marc garrett:

You are invited to attend the gallery opening of . . . Do It With Others (DIWO): E-Mail-Art from the NetBehaviour List.

HTTP Gallery, London : http://www.http.uk.net Thursday 1st March 7-9pm

Exhibition dates: 2nd March - 1st April Gallery opening hours: Friday - Sunday: 12noon - 5pm

Directions to HTTP Gallery: http://www.http.uk.net/docs/gettingto.shtml

For information about the DIWO co-curating event this Sunday (25th Feb) please see http://www.http.uk.net/DIWOcurating.shtml

The Do It With Others (DIWO) E-Mail-Art exhibition aims to highlight the already thriving imaginations of those who use social networks and digital networks on the Internet as a form of distribution. Just like Mail Art, E-Mail-Art bridges the divide between artists and non artists to share a freely accessible form of distribution.

The Mail Art projects of the 60s, 70s and 80s demonstrated Fluxus artists' common disregard for the distinctions of 'high' and 'low' art and a disdain for what they saw as the elitist gate-keeping of the 'high' art world. They often took the form of themed, 'open calls', in which all submissions were exhibited and catalogued. Mail Art has always been a useful way to bypass curatorial restrictions for those who wish to create active and imaginative exchange on their own terms; this form of activity usually flourishes outside of the gallery system.

This E-Mail-Art exhibition, intends to follow the spirit of past Mail Art endeavours by asking those submitting their works to open themselves to a shared dialogue as part of the process and medium on the NetBehaviour mail list, as a playful platform for experimentation together at the same time.

The theme of this E-Mail-Art project is Do It With Others (DIWO).

This project suggests that we extend the DIY ethos of some early net art and tactical media, towards a more collaborative, DIWO approach. Peers connect, communicate and collaborate, creating controversies, structures and culture using both digital networks and shared physical environments.

All participants, artists and curators of Do It With Others (DIWO): E-Mail-Art at NetBehaviour are making their contribution through the NetBehaviour email list. To subscribe to the list: http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour

HTTP Gallery Unit A2, Arena Business Centre, 71 Ashfield Rd, London N4 1NY +44 (0) 20 8802 2827

Getting to us: Download a map here: http://www.http.uk.net/images/map_med.jpg

Tube: Manor House Buses: to Manor House: 29, 141, 253, 254, 259, 341, 279 N29, N253, N279 to St Annes Road: 67 (Shoreditch) Train: Haringey Green Lanes Car: We have free parking facilities

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