Dear Crumb
ACE have just issued a statement about their new Digital Arts portfolio:
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/national-portfolio-funding/national-po
rtfolio-depth/digital/
It would be easy to raise a lot of the great points that have been made on
this list in response to that statement. A combination of writing to the
media keeping it positive and lobbying ACE seems like a good approach.
I am still processing everyone's response and am also thinking about the
future of SCAN. When things are clearer I will post either on the list here
or on the acedigitaluncut google group.
Thanks
Helen
Helen Sloan
Director
SCAN
On 1/4/11 13:24, "Mat Trivett" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I feel that it would make sense to respond timely to the announcement
> with an open letter to the Guardian undersigned by those interested,
> that would form the basis for some sort of consortium of
> organisations, groups and artists that could have a more direct
> collective voice and conversation with the Arts Council around policy
> and frameworks for supporting digital practice and new media practice
> as a medium and not a mechanism.
>
> What we need is someone or a group of people to lead in drafting said
> letter and also some tools for developing a framework (list of
> demands) that we could present to the arts council outlining the whys
> and hows of how the arts council could develop such a policy or
> intellectual framework.
>
> Does anyone have some server space to host a wiki?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mat
>
>
> On 1 Apr 2011, at 13:13, Danny Butt wrote:
>
>> As an international subscriber I'm finding the conversations very
>> productive, so if the moderators were happy I would hope that it
>> could continue here. For those of us working in English-language
>> contexts the models for justification of new media arts draw on
>> distinctions hatched in the UK, even if every situation is
>> different. All the UK debates point to dynamics that will or could
>> be present in our own settings as Sarah suggests, and I would feel
>> concerned if a new-media-curating list was not able to discuss any
>> national situation (in any country) that substantially affected the
>> viability of the organisations supporting new media arts.
>>
>> Of course, if Pauline's list is a better forum for a more focussed
>> debate that's great, but it seems to me that these times call for
>> the opposite of fragmentation.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Danny
>>
>> --
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>> +64 21 456 379
>>
>>
>> On 2/04/2011, at 12:19 AM, marc garrett wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sarah,
>>>
>>> Very interesting - I'd love to know who & why particular
>>> individuals suddenly unsubscribed.
>>>
>>> OK - Lets move on, as you mentioned it was an equal ratio either
>>> way which is fine.
>>>
>>> I have signed up to the google list Pauline discussed & will share
>>> ideas & possible futures there, and discuss other curating related
>>> contexts here :-)
>>>
>>> wishing you well.
>>>
>>> marc
>>>
>>>
>>>> actually we've had as many new subscribers as unsubscribers since
>>>> yesterday and not all unsubscribers are international. so i don't
>>>> wish to close down debate entirely here though absolutely agree
>>>> with beryl let's think of positive actions we can share in. i
>>>> think it is important to acknowledge what is going on, and it has
>>>> implication for our international colleagues. i've very humbled by
>>>> the long considered posts which have been posted here, and find
>>>> them heartening and thoughtful.
>>>> -sarah
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1 Apr 2011, at 11:00, Pauline van Mourik Broekman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Apologies, Beryl, and to all who found it over-specific. Because
>>>>> the
>>>>> discussion *is* urgent for some of us, I have taken the liberty of
>>>>> creating a Googlegroup (to whom I've just invited all on this
>>>>> list who
>>>>> participated on this thread); I hope you don't mind me - as one
>>>>> last
>>>>> message - telling others here, in case they'd like to participate
>>>>> in what
>>>>> I hope will be the positive discussion called for.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Pauline.
>>>>>
>>>>> PS I'm not a major Googlegroups user, but the info to see and
>>>>> subscribe
>>>>> should be here:
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/group/acedigitaluncut/about?hl=en (I've
>>>>> made it
>>>>> public for access, but subscribers-only for posting)
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope
>>>>>> Just a note from your gentle co-list-owner that we've had a rash
>>>>>> of
>>>>> international people unsubscribing from the list in the past 12
>>>>> hours,
>>>>> so
>>>>>> let's try to keep this funding debate condensed, and as Clive
>>>>>> Gillman
>>>>> suggested, focused on positive actions and internationally useful
>>>>> examples.
>>>>>> yrs
>>>>>> Beryl
>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art
>>>>>> Research Student Manager, Art and Design
>>>>>> MA Curating Course Leader
>>>>>> Faculty of Arts, Design, and Media, University of Sunderland
>>>>>> Ashburne House, Ryhope Road
>>>>>> Sunderland
>>>>>> SR2 7EE
>>>>>> Tel: +44 191 515 2896 Fax: +44 191 515 2132
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>>>>>> http://www.crumbweb.org
>>>>>> CRUMB's new books:
>>>>>> Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media from MIT Press
>>>>>> http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?
>>>>>> ttype=2&tid=12071 A
>>>>> Brief History of Curating New Media Art, and A Brief History of
>>>>> Working
>>>>>> with New Media Art from The Green Box
>>>>>> http://www.thegreenbox.net
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Pauline van Mourik Broekman
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Mute Publishing
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>>>>>
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