::fibreculture:: Re: posting guidelines

[Somaya Langley]

I think there is a validity in having lists of different paces.  For my
own workflow, lists that are constantly delivering messages get filtered
into another mailbox (where I intend to read them, but rarely do).
Lists that have less traffic tend to go straight to my inbox, where they
have more chance of getting read.  

For myself it's mainly a matter of information overload. In this case I
tend to think less can be more.  Plus, I have to say that working in a
library environment where there is so much information available -
especially of the digital kind - tends to push me in the direction of
searching out authoratitive/quality information over quantity.  You get
the gist...  which is why I read more FC messages than Electrofringe for
example.

Lists really reflect group dynamics between people about issues.  When
there is something relevant to get fired up about - er, like now - then
people want to have their say.  But, remembering a post a while back,
rather than contemplate what FC is all about, perhaps I should turn this
into a productive message.

So is anyone going to be at the Vital Signs conference in Melbourne?  I
think this will be a really interesting melting pot of new media arts
practitioners etc, and perhaps there we can contemplate what we are
going to do with all this information in the long term.  (Again from the
library perspective...) Is it really just ephemeral data or should it be
archived for future use?

Somaya

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-----Original Message-----
From: fibreculture-bounces at lists.myspinach.org
[mailto:fibreculture-bounces at lists.myspinach.org] On Behalf Of Anna
Munster
Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2005 3:15 PM
To: fibreculture at lists.myspinach.org
Subject: Re: ::fibreculture:: Re: posting guidelines


Stephen Loosely said:
> Having been a member for four years or so, in my opinion
> the fibreculture list has been a failure for much of this time.

well - you've been a member and I don't remember having seen a lot of 
you - why don't you post more? The failure of a list is simply the 
list's failure not that of a chosen few who should be charged with its 
constant sucess!!

>
> Please note, I say this with disappointment, but, because of
> the lack of emails. It's probably the slowest list of the many
> lists I for one subscribe to, and I believe that's a real shame.

we all have different list experiences but I have to say that the ones 
I'm on at the moment (6 others) are going at a slower pace than 
fibreculture. These range from arts, curating, reading groups and urban 
studies and are located in Britain, Europe, Australia, US and India.
Actually one I'm on, I'm not even sure if it is still going, hasn't had 
a posting to it for about a year!! I really like this list - it's very 
considered ;-)

Personally I like the ebb and flow of lists - not constant 
"coming-at-ya" tempo. I get that from my tv set and from radio.

I completely disagree that dynamism = speed.

for me, the dynamics of list cultures include many moments of boredom, 
drag and unresolved conflict.

I'd be interested in hearing what others have to say about list tempo 
and dynamics. This is a subject I'm interested in researching as part 
of a broader "distributed aesthetics" project

cheers
Anna

> Dr. Anna Munster
Senior Lecturer
Post-Graduate Coordinator
School of Art History and Theory,
College of Fine Arts
University of NSW
P.O Box 259
Paddington, 2021
NSW
Australia
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