[-empyre-] Re: PRNMS/education/ on -empyre- Aug 06

[Gustaff Harriman <blauloretta@yahoo.com>]

Hi all...right now I'm preparing a reseach paper for
the PRNMS Forum. A proposal for developing a media
arts practices in Indonesia, and hopefully this can
contributes to our discussion about media culture &
its environtment in asia pacific region. Hopefully
soon I can send you all the english version. But here
is the link to some practice and activities that we
did in Bandung Center for New Media Arts recently:
http://commonroom.info/bcfnma/futuresonic2006/image/2006/08/hetero-utopia-mapping-urban-terrain.html


-best,
-gustaff

--- Christina McPhee <christina@christinamcphee.net>
wrote:

> dear Ken et al,
> 
> As many of you know, at the invitation of Joel
> Slayton, -empyre- soft- 
> skinned-space, the Australian-based list serv for
> digital media arts  
> and culture, has undertaken to discuss the PRNMS
> during the month of  
> August.
> 
> A few days ago I asked Rob van Kranenburg to post
> some notes to the  
> list about the summit.  He sent them to me.  This is
> the post you see  
> below.  I asked him to post them to -empyre-,  which
> he did.
> Now, several of you have responded to Rob with cc to
> all, including  
> myself.  But, -empyre- is not included in the cc
> from Rob.   This  
> means, that all of these posts are not making it to
> the listserv that  
> initiated the conversation in the first instance,
> unless I obtain  
> permission from each of you personally to cc to the
> list.  As Ken  
> suggests there is a more direct approach.
> 
> As the moderator for August on -empyre- I would be
> very grateful if  
> you could please cc your comments on this thread
> initated by Rob, and  
> any other observations or texts you may wish to post
> regarding the  
> summit, to
> 
> -empyre-
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> On Aug 20, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Kenneth Fields wrote:
> 
> > Should we move to a listserv?
> > Or should we stick to the copy-13-people method?
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 20, 2006, at 8:20 PM, Roberta Alvarenga
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear All,
> >> it was great to wake up on this sunny morning,
> and to read you.
> >> unhappily, as i told you previously, I could not
> attend the isea ...
> >> I know that my participation in this discussion
> list, it has been  
> >> presenting me as mere spectator. and for that, i
> would like to  
> >> update you of my position, while (as mere
> spectator) i was  
> >> analyzing the incredible inputs and outputs
> promoted by all the  
> >> members.
> >> In this period in that I was incubated at my
> office, thought the  
> >> education and your relationship with the
> communication and the  
> >> technology. After having more questions then
> answers, I decided to  
> >> place in practice some doubts to verify your
> origin:
> >> - to give art classes and technology - just
> sensors - for young  
> >> lacking and fortunate
> >> - to develop a project of teaching "better" - new
> media to  
> >> graduation students of art dpto of a important
> globalized  
> >> institution.
> >> - and conclude one important curatorial project
> especially  
> >> developed for the space of a disabled hospital,
> that contemplates  
> >> the art and your new media.  - artlife!
> >>
> >> Like a incredible force that move us forward, I
> decided to stop to  
> >> relate the mistakes of this system, to attack -
> doing.
> >>
> >> let´s start changing ideas and experiences.
> >>
> >> look foward do read you all!!!
> >>
> >> all the best
> >> roberta alvarenga
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/18/06, Rob van Kranenburg
> <kranenbu@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >> dear Christina,
> >>
> >> Can you post this on empyre?
> >>
> >> From the PRNMS Education Group:
> >>
> >> The PRNMS Education was heavily crippled by the
> lack of its two co- 
> >> chairs Gustaff Iskander and Fatima Lasay. I felt
> very  
> >> uncomfortable on the main stage between the other
> PRNMS chairs.  
> >> Fatima and or Gustaff should have spoken there.
> Not only as a  
> >> Dutch citizen ( albeit more time in lovely Ghent,
> Belgium), with a  
> >> very indecent, violent and undignified history of
> colonization-  
> >> but specifically because my expertise in this
> region is one of  
> >> possibly relevant only in dialogue. I do feel my
> place as co-chair  
> >> ( as part of three) is justified because of three
> reasons:
> >> 1. I believe that the move towards an Ambient
> Intelligent world  
> >> full of sensors, datamining and unforeseen
> connectivities is  
> >> fundamental to our being human as such and this
> relates to us all,
> >> 2. I believe that organizational expertise of
> distributing  
> >> insecurity will become the default, this means
> that expertise now  
> >> goes from East to West. With Deanna Herst we are
> trying to  
> >> organize a conference on this in Bandung in
> Spring 2007,
> >> 3. I believe from my experience in new media
> education 
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