notebookeleven

from: andres manniste

I was looking at my list of Facebook contacts and it is Thierry Geoffroy who impresses me the most because he is almost halfway to being eliminated by the facebook robot (apparently your account is erased at 5000). I am also growing very impatient with those who hyperventilate about choosing who deserves to be their “friend”.

From the beginning, internet art has been about independence from institutional bureaucracies and the formation of communities of artists (Shulgin and Bookchin), yet here we are, artists choosing whom they should accept as contacts. Facebook is an illusion; consequently it makes little sense to begin constructing virtual sand castles with their levels of nobility ( by the way, many of the people below are more famous than you are). We all know that FB will inevitably collapse so what is the hierarchical nonsense about? I suggest to everyone to accept everyone and work towards the magic number of 5000 to vaporise. If you want a family page, make a separate avatar. If you think that Facebook is more than a network node, stop pretending to be involved with internet art. As they say in French: franchement! (get real!).

My Friends:

Thierry Geoffroy 2647 contacts

Brainard Carey 1418 contacts

Thierry Geoffroy 1414 contacts

Genco Gulan 1372 contacts

Camille Paglia 1316 contacts

Vuk Cosic 1039 contacts

Catherine Millet 943 contacts

Aristide Antonas 884 contacts

Marisa Olson 752 contacts

Valery Grancher 697 contacts

Jeremy Owen Turner 631 contacts

Melinda Rackham 566 contacts

Eric Bolduc 549 contacts

James D. Campbell 529 contacts

Roy Ascott 498 contacts

Petra Cortright 462 contacts

Andrea Carson 391 contacts

Isabelle Hayeur 389 contacts

Karen Tam 341 contacts

Jillian Mcdonald 331 contacts

Maigunaki Souvlaki Saganaki 317 contacts

 

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