[microsound] post-globalization socialist art

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 3. Theoretically speaking, what could a new
> post-globalization, socialist art look like?   What
> would decidedly be its tenor, its thrust, at this
> point?  Does a kind of melancholic glitch 'space' go
> beyond a humanistic soulfulness and actually challenge
> hegemony, at the level of the imaginary?  Is
> singularity important (or rather how could singularity
> work without becoming the Great Author of the Work)?


I don't think you can impose a top-down methodology on to the  
development of cultural work
most of the time the process takes on a more viral form anyway
one person starts something
and others follow with mimetic content
which then breeds other derivations
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I see collaboration having more of a role in the future
this is the basis of my 'Emergent Content' workshops
the content is brought about by a group of people all shaping the  
materials into a single form
which btw is an exciting process to watch
in this process all the participants vote on a particular bit of content
which then helps determine whether or not it gets a chance to 'breed'
the process uses a simple genetic algorithm
which means the resulting content is formed by the 'fitness function'  
imposed by the group
not by any one individual
I see this as one possible model for a post-globalization, socialist  
process

and it is already taking place in open source development and Wiki- 
styled content
where the content is shaped by many hands
all adding their unique perspective to the mix


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