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From: Eduardo Valle <dudavalle@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:58:42 +0000 You know i know t?o, headquarters , decision makers are not in the South hemisphere, i know because i have a very close experience t?o. Off course there is dialogue , their goals is profit. And now the employers are the "owners" of the enterprises, it is funny to see them saying " in my enterprise ..." The BRICS have to find their mission but Still they are dependent because most of the System is dependent of the G7, Still ARt is Still very important and the problem is that collectors from "developed nations" know and recognize that while in others parts of the World that is Still unrecognized, just to ilustrate or TO PROVE that, there is only 2 South americans collectors on a list of top 150 collectors on the very OLD contemporary Art ... Industrial Economy is related to Economy and not culture and the wealthy persons from the developed countries knows that culture Is more important and h?s more value that the Economy ... From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:18:05 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: As you know, the primary economic development of the past 200 years has been INDUSTRIALIZATION, which has moved across the globe -- country-by-country. The "developed" world *finished* this process and, as a result, reached a plateau and become post-industrial (i.e. shifting to "finance" and other services) in the late 20th century, which left it to many other countries to GROW much faster as they now being industrialized. The headquarters and CEOs involved in this wider global growth process are *NOT* in London or New York but instead in Mumbai, Sao Paolo, Moscow and Beijing. I know, I've been there! There is PLENTY of spectrum for everyone to *talk* and that's what they have been doing -- with much of it *refusing* to work under the direction of the fading "Imperium." China will *not* allow themselves to be told what to do by anyone and I suspect that Brazil is doing something similar. The "power" of the old industrial centers gets WEAKER (not stronger) every day! Art (in terms of fairs, rich collectors etc) is a by-product of this process and maps into it with a significant "lag" -- given that this is "luxury" and not a "productive" activity. So, it's "backwards" not "forward" looking. If you want to chart actual shifts in "power" you would be much better dealing with rates of change of energy and materials consumption (i.e. the industrial economy) and not "art." Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 4:49:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: In Liverpool i was presenting a Geopolitical analysis of Contemporary Art and Electronic Art inside of what i called the Web of Art and their 14 instances. I was analysing only 3 instances: the artists, the fairs and the collectors and they were still on the same geopolitical pattern. China was rising and so the BRICS because of lack of infra structure, need of expansion of capitalism and cheap labor force , but we all know where the headquarters and CEOs are located... You were saying that communication is changing everything and if the spectrum is few, how can they even talk ... So here you have some facts that reality is not really changing in terms of geopolitical power i will send some conceptual maps from my presentation in Liverpool. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:46:48 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: Sorry -- how do you explain the rise of CHINA in "geopolitical" terms (i.e. a development which was completely missed by the geopoliticists)? Why would changes in communications make "problems" go away? And, "communication" isn't about spectrum (which is a machine-to-machine parameter) but instead about how *people* actually TALK to each other! I wasn't there, so what did you PROVE in Liverpool . . . ?? <g> Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 1:08:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: In geopolitical terms, NO. And this was proved in my presentation in Liverpool in relation to Art. Communication is faster and is cover a broader spectrum but still reproducing the same problems. And this broader spectrum is still low, for example if you look at Brasil in terms of digital acess ... or Africa. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:38:09 -0500 Subject: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: > It is not because communication is changing that reality is changing Really -- how do you know that . . . ?? Mark== From: Eduardo Valle <dudavalle@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:35:55 +0000 Decisions are negociated, at least that, but the BRICS governments are just looking for bu$$$ine$$$ to mantain an economical ?grow* no matter about enviroment , labour conditions, mafia (Russia and oil owners) ... We are living under FINAZISM so no matter from where the money came from as long as they mantain a certain economical grow, so people can buy a new car and a new computer. You have no ideia how Brazilian states deal when transnationals wants to invest here, fiscal benefits that you will not believe and they will never find that in the developed nations in the name of cheap labour force, profit and a market. Culture and Art are totally related and collectors play a major role , specially in countries where the State and their Museums dont even know what is to collect Art and therefore preserves Culture. Culture, communication and the world are mutants but you can see milenar cultures that are not affected by that, on contrary they reafirm certain things during a long time and facing communication changes. YES, I proved and i can apply that in many other fields and instances of Art and you will find the same patterns. Take a look on wich market brazil is leading globally and you will take a picture of what is going on and for shure in ART the leaders are for no coincidence USA and Europe ... Take a look at the leading journals in Science, Art and Technologies and their boards ... Take a look on the top scientists of the world ...Take a look at Elsevier control ... Jokes are welcome since we are all clowns ... or maybe not Copy for the list since the discussion begins there. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:55:30 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: CHINA: 0% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. RUSSIA: 10% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. INDIA: 20% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. BRASIL: ??% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. If that chance for Brazil is more than 20-30%, then there is no one to blame other than the Brazilians -- which I doubt *very* much. Culture is *free* for everyone -- in fact it is an ENVIRONMENT that is largely shaped by *communications* technologies. When those technologies change, so does the culture! ART collecting of "major pieces" is NOT the same as "culture" and is NOT for everyone -- instead it is an "investment" for some in the *elites* which has little to do with either economics or politics. Sorry -- you have NOT proved anything about the global "structure" of power by analyzing the location of *high-end* art collectors! Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 9:58:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: You know i know t?o, headquarters , decision makers are not in the South hemisphere, i know because i have a very close experience t?o. Off course there is dialogue , their goals is profit. And now the employers are the "owners" of the enterprises, it is funny to see them saying " in my enterprise ..." The BRICS have to find their mission but Still they are dependent because most of the System is dependent of the G7, Still ARt is Still very important and the problem is that collectors from "developed nations" know and recognize that while in others parts of the World that is Still unrecognized, just to ilustrate or TO PROVE that, there is only 2 South americans collectors on a list of top 150 collectors on the very OLD contemporary Art ... Industrial Economy is related to Economy and not culture and the wealthy persons from the developed countries knows that culture Is more important and h?s more value that the Economy ... From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:18:05 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: As you know, the primary economic development of the past 200 years has been INDUSTRIALIZATION, which has moved across the globe -- country-by-country. The "developed" world *finished* this process and, as a result, reached a plateau and become post-industrial (i.e. shifting to "finance" and other services) in the late 20th century, which left it to many other countries to GROW much faster as they now being industrialized. The headquarters and CEOs involved in this wider global growth process are *NOT* in London or New York but instead in Mumbai, Sao Paolo, Moscow and Beijing. I know, I've been there! There is PLENTY of spectrum for everyone to *talk* and that's what they have been doing -- with much of it *refusing* to work under the direction of the fading "Imperium." China will *not* allow themselves to be told what to do by anyone and I suspect that Brazil is doing something similar. The "power" of the old industrial centers gets WEAKER (not stronger) every day! Art (in terms of fairs, rich collectors etc) is a by-product of this process and maps into it with a significant "lag" -- given that this is "luxury" and not a "productive" activity. So, it's "backwards" not "forward" looking. If you want to chart actual shifts in "power" you would be much better dealing with rates of change of energy and materials consumption (i.e. the industrial economy) and not "art." Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 4:49:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: In Liverpool i was presenting a Geopolitical analysis of Contemporary Art and Electronic Art inside of what i called the Web of Art and their 14 instances. I was analysing only 3 instances: the artists, the fairs and the collectors and they were still on the same geopolitical pattern. China was rising and so the BRICS because of lack of infra structure, need of expansion of capitalism and cheap labor force , but we all know where the headquarters and CEOs are located... You were saying that communication is changing everything and if the spectrum is few, how can they even talk ... So here you have some facts that reality is not really changing in terms of geopolitical power i will send some conceptual maps from my presentation in Liverpool. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:46:48 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: Sorry -- how do you explain the rise of CHINA in "geopolitical" terms (i.e. a development which was completely missed by the geopoliticists)? Why would changes in communications make "problems" go away? And, "communication" isn't about spectrum (which is a machine-to-machine parameter) but instead about how *people* actually TALK to each other! I wasn't there, so what did you PROVE in Liverpool . . . ?? <g> Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 1:08:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: In geopolitical terms, NO. And this was proved in my presentation in Liverpool in relation to Art. Communication is faster and is cover a broader spectrum but still reproducing the same problems. And this broader spectrum is still low, for example if you look at Brasil in terms of digital acess ... or Africa. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:38:09 -0500 Subject: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: > It is not because communication is changing that reality is changing Really -- how do you know that . . . ?? Mark=== >From dudavalle@hotmail.com Wed Feb 20 23:51:08 2013 From: Eduardo Valle <dudavalle@hotmail.com> To: "newmedia@aol.com" <newmedia@aol.com>, "nettime@kein.org" <nettime@kein.org> Subject: RE: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:50:58 +0000 Importance: Normal Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: RO X-Status: F Content-Length: 9391 Lines: 275 I use digital technologies and is nothing new, you like the ones thats says new media ...Creativity and interesting things are not only related to digital .. The discussion started in nettime so ... From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:52:00 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: If it says OFFLIST then it's NOT for nettime -- okay? Yes, it's a MARKET (or whatever you want to call it) economy worldwide -- not exactly a big discovery . . . !! <g> The fact that some places are more "developed" than others and that RICH people like to collect art -- also not a surprise. If you care to think through the NEW effects of *digital* technologies, then you might come up with something new and interesting . . . or maybe not. Mark In a message dated 2/20/2013 11:35:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: Decisions are negociated, at least that, but the BRICS governments are just looking for bu$$$ine$$$ to mantain an economical ?grow* no matter about enviroment , labour conditions, mafia (Russia and oil owners) ... We are living under FINAZISM so no matter from where the money came from as long as they mantain a certain economical grow, so people can buy a new car and a new computer. You have no ideia how Brazilian states deal when transnationals wants to invest here, fiscal benefits that you will not believe and they will never find that in the developed nations in the name of cheap labour force, profit and a market. Culture and Art are totally related and collectors play a major role , specially in countries where the State and their Museums dont even know what is to collect Art and therefore preserves Culture. Culture, communication and the world are mutants but you can see milenar cultures that are not affected by that, on contrary they reafirm certain things during a long time and facing communication changes. YES, I proved and i can apply that in many other fields and instances of Art and you will find the same patterns. Take a look on wich market brazil is leading globally and you will take a picture of what is going on and for shure in ART the leaders are for no coincidence USA and Europe ... Take a look at the leading journals in Science, Art and Technologies and their boards ... Take a look on the top scientists of the world ... Take a look at Elsevier control ... Jokes are welcome since we are all clowns ... or maybe not Copy for the list since the discussion begins there. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:55:30 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: CHINA: 0% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. RUSSIA: 10% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. INDIA: 20% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. BRASIL: ??% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. If that chance for Brazil is more than 20-30%, then there is no one to blame other than the Brazilians -- which I doubt *very* much. Culture is *free* for everyone -- in fact it is an ENVIRONMENT that is largely shaped by *communications* technologies. When those technologies change, so does the culture! ART collecting of "major pieces" is NOT the same as "culture" and is NOT for everyone -- instead it is an "investment" for some in the *elites* which has little to do with either economics or politics. Sorry -- you have NOT proved anything about the global "structure" of power by analyzing the location of *high-end* art collectors! Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 9:58:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: You know i know t?o, headquarters , decision makers are not in the South hemisphere, i know because i have a very close experience t?o. Off course there is dialogue , their goals is profit. And now the employers are the "owners" of the enterprises, it is funny to see them saying " in my enterprise ..." The BRICS have to find their mission but Still they are dependent because most of the System is dependent of the G7, Still ARt is Still very important and the problem is that collectors from "developed nations" know and recognize that while in others parts of the World that is Still unrecognized, just to ilustrate or TO PROVE that, there is only 2 South americans collectors on a list of top 150 collectors on the very OLD contemporary Art ... Industrial Economy is related to Economy and not culture and the wealthy persons from the developed countries knows that culture Is more important and h?s more value that the Economy ... From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:18:05 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: As you know, the primary economic development of the past 200 years has been INDUSTRIALIZATION, which has moved across the globe -- country-by-country. The "developed" world *finished* this process and, as a result, reached a plateau and become post-industrial (i.e. shifting to "finance" and other services) in the late 20th century, which left it to many other countries to GROW much faster as they now being industrialized. The headquarters and CEOs involved in this wider global growth process are *NOT* in London or New York but instead in Mumbai, Sao Paolo, Moscow and Beijing. I know, I've been there! There is PLENTY of spectrum for everyone to *talk* and that's what they have been doing -- with much of it *refusing* to work under the direction of the fading "Imperium." China will *not* allow themselves to be told what to do by anyone and I suspect that Brazil is doing something similar. The "power" of the old industrial centers gets WEAKER (not stronger) every day! Art (in terms of fairs, rich collectors etc) is a by-product of this process and maps into it with a significant "lag" -- given that this is "luxury" and not a "productive" activity. So, it's "backwards" not "forward" looking. If you want to chart actual shifts in "power" you would be much better dealing with rates of change of energy and materials consumption (i.e. the industrial economy) and not "art." Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 4:49:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: In Liverpool i was presenting a Geopolitical analysis of Contemporary Art and Electronic Art inside of what i called the Web of Art and their 14 instances. I was analysing only 3 instances: the artists, the fairs and the collectors and they were still on the same geopolitical pattern. China was rising and so the BRICS because of lack of infra structure, need of expansion of capitalism and cheap labor force , but we all know where the headquarters and CEOs are located... You were saying that communication is changing everything and if the spectrum is few, how can they even talk ... So here you have some facts that reality is not really changing in terms of geopolitical power i will send some conceptual maps from my presentation in Liverpool. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:46:48 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: Sorry -- how do you explain the rise of CHINA in "geopolitical" terms (i.e. a development which was completely missed by the geopoliticists)? Why would changes in communications make "problems" go away? And, "communication" isn't about spectrum (which is a machine-to-machine parameter) but instead about how *people* actually TALK to each other! I wasn't there, so what did you PROVE in Liverpool . . . ?? <g> Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 1:08:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: In geopolitical terms, NO. And this was proved in my presentation in Liverpool in relation to Art. Communication is faster and is cover a broader spectrum but still reproducing the same problems. And this broader spectrum is still low, for example if you look at Brasil in terms of digital acess ... or Africa. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:38:09 -0500 Subject: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: > It is not because communication is changing that reality is changing Really -- how do you know that . . . ?? Mark==== From: Eduardo Valle <dudavalle@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:52:46 +0000 There is no OLD or new media aproach there is life and the digital condition. I work on a daily basis and as Far as i know raise Your foice or show Your opinion in 2 discussion lists and in one social media is Far from being a TV star or a Spam... If there is something that i use less and less is TV ... Sometimes You have to fight to sustain Your point the view If You are not part of any group, so ... and YES i proved that in geopolitical terms NEW or OLD media are under Control of the same geopolitical Power, but it is something that the majority dont want to discuss , they just want to discuss How wonderfull digital technologies are ... The discussion started in nettime so for me is important that they have acess too ... Talking about acess do You want to discuss Internet acess in the World , Maybe You can analyse that t?o and see How they are Still concentrate in some parts of the World... From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:09:28 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet Duda: Your urge to "perform in public" -- risking my cutting off what is supposed to be a *private* conversation -- is indeed an OLD MEDIA approach using "new media" technologies. You have adopted the role of a BROADCASTER with your posts to Facebook, nettime etc, so, yes, in terms of your own "creativity" you are *not* operating in a "digital" modality -- instead you behave as if you were the "star" in your own television show! But the *environment* has changed. It is now DIGITAL. Television is no longer in "charge" of our lives. Under the circumstances, acting like a TV star is understandable but also a "throw-back." You want people to pay attention to you, so you have to "engage" them, but you don't really want to have a conversation -- which is why you insist on posting all this to nettime. Like the rest of us, you are "caught" in the interval between two worlds, in an age of radical transition . . . Mark In a message dated 2/20/2013 5:51:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: I use digital technologies and is nothing new, you like the ones thats says new media ... Creativity and interesting things are not only related to digital .. The discussion started in nettime so ... From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:52:00 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: If it says OFFLIST then it's NOT for nettime -- okay? Yes, it's a MARKET (or whatever you want to call it) economy worldwide -- not exactly a big discovery . . . !! <g> The fact that some places are more "developed" than others and that RICH people like to collect art -- also not a surprise. If you care to think through the NEW effects of *digital* technologies, then you might come up with something new and interesting . . . or maybe not. Mark In a message dated 2/20/2013 11:35:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: Decisions are negociated, at least that, but the BRICS governments are just looking for bu$$$ine$$$ to mantain an economical ?grow* no matter about enviroment , labour conditions, mafia (Russia and oil owners) ... We are living under FINAZISM so no matter from where the money came from as long as they mantain a certain economical grow, so people can buy a new car and a new computer. You have no ideia how Brazilian states deal when transnationals wants to invest here, fiscal benefits that you will not believe and they will never find that in the developed nations in the name of cheap labour force, profit and a market. Culture and Art are totally related and collectors play a major role , specially in countries where the State and their Museums dont even know what is to collect Art and therefore preserves Culture. Culture, communication and the world are mutants but you can see milenar cultures that are not affected by that, on contrary they reafirm certain things during a long time and facing communication changes. YES, I proved and i can apply that in many other fields and instances of Art and you will find the same patterns. Take a look on wich market brazil is leading globally and you will take a picture of what is going on and for shure in ART the leaders are for no coincidence USA and Europe ... Take a look at the leading journals in Science, Art and Technologies and their boards ... Take a look on the top scientists of the world ... Take a look at Elsevier control ... Jokes are welcome since we are all clowns ... or maybe not Copy for the list since the discussion begins there. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:55:30 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: CHINA: 0% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. RUSSIA: 10% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. INDIA: 20% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. BRASIL: ??% chance that *important* political or economic decisions will be made outside. If that chance for Brazil is more than 20-30%, then there is no one to blame other than the Brazilians -- which I doubt *very* much. Culture is *free* for everyone -- in fact it is an ENVIRONMENT that is largely shaped by *communications* technologies. When those technologies change, so does the culture! ART collecting of "major pieces" is NOT the same as "culture" and is NOT for everyone -- instead it is an "investment" for some in the *elites* which has little to do with either economics or politics. Sorry -- you have NOT proved anything about the global "structure" of power by analyzing the location of *high-end* art collectors! Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 9:58:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: You know i know t?o, headquarters , decision makers are not in the South hemisphere, i know because i have a very close experience t?o. Off course there is dialogue , their goals is profit. And now the employers are the "owners" of the enterprises, it is funny to see them saying " in my enterprise ..." The BRICS have to find their mission but Still they are dependent because most of the System is dependent of the G7, Still ARt is Still very important and the problem is that collectors from "developed nations" know and recognize that while in others parts of the World that is Still unrecognized, just to ilustrate or TO PROVE that, there is only 2 South americans collectors on a list of top 150 collectors on the very OLD contemporary Art ... Industrial Economy is related to Economy and not culture and the wealthy persons from the developed countries knows that culture Is more important and h?s more value that the Economy ... From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:18:05 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: As you know, the primary economic development of the past 200 years has been INDUSTRIALIZATION, which has moved across the globe -- country-by-country. The "developed" world *finished* this process and, as a result, reached a plateau and become post-industrial (i.e. shifting to "finance" and other services) in the late 20th century, which left it to many other countries to GROW much faster as they now being industrialized. The headquarters and CEOs involved in this wider global growth process are *NOT* in London or New York but instead in Mumbai, Sao Paolo, Moscow and Beijing. I know, I've been there! There is PLENTY of spectrum for everyone to *talk* and that's what they have been doing -- with much of it *refusing* to work under the direction of the fading "Imperium." China will *not* allow themselves to be told what to do by anyone and I suspect that Brazil is doing something similar. The "power" of the old industrial centers gets WEAKER (not stronger) every day! Art (in terms of fairs, rich collectors etc) is a by-product of this process and maps into it with a significant "lag" -- given that this is "luxury" and not a "productive" activity. So, it's "backwards" not "forward" looking. If you want to chart actual shifts in "power" you would be much better dealing with rates of change of energy and materials consumption (i.e. the industrial economy) and not "art." Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 4:49:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: In Liverpool i was presenting a Geopolitical analysis of Contemporary Art and Electronic Art inside of what i called the Web of Art and their 14 instances. I was analysing only 3 instances: the artists, the fairs and the collectors and they were still on the same geopolitical pattern. China was rising and so the BRICS because of lack of infra structure, need of expansion of capitalism and cheap labor force , but we all know where the headquarters and CEOs are located... You were saying that communication is changing everything and if the spectrum is few, how can they even talk ... So here you have some facts that reality is not really changing in terms of geopolitical power i will send some conceptual maps from my presentation in Liverpool. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:46:48 -0500 Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: Sorry -- how do you explain the rise of CHINA in "geopolitical" terms (i.e. a development which was completely missed by the geopoliticists)? Why would changes in communications make "problems" go away? And, "communication" isn't about spectrum (which is a machine-to-machine parameter) but instead about how *people* actually TALK to each other! I wasn't there, so what did you PROVE in Liverpool . . . ?? <g> Mark In a message dated 2/19/2013 1:08:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dudavalle@hotmail.com writes: In geopolitical terms, NO. And this was proved in my presentation in Liverpool in relation to Art. Communication is faster and is cover a broader spectrum but still reproducing the same problems. And this broader spectrum is still low, for example if you look at Brasil in terms of digital acess ... or Africa. From: Newmedia@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:38:09 -0500 Subject: OFFLIST Re: <nettime> Geopolitics and Internet To: dudavalle@hotmail.com Duda: > It is not because communication is changing that reality is changing Really -- how do you know that . . . ?? Mark===== From: Eduardo Valle <dudavalle@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: nettime-l Digest, Vol 65, Issue 4 Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:38:10 +0000 Jernej, history repeating , just for You to let You know only 30 % of the brazilians h?s acess to internet and the majority of that is private ... i wonder How are these number in ?frica and Who are the providers ... Please tell me How many countries in this World h?s his own sat?lite ... But is all new, equal and neutral ... > From: nettime-l-request@mail.kein.org > Subject: nettime-l Digest, Vol 65, Issue 4 > To: nettime-l@mail.kein.org > Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:06:05 +0100 > > Send nettime-l mailing list submissions to > nettime-l@mail.kein.org <...> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org