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BIO
Conor McGarrigle holds a Bsc from UCD an MA Art in the Digital World from The National College of Art & Design Dublin. He is currently a PhD candidate at GradCAM, The Graduate School of Creative Arts & Media, and a visiting lecturer at NCAD.
He has been creating net art since 1999 and is well known for works such as Spook... (2000 -2002) and The Bono Probability Positioning System (2006) which have crossed into mainstream internet culture garnering large audiences in the process. Recent projects include Joyce Walks which re-enacts Bloomsday as an ongoing series of performative interventions which have taken place in over 70 cities worldwide and the mobile phone apps NAMAland and WalkSpace..
His work has been exhibited in Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, UK, USA , Brazil, Japan, Korea and Australia. Notable exhibitions include EV+A, SIGGRAPH, Fundacio La Caixa Barcelona, St Etienne Biennale, FILE Brazil, The Boston Cyberarts Festival, Seoul Net Festival, Art on the Net Tokyo, Fundacio Miro and the Werkleitz Biennale. In 2007 he was an invited participant in the Documenta 12 Magazine project.
He is a member of the organising committee of the Dublin Art & Technology Association (DATA) and an artist Director of the Irish Visual Artists Rights Association (IVARO).
He has been creating net art since 1999 and is well known for works such as Spook... (2000 -2002) and The Bono Probability Positioning System (2006) which have crossed into mainstream internet culture garnering large audiences in the process. Recent projects include Joyce Walks which re-enacts Bloomsday as an ongoing series of performative interventions which have taken place in over 70 cities worldwide and the mobile phone apps NAMAland and WalkSpace..
His work has been exhibited in Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, UK, USA , Brazil, Japan, Korea and Australia. Notable exhibitions include EV+A, SIGGRAPH, Fundacio La Caixa Barcelona, St Etienne Biennale, FILE Brazil, The Boston Cyberarts Festival, Seoul Net Festival, Art on the Net Tokyo, Fundacio Miro and the Werkleitz Biennale. In 2007 he was an invited participant in the Documenta 12 Magazine project.
He is a member of the organising committee of the Dublin Art & Technology Association (DATA) and an artist Director of the Irish Visual Artists Rights Association (IVARO).
Irish Museum of Modern Art
ANNOUNCEMENT
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Irish Museum of Modern Art website a fake
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In 2002 and 2003 the Irish Museum of Modern Art held the Net Art Open
exhibitions which many net artists participated in. Well it probably comes
as no surprise to find out that irishmuseumofmodernart.com was a fake.
The site was an intervention by Irish artists Arthur X Doyle and Conor
McGarrigle conceived as an intervention to protest against IMMA's lack of
engagement with net art.
The Net Art Open exhibitions, however, were a real attempt to look at new
ways of curating net art in an institutional setting. In order for them to
succeed we obviousely couldn't come out and say that it was a fake outright
so we included many, many clues as to the real intent so that artists
submitting would know the score. While we had no qualms about conning museum
curators this was not an attempt to fool artists. From general feedback we
received the fact that it was a fake probably increased participation.
The site is now retired but has been fully archived at Stunned
http://www.stunned.org/imma which includes the full background to the site,
press coverage and site referrer logs.
all the best
Conor
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Stunned
http://www.stunned.org
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Irish Museum of Modern Art website a fake
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
In 2002 and 2003 the Irish Museum of Modern Art held the Net Art Open
exhibitions which many net artists participated in. Well it probably comes
as no surprise to find out that irishmuseumofmodernart.com was a fake.
The site was an intervention by Irish artists Arthur X Doyle and Conor
McGarrigle conceived as an intervention to protest against IMMA's lack of
engagement with net art.
The Net Art Open exhibitions, however, were a real attempt to look at new
ways of curating net art in an institutional setting. In order for them to
succeed we obviousely couldn't come out and say that it was a fake outright
so we included many, many clues as to the real intent so that artists
submitting would know the score. While we had no qualms about conning museum
curators this was not an attempt to fool artists. From general feedback we
received the fact that it was a fake probably increased participation.
The site is now retired but has been fully archived at Stunned
http://www.stunned.org/imma which includes the full background to the site,
press coverage and site referrer logs.
all the best
Conor
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Stunned
http://www.stunned.org
Re: Re: Membership fee
> > 3. You won't lose many members by charging a membership fee- especially
a
> > sliding scale. You should, however, make the payment process as easy as
> > possible.
>
> All my experience of the net tells me this is totally untrue. You will
> certainly lose a majority and possibly a large majority of your members by
> introducing a fee.
I've got to agree with Ivan, i get worried when I hear calculations like
19,000 members at $5 a head - if only 1% gave a donation increasing this
donation rate to 25 % would be quite a feat but would it be enough? Then you
have to remember that Rhizome's importance comes from it's 19,000 members
and the artbase, what effect would a drastic reduction in this membership
have on other income sources? Before you go ahead with this you need to know
what percentage of your membership can you afford to lose.
>The issue will not necessarily be the fee itself, but the
> perceived effort needed to pay it. Imposing a fee immediately raises the
> question in the mind of the user: what is the value of this service to me?
> Would I care if I didnt have access? And a lot of people will from that
> point drift off elsewhere.
I also think it'd be foolish to underestimate the reluctance of people to
pay any membership whatever the price. In some ways i think you can
attribute the fact that the web is still essentially free to this point
blank refusal to pay anything, however reasonable. Remember Napster?
>
> So what is the value of Rhizome to most individuals? Well, to me its
almost
> all the list. And to be honest, I dont feel that has much value these
days.
> The web site is conceptually interesting, but I dont really use if much.
Of
> course, there is value in the collection of works on the site, but to some
> degree this is just a directory (as most of the works would continue to
> exist even if not cloned on Rhizome). The events etc information is
> interesting, but I get it all elsewhere.
I think I'd pay but that'd be more because I've been a member for years
rather then the fact that I couldn't do without it.
all the best
Conor
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Stunned
http://www.stunned.org
a
> > sliding scale. You should, however, make the payment process as easy as
> > possible.
>
> All my experience of the net tells me this is totally untrue. You will
> certainly lose a majority and possibly a large majority of your members by
> introducing a fee.
I've got to agree with Ivan, i get worried when I hear calculations like
19,000 members at $5 a head - if only 1% gave a donation increasing this
donation rate to 25 % would be quite a feat but would it be enough? Then you
have to remember that Rhizome's importance comes from it's 19,000 members
and the artbase, what effect would a drastic reduction in this membership
have on other income sources? Before you go ahead with this you need to know
what percentage of your membership can you afford to lose.
>The issue will not necessarily be the fee itself, but the
> perceived effort needed to pay it. Imposing a fee immediately raises the
> question in the mind of the user: what is the value of this service to me?
> Would I care if I didnt have access? And a lot of people will from that
> point drift off elsewhere.
I also think it'd be foolish to underestimate the reluctance of people to
pay any membership whatever the price. In some ways i think you can
attribute the fact that the web is still essentially free to this point
blank refusal to pay anything, however reasonable. Remember Napster?
>
> So what is the value of Rhizome to most individuals? Well, to me its
almost
> all the list. And to be honest, I dont feel that has much value these
days.
> The web site is conceptually interesting, but I dont really use if much.
Of
> course, there is value in the collection of works on the site, but to some
> degree this is just a directory (as most of the works would continue to
> exist even if not cloned on Rhizome). The events etc information is
> interesting, but I get it all elsewhere.
I think I'd pay but that'd be more because I've been a member for years
rather then the fact that I couldn't do without it.
all the best
Conor
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Stunned
http://www.stunned.org
Announcing the Stunned Net.Art Blog
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Announcing the Stunned Net.Art Blog self publishing system
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Stunned announces the launch of the Stunned Net.Art Blog
http://www.stunned.org/netblog .
It seems that there is so much new net.art these days that it's really hard
to keep up with what's happening so this system arises from a personal
desire to harness the immediacy of blogging to help keep in touch with new
net art.
The Net.Art Blog uses Moveable Type blogging system which will let artists
post information about new work themselves without any editorial input or
delays and will automatically ping popular weblog tracking systems like
weblogs.com and MIT's Blogdex with each new post.
The system will be restricted to new work announcements, requests for
feedback on works in progress and recommendations so we hope it'll become a
quick stopping off point whenever you want to check out some new project
links.
While we felt this would be a useful tool we can't say we're 100% sure so
this is a trial run, if it proves useful we'll keep it, if not it'll go the
way of so many other bad ideas.
all the best
Conor
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Stunned
http://www.stunned.org
Stunned Net.Art Blog
http://www.stunned.org/netblog
Announcing the Stunned Net.Art Blog self publishing system
================================================
Stunned announces the launch of the Stunned Net.Art Blog
http://www.stunned.org/netblog .
It seems that there is so much new net.art these days that it's really hard
to keep up with what's happening so this system arises from a personal
desire to harness the immediacy of blogging to help keep in touch with new
net art.
The Net.Art Blog uses Moveable Type blogging system which will let artists
post information about new work themselves without any editorial input or
delays and will automatically ping popular weblog tracking systems like
weblogs.com and MIT's Blogdex with each new post.
The system will be restricted to new work announcements, requests for
feedback on works in progress and recommendations so we hope it'll become a
quick stopping off point whenever you want to check out some new project
links.
While we felt this would be a useful tool we can't say we're 100% sure so
this is a trial run, if it proves useful we'll keep it, if not it'll go the
way of so many other bad ideas.
all the best
Conor
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Stunned
http://www.stunned.org
Stunned Net.Art Blog
http://www.stunned.org/netblog
Re: What's your enmity quotient?
Good points Michael, here's some related links of interest
Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq
says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make
the U.S. even less safe.
http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/20/halliday/
From The Independent
-Mr Rumsfeld was actually in Baghdad on the day the United Nations first
reported Iraqi use of chemical weapons, but chose to remain silent, as did
the rest of the US establishment. Five years later, he cited his ability to
make friends with Saddam Hussein as one of his qualifications for a possible
run at the presidency.-
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story33400
Former British Minister and key player in the Northern Ireland peace process
Mo Mowlam argues that Iraq is no threat but that Bush wants war to keep US
control of the region and that the real goal is the seizure of Saudi oil.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,786180,00.html
> < Schroeder barely won, in part
> because one of his ministers compared Bush to
> Hitler.>
> Schroeder won ( against initial predictions) precisely
> because he had the political nous to campaign against
> what here in Europe is an incredibly unpopular war (
> 80% of the German population oppose it as still do a
> clear majority of the UK population despite a massive
> pro war propaganda campaign)
> Everything still to play for - here there will be a
> massive anti war demonstration in London this coming
> Saturday with not only the usual suspects but
> substantial sections of organized labour marching ( it
> departs Embankment 12.30 any Brits reading this).
> Its straightforward surely - don't we all know this is
> a war not about justice , or weapons of mass
> destruction ( of which the US and the UK both have
> stacks, with the US of course refusing independent
> inspection of its biological arsenal ) but oil -and
> oil isn't worth killing or dying for.
> Nor is it a question of waiting for ,or trusting, the
> UN - the UN has murdered 500,000 children in Iraq in
> the last 10 years with its sanctions.
> I would like to see more artists come out against this
> barbarism too Max - but not *because* we're artists
> though; but neither are we excused speaking out
> because we are, which is why this list is an
> appropriate place as any to raise the question.
> Michael
>
> ps i enjoyed the quiz though.
>
>
>
>
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Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq
says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make
the U.S. even less safe.
http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/20/halliday/
From The Independent
-Mr Rumsfeld was actually in Baghdad on the day the United Nations first
reported Iraqi use of chemical weapons, but chose to remain silent, as did
the rest of the US establishment. Five years later, he cited his ability to
make friends with Saddam Hussein as one of his qualifications for a possible
run at the presidency.-
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story33400
Former British Minister and key player in the Northern Ireland peace process
Mo Mowlam argues that Iraq is no threat but that Bush wants war to keep US
control of the region and that the real goal is the seizure of Saudi oil.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,786180,00.html
> < Schroeder barely won, in part
> because one of his ministers compared Bush to
> Hitler.>
> Schroeder won ( against initial predictions) precisely
> because he had the political nous to campaign against
> what here in Europe is an incredibly unpopular war (
> 80% of the German population oppose it as still do a
> clear majority of the UK population despite a massive
> pro war propaganda campaign)
> Everything still to play for - here there will be a
> massive anti war demonstration in London this coming
> Saturday with not only the usual suspects but
> substantial sections of organized labour marching ( it
> departs Embankment 12.30 any Brits reading this).
> Its straightforward surely - don't we all know this is
> a war not about justice , or weapons of mass
> destruction ( of which the US and the UK both have
> stacks, with the US of course refusing independent
> inspection of its biological arsenal ) but oil -and
> oil isn't worth killing or dying for.
> Nor is it a question of waiting for ,or trusting, the
> UN - the UN has murdered 500,000 children in Iraq in
> the last 10 years with its sanctions.
> I would like to see more artists come out against this
> barbarism too Max - but not *because* we're artists
> though; but neither are we excused speaking out
> because we are, which is why this list is an
> appropriate place as any to raise the question.
> Michael
>
> ps i enjoyed the quiz though.
>
>
>
>
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>
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Get your war on
Get your War on
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html
Conor
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Conor
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