Subj: Conference
Date: 9/14/2000 11:28:53 PM Central Daylight Time
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Hey Max,
It's about 20 minutes after 12.
Work-work is pushing me back.
However, I got the conversation and I gave it to you for you to look
over to see if you want to include it in anything.
I can't specifically think of much to say otherwise, I am really
braindead at the moment.
Anyway, conversation is below.
--
Tatsuko Muraoka: i had a dream about the video
Tatsuko Muraoka: oh, man, i just realized it wasn't a dream
Tatsuko Muraoka: i think i dreamt about it though
Nmherman: No way! A good one I bet. Do tell.
Tatsuko Muraoka: anyway, i was watching it [in real life, i believe] and
i started to realize that my first analysis was very mood-based
Tatsuko Muraoka: i was in a nihilistic mood at the time
Tatsuko Muraoka: very bad state of events
Tatsuko Muraoka: well, i was watching the video and i realized that i
should retract all of my previous statements
Tatsuko Muraoka: it's excellent and very thought-provoking
Tatsuko Muraoka: i could have sworn i had a dream about it
Nmherman: Not at all! Any response to the video is legitimate. I
believe, very truly, that if you wrestle with it a little you can get a
lot out of
it. Of course it isn't perfect--I never tried to make it so.
Tatsuko Muraoka: because as i was thinking of the video just now i
thought of a strange scenario
Nmherman: I've dreamed about it. What strange scenario?
Tatsuko Muraoka: i don't know, something where people are outside
frolicking around and everyone has a lucid understanding of the world
around them
Tatsuko Muraoka: in a grassy field... the stereotypical one that people
frolic in
Nmherman: I think maybe this letter could be your contribution to the
conference. I think it's very honest--not that only good thoughts on the
video are honest--but it's genuine.
Tatsuko Muraoka: except the sky is violently colored with a mixture
between azure and yellow
Tatsuko Muraoka: yes, thank you. i want to contribute something genuine.
Nmherman: I dream about Genius 2000 on college campuses. The days are
usually dark, mid-evening, twilight.
Tatsuko Muraoka: what are you doing in the dreams?
Nmherman: I'm talking to people as they hustle around getting ready for
the evening's festivities. They aren't paying very close attention, but
in the
good ones I feel like I'm getting my point across. Textbook. Probably
sounds made up. Mind you, these dreams aren't an every-night deal. Once
a month.
Tatsuko Muraoka: gotcha
Nmherman: mood-based reactions to the video are a-ok by me. Mine was
very mood-based when I was making it.
Nmherman: It's also excellent to visualize scenarios after thinking
about the video. That's the most important thing in the whole project I
believe.
Nmherman: What do you think of this :
www.geocities.com/~genius-2000/AmericanSpirit.jpg?
Tatsuko Muraoka: inverted?
Nmherman: No, the cigarette pack is at the top.
Tatsuko Muraoka: seven churches?
Tatsuko Muraoka: i don't quite get that
Nmherman: Well, it's a long story from the Bible. It's kind of a joke
thing. How about /Target.jpg?
Tatsuko Muraoka: excellent
Tatsuko Muraoka: have you thought of putting these in a gallery space?
Nmherman: Yeah, that's what I'm trying to set up. I've been a little
slow though, didn't leave myself enough time. I've been mostly working
on the Conference web site, setting everything up, making sure people
send stuff in, etc. There will be a gallery-type show at some point
during the conference, for sure.
Tatsuko Muraoka: that's good.
Nmherman: I gotta go eat dinner. If you write something by Thursday
night, send it to me and I'll put it on the launch page. The Conference
will be online, and at a few spaces here in Minneapolis. You should hold
your own mirror conf. in Orlando. Get your friends together; who knows,
maybe you'll be the ones people listen to.
Later,
Max
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