User:Kim/reading/Problems of Notation
All Problems of Notation Will be Solved by the Masses: Free Open Form Performance, Free/Libre Open Source Software, and Distributive Practice
Simon Yuill
- recent valorization of 'collaboration' omits basic condition of collaboration - that all forms of production ultimately rely on various degrees and arrangements
- 'collaboration' becomes commodified (art, consumer as worker)
- can FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) counteract?
- problems with FLOSS:
- issue of collaboration and legislation (and how these relate to medium code)
- FLOSS emerging cultural practices fail to relate to outside (non-FLOSS art/ culture)
- these practices are not collaborative but distributive
- article outlines relation between notational production and distributive practice
Livecoding
+ embodies FLOSS key principles