artport gatepage Jan 06: Abe Linkoln & Marisa Olson - Abe & MO Sing the Blogs

reminds me of http://ctgr2.free.fr/netSongs/flame-songs.htm

Christiane Paul wrote:

> January 06 gatepage
> for artport, the Whitney Museum's portal to Internet art:
> Abe & MO Sing the Blogs
> by Abe Linkoln & Marisa Olson
> http://artport.whitney.org
>
>
> Blogs, like the Blues, have been credited with channeling "the voice
> of the=
> people," but do blogs adhere to any one set of characteristics that
> define=
> s them as a genre? And how might blogs be understood as public spaces,
> in l=
> ight of the time-based performances that take place there?
>
> Selecting the postings that comprise the greatest "hits" of some of
> their f=
> avorite blogs, Abe Linkoln & Marisa Olson "sing the blogs" in order to
> addr=
> ess these questions. While Linkoln's posts speak to musical genres at
> large=
> , Olson's posts seek to find harmony with specific models. Both
> question th=
> e status of the author's voice…
>
> The whole "album" is presented as a form of reblog, in an effort to
> self-re=
> flexively dive into the meme culture that is its subject. The artists'
> blog=
> gets situated as the site of a happening, and their intention is to
> come b=
> ack and continue depositing performative ephemera.
>
> Linkoln & Olson frequently work in the blog format. Previous examples
> of th=
> eir collaborative work include Universal Acid and Blog Art, and
> separate pr=
> ojects My Boyfriend Came Back from the War (Abe Linkoln's 2004 Blog
> Mix), S=
> creenfull.net (Linkoln & Jimpunk), and Marisa's American Idol Audition
> Trai=
> ning Blog.
>
> http://www.universalacid.net/
> http://blog-art.blogspot.com/
> http://myboyfriendcamebackfromthewar.blogspot.com/
> http://screenfull.net/
> http://americanidolauditiontraining.blogs.com/marisa

> reminds me of http://ctgr2.free.fr/netSongs/flame-songs.htm

Yep, we both loved that project. We'd been talking for months about what
to do and then Abe sent me this great radio piece about the "Queen of
Vocalese" Annie Ross:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyIdH17319

After all our talks about blogs as the site of happenings/performances,
interest in dada & use of language, genre interests, and music interests,
all of it seemed to click.

marisa


On 1/5/06, curt cloninger <[email protected]> wrote:
> reminds me of http://ctgr2.free.fr/netSongs/flame-songs.htm
>
> Christiane Paul wrote:
>
> > January 06 gatepage
> > for artport, the Whitney Museum's portal to Internet art:
> > Abe & MO Sing the Blogs
> > by Abe Linkoln & Marisa Olson
> > http://artport.whitney.org
> >
> >
> > Blogs, like the Blues, have been credited with channeling "the voice
> > of the=
> > people," but do blogs adhere to any one set of characteristics that
> > define=
> > s them as a genre? And how might blogs be understood as public spaces,
> > in l=
> > ight of the time-based performances that take place there?
> >
> > Selecting the postings that comprise the greatest "hits" of some of
> > their f=
> > avorite blogs, Abe Linkoln & Marisa Olson "sing the blogs" in order to
> > addr=
> > ess these questions. While Linkoln's posts speak to musical genres at
> > large=
> > , Olson's posts seek to find harmony with specific models. Both
> > question th=
> > e status of the author's voice…
> >
> > The whole "album" is presented as a form of reblog, in an effort to
> > self-re=
> > flexively dive into the meme culture that is its subject. The artists'
> > blog=
> > gets situated as the site of a happening, and their intention is to
> > come b=
> > ack and continue depositing performative ephemera.
> >
> > Linkoln & Olson frequently work in the blog format. Previous examples
> > of th=
> > eir collaborative work include Universal Acid and Blog Art, and
> > separate pr=
> > ojects My Boyfriend Came Back from the War (Abe Linkoln's 2004 Blog
> > Mix), S=
> > creenfull.net (Linkoln & Jimpunk), and Marisa's American Idol Audition
> > Trai=
> > ning Blog.
> >
> > http://www.universalacid.net/
> > http://blog-art.blogspot.com/
> > http://myboyfriendcamebackfromthewar.blogspot.com/
> > http://screenfull.net/
> > http://americanidolauditiontraining.blogs.com/marisa
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—– Original Message —-
From: Marisa Olson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 05 January 2006 21:23:19
Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Re: artport gatepage Jan 06: Abe Linkoln & Marisa Olson - Abe & MO Sing the Blogs


> reminds me of http://ctgr2.free.fr/netSongs/flame-songs.htm

Yep, we both loved that project. We'd been talking for months about what
to do and then Abe sent me this great radio piece about the "Queen of
Vocalese" Annie Ross:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyIdH17319

After all our talks about blogs as the site of happenings/performances,
interest in dada & use of language, genre interests, and music interests,
all of it seemed to click.

marisa


On 1/5/06, curt cloninger <[email protected]> wrote:
> reminds me of http://ctgr2.free.fr/netSongs/flame-songs.htm
>
> Christiane Paul wrote:
>
> > January 06 gatepage
> > for artport, the Whitney Museum's portal to Internet art:
> > Abe & MO Sing the Blogs
> > by Abe Linkoln & Marisa Olson
> > http://artport.whitney.org
> >
> >
> > Blogs, like the Blues, have been credited with channeling "the voice
> > of the=
> > people," but do blogs adhere to any one set of characteristics that
> > define=
> > s them as a genre? And how might blogs be understood as public spaces,
> > in l=
> > ight of the time-based performances that take place there?
> >
> > Selecting the postings that comprise the greatest "hits" of some of
> > their f=
> > avorite blogs, Abe Linkoln & Marisa Olson "sing the blogs" in order to
> > addr=
> > ess these questions. While Linkoln's posts speak to musical genres at
> > large=
> > , Olson's posts seek to find harmony with specific models. Both
> > question th=
> > e status of the author's voice…
> >
> > The whole "album" is presented as a form of reblog, in an effort to
> > self-re=
> > flexively dive into the meme culture that is its subject. The artists'
> > blog=
> > gets situated as the site of a happening, and their intention is to
> > come b=
> > ack and continue depositing performative ephemera.
> >
> > Linkoln & Olson frequently work in the blog format. Previous examples
> > of th=
> > eir collaborative work include Universal Acid and Blog Art, and
> > separate pr=
> > ojects My Boyfriend Came Back from the War (Abe Linkoln's 2004 Blog
> > Mix), S=
> > creenfull.net (Linkoln & Jimpunk), and Marisa's American Idol Audition
> > Trai=
> > ning Blog.
> >
> > http://www.universalacid.net/
> > http://blog-art.blogspot.com/
> > http://myboyfriendcamebackfromthewar.blogspot.com/
> > http://screenfull.net/
> > http://americanidolauditiontraining.blogs.com/marisa
> +
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