Re: [-empyre-] this is not a spectator event ::

[fizzion <fizzion@optusnet.com.au>]

Hello Melinda et al and list,

In response to <the subscribership has doubled and the interaction has
halved..> issue ...

I have been a member of the list since its inception and got involved in the
beginning but then became a reader only. The war hasn't made it easier to be
involved either, I had an intense 2 months recently researching war, energy,
dollar hegemony etc which made my brain feel like an overloaded sponge.

I am looking forward to more involvement:

I am intensely interested in the upcoming internet sound discussion as I
make interactive net sound works - http://members.optusnet.com.au/~fizzion

Race and culture sounds good too, particularly in light of the recent Iraq
conflict. Years ago I read Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian and immediately
felt a need to go to China to meet artists, to explore the culture. Our
proximity to Asia makes it imperative, for me, that we form relationships on
many levels with the people to the North, something that I feel our so
called government hasn't a clue about. We must be involved in Asia, not just
with Asia. Artists can and do make the effort to communicate with artists in
other cultures, more so now that we have the net.

I have to say sometimes that I find the language used by some on the list is
somewhat wanky and over verbose, less super-superlatives and hot air would
be good. I have avoided reading some posts because of this issue, I just
don't have the time to decipher what is being said. Maybe there should be a
prize for the most obtuse post?

Barrie


> --> also coming up in August or September (we are very flexible here
> at -empyre-) is audio.net, focusing on internet sound  with guests including
> Trace Reddell, curator of sound-works for the Denver Museum of Contemporary
> Art, with John Hudak, John Kannenberg, Tobias van Veen and Glenn Bach.

> From: "-empyre-admin" <empyre-admin@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Reply-To: soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:47:33 +1000
> To: "soft_skinned_space" <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Subject: [-empyre-] this is not a spectator event ::
> 
> -empyre- started about 18 months ago as a way for artists, writers and
> curators to discuss their work in an open forum and get critiques,
> suggestions, perhaps even unending praise -  in short, some responses on
> it.. sometimes that maybe be academicaly slanted..  sometimes technically
> slanted, sometimes aesthetically slanted..  it could even be humourous..
> 
> but in the last 6 months something wierd has been happening..
> the subscribership has doubled and the interaction has halved..
> 
> now i like the balance of that inverse proportional thing  as much as anyone
> else....but i dont think the effect on the list is positive.. guests
> generously give of thier time  and really appreciate your reponses.. despite
> the facilitators getting mail from subscribers saying they really enjoyed
> this or that aspect of a discussion, or a guest posts, or thankyou for
> putting a particular topic on, the online public posts have dropped off.
> you all seem to have become a little shy in responding on list...
> 
> for the list to keep going -empyre- needs your interactions, as guests will
> not  give up their valuable time if they get no response to thie posts.
> noone gets paid to be here.. the facilitators wont keep putting in time and
> enregy to seek out guests if there is no dialogue happening.
> 
> Interaction is particlarly important in the next few months, especially when
> a reader is being produced from the June discussion.  As it said in the
> inital statement you recieved when you joined -empyre- , it is an amorphous
> organic community, and as part of it you make it happen.
> the vitality and sustainability of the list is up to =you=
> 
> -empyre- faciliatators
> Christina | Melinda | Michael
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