always been informative and stimulating... often contraversial and sometimes
extremely funny.
-empyre- is an experiment in this format, and like
most mailing lists will have an organic lifespan generating its unique
rhythms, highs ands lows, jumping between furious pace and slow
silences... basically -empyre- will live or die according to your input,
- you are the animating fluid of -empyre-
Melinda Rackham
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