http://arefriendselectric.com
NERVY ARTISTS GET PERSONAL ONLINE
A new art project has invaded the lively "personals" section of Nerve, the
highbrow online sex site that posts poetry, prose and photography (by the
likes of Janine Godon, Beth B, Nobuyoshi Araki and Richard Kern, to name
only a few). Organized by artists Giovanni Garcia-Fenech (former Artnet
Magazine art-news correspondent) and Jody Hughes, the project involves more
than 40 artists posting their own personals on the online bulletin board at
Nerve.com. Titled "Are Friends Electric," the scheme has the intent of
"confronting the commercialization of personal relationships, exploring the
idea of online identities and maybe trying to pick someone up." One
participant looks suspiciously like a sock puppet and describes him- or
herself as "bigfoot's sex slave"; another answers the survey questions in
haiku, as in "A web art project / Using online personals / Making a point?
Feh." Participants can be found by searching for "afe_".
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/news/artnetnews2/artnetnews7-30-02.asp
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> http://arefriendselectric.com
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way back in 99-00
http://mteww.com/VTAV/index.html
ahh…(*sigh*)…if only to be young and in love again…
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>> http://arefriendselectric.com
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>way back in 99-00
>http://mteww.com/VTAV/index.html
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>ahh…(*sigh*)…if only to be young and in love again…
mriver couldn't help himself i see :-)
short background: we used to run an online gallery/art project called
the Visual-Text Art Venue on MT Enterprises (http://mteww.com). it
eventually ended, but it's still at the URL above. the last show was
called 'The ADS Show', and it was a collection of artist personal ads.
here's and example:
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Not-for-Profit Gallery seeks submissive, generous artists for an
adult baby scene. Must be into being sucked, squeezed, humped and
drooled on until their last erotic delights have been yielded.
Diaper-shitters and breast-suckers only. Send photo of your messy
bottom. Low application fee.
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the ADS were also included in the Art Entertainment Network
(http://aen.walkerart.org)
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our very tacky toot-your-own-hornesque behavior is simply a symptom
of our insecurity and general lack of self-worth. please look on us
with compassion.
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(psst, mriver, post this to the front of rhizome ;-)
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In a message dated 7/31/2002 8:53:18 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> our very tacky toot-your-own-hornesque behavior is simply a symptom of our
> insecurity and general lack of self-worth. please look on us with
> compassion.
Sorry no compassion. Only conservatism. Thou hast not paid thy bills!
Max
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