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GB: The  interesting thing about a  cultural ecosystem is  the  fact that  it's  not  only about a  literal exchange of  information and products, but  that  the  system also  allows you  to  share behaviours, approaches, and  working methods. The participation of  the  public also  plays an  important role.
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LR: An  author never has  a  neutral position; he  or  she  is  an  active thinker and  player. It's  always interesting when creators use their position as  an  author to  give others the  opportunity to use  their work, instead of  protecting everything, but  that's just one  way  of  questioning the  concept of  ‘originality’, authority and  the  power an  author can  exercise.
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Revision as of 06:33, 7 October 2024

aka why (special issue #25)

Generous Practices

Also in Floss+ART, alongside Yuill's Distributive Practices, Femke Snelting: Generous Practices (also here).

A fictional conversation, based on emails, physical encounters, IRC and a Skype session.

Why this form?

LR: I'm not sure I would use the term ‘ecology’ literally, but we like to work with open source software for example, because it exposes a network of relations between communities, tools and audiences. Of course, these relations go much further than art, literature, theatre or dance. Culture is embedded in social, economical and technological structures.

GB: The interesting thing about a cultural ecosystem is the fact that it's not only about a literal exchange of information and products, but that the system also allows you to share behaviours, approaches, and working methods. The participation of the public also plays an important role.

LR: An author never has a neutral position; he or she is an active thinker and player. It's always interesting when creators use their position as an author to give others the opportunity to use their work, instead of protecting everything, but that's just one way of questioning the concept of ‘originality’, authority and the power an author can exercise.


  • Example of Annemieke van der Hoek's Epicpedia... Exposing the wiki as conversation. A form Snelting would re-use in Conversations.
  • Parallel with things like RFCs and discussions on mailinglists such as the proposal for an IMG tag.

Based on citations from a number of influences, a "fictional conversation" that represents Snelting reflections and inspirations from colleagues inspired by models of Free Software working in the cultural / artistic work.

Read through the introduction (Cultural Ecosystem)

Reflections from Strasbourg

Marie Verdeil's work: Low-tech magazine and Kris de Decker.

Becoming Sponge + Reparative Reading.

Why make Radio?

  • How to give back to an audience?
  • Idea to post recordings back to Radio Aporee, yes! Look into the community aspect.

Return to Yuill's idea of distributive practice. (Example such as HAKMEM, and Scratch/Cardew). But... also Cardew's later regrets?