[P2P-F] Fwd: [Networkedlabour] Fwd: <nettime> Global Direct - Political Philosophy Art - Global Democracy Now
Michel Bauwens
michel at p2pfoundation.net
Sun Dec 14 14:28:45 CET 2014
in cloughjordan ?
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> 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
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Orsan Senalp <orsan1234 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:49 PM
> > Subject: [Networkedlabour] Fwd: <nettime> Global Direct - Political
> > Philosophy Art - Global Democracy Now
> > To: networkedlabour at lists.contrast.org
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > *Resent-From:* nettime at kein.org
> > *From:* Paolo Cirio <press.paolo.cirio at gmail.com>
> > *Date:* 12 Dec 2014 01:43:23 GMT+1
> > *Resent-To:* Nettime <nettime-l at kein.org>
> > *To:* nettime-l at kein.org
> > *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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