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

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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