The Experimental Party National Committee
Washington, DC
http://www.experimentalparty.org
[email protected]
For Immediate Release: April 1, 2003
EXPERIMENTAL PARTY ACTIVATES
WE THE BLOG
"In order to form a more Artistic Union"
wetheblog.org
Washington, D.C. - The Experimental Party today announces "We the
Blog," a bold, new initiative to re-activate the ideals of democracy
through discussion among artists, cultural critics and other creative
people who are "repositioning themselves as new leaders in the
governance of this planet, particularly in these times of crisis,"
according to Founder Jeff Gates.
"We the Blog" (http://www.wetheblog.org ) offers information and
dialogue - from artistic expression to political activism - as a tool
for facilitating the artist's need to extend aesthetic inquiry into
the broader culture where ideas become real action.
"As technology fuels new ways of communicating, the blog (web log) is
resulting in certain kinds of human actions that were never possible
before," said Gates, a Principal Artist of the Experimental Party. He
adds, "We the Blog will offer an artistic alternative to the
spin-doctors of the Republican and Democratic parties. "We the Blog"
will be the virtual community to participate in as the War rhetoric
ramps up."
Under Secretary of the Office of Freedom of Speech, Mark Amerika,
comments, "True blog, then, is not blog as we know it, but as we
un-know it. It incites creation - more invention - so that you
yourself have to get down and dirty into the developmental process
activating the network with your own mixillogical discourse. This is
blog as inventive remix machine placing value on what it sees, what
it links to, how it appropriates the Other and strips it of its
isolation."
Abe Golam, Director of the Office of Economic and Homeland Insecurity
of the US Department of Art & Technology has declared, "Under the
banner of the Experimental Party, 'We the Blog' is guaranteed to stir
up controversy in the global computer networks, that 'non-place'
place where the true battle for democracy in America will be fought
and won."
Since September 11, an existential darkness has possessed our
government, grips its soul, threatening the American way of life. In
defending our homeland, artists must now fight to protect the
democratic ideals and principles of freedom on which our nation was
founded. People increasingly are forgetting what shaped their past.
When a people fails to know why it exists and what it stands for, it
cannot be expected to long endure.
According to Secretary Randall M. Packer: "We are artists united by
common purpose - freedom of expression. Our strength lies in our
shared artistic ideals. The Experimental Party is activating "We the
Blog" for the very survival of participatory democracy. As James
Madison said 'the diffusion of knowledge is the only true guardian of
liberty.'"
******
We the Blog Founding Statement:
In order to form a more Artistic Union, to enhance the Social
Condition, and to provide for the Avant-Garde; to prevent Homeland
Insecurity; and to promote the Artist Voice in reshaping public
policy; to guarantee Creative Freedom for the Old, the Young and the
Disenfranchised.
The Experimental Party's "We the Blog" is located at:
http://www.wetheblog.org
*******
The Experimental Party
http://www.experimentalparty.org
The Experimental Party - the "party of experimentation" - is an
artist-based political party that has been formed to activate
citizens across the country in an effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. This is a political
awakening, 'representation through virtualization' is the major
political thrust of the Experimental Party, it is the driving force.
The US Department of Art & Technology
http://www.usdept-arttech.net
The US Department of Art and Technology is the United States
principal conduit for facilitating the artist's need to extend
aesthetic inquiry into the broader culture where ideas become real
action. It also serves the psychological and spiritual well-being of
all Americans by supporting cultural efforts that provide immunity
from the extension of new media technologies into the social sphere.
*****
Contact:
Experimental National Committee | Washington, DC
Fax: 202.342.1293 | E-mail: [email protected]
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The Experimental Party National Committee
Washington, DC
http://www.experimentalparty.org
[email protected]
For Immediate Release: April 1, 2003
EXPERIMENTAL PARTY ACTIVATES
WE THE BLOG
"In order to form a more Artistic Union"
wetheblog.org
Washington, D.C. - The Experimental Party today announces "We the
Blog," a bold, new initiative to re-activate the ideals of democracy
through discussion among artists, cultural critics and other creative
people who are "repositioning themselves as new leaders in the
governance of this planet, particularly in these times of crisis,"
according to Founder Jeff Gates.
"We the Blog" (http://www.wetheblog.org ) offers information and
dialogue - from artistic expression to political activism - as a tool
for facilitating the artist's need to extend aesthetic inquiry into
the broader culture where ideas become real action.
"As technology fuels new ways of communicating, the blog (web log) is
resulting in certain kinds of human actions that were never possible
before," said Gates, a Principal Artist of the Experimental Party. He
adds, "We the Blog will offer an artistic alternative to the
spin-doctors of the Republican and Democratic parties. "We the Blog"
will be the virtual community to participate in as the War rhetoric
ramps up."
Under Secretary of the Office of Freedom of Speech, Mark Amerika,
comments, "True blog, then, is not blog as we know it, but as we
un-know it. It incites creation - more invention - so that you
yourself have to get down and dirty into the developmental process
activating the network with your own mixillogical discourse. This is
blog as inventive remix machine placing value on what it sees, what
it links to, how it appropriates the Other and strips it of its
isolation."
Abe Golam, Director of the Office of Economic and Homeland Insecurity
of the US Department of Art & Technology has declared, "Under the
banner of the Experimental Party, 'We the Blog' is guaranteed to stir
up controversy in the global computer networks, that 'non-place'
place where the true battle for democracy in America will be fought
and won."
Since September 11, an existential darkness has possessed our
government, grips its soul, threatening the American way of life. In
defending our homeland, artists must now fight to protect the
democratic ideals and principles of freedom on which our nation was
founded. People increasingly are forgetting what shaped their past.
When a people fails to know why it exists and what it stands for, it
cannot be expected to long endure.
According to Secretary Randall M. Packer: "We are artists united by
common purpose - freedom of expression. Our strength lies in our
shared artistic ideals. The Experimental Party is activating "We the
Blog" for the very survival of participatory democracy. As James
Madison said 'the diffusion of knowledge is the only true guardian of
liberty.'"
******
We the Blog Founding Statement:
In order to form a more Artistic Union, to enhance the Social
Condition, and to provide for the Avant-Garde; to prevent Homeland
Insecurity; and to promote the Artist Voice in reshaping public
policy; to guarantee Creative Freedom for the Old, the Young and the
Disenfranchised.
The Experimental Party's "We the Blog" is located at:
http://www.wetheblog.org
*******
The Experimental Party
http://www.experimentalparty.org
The Experimental Party - the "party of experimentation" - is an
artist-based political party that has been formed to activate
citizens across the country in an effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. This is a political
awakening, 'representation through virtualization' is the major
political thrust of the Experimental Party, it is the driving force.
The US Department of Art & Technology
http://www.usdept-arttech.net
The US Department of Art and Technology is the United States
principal conduit for facilitating the artist's need to extend
aesthetic inquiry into the broader culture where ideas become real
action. It also serves the psychological and spiritual well-being of
all Americans by supporting cultural efforts that provide immunity
from the extension of new media technologies into the social sphere.
*****
Contact:
Experimental National Committee | Washington, DC
Fax: 202.342.1293 | E-mail: [email protected]