I am aware that this conversation happened six years ago, but I don't have to be happy with its results. I think we have licence to revisit issues when necessary, and I believe there have been enough changes over the last six years to reopen this can of worms. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I do feel like net art is currently being applied interchangeably as a term for a medium and a movement and it makes things a little messy. Maybe "net art" isn't the right name for the movement, but I think we should do some serious thinking about what is going on. Unfortunately I have not proven myself to be the most brilliant at naming these sorts of things (though Tom and Paul certainly are). The only thing I've ever been able to come up with for a genre is "found-tech".
On subject of "everyone does this", limbs and bombastic statements - I understand that I have not put things in the most precise manner, but it's clear you understood my meaning. I think there is something to be said for measured response, but in the comments section of a blog it sort of takes the fun out of things. I invite you to look forward to a slew of overly bombastic statements in the future.
On the subject of music industry and marketing. Yes, there is an element of marketing to it, but you make it seem like this is the only reason for naming a genre. Patti Schmidt makes a regular practice of this on Brave New Waves, and she's not selling anything. I don't buy that argument for a minute.
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On subject of "everyone does this", limbs and bombastic statements - I understand that I have not put things in the most precise manner, but it's clear you understood my meaning. I think there is something to be said for measured response, but in the comments section of a blog it sort of takes the fun out of things. I invite you to look forward to a slew of overly bombastic statements in the future.
On the subject of music industry and marketing. Yes, there is an element of marketing to it, but you make it seem like this is the only reason for naming a genre. Patti Schmidt makes a regular practice of this on Brave New Waves, and she's not selling anything. I don't buy that argument for a minute.
www.bravenewwaves.ca/about/index.shtml
- Paddy Johnson 6-13-2006 11:09 pm