Hi all,
The voting for the 2004 Net Art Commissions is now underway. If you are
eligible to vote, please go to http://rhizome.org/commissions/voting/
to vote for your favorite proposals.
This open voting process is sort of unprecedented – I don't believe
that there has ever been an arts organization that has awarded a
commission in this way. I'm hopeful that these commissions, regardless
of who they're awarded to, will raise some provocative questions about
how artists are funded and about how value is assigned in the art
world.
I have emailed all the candidates, and asked them:
+ not to participate in list discussion on any of the work under
consideration.
+ not to change their proposal sites during the discussion in an
attempt to win more votes.
I have one more request to make of everybody else. While we want people
to talk openly about the proposals, we also have to keep in mind that
we are speaking about subjective, personal work in a very public forum.
In any open call like this you're bound to get proposals that vary
widely in quality: Please try to keep your conversation focused on what
proposals you like, and minimize the amount of conversation on
proposals you dislike. In other words, just accentuate the positive. If
this year turns out to be a nasty experience for a lot of artists, we
probably won't get many submissions next year.
Thanks in advance for participating. And please email me if you have
any questions about how this whole thing is supposed to work.
Francis
Rhizome Commissions: Get Ur Vote On
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Type: discussion
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Heads up!
I'm getting an error when i try to vote…
http://rhizome.org/error.rhiz
bah!
On Mar 8, 2004, at 4:33 PM, Francis Hwang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The voting for the 2004 Net Art Commissions is now underway. If you
> are eligible to vote, please go to
> http://rhizome.org/commissions/voting/ to vote for your favorite
> proposals.
>
> This open voting process is sort of unprecedented – I don't believe
> that there has ever been an arts organization that has awarded a
> commission in this way. I'm hopeful that these commissions, regardless
> of who they're awarded to, will raise some provocative questions about
> how artists are funded and about how value is assigned in the art
> world.
>
> I have emailed all the candidates, and asked them:
>
> + not to participate in list discussion on any of the work under
> consideration.
> + not to change their proposal sites during the discussion in an
> attempt to win more votes.
>
> I have one more request to make of everybody else. While we want
> people to talk openly about the proposals, we also have to keep in
> mind that we are speaking about subjective, personal work in a very
> public forum. In any open call like this you're bound to get proposals
> that vary widely in quality: Please try to keep your conversation
> focused on what proposals you like, and minimize the amount of
> conversation on proposals you dislike. In other words, just accentuate
> the positive. If this year turns out to be a nasty experience for a
> lot of artists, we probably won't get many submissions next year.
>
> Thanks in advance for participating. And please email me if you have
> any questions about how this whole thing is supposed to work.
>
> Francis
>
>
I hang my head in shame.
It's fixed now, though. Vote away!
Francis
On Mar 8, 2004, at 5:42 PM, t.whid wrote:
> Heads up!
>
> I'm getting an error when i try to vote…
>
> http://rhizome.org/error.rhiz
>
>
> bah!
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2004, at 4:33 PM, Francis Hwang wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The voting for the 2004 Net Art Commissions is now underway. If you
>> are eligible to vote, please go to
>> http://rhizome.org/commissions/voting/ to vote for your favorite
>> proposals.
>>
>> This open voting process is sort of unprecedented – I don't believe
>> that there has ever been an arts organization that has awarded a
>> commission in this way. I'm hopeful that these commissions,
>> regardless of who they're awarded to, will raise some provocative
>> questions about how artists are funded and about how value is
>> assigned in the art world.
>>
>> I have emailed all the candidates, and asked them:
>>
>> + not to participate in list discussion on any of the work under
>> consideration.
>> + not to change their proposal sites during the discussion in an
>> attempt to win more votes.
>>
>> I have one more request to make of everybody else. While we want
>> people to talk openly about the proposals, we also have to keep in
>> mind that we are speaking about subjective, personal work in a very
>> public forum. In any open call like this you're bound to get
>> proposals that vary widely in quality: Please try to keep your
>> conversation focused on what proposals you like, and minimize the
>> amount of conversation on proposals you dislike. In other words, just
>> accentuate the positive. If this year turns out to be a nasty
>> experience for a lot of artists, we probably won't get many
>> submissions next year.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for participating. And please email me if you have
>> any questions about how this whole thing is supposed to work.
>>
>> Francis
>>
>>
>
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