[spectre] Opening at HTTP Gallery: Do It With Others (DIWO).

[marc]

You are invited to attend the gallery opening of . . .
Do It With Others (DIWO): E-Mail-Art from the NetBehaviour List.
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HTTP Gallery, London : http://www.http.uk.net
Thursday 1st March 7-9pm (Unprivate view)

Exhibition dates: 2nd March - 1st April
Gallery opening hours: Friday - Sunday: 12noon - 5pm

Directions to HTTP Gallery: http://www.http.uk.net/docs/gettingto.shtml
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For information about the DIWO co-curating event this Sunday (25th Feb) 
please see http://www.http.uk.net/DIWOcurating.shtml
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The Do It With Others (DIWO) E-Mail-Art exhibition aims to highlight the 
already thriving imaginations of those who use social networks and 
digital networks on the Internet as a form of distribution. Just like 
Mail Art, E-Mail-Art bridges the divide between artists and non artists 
to share a freely accessible form of distribution.

The Mail Art projects of the 60s, 70s and 80s demonstrated Fluxus 
artists' common disregard for the distinctions of 'high' and 'low' art 
and a disdain for what they saw as the elitist gate-keeping of the 
'high' art world. They often took the form of themed, 'open calls', in 
which all submissions were exhibited and catalogued. Mail Art has always 
been a useful way to bypass curatorial restrictions for those who wish 
to create active and imaginative exchange on their own terms; this form 
of activity usually flourishes outside of the gallery system.

This E-Mail-Art exhibition, intends to follow the spirit of past Mail 
Art endeavours by asking those submitting their works to open themselves 
to a shared dialogue as part of the process and medium on the 
NetBehaviour mail list, as a playful platform for experimentation 
together at the same time.

The theme of this E-Mail-Art project is Do It With Others (DIWO).

This project suggests that we extend the DIY ethos of some early net art 
and tactical media, towards a more collaborative, DIWO approach. Peers 
connect, communicate and collaborate, creating controversies, structures 
and culture using both digital networks and shared physical environments.

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All participants, artists and curators of Do It With Others (DIWO): 
E-Mail-Art at NetBehaviour are making their contribution through the 
NetBehaviour email list. To subscribe to the list: 
http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour

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HTTP Gallery
 Unit A2, Arena Business Centre,
 71 Ashfield Rd,
 London N4 1NY
+44 (0) 20 8802 2827

Getting to us:
Download a map here: http://www.http.uk.net/images/map_med.jpg

Tube: Manor House
Buses: to Manor House: 29, 141, 253, 254, 259, 341, 279 N29, N253, N279
to St Annes Road: 67 (Shoreditch)
Train: Haringey Green Lanes
Car: We have free parking facilities

http://www.http.uk.net
info at http.uk.net