[spectre] _net_][paral][lax [cluster][ing][2...0] :progression of theory-conception_

Cur.][O][va.ture netwurker@hotkey.net.au
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:39:31 +1000


::...it has so much 2 do with a whole range of elements contributing 2 the 
formulation of practices that basically alienate any acknowledgment of the 
nuanced & intricate use of the network in the creation of x.pressive 
works.....this following of a canonistic chain-linked progression...first 
the documenting/alteration of a [multilogue-email.constructed] piece 
intrinsically x.isting in the communicative, rhizomatic spaces of the net, 
then the kicking in of theory that further re-instates this concretisation 
& static-formalising of the piece......

......the whole progression of theory-conception of this _RE_WORKINPR_ 
piece concerns me, as the reduction process it seems 2 have undergone 
typifies 4 me the problems that r obviously evident when trying 2 document 
& display wurks that r s.sentially un-documentable, un-displayable [in 
terms of regular x.hibition/demonstration]......

::firstly, the node dispersal elements evident in  the _RE_WORKINPR_ wurk r 
reduced in2 a piece that is x.hibition friendly & display.able in a 
literary format, then the piece is described & theorised in yr paper as a 
s.sentially a procedural work that again [in my opinion:)] thins the nature 
of the piece yet again.......how i'd equate it in terms of yr work, _ _, is 
if a literary boffin decided to x.tract all the text elements from 1 of yr 
works and displayed this raw text as b.ing indicative of the impact of the 
overall work......if i did this [ie took all the text elements out and 
reformed them with the intention of describing them in an essay as b.ing 
equal 2 the established ini.tial format of the work] wot would yr reaction b?

::.....it is difficult when i c the value of the _RE_WORKINPR_ wurk [which 
is d.pendent on the node dispersal aspect] b.ing diluted, framed in such a 
way that it morphs the conceptualisation of the wurk in2 something 
completely other.......@ i'm sad 2, that these wurks have no 
(w)rite-of-reply, that in terms of an formalised, academic setting they 
have no credibility, no information currency in which such a position can b 
set forth, as i c participation in these conferences/symposia events as 
perpetuating so much of the info-system that [i assume] wurk in this field 
is desperate to offer alternatives 2......

::i don't find these s.sues silly 2 all, especially when i'm in the very 
act of witnessing the canonization/filtering of net/code.wurks thru 
traditional channels that present information that will, in some form, 
actively shape the way this _RE_WORKINPR_ work & hence others like it will 
b conceptualised, stamped & labelled...this is largely defined via x.pert 
presenters [such as yrself] actions & content @ conferences, symposiums, & 
also via gallery-museum acquisition processes, all dependent on the content 
that is presented via educative linear methods such as thru essay 
structures like this........

::absolutely not, _ _, i'm not n.terested @ all in changing the essay, or 
yr presentation of it. wot i'm n.terested in is the discussion that essays 
[such as this 1] pro.][e][voke.....1 s.sue that jumps clean outta this 
discussion b.ing the idea that artists that work in this net/web-d.voted 
field, 1 that has the capacity 2 change the very nature of data 
presentation, established learning process & the domination of 
institutionalised information dispersal [e.g the essay format], r still ok 
with presenting the theoretical side in regulation formats/avenues.......

::well, we're obviously coming @ this from vastly different 
perspectives...i c that this whole progression/dilution of the 
_RE_WORKINPR_ net./code.wurk acts 2 illustrate certain documentation & 
genre-formation gaps/problems......& this *does* distress 
me.......s.pecially when others wurk in this arena could be reduced & 
conceptualised in a similar lite [& in a way has been, as have been all the 
other contributions/dispersions of _RE_WORKINPR_]...........

::i'd b relucatnt 2 equate property terminology with this overall, as that 
further acts 2 abbreviate the power of the wurk, 2 drag it in2 a 
capita.list.ic framework where everything is commodified & equated with 
worth thru this act of ownership..........





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