Vandalism is Art
Chuck0
chuck at tao.ca
Wed Mar 1 09:03:34 PST 2000
Chuck Grimes wrote:
>
> (from a fwd, from Chuck0): ``...Vandalism is art when art can no
> longer rescue meaning from the overwhelming absurdity of present
> material conditions. In a society that promotes a myth of total
> choice, the most crucial choice has been made criminal: the ability to
> create new meaning. The point where the myth and reality meet is the
> intersection of politics and art, the haunt of the vandal, the culture
> jammer, the anarchist. It is at this intersection that the barricades
> went up, November 30, 1999.''
>
> Yesterday, Doug posted a web address for the people who coordinated
> the underground video and media coverage for Seattle. I looked them
> up. While wondering around their links, it occurred to me these folks
> could really use something like FreeBSD or Linux or some other version
> for their networks and computer gigs. So, I e-mailed them a suggestion
> with the download web addresses..
>
> Here's what came today in the mail:
>
> ``Yup, some of our (Loudeye Technologies) servers run Linux and OpenBSD.
> We did the streaming for indymedia.org -- the Real streams are being
> served from Linux and FreeBSD. Cheers, Troy''
>
> Cool, huh?
>
> Chuck Grimes
We're hoping to set up the same thing for A16. I talked last night to
somebody from Paper Tiger TV.
BTW, I also hear that some of the anarchists plan to disrupt live
reporters from the boss media. They always neglect covering these
important issues, so why should we give them a free ride?
--
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