Hi James, Sounds very interesting indeed - thanks!
Bugs offer a fantastic focus here! A sort of Bug oriented analysis of production? ;) In that case, perhaps it could be claimed that maybe a factory machine, or even a certain mode of operation, can be thought of in terms of an algorithm? I wonder also, in terms of the constant repetition, as in Modern Times (charlie chaplin..). A simple algorithmic instruction - if x object comes, then turn it. (then, the X becomes Any object indeed, like the boss's nose - if my memory is sorta correct..) Also interesting the idea of an Operating system.. A kind of algorithmic orchestra of silence and gasps? Cheers! ahaxxx On Sun, August 23, 2015 3:14 pm, James Morris wrote: > Factories and algorithms and Jeff Koons probably evoke all sorts of > images > > I worked in factories for a number of years scraping a living. Some of > them were bug ridden in the sense they never ran smoothly, the machines > frequently broke down. Rain coming through the ceiling halted production > where it landed on machines. And sometimes pigeons, rats, insects (bugs!) > lived in the factory. > > And I've coded alogrithms (non professionally) and worked to eliminate > bugs in those alogorithms. > > I would say a factory is more operating system than algorithm or maybe > that is too far. Or more like a monolithic application that can do a number > of tasks (unlike a modular application that can one task well), so it has > a number of algorithms working together (supposedly!) > > James. > > > > On 23/08/15 12:58, none wrote: > >> A quick question? >> >> >> In this interview, JK talks about a factory of people working to >> produce His stuff. They seem to work by Knowing the Kind of stuff he'd >> do - and by the very fact they implement that knowledge under JK's >> supervision and finance, the objects are His. >> >> A question: >> Is it reasonable to claim that JK's factory operates according to a "JK >> algorithm" which procedurally generates objects that conform to that >> particular Algorithm's rules? >> >> Kind of going towards making an analogical link between a factory and >> an algorithm - in a generalised sense - hence a bit uneasy whether or >> not this analogy can hold water beyond a few reflective drops.... >> >> Cheers and many thanks for any hints, rebukes, etc.. :) >> >> >> aharonon xx >> >> >> On Sat, August 22, 2015 8:02 pm, none wrote: >> >>> Hiyas, >>> >>> >>> >>> Might interest, a somehow curious interview with JK: >>> http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2015/08/jeff-koons-h >>> igh- art-plain-extravagance-150820152940671.html >>> >>> Reminded me a recent chat I have had, with a certain Berlin based >>> curator, who assured in no uncertain terms: "I Know these people >>> [rulers of >>> Gulf states] are despots. They are not >>> very nice people. They have slaves and they are brutal towards any >>> opposition. They run lawless states where rules are arbitrary and >>> many people get hurt. They treat women worst than objects and are a >>> bunch of some of the worst people I can think of. HOWEVER, they give >>> money to art! They think of art only in terms of money. With them, if >>> I want to do a >>> project, we are talking hundreds of thousands of Euros, sometimes >>> millions - not crumbs like 5k euros here and there. So.. Should I not >>> work for them??" >>> >>> Mind, the person I spoke before that, told me about Mafia funded >>> galleries.. In some ways, it was a sort of preparation.. >>> >>> Should really stay clear from curiously looking openings in places am >>> clueless about.. ;) >>> >>> Cheers and Have fun!! >>> >>> >>> >>> ahar0n xx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
