20 Jul
2004
20 Jul
'04
7:02 a.m.
I think it's simply wonderful what you " artistic " types think of to while
away the hours while the rest of us get on with some work . Computers as
fetish objects ? - now you've got me thinking , to think that all this time
I've been using them as tools for machine control and other mundane
engineering projects. I must say you've really opened my eyes.
I'm off down Woolworths tomorrow to buy some silk stockings for my old
Dragon 64 ,- do they sell silk stockings in Woolies ?
Perhaps you can get Bill Gates to do a talk on what he does with the latest
" HOT " pentium in bed at night.
This has really gotten me excited now...
Hey if you do get Bill , can you lock him inside during the demolition ?
Geoff.
P.S. Your ticket on the first ark is a cast iron certainty.
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com To: "Classic Computers Mailing List"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Tuesday, July
20, 2004 5:48 PM
Subject: Concrete Computers art exhibit
Christine Finn writes:
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:27:33 +0100
From: C.A.Finn(a)Bradford.ac.uk
Subject: concrete computers etc
I am installing an art exhibit in London in early September with the
artist who heard me on Start the Week. www.richarducker.com -concrete
computers. Idea is that we show the work in a soon-to-be-demolished 1970s
office block (his American wife's office actually) to play up the tension
of time passing and technological transformation! The place will be felled
days after we leave it.
Anyway, while Richard is showing his computers as fetish objects, I am
doing a couple of displays on subject of computers and their culture as
archaeological artifacts. I have already asked Woody Lewis, who used to
work at IBM, Apple, Cisco and daytrade, for ephemera to show, and also
Mike Cassidy at the SJMN. Just wondered if there is anything you'd like to
contribute - or at least some leaflets to display?
It's all pretty conceptual...I'll work with material office stuff is left
in the venue, but basically display the bits and pieces as proper museum
objects, with tags and handlist. I wil undertake to return anything that
comes my way.
Dr.Christine A.Finn FSA
Writer-in-Residence, J.B.Priestley Library &
Hon.Research Fellow, Dept. of Archaeological Sciences,
University of Bradford,
Bradford, W.Yorks BD7 1DP
(+44) 01274 233398 (fax)
(+44) 07980 913795 (cellphone)
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So if anyone would like to contribute to this off-beat exhibit, or would
like more information, please contact Christine directly at
<C.A.Finn(a)Bradford.ac.uk>uk>.
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