Re: Aunger speaks

From: Wade Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu 14 Nov 2002 - 15:55:19 GMT

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    On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 10:25 , Grant Callaghan wrote:

    > I think intent is only important in the beginning to get the meme
    > transmitted.

    Intent escalates the possibility and thus helps the initiation of performance. Whether anything gets transmitted in performance is up to the time/space of the performance (artifacts are expansions of the time/space of performance) itself and the observer(s).

    > The more uses we can find for a tool the faster it will spread.

    The more performances will occur. In the peme model, the tool is just that, a prop within the environment of performance.

    Every nail its hammer.

    - Wade

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