Re: Transhuman Art Mailing List...Is There An Interest?

From: Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Fri Sep 27 1996 - 09:27:41 MDT


I think it is a great idea, we should always strive to broaden our areas
of activity.

On Fri, 27 Sep 1996 QueeneMUSE@aol.com wrote:

> As nice as it sounds, a mailing list may or may not get off the ground, there
> seems to be more antipathy than I ever expected towards the ideas of >H
> artists.. people dont "grok" the immediate "value" of it I guess...

Yes, I do not understand this. Art has in the past together with science
been one of the few truly liberating forces, and I think that will
continue.

>( same
> folks who want to upload and live deep in the techno VR heart of it)

I wonder who they think will design their VR worlds? :-)

(Personally I think I would go for a mixture of 18-th century English
park and Escher as my home reality)

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