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On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:51 PM, mez breeze <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Charlotte Frost <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Mez,
>>
>> I'd love to hear more about the evolution of your work on lists. How did
>> you get started and what tactics were you explicitly deploying and who
>> have you been inspired by? Are there some interviews you've done over the
>> years you can share and some examples of your work.
>>
>> Charlotte
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi Charlotte, all.
>
> Apologies for my substantial delay in responding.
>
> As I'm pressed for time with dealing with interview interest regarding
> #PRISOM <http://prisom.me>, instead of unspooling an in-depth answer to
> the above, I'll instead misdirection-play with an extract from a 2001 list
> reply [scroll down for the standard English version], followed by some
> scourable interview links. Feel free to ask for clarification[s] or further
> answer refinements.
>
> Warmth,
> Mez
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "From: "][mez]["
>
> Date: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:11 AM
>
> ----
> .Non Co][*N.ference*][mpos Me][*ze*][*n*.tis.
> ___][][___
>
>
>
> [][quid][pro][quo][.vis.oh: please tri][nodal][ 2 ab.sorb][ic][ without
> personalitee construct n.ter.fe][a][rence. this tract is 4 reflection, N
> n.gagement within an abs.t][ext][ract sphere][of influence][. it is
> subjective, & not pre.s][ubjugative][criptive, in any sense. this tract is
> X.plan][et][a][s][tory blather. there is blood on my esc key.][
>
>
>
> 1. Back][4][grounding
>
> .a mezzian flesh-mote enters.
> .the libr][bin][ary is cold. a s][l][i][l][ver glint pulls the mote 4wards.
> .4ward][ing of the datadervish][ in2 the ][comp][lab lair.
>
>
>
> .
> >>stop<<
> .
>
>
>
>
> ][my first n.counter with the netwurk was serendipitous. a blundering in2
> code.
> a simple wurd n][=1][.counter with.in lingual largesse][s][. a
> chat][main][line][d][ of signifi][er][cant ][quid][pro][quo][portions. my
> bum getting numb. my structures tumbled.
>
> meaning n.sert=1995link2:= kajen-dot-.
>
> my. .first. .play. .ave.n.gnu..hrs. .of. .con.nect][ar][ivity. chat.
> .conduits. .4. .f][r][iction. .n.flections. .con][n.][fused .chatters.
> .merged. .with. .narrative. .fibrils. .a. .][quad][space. .n.voked.
>
>
> learning 2 luv the co][nch][de, the abbreviated sp][g][eek, the nuanced
> sign][age][, the un.ending.banter.torque, rewriting of geosyncratic
> platitudes, e.motes can b all, another not an .other., wurds all we have 2
> go on, rosencrantz & guildenstern ][d.][splays, my brows][er][ing he.art.
> is full, s][tatic][pinning loom][ing as the physic.caul revokes][s, lines
> blurred by s][ilicon][weat N juice, a stoppa][rd][ge point unseen......][
>
>
>
> .
> >>/stop<<
> .
>
>
>
>
> .a mezzian e.mote m/merges.
> .the open-ended ][comm][space m][ade][ode continuous.
> .a system of repeated actions, my arm&mouse, pad&tips, chair&spine,
> eyes&screen/s, consciousness&cypher.
> .all .N.T.E.s conv][m.][erge.
> .there is no other.
> .there is no u.
> .there is no ][][.
> .we rewrite N m.magine.
> .a diva san.
> .y-talking & IRCing in2 s][tretched][entences directed 2 ][a][ light.b.ing.
> .MOOing along with the heard.
> .co][mmunication][n.flag.ration][al][s in av][atari][teenage riot][an
> place.ments.
> .c.ha][vens][ts gel 2wards fiction.
> .the wurds r dissonanced, x.peri][dish][ences curved, re:sults
> d.lic][k][ious.
> .e/motes swoon b.tween the lines, d][w]el][l][ving thru categories N
> labels, tasting open source states.
> .this ][n][dis.tinct][ure][ion is][was][ the key.
>
>
> ][the space is not knott][ed][. nodes r ][idio.t][syncratically clear.
> reality is s][acchrine][oaked. an open swathe of n][ode 2 the
> siber][ia][][.finities. indivi.dual][yrself a persona][s b.come residuals.
> my .s][h][elf. is made re][com.MOOnication.][plete][. d.lite.
>
>
>
>
> 2. Geosyn][thesis][cratia vs ][no][D][e][isyncratia
>
> .synaeresis is n.ev][y][itable 2 some. those e.motes who can, play. those
> who can't, theorize. labels b.come de rigueured. a mythic space is colon][N
> bowels turn 2 water][ised. dot.coms fight the pri.mo][dem][r.dial][up][
> soup, d.termined 2 swa][m][p the limboesque with capital][ism][.
>
> result:
> .some e.motes freeze.
> .crawl in2 authorial pre-made comfort-zones.
> .demand their due][ls][.
> .dilute the distributed.
> .filter the blurred.
> .others ask: the loop is ][w][here? please ][press][play!
> .blood.geo][sensory][ning tactiles overcome all. tendrils r
> re:duc][tionism][ed. play is overloaded. ][con][struct.ural gapping is
> overwritten. .the meat shapes the primary d][ist][ance. .the net.wurk is
> undercurrented. undermined. understat][d.][mented. e][rased][choed in the
> geophysical pull.
>
>
>
>
> |
> |
> |
> |
> ][][
> we.
>
> .fall
>
> from.
>
> .*fe*][*cund*][rtile.
>
> gr][sp][ace.
> |
>
> |
> -----
>
>
>
>
>
>
> .vertiginous, some grope 4 benchmarks.
> .ill.lusionary grandeur.
> .social more][& more][ p][ower][erpetuation
> .a media PR codex.
> .an author is n.ow][!!!][ the key.
> .primaeval play is out][boxed][. .establish.menti][s][ng is in.
> .sum still sum++, adding & ab.so][a][r.bing, ki][pho][netically
> dr][ought][iven.
>
>
>
>
>
> 3. _The ][d.cision][ N][h][ub_.
>
> .the real is the reel is the real is the .......
> .2 E][mote][ or not 2 E, *that* is the questi][ng][On.
> .the tug of the self, substantiated.
> .the tug of the canon, r][d][evolving.
> .ego blessing or medium so][u][lvent.
> .physical con][terra][firm][a][ing breeds blotting of the
> ][meaning][blurr-factor
>
> = the wurk is tainted by x.planatory authorial dis][ease][course
> & added manufactured info][taint.ment][rmation
>
> .or.
>
> =layering/wurk n.hancement b.yond b.lief.
>
> ________
>
>
> _Non Compos Mentis: Zen-Tripping the Non-Conference Circuitry_
> - Mez Breeze
>
>
> [A Quid Pro Quo Proviso: Please try to absorb this multilogue without
> Personality Construct Interference. This tract is for reflection and
> engagement within an abstract sphere. It is subjective, and not intended to
> be prescriptive or subjugative in any sense. This tract is explanatory
> blather. There is blood on my escape key.]
>
>
> *1. _Back-and-Forgrounding_ *
>
> A Mezzian Flesh-Mote enters a library. In a networked sense this library
> is cold; binary data advancements are yet to make any perceivable impact on
> its manifest functions. A silvered sliver-glint pulls the Mezzian Mote
> forward to the only technoniche available - a computer laboratory, used
> primarily for word-processing tasks. It also has an Internet connection. A
> Datadervish [E-Mote] is born, and a Flesh-Mote extinguished.
>
> The E-Mote says:
> "My first encounter with the Netwurk was serendipitous. A blundering into
> code. A simple word encounter within lingual largesse. A signified chat
> series that began in February 1995 [at http://chat.kajen.com] is now
> mainlined into significant portions. My anatomy tingled. My syntactic
> structures tumbled.
>
>
> My first play avenue resulted in hours of nectar-drenched connectivity.
> Chat conduits offered friction [as well as fiction] inflections to confused
> [and infused] chatters. These chats merged with narrative fibrils to invoke
> a quadrilinear creative space..........We learned [and are still learning]
> how to love the conch-like-code, the abbreviated geek-speak, the nuanced
> sign, the unending banter, the rewriting of the most fierce geosyncratic
> platitudes [ageism, sexism, racism, phallocentrism - in short, all the
> .isms]. Being an E-Mote allows you to refabricate all of these stereotypes,
> becoming "another" rather than "an other". In this displacement space,
> words are all we have to go on [to paraphrase Stoppard's "Rosencrantz &
> Guildenstern Are Dead"]. My browsing heart is full when this static
> spinning looms and physical reliance/dependance is revoked, with language
> blurred by sweat and siliconed juice. The stoppage point cannot be
> conceptualised in this Netwurked space - it is basically unwanted and
> unseen."
>
> This open-ended communication space/mode brings with it a continuous air
> in which to promote and extend its basic elements, such as a system of
> repeated physical and twinned sensory actions via an E-Motes arm and mouse,
> finger tips and keyboard, chair and spine, eyes and monitor/s, and finally
> consciousness and cypher. In this displacement, all entities converge -
> there is no Other. There is no exclusive you. There is no [blank misplaced
> categorisation]. In here, E-Motes reroute, rewrite and imagine. They are
> used to y-talking & IRCing in stretched sentences that reflect towards and
> mirror other monitored-light beings. E-Motes MOO along with the heard, and
> communication conflagrations are as rational as avatarian placements.
> Chat-havens gel within fictionalised parameters. The actual words employed
> are often dissonant, with experiences deliciously curved through this
> quadrilinear petri-dish. E-Motes choose to swoon between the lines, delving
> through categories and labels whilst tasting open source states.
>
> This Open Source Tone is/was the key to an altogether altered state of
> displacement functioning. The displacement space is not knotted. The
> E-Moter nodes are idiosyncratically clear. Geosensory Reality is saccharine
> soaked in the visceral. An open swathe of nodes allow for infinite
> possibilities on the persona spectrum. A sense of the Individual become
> residual. An E-Moters self is made replete with constant communication.
>
>
> *2. _Geosynthesis and Geosyncratia vs Node-Dependant Disyncratia_*
>
> In such a displacement space that is intrinsically coloured by an Open
> Source Tone, some degree of synaeresis is inevitable. Those E-Motes who
> can, play. Those who can't lapse into dependencies on traditional
> theory-based modus operduni. Labels become de rigueur. This mythic
> displacement space is colonized by dot.coms who fight the primordial
> postmodem dial-up soup. They are determined to swap and swamp this
> limboesque state with capital and any corresponding "ism".
>
> This can result in E-Motes freezing-up; these particular E Motes then
> crawl into pre-fabricated authorial comfort-zones. They demand their dues.
> They dilute the distributed discourse and filter the meaning-blurred. Other
> [more salient] E-Motes question "Where is the loop? Please press play!".
> Eventually, bludgeoning geosensory tactiles overcome all that is relevant
> in the displacement space. Text tendrils are reduced to reductionistic
> abuse. Notions of interactive language play are overloaded. Constructural
> gapping is overwritten, with the Flesh-Motes shaping the primary
> displacement dance. The E-Motes fall from fecund grace. The NetWurk is
> correspondingly undercurrented, undermined, understated and erase-echoed in
> this geophysical pull.
>
> Some E-Motes are vertiginous and grope for benchmarks and illusionary
> grandeur, embracing social mores and power-based perpetuation. Some snatch
> at Media Stunts or Public Relation codexs. To these E-Motes, the author is
> now the key. Primaeval performance play is ousted. Creating "the
> Establishment" is in.
>
> However, some E-Motes still seek to construct and absorb kinetic and
> phonetically driven texts. Entities such as these ponder the following.
>
>
> *3. _The Non-Conference Decision/Incision Nub_.*
>
> The decision to forgo attending physical events [ie conferences, award
> ceremonies, etc] related to the promotion of the E-Moter/Author-as-Cult
> figure status should be made in the light of these questions:
>
> - How do we best define the Real? [the real is the reel is the real is the
> ....].
> - To E [mote] or not to E, that is _the_ question.
>
> - Should we ignore the identity tug of the self, or substantiate it?
>
> - Should we resist the tug of the canon? And hence, revolve, evolve, or
> devolve?
>
> - Should E-Motes strive for ego-blessings or medium solvents?
>
> - Does physical E-Mote confirmation [fleshmeeting] breed various blottings
> on, and in, this displacement/quadrilinear space, especially in regards to
> the potential non-linear nature/Open Source Tone employed?
>
> - Is E-Motive Work tainted by explanatory authorial discourse and added
> manufactured infotaintment that seeks to explain the work itself? Or
> alternatively, does experientially-based auterial contact enhance the
> layering and depth of a E-Moting and E-Motes alike?
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Interview Links:
>
> http://www.josephinebosma.com/web/node/87
>
> http://cont3xt.net/blog/?p=251
>
> http://badatsports.com/2011/mezangellen-w-mez/
>
> http://pluto.kuri.mu/2010/11/11/plutonian-striptease-xi-mez-breeze/
>
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