Yes, that all makes sense, Robin. As long as you add the occasional
vat of green goo.
Off to pump up my ego by studying somebody else's art again.
Cheerio!
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On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Robin Hamilton
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>> Personally, I think Petc is neither zero sum or a wargame, but a
>> Japanese game show.
>>
>> xA
>
> Actually, to push this slightly further, and at least semi-seriously, I'd
> think of Petc primarily as a space.
>
> As a space, it can be acted in or inscribed on, as well as a place where
> people interact and communicate in various ways.
>
> It's not even simply a (part of) cyberspace, as there are whole sets of
> connections between people in the physical world existing beside their
> interactions here.
>
> In terms of other comparable spaces, two distinguishing characteristics
> would be the range of language allowed and the degree of status-assertions
> invoked.
>
> In both of these areas, I think Petc emerges quite well -- even in terms of
> most other poetry lists I've been involved with, there seems to be a wider
> set of available registers at play (and that's even before we get to what
> can be incredibly limited registers on some academic groups), and again in
> contrast to many other poetry lists, it seems less status-conscious than
> most.
>
> Just a few very late-night thoughts.
>
> (At least I didn't raise the specter of primate territoriality!)
>
> Robin
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