Yes, I knew Martha from NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design),
where I was a regular visitor, thanks to David Askevold; Martha was at
Dalhousie, and her boyfriend at the time was at NSCAD which is how I met
her. There's been a resurgence of this whole period, which I trace
somewhat to Nova Scotia roots - Peggy Gale put out a book of a number of
talks given at the school a few years ago. That environment was free-
wheeling, particularly David's Projects class/arena. Ian Murray (Ian Ah on
Second Life) could tell you a lot about that. I'm not sure about "work of
conceptual art by MW" - at the time it felt that we were all equals, and
the space resonated with places like 112 Greene Street and later 55
Mercer - even the early women's cooperative A.I.R. It was difficult to
know (and it didn't matter really) what was art, what was architecture (I
think of Gordon Matta-Clark) and what was space/place. Martha was semial
in all of this, as was 112 Greene and for that matter the early Kitchen.
There was also Printed Matter of course which she started w/ Jackie Apple
if I remember correctly, and at that time PM was a godsend because
publications were _cheap_ and other artists could afford them. Now things
have gone the other way - I can hardly afford any of the books, works, or
texts that are crucial to me. But this is par with the structural changes
in the artworld - which have to do with people like Mary Boone (my ex-
student) among other people, the rise of the gallerists etc. Thank god for
the lower east side scene - it's a shame it didn't last longer and of
course AIDS decimated everyone around the same time.
Would love to see and review the book when it's done!
And thanks, Alan
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Toni Sant wrote:
> Yes, it's Martha Wilson's FF. I've been working on this book for several
> years. My research started in 1999 when I was doing my PhD at NYU, but the
> book covers the entire history of FF since the 1970s. The book is called A
> History of the Future: Franklin Furnace & the Spirit of the Avant-Garde. In
> the book I claim that FF can be seen as a huge, collaborative, temporal work
> of conceptual art by MW. I also attempt to highlight the common elements
> between the various forms of work that FF has championed and continues to
> present. I call this common thread the spirit of the avant-garde.
>
> Thank you very much for getting in touch Alan! At some point I'd like to
> contact you privately about FF - I'm sure your insights and memories will
> help me get an even broader view of the way things were on Franklin Street.
> I know you were one of the very first artists presented by the Furnace back
> in '76 and you were evidently a regular in the early years.
>
> Best wishes...
>
> ...t.s.
>
>
>
>
> On 15/01/2009 12:15, "Alan Sondheim" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Can you say more about the Franklin Furnace book? Is this Martha Wilson's
>> FF? She's a neighbor and friend here in Brooklyn - I showed there.
>>
>> Thanks, Alan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Toni Sant wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Round of intros it is...
>>>
>>> Just finished writing a chapter about performance for a book on Learning and
>>> Teaching in Second Life to be published by an academic press in Norway later
>>> this year. Next job on the drawing board is to finish my Franklin Furnace
>>> book, which should be published by Intellect sometime next year - unless the
>>> credit crunch delays it further!
>>>
>>> Anyway, welcome to the list Jaka.
>>>
>>> I love this list...and I miss the blog that went with it.
>>>
>>> Best wishes...
>>>
>>> ...t.s.
>>>
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>>>
>>> School of Arts and New Media
>>> The University of Hull - Scarborough Campus
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>>> From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of Sue Thomas
>>> Sent: Wed 1/14/2009 11:04 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: [WDL] new on the list
>>>
>>> Hello Dene!
>>>
>>> Yes, I'm at UCSB until 30 April doing this
>>> http://travelsinvirtuality.typepad.com/natureandcyberspace/british-academy-r
>>> esearch-.html
>>>
>>> Shall we have a round of intros perhaps?
>>>
>>> sue
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Dene
>>>
>>> On Jan 14, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Sue Thomas wrote:
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>>>> Hi Jaka
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to the WDL list. I have to warn you that it has been fairly
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>>>> posting to it, so don't expect to be spammed with messages! On the
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>>>>
>>>> Is anyone out there?!
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Sue
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> ] On Behalf Of Jaka Zeleznikar
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>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>> I'm new on the list. My name is Jaka Zeleznikar, I work with code
>>>> based
>>>> poetry/writing
>>>> for about 10 years now, my work is at http://www.jaka.org
>>>> + I'm in 1st year of Online MA in Creative Writing & New Media.
>>>>
>>>> click, Jaka
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