1. SO... WHO ARE YOU? TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF! SOME CORE OF TRUTH WOULD BE NICE, BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BE COLOURFUL…
angel, miettes brainchild, gabriel, teenage nerd prostitution, dickhead, fucking hippy scum and many more.... indulge in music [mainly] as well asother vatrious artistik and non artisitik endevours. (polatix @ the mo is the fav. ... suprise surprise considering.}. work.play.eat.sleep.swallow.
2. WHAT DOES POLIS MEAN TO YOU, IF ANYTHING? GO ON, GUESS, EXTRAPOLATE...
plato. mainly. aristotle/ city/ state/ capitalism/ moral utopia and funny little philosophy students who pretend to know what theyre going on about. but don't.
3. DO YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR INTEREST IN VIRTUAL REALITY/VIRTUAL WORLDS, OR GENERAL THEMES/DEPICTIONS OF URBAN SPACE?
particular? no. but it intersts me. Especially when interactivity is involved.
4. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE AN ARTIST, EITHER PRINCIPALLY OR AMONG OTHER THINGS?
yes; amongst other things . princaply i'm an organism.
5. IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST, DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR ART WORKS (OBJECTS, ACTIONS, WHATEVER) THAT WOULD EXPLORE POLIS THEMES OR IDEAS?
no. not realy. but that;s just no.w.
6. WHAT ARTFORMS DO YOU CONSIDER MIGHT BE RELEVANT OR OF INTEREST TO POLIS?
the media of the web seems like a perfekt place to explore these themes considering it can be straight lace/d and realistik or as absttract and fukked as a tomatoe isn't (depending on the tomato obviously).
7. WHAT IDEAS FROM ANY NON-"ART" FIELD DO YOU THINK MIGHT BE RELEVANT OR OF INTEREST TO POLIS?
all of them.
8. DO YOU KNOW THE DADA, FLUXUS, OR BEAT MOVEMENTS DO YOU SEE ANY PARALLELS BETWEEN THOSE AND WHAT POLIS MIGHT BECOME, OR ANY INTERESTED LESSONS THEY MIGHT HAVE TO TEACH US?
i have to plead ignorance within that field.
9. ANY OTHER MOVEMENTS WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT? THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE "ART" MOVEMENTS...
political i suppose. plenty of them about @ the mo.
10. IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT PLACE DOES ORGANISED LINEAR MUSIC HAVE IN POLIS SOUNDSCAPES, IF ANY?
well... as a soundtrack. music represents people in different states and different times, all imperfekt. if the polis in question concerns actual people rather than mental ideals and human utopia (which is in my opinion... fukking boring}
11. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE POLIS MANIFESTO? DO YOU THINK THE MANIFESTO SHOULD BE TEXT ONLY? MULTIMEDIA? SUGGESTIVE OR EXPLICIT?
as much or as little as possible.
12. NAME ONE THINKER (OR DOER) WHO YOU FEEL SHOULD BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO POLIS? HELL, NAME A BUNCH OF THEM IF YOU LIKE...
iain banks, jean michael basquiat, me, you.
13. DOES POLITICS HAVE ANY PLACE IN POLIS?
politics has everything to do with everything *(apart from polatitians; they just don;t fucking get it do they?)
14. DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE A DEDICATED POLIS WEBSITE, OR A DISTRIBUTED NET? OR BOTH? OR SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE?
don't care as long as discusion is flowing.
15. DO YOU KNOW ANY PROGRAMMING/SCRIPTING LANGUAGES PARTICULARLY JAVA OR VRML? IF NOT, WOULD YOU LIKE SUPPORT IN LEARNING FROM MEMBERS OF POLIS?
no i don't. but learning is the new black,, and green is the nu orange.
16. DO WE CARE ABOUT THINGS LIKE HACKING, AS A GROUP? SHOULD WE BE ENCRYPTED FOR ANY REASON?
personaly rekkon it should be encouraged. no harm in destruction. or defense for that matter. might be classed as terrorists by nosy jackstraw/dickchaney types. so encrption could be an option.
17. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN TRANSHUMANISM, OR EVEN KNOW OR CARE WHAT IT IS?
amon has talked to me about it but it went over my head. a bit like an aeroplane.
18. DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE INTELLIGENT, CREATIVE, AND MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE POLIS GROUP? IF SO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TELL THEM ABOUT US, TELL US ABOUT THEM, FORWARD THIS MAIL, WHATEVER SEEMS APPROPRIATE...
get in contakt with 'arthur' the_hermit@geocities.com or the_hermit@hotmail.com
site: www.the.grey.constant.cwc.net worth having a look at.
19. HAVE YOU SEEN "EVENT CITIES" 1 OR 2 BY BERNARD TSCHUMI (THEY'RE OBLIQUE ARCHITECTURE COFFEE-TABLE ART BOOKS)
er... no fraid not.
20. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?
no. bored now.