Knut Krywinski from Bergen

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Knut Krywinski talks about cultural landscapes, some might find this not such a flash topic. Yet its really important that people understand how all this works, cultural landscapes are being destroyed in Europe due to the global food market. The environment simply does not have the ability to adapt, man no-longer has a personal relationship with the land, what does this mean, what is the effect? Knut has created this film independently. http://www.fieldsofdemeter.org

Not sure if the film is going to go out under a creative commons license. After speaking to Knut it seemed like he was looking for a creative commons license, only he had not heard of the license yet. I hope that the film does go out under at least a creative commons non-commercials non-derivative license (CC NC ND) wait and see? although Norway is yet to get the license off to a start yet.

I just bumped into Knut at the cafe in hostel where i was staying, the sound in the background does not make the clip so great and yeah i have to learn more about lighting.

http://www.rawmedia.tv

Interview with Steinar

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Steinar works at Kunsthall art gallery in Bergen, it seems that the art created in Norway that is not attached to some kind of cultural publishing stream, finds it difficult to get any kind of platform. Although US artists have little cultural funding, they do have a very much less regulated art world. If this creates a more real art environment or not who can say. Most US artists seem happy to make their way over to Europe and tour through the cultural landscape if they can. It does seem that few acts tour Europe that are self published. the ones that are self published are most likely going to be performing art that others created.

My experience of Norway is that almost every artists from outside Norway that does a show here is with a publisher. The conclusion in Norway seems to be a little like this: if you can’t find a publisher in your own country then why should we allow you to perform here.

For artists in Norway it seems: we can give you money to make what you want, yet if you want to get exposure for what you create, your at the mercy of the publishers and cultural funds. If you (as an artists) create content without a cultural publisher or commercial publisher then your only (most likely) going to be able to show this to your friends. You can play for free in a bar and your friends can drink lots of beer. Conclusion: oh yeah, its unfortunate that we don’t create any public spaces for these kind of events, if we did we would be under minding the well organized cultural publishing system that we have in place. So that is just not going to happen.

Punks, keep on filling in forms. Artists in central and western Europe might have an easier task at getting content out than any artists based in Norway. Although its not really possible to pay a professional in Europe to book a self published artists shows in Euopre. Yet i am finding that this also apllies in the US. DIY is the only way and those that don’t deal with DIY artists, well they are the enemy.

please find the truth for yourself, this could be more science fiction.

David Venue owner in Bergen Norway

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David run’s a venue called vamoose in Bergen. The venue is popular and is doing ok. Being a fan of live music Vamoose puts on a live act when it can. The reality is that the venue often looses money even when the band is playing for free. Stage space use and sound of artists means a night of live music can mean less money. Tono regulates the use of content in this venue even though much of the music comes through unpublished sources. David says that most bands would rather collect anything he pays to Tono direct from him. Myspace don’t pay for use of content, yet Vamoose does. Vamoose does not have soap commercial running over the artists head when they are playing their tunes to the public. What to do?

Ideas i have brought forward to the university of Oslo have been knocked back, as i have no proof that the projects i offer have a use in the community. I was not able to talk to students about ideas that relate technology and art. (you visit the projects at this link. Why? it would be un-ethical for me as my opinion is un-qualified. So the artist press kit idea gets shelved, intellectuals advise students what project they should do. The interesting thing is that few people within the intellectual community have much experience in the art world beyond a theory of understanding. Most universities promote types of art that have already been established in the media/publishing.

Every which way you loose, be sure to copyright everything and put it in a freezer and then present it as a paper and get a better salary. If your also able to merge a couple of those corrupt organization with your findings (TONO), better still and more points to you.

Anyway: excuse my cynical way here, meanwhile another person starts to write a song- cause they figured that song was better than the one they heard on the radio. They buy a guitar/amp, software for the computer, eventually an artist press kit, they sign their rights with a rights organization, they create a myspace, they try to tour out of their town, they can’t- no infa structure.

Who is going to build that infa structure. Lets wait and let myspace get around to doing that, rather than using any of that public money. The more advertising space the better, we like it best also when the artist gets none of that money that myspace get for the use of the artists content. That way the artist is sure to never be able to tour beyond the doors of her/his home, or if they do for sure its with an established publisher. We also like it that soon myspace are going to be selling stages to live venues with soap commercials above it. Yes mypsace sponsored by the rights organizations making sure that live music stays within the home for 99.9 percent of content created.

Now with the added bonus of knowing that a possibility to innovate did exist, however the idea did not have a PHD attached to it.

For sure if your good enough one of the major publishers is going to find you. Live performance skills are not needed with all this technology! Make sure you work on your online smile size, respect those building your cyber home. If we are all nice enough the walls of the future may not be all google adds.

http://www.rawmedia.tv

facebook collect and sell data, what does this mean

I read this article

Its interesting that facebook is getting exposed now for what it is. And what is it? a net for government intelligence and information for industry on consumers. Its interesting how websites have these terms and conditions that are a mile long. how can consumers be expected to understand what they all mean. if the government could be regulating anything online. it would be nice if they could regulate the way people that create sites regulate the flow of that information collected outside that site. create some basic consumer standards that sites use be created. a kind of consumer EFN badge to a contract or something. personal details I reckon should not be able to be bought or sold and even government agencies that use information i reckon need to be sued. surely people outside the US have some kind of moral rights to their personal details. how can this data be used by agencies and corporations without permission. how can an online consumer be expected to read all the fine print and then understand the consequences of that fine print. It really looks like the US has turned into the fully fascist state, the future looks kind of ugly under the terms that the US government create.

Its interesting to see George Bush visit africa (on a rare visit to a TV i had) and to have so much support (were those people cheering being paid?), I watch a speech that George Bush says. we give money on the condition that democracy be protected and that the money goes to the right people. the crazy thing is that US version of democracy is one that says- do as we say and if your democracy does not agree with what our democracy says democracy is we shall over throw your government (using a minority that we shall arm). Then when that power gets to power the US intelligence might create another that does the same. How could any president in Africa claim that the US is a friend of Africa. Basically the US go in and get the resources of a country divided up for exploitation by foreign companies. Any country that would like to nationalize those resources for the people in places like South America or Africa would be seen as a communist or terrorist by the US government. Anyway thats my view on the US as of now.

In Tanzania G.bush is giving out nets to keep the bugs of children. Tanzania has a lot of resources and if those resources were exploited the right way the people of that country would not to be at the mercy of the US. This is strange form of democracy that is being exported out of the US.

I watched some interesting documentaries recently that were created by noam chomski and john pilger. the war against democracy the new rulers of the world. Kind of sad if what these people are saying is true. Means we are all living in the biggest fraud ever.

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Norway produce 4 million barrels of oil a day. they have 4.5 million people and each year they buy 1.2 million new computers. 8 percent of people in Norway hunt wild animals on regular basis. for each person in Norway the government has just under 100,000 US dollars in reserve. The goverment has such a huge stash left over that some people are saying that the oil might be best left in the ground. the oil companies are owned by the government and the company pays 70 percent tax. Norway is not a member of the EU.

got 2 mics today at a local market a beyer dynamic opus 69 and a shock mounted dynamic omidirectional re50b . new together they would be around 500 US (in US) i got them for around 100 Euros. both mics work fine. the opus 69 is a much clearer version of the sure standard sm58 road mic. this beyer has a more real sound i reckon. i did buy a beyer m 610 for 2 euros at the market in the Czech republic worth 250 US though. re50b is a braodcast mic, its weird cause i just bought DCR TRV900 sony 3ccd camera and this mic should sit on top well. if i buy the holder, this mic blocks out the sound around, its good for recording stuff. the sony DCR TRV 900 is about the best quality for money 3ccd sony cam (so i read) . its a little old, yet a good one to start with. I bought it broken on ebay for 300 US. to get the head aligned its going to cost 200. today i also bought an old mac laptop for m7572 for 10 euros, yet it has no power supply.

sound of mu gig

The main act did not show up for sunday night gig, with out a main act the turn out was ok. i like that venue, was nice to have a sound guy rather than always doing my own sound as i did lot on tour around last shows. thinking of buying one of the aer amps, the weight just over 7 kilos (40 watts), yet the problem is that they don’t plug in in the US. its interesting that this is probably the best weight for quality amp in the world, yet few are sold in the US. does this mean that most people in the US who play music have cars. Last time i went to the US, a lot of bookers would not take me on cause i said i would only use public transport. they said you had to have a car to get to the gigs.