[-empyre-] Refiguring the Future: Week 2

[Anneli Anne Goeller]

Re: Emily and Renate,

I think that communities like empyre are great proposals for what I imagine
future platforms could look like. Hearing about what Zach Blas and Micha
Cardenas have proposed is the type of network I am contemplating. Of
course, as Renate brought up, democratizing Internet platforms, or
maintaining community run platforms requires an enormous amount of labor
and energy. Once we leave the reliance on corporations, there is a price to
pay. Perhaps the answer has to do with a move away from for-profit systems
and frameworks.

As Renate mentioned, the web turned 30 last Tuesday. Last Wednesday,
Facebook and thus, Instagram shut down for their longest outage in history,
which lasted about 24 hours. So this question is more pertinent now than
ever. We cannot rely on outside companies to control the way we
communicate. We cannot rely on these companies to maintain our archive.
When a certain platform is popular, it seems permanent, but time and time
again we see their immortality. At moments like this I think it’s important
to visualize the reality of the Internet: many cables connected underground
and underwater, our files stored on many computers all over the world.

~Anneli

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Anneli Goeller (they/them)
MFA Candidate in Film, Video, New Media, Animation
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
agoeller at saic.edu
anneligoeller.net
@digitalqueer <http://instagram.com/digitalqueer>

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My name is Emily McClellan, and I am currently in Sarah Watson's MA
Curatorial Methods class as Hunter College which revolves around the
discourse and exhibition of Refiguring the Future. I know my response to
this part of the thread is a bit late, but I have been thinking about what
Anneli's section. Thinking about what they said which was, 'Platforms where
"community guidelines" are not just consensus censorship. Platforms made by
and for trans people, queer people, black people, indigenous people, people
of color and people with disabilities in order to develop connections and a
sense of community based on their/our own needs." This made me wonder how
might we achieve and what can be proposed to allow these inclusive
platforms to come into existence without being censored by cis-patriarchal
actions and ideologies, and is this possible in this moment in time?

Hi Emily,

I am thrilled that Sarah’s class is chiming in and thank you for being the
first Emily.  I know some web code to get around and I have always been
sensitive to building code that is accessible to all when I can but I think
your call to develop innovative and inclusive platforms demands
participatory energy.  A few years ago Zach Blas and Micha Cardenas
moderated a month on –empyre- with the hope of learning the platform to
propose a new listserv called Q for Queer Theory and media.  The physical
energy it takes to do this stuff is unbelievably heavy as I am sure Lola
and Sarah can attest to thus far this month.  Here is a question for you
that has resonated a few times on –empyre-.  What platforms work best or
are most efficient to reach a global audience?  Is the listserv meeting the
needs of a broad community?  Would a blog be better?  What else could be
imagined? Hoping that you and your classmates will propose some creative
possibilities and that perhaps our guests this week will also share their
own work.  Interesting to note that the World Wide Web turned 30 this past
week. Writing quickly tonight.  Renate


On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 9:05 PM Renate Ferro <rferro at cornell.edu> wrote:
>
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> Hi Emily,
> I am thrilled that Sarah’s class is chiming in and thank you for being
the first Emily.  I know some web code to get around and I have always been
sensitive to building code that is accessible to all when I can but I think
your call to develop innovative and inclusive platforms demands
participatory energy.  A few years ago Zach Blas and Micha Cardenas
moderated a month on –empyre- with the hope of learning the platform to
propose a new listserv called Q for Queer Theory and media.  The physical
energy it takes to do this stuff is unbelievably heavy as I am sure Lola
and Sarah can attest to thus far this month.  Here is a question for you
that has resonated a few times on –empyre-.  What platforms work best or
are most efficient to reach a global audience?  Is the listserv meeting the
needs of a broad community?  Would a blog be better?  What else could be
imagined?  Hoping that you and your classmates will propose some creative
possibilities and that perhaps our guests this week will also share their
own work.  Interesting to note that the World Wide Web turned 30 this past
week. Writing quickly tonight.  Renate
>
> My name is Emily McClellan, and I am currently in Sarah Watson's MA
> Curatorial Methods class as Hunter College which revolves around the
> discourse and exhibition of *Refiguring the Future. *I know my response to
> this part of the thread is a bit late, but I have been thinking about what
> Anneli's section. Thinking about what they said which was, 'Platforms
where
> "community guidelines" are not just consensus censorship. Platforms made
by
> and for trans people, queer people, black people, indigenous people,
people
> of color and people with disabilities in order to develop connections and
a
> sense of community based on their/our own needs." This made me wonder how
> might we achieve and what can be proposed to allow these inclusive
> platforms to come into existence without being censored by cis-patriarchal
> actions and ideologies, and is this possible in this moment in time?
>
> Renate Ferro
> Visiting Associate Professor
> Director of Undergraduate Studies
> Department of Art
> Tjaden Hall 306
> rferro at cornell.edu
>
>
>
> On 3/18/19, 9:49 PM, "empyre-bounces at lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au on
behalf of Emily McClellan" <empyre-bounces at lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au on
behalf of emilyemcclellan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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