I think it's simply wonderful what you " artistic " types think of to while
away the hours while the rest of us get on with some work . Computers as
fetish objects ? - now you've got me thinking , to think that all this time
I've been using them as tools for machine control and other mundane
engineering projects. I must say you've really opened my eyes.
I'm off down Woolworths tomorrow to buy some silk stockings for my old
Dragon 64 ,- do they sell silk stockings in Woolies ?
Perhaps you can get Bill Gates to do a talk on what he does with the latest
" HOT " pentium in bed at night.
This has really gotten me excited now...
Hey if you do get Bill , can you lock him inside during the demolition ?
Geoff.
P.S. Your ticket on the first ark is a cast iron certainty.
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 5:48 PM
Subject: Concrete Computers art exhibit
>
> Christine Finn writes:
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:27:33 +0100
> From: C.A.Finn_at_Bradford.ac.uk
> Subject: concrete computers etc
>
> I am installing an art exhibit in London in early September with the
> artist who heard me on Start the Week. www.richarducker.com -concrete
> computers. Idea is that we show the work in a soon-to-be-demolished 1970s
> office block (his American wife's office actually) to play up the tension
> of time passing and technological transformation! The place will be felled
> days after we leave it.
>
> Anyway, while Richard is showing his computers as fetish objects, I am
> doing a couple of displays on subject of computers and their culture as
> archaeological artifacts. I have already asked Woody Lewis, who used to
> work at IBM, Apple, Cisco and daytrade, for ephemera to show, and also
> Mike Cassidy at the SJMN. Just wondered if there is anything you'd like to
> contribute - or at least some leaflets to display?
>
> It's all pretty conceptual...I'll work with material office stuff is left
> in the venue, but basically display the bits and pieces as proper museum
> objects, with tags and handlist. I wil undertake to return anything that
> comes my way.
>
> Dr.Christine A.Finn FSA
> Writer-in-Residence, J.B.Priestley Library &
> Hon.Research Fellow, Dept. of Archaeological Sciences,
> University of Bradford,
> Bradford, W.Yorks BD7 1DP
>
>
> (+44) 01274 233398 (fax)
> (+44) 07980 913795 (cellphone)
>
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> So if anyone would like to contribute to this off-beat exhibit, or would
> like more information, please contact Christine directly at
> <C.A.Finn_at_Bradford.ac.uk>.
>
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