[P2P-F] Fwd: [Networkedlabour] Fwd: <nettime> Global Direct - Political Philosophy Art - Global Democracy Now

Sun Dec 14 14:18:29 CET 2014

It's the short video we recorded for the exhibition :)

Michel Bauwens wrote:
> hi Paolo,
> 
> not sure how I came to participate in this ? it doesn't ring a bell,
> 
> seems an important initiative though, but it it an 'art' project, or really
> aims to set out what it explains ?
> 
> Michel
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> *From:* Paolo Cirio <press.paolo.cirio at gmail.com>
> *Date:* 12 Dec 2014 01:43:23 GMT+1
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> *Subject:* *<nettime> Global Direct - Political Philosophy Art - Global
> Democracy Now*
> 
>   Press Release Nov./Dec. 2014. NYC.
>   Global Direct
>   [1]http://GlobalDirect.today
>   Artwork by Paolo Cirio and currently shown at DOX Prague, Palazzo del
>   Governatore Parma and online on Turbulence.org
>   With the participation of Carne Ross, Daniele Archibugi, Douglas
>   Rushkoff, Jon Lebkowsky, Ethan Zuckerman, Michel Bauwens, David Moore,
>   among others.
>   The artwork Global Direct is a visionary political philosophy promoting
>   global participatory democracy driven by information technology and the
>   failure of current primitive political systems.
>   To illustrate the conceptual work the artist has drawn a series of
>   fifteen organograms for initiating a program for global participatory
>   democracy.
>   [2]http://GlobalDirect.today/program
>   These creative diagrams are informed by research in contemporary and
>   emergent forms of democracy which the artist conducted and integrates
>   as part of the artwork. Furthermore, the artist promotes Global Direct
>   through designing a political poster campaign to popularize its
>   visions.
>   [3]http://GlobalDirect.today/campaign
>   Akin to a traditional political campaign, posters are disseminated
>   throughout public walls in several cities and consistently feature the
>   campaignâs political symbol beside each slogan. In the poster, a clear
>   sky visually represents a bright future full of new possibilities above
>   the clouds.
>   Global Direct researches in pursuit of a new advanced version of
>   democracy, where everyone can take part in local and global governance,
>   justice, and economy. For this new political civilization, Global
>   Direct aims to inspire new protocols, procedures, and policies that can
>   cope with the social complexity, crises, and speed of contemporary
>   life. These issues are addressed in the artistâs theoretical essay.
>   [4]http://GlobalDirect.today/about
>   Combining multiple voices and ideas about alternative modes of advanced
>   participatory and global democracy, the documentation on the website
>   includes academic publications, links to organizations, and articles
>   that influenced the creation of the project.
>   [5]http://GlobalDirect.today/today
>   As part of its documentary component, the artist produced over ten
>   video statements by visionaries close to the ideas promoted by Global
>   Direct. The collection of short video statements are available on the
>   website, offering a compelling overview of the potentials of an ideal
>   society.
>   [6]http://GlobalDirect.today/statements
>   The website also presents the artistâs research into social sciences
>   for comparing the political structures of several countries, which are
>   presented through many charts that diagram different governmental
>   functions and features.
>   [7]http://GlobalDirect.today/yesterday
>   Through this painstaking investigation the artist was able to analyze
>   common and specific mechanics of contemporary governance and reassemble
>   them with new organograms drawn in order to suggest the creative
>   political alternative proposed by the project.
>   The fifteen diagrams created for the project are presented via large
>   prints as an installation for art galleries. Each print indicates a
>   single area of governance and social structure.
>   [8]http://paolocirio.net/work/global-direct/#pics
>   The diagrams are also presented together on the website and distributed
>   in printed leaflets as interconnected networks of conceptual maps that
>   influence one other in a feedback loop for a fair, self-governing
>   global society.
>   [9]http://globaldirect.today/press/GD-DIAGRAMS-PDF/0_global_direct-netw
>   orked_governance.pdf
>   These diagrams drawn by the artists are the core of the artwork,
>   describing the political program of Global Direct, as the ultimate
>   utopic vision, directly inspired by the multiple perspectives found
>   through research on prevailing political systems, theories, and
>   alternative ideas about advanced forms of democracy.
>   Global Direct is a 2014 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts,
>   Inc. in NY, U.S., for its Turbulence.org website, which is made
>   possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation.
>   Global Direct has been especially supported by DOX Centre for
>   Contemporary Art in Prague and Lunatici Cultural A.P.S Association
>   through the Municipality of Parma, Italy.
>   Keywords:
>   Decentralization, Participation, Deliberation, Transparency,
>   Accountability and Openness in governance, Open Source Governance, Open
>   Data, Electronic Voting, Emergent Democracy, Online Consultation.
>   Thank you for the attention.
>   Paolo Cirio.
>   [10]http://paolocirio.net
> 
> References
> 
>   1. http://GlobalDirect.today/
>   2. http://GlobalDirect.today/program
>   3. http://GlobalDirect.today/campaign
>   4. http://GlobalDirect.today/about
>   5. http://GlobalDirect.today/today
>   6. http://GlobalDirect.today/statements
>   7. http://GlobalDirect.today/yesterday
>   8. http://paolocirio.net/work/global-direct/#pics
>   9.
> http://globaldirect.today/press/GD-DIAGRAMS-PDF/0_global_direct-networked_governance.pdf
>  10. http://paolocirio.net/
> 
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