Lot of 49 projects and artworks

kelber at mindspring.com kelber at mindspring.com
Thu Nov 20 12:09:35 CST 2008


I watched a couple of high school kids express amazement at an old typewriter.  "Wow, you type and it goes right on the paper?  Awesome!"

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Rafferty <paul.rafferty at gmail.com>

>
>Despite the internet becoming the main source of communication in my late
>teens, I was totally seduced by the romance of WASTE. The internet is a far
>easier method but WASTE represents to me the struggle of discovering of
>anything left of the mainstream whilst living in a really small town in the
>UK (tape trades, mail-order zines etc). I can imagine the same being true of
>those who grew up with the internet too. The unfamiliar physicality of WASTE
>must be as seductive, if not maybe more?
>
>Paul.
>
>On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:38 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> There are so many alternate systems now that weren't in place when the book
>> was written.  When I read it (in the late '70s),WASTE seemed like a cool,
>> counter-cultural, populist, anarchistic movement that I wished I could be
>> part of.  WOuld it seem that way to a reader who grew up in the age of
>> e-mail and youtube?
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>> >Sent: Nov 20, 2008 9:58 AM
>> >To: Paul Rafferty <paul.rafferty at gmail.com>
>> >Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> >Subject: Re: Lot of 49 projects and artworks
>> >
>> >
>> >On Nov 19, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Paul Rafferty wrote:
>> >> Is anyone familiar with any contemporary alternative mail systems
>> >> or artworks that explore similar ideas to those discussed in Crying
>> >> of Lot 49? I know WASTE has been borrowed and referenced throughout
>> >> a range of media but does anyone have any examples of such a thing
>> >> actually existing?
>> >>
>> >> I'm not sure if I'm using this correctly, so if I'm not, please let
>> >> me know how to use it properly.
>> >
>> >
>> >Does the Semaphore Project at San Jose count?   There's a lot of
>> >stuff out there about it but this piece has a bit more.
>> >
>> >http://www.bookride.com/2007/08/thomas-pynchon-crying-of-
>> >lot-49-1966.html
>> >
>> >Bekah
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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