[spectre] BYOB Chicago: jonCates, Digital Arts Collector - jonCates (2011).

[marc garrett]

Sorry for any cross posting...

BYOB Chicago: jonCates, Digital Arts Collector - jonCates (2011).

in the performance/projection "jonCates, Digital Arts Collector" i had 
same day Business Cards (1) printed which read:

jonCates
Digital Arts Collector

INSTITVTE FOR THE ANIMATED GIF
jonCates, Founder && Archivist
Special Collections department
instanigif.tumblr.com

the Business Card feels to me like an old-fashioned format for 
interpersonal interactions, like an antique form of communication or 
rather (self) promotion from an earlier era. at a recent conference (2) 
i was often asked for my business card (which i do not normally carry or 
even maintain current versions of) and presented w/a range of business 
cards from academics and artists. i found receiving these cards both 
novel and strange. this experience combined w/my invitation to 
participate in this most recent BYOB Chicago iteration of the ongoing 
series/platform. the BYOB Worldwide project initiated by Rafaël 
Rozendaal relies on Salon-style 'hanging' of the projections, social 
networks and networking and recent Web 2.0 technologies/platforms (such 
as tumblr, which the BYOB Worldwide site exists on and through). this 
intersection of very recent technologies and the turn of the second to 
last century approaches (late 1800's/early 1900's Academic Art 
exhibition formats) strikes me as similarly novel and strange, like 
business cards from New Media Artists and academics...

more...
http://www.furtherfield.org/blog/joncates/byob-chicago-joncates-digital-arts-collector-joncates-2011

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