Over in Rio, things are crazy and wonderful. What an inspired group of artists, educators, coders, lawyers, activists, musicians, etc, etc, and so forth. I think Jenny Toomey said it best just minutes ago (paraphrase): "we don’t complain about the structures that we don’t like, we build structures that we do".
I’ve decided that, even tho we haven’t met, Jenny and I are buddies. A self-proclaimed "music activist," Jenny spoke about the recent history of the art and music businesses in the US, and said that post-Nirvana (the band, not the place), we’re seeing the "two economies" of indie and mainstream converge more and more often, but usually to the detriment of the artist. She calls for new structures of economy, distribution, sharing, and says artists "really will come" if it suits them best. I know I would. Even if (my favorite part), "organizing artists is like herding cats." LOL.
John Wilbanks’ talk was also wonderfully interesting. He’s an engaged and engaging dude from the Science Commons, and the implication of his statement that "the science of DNA will catch up with the social understandings of genetics very soon" has amazing implications. He showed us a DNA deconstruction home kit, sold for $80US, for ages ten and up…
Hey Jenny and John! Put your presentations online! Would love to have them.
@ Rio iSummit
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[...] revver is the coolest CC thing around – make work, share work for free, see the tiniest ad at the end that does not interfere with your work, make money… It really accomplishes what I quoted Jenny saying this morning: She calls for new structures of economy, distribution, sharing, and says artists "really will come" if it suits them best. [...]
[...] I’ve got some fab ideas for how the AIR can grow before the next conference, turning into a longer project, involving many countries, and exploring the two areas that seem to interest artists most (around CC): revenue generation and production modes. The former has obviously always been a problem for artists (pre-dating CC for about as long as human existence), but there are already some amazingly smart people on the job (such as Jenny Toomey and Steven Starr of revver) – if you build it, we will come. The latter has always been part of the CC ethos, and there are more and more re-mix tools available, but I’d like to see working, conceptual artists who are more involved with hands-on collaboration (not just re-mixing) enter into the iCommons fold now – beyond the geeks like me. The ideas I have are geared towards production, workshops and lectures (all led by working artists) that promote and encourage some of the possibilities that CC has to offer which we may not yet be aware of. Art Work. [...]
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