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 (code - algorithms - music)
- continual re-writing of code as primary mode of artistic production
- presentation of the work as open ended, mutable rather than static artefact
Livecoding Aesthetics
- production is 'live' and living
- workshops / pedagogic aspect important
Hacklabs + Hackmeets
- First Hacklabs developed in Europe - emerging from squatting movements
- FLOSS + Hacklabs share principle of 'enabling the possibility of production by others'