dear friends,
thanks for bringing this up. i'm not sure whether i have anything new to
say about the syndicate that we have not already said in the 2001
article which sally posted. - being so personally involved from the
preparatory conversations in 1995 to the ugly collapse in 2001, i have
always found it difficult to gage the more general relevance of the
syndicate; but i believe that for many people in the emerging central
and east european media and art communities of the 90s, it was an
important source of information that provided multiple contact points to
each other, and to a wider, international scene. remember also that at
the time, for the 50+ core group of the syndicate, the personal
encounters during the Syndicate Meetings which took place once or twice
a year, possibly had a deeper impact on us that the mailing list could
have on its own.
there are some other materials on the v2 archive:
http://v2.nl/archive/organizations/syndicate?searchterm=syndicate
and there are reflexions on the role of the syndicate list in research
texts by Geert Lovink (was already mentioned here), Rasa Smite, and
Clemens Apprich (forthcoming).
unfortunately, the archive of the syndicate list on the v2 servers has
been lost and it would be great if we could find a place and help to put
it back online. i assume that some people will have more or less
complete archives on their back-up disks (zone and vuk were diligent
collectors of everything back then). if anybody could offer some
concrete, practical help on this, i'd be happy to hear from you.
regards,
-a
Am 06.10.13 14:52, schrieb Sally-Jane Norman:
> Agree with Armin. The "human-technical assemblages" Syndicate was made of were vital. I'm sure Andreas and Inke will be able and well placed to respond, but maybe the swansong mail they posted on nettime provides a useful overview in the mean time. It's a long story marked by a deep ethos and visionary generosity on the part of those who put the effort into launching and maintaining it, like any that engages deep inter-personal and collective communication. Hard to do justice with hindsight. Especially from the perspective of 2013 list-log-blog-surf culture.
>
> best
> sj
>
>
> <nettime> Rise and Decline of the Syndicate
>
> To: nettime-l {AT} bbs.thing.net
> Subject: <nettime> Rise and Decline of the Syndicate
> From: Arns/Broeckmann <inke {AT} snafu.de>
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:52:49 +0100
> Reply-To: Arns/Broeckmann <inke {AT} snafu.de>
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