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How private is our e-mail life? Traveling from So many fonny and retarded people. server to server, it all ends in a hard drive, actu- Art is a zoo of those creatures... ally, its scattered in hard drives all around the say hi to mike and ping pong guy World: a large body of work we helped produced. From: But how much of it is interesting and why? The Rafael
Plessas. (www.angeloplessas.com) I don't understand how people can not do web-
sites. I just finished a big Miltos Manetas, July 2003 photograph wich cost a fortune and is very heavy and impossable to move visit:http://www.manetas.com around, so it hangs in a space for noone to see.
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Subject: Subject: Gnac in NY. Whitneybiennial.com
Message: Message: Mark Tramner (GNAC), will compose a piece for Pity: it would be significant if you participate ( you NEEN. I believe that we must have him on the don't have to do table. Can we pay him the ticket from London ? much, just invite the artists, maybe the same art- Mil ists of the show ). This thing comes out bigger every day : every- From: body is excited (also "miltos manetas"
THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "+++RAFAEL+++" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: rafael Whitney Biennial Message: Message: which you like or perhaps other suggestions? lookatrafael.com , rafaelrafael.com Dear Mr. Manetas kissrafael.com ,sweetrafael.com,killrafael.com After consulting with my people, I will agree to dearrafael.com participation in your iamrafael.com project under the following circumstances: From: 1. One U-haul is devoted exclusively to my work. "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: Peter Lunenfeld "Newstoday" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Whitney Biennial TERMINATED Message: Message: Dear Miltos -- Terminated, There's no business like show bizness. Great press. Break a leg tomorrow and tell me all the Your account has been terminated. From: [email protected] QBN loves you. To: Admin, "miltos manetas" Subject: Quorporation miltos Browser location http://www.Quorporation.com Browser location http://www.newstoday.com Copyright 2001. Quorporation New York / Message: Amsterdam. All rights Reserved. dear miltos -- NEWSTODAY is part of The Quorporation i just finished reading the archinect threads -- Broadcasting Network pfew... at least you caused a stir :] i'm with you all the way, the only thing that i am slightly pissed This electronic message relayed via The Original off about is that we gave you access to newsto- QBN day's NTB, and you have not been honest about your plans to me. i amremoving your access, no hard feelings of course, just want to make sure i THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: “miltos manetas" To: To: "francesca" Subject: Subject: vision 20 Items Message: Message: Cavolo : sono ancora una volta rimasto senza answer me god damn it soldi e mi e' tornata la malatia e sono esausto... Hai qualche idea ? do u have energy now do u have the will now will we cut the crap finally and do some work From: “miltos manetas" Message: Cavolo : sono ancora una volta rimasto senza soldi e mi e' tornata la malatia e sono esausto... Hai qualche idea ? THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: [email protected] Subject: Subject: Re: A Friendly Reminder... Re: (no subject) Message: Message: Yes ! Everything is almost ready !!!! Gosh, no one seems to have spotted any U- Hauls. What happened? Miltos --Matt s From: "Paola Pivi" Message: Message: ciao miltos I will help you I am in manhattan today heartbroken sei bellissimo sul tuo sito... Love Vani THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: “Vanessa Beecroft” [email protected] “Vanessa Beecroft” [email protected] Subject: Subject: Del Acqua and more. Re: Message: Message: Ok, I will see him today in Milan. You did well: the motherfucker ! Yesterday it was A. Del Acqua show and he Luca brought me to Allesandro and we become called Sozzani to invite us so we friends and he may design a Neen collection, went and met him: nice guy. plus he gave me at least 10 pieces of clothes and I am trying to contact MPrada to propose her a 8 for Mai and as I went to him with 2 friends he Neen show. dressed them too: beautiful ! Sozzani said she'll help . Whats the info of her secretary anyway ? Tomorrow Where is Autumn ? Tell her to call my cell urgent- I am giving a cocktail for a few people, ly: She must pay the rent Allesandro, Sozzani, Kontova, Prada (which also to Jim . She can get $ from Takaya Goto (he gave me a 30 % discount ! ) etc. owns me 2K). How is going the married life ? Much fun: I wish you were here. I will send you pictures. Love Mil Love I 've seen your book in Pompidou and Collete in Miltos Paris. So nice !Very proud ! THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: "Rimerman, Douglas" [email protected] "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: NEEN ADULT RE: NEEN ADULT Message: Message: Hi Doug Hey Miltos -- It sounds really great. I'm just trying to think of who you How are you? I am back in NY. would want to speak with at the museum for per- Listen : I met a special effects artist and now I formance art. Most of the have a great idea for a people I know are involved only with exhibitions fantastic Neen Performance where the public that remain in place for a comes to see the "young few months. I'll try to think of who may have generation" ( heavily advertised ) and instead he organized a performance piece finds all of us old !! in the past and put you in touch. We will be clicking and demoing on our comput- ers and having cocktails with Doug nice sad music. All these old-young people: It will be amazing and its so simple to do. Check a demo here: http://www.neen.org/neenadult/ THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: rafaël rozendaal [email protected] "miltos manetas" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: I'm coming to San Francisco soon A Dream Message: Message: Dear Miltos, I am the guest of an Italian guy who resembles how are you? Tony Soprano. I remember that I meet his wife and also his mistress and that he is cheating his 1. Whatever happened at the biennale? wife in a somehow disgusting way, therefore my I wonder what the effect is of showing great sympathy for him diminishes. screen pieces in a place like that. Sometimes I think that people would rather Later, he is bringing me to meet some other peo- discover things themselves ple, his friends and family and the atmosphere than have it shown by someone else. I mean, if becomes more sinister. He says that he has to go they don't find it get some food from the Deli and he lets me to his themselves, they're probably not ready for it yet, relatives. and maybe they never will. Well, I'm really curious what went down There is also a little church under construction, there, or did noone go because but a functioning one and when I go there, I meet of the war? a very young and nice girl, with a lot of sympathy 2. I'm coming to San Francisco on the 14th of for me . She shows me her drawing book where december and I'm staying she has draw with a pencil a curved tree . The till the end of january. I'd like to go to the elec- drawing is very beautiful and I am surprised : tronic orphanage and do does she know that I paint the sad tree- my very you know any other interesting people or places first painting ? Yes, she does: this painting of in california? mine was the inspiration for her drawing. She also suggest that we met before - which I don't so long, maybe I'll see you soon. remember - and that I am a kind of a role model THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT for her. I speculate that she is in love with me and I also like her. From: Richard Hoeck It's clear now that they are planning to kill me and I ask from the young girl to forget her newly grown contempt for me and to pretend that she has already invited me to the movies so I will have a reason to refuse their trap and some time to think what to do next. She seams to understand the situation and we PARTY OF THE FIRST leave together- but there is still danger, actually PART the suspense just started. AND THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT Ricahrad Hoeck , artist/or writer/or other From: "MAI UEDA" THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN AGREED: Message: hi mil mil. so, we decide to stay in Ams 1 more night. PREAMBLE they gave us nice place to stay with fast internet conection :) so cool.and I am leaving to London tommorrow. The EO , in collaboration with the Italian my performance was succsessfull. Magazine , POSH, is producing a CD-ROM, that I did it on the big table,wear the gucchi dress,put will include all works and texts produced for the 13 boys with sigalette WHITNEYBIENNIAL.COM and beer sitting on the chair around me,played hiphop before the performance. The CD_ROM, will be included in the first edition there was a feminist woman and se was panicked of POSH. asking me questions. Pole also liked it alot. tonight we will go to club, girlfriend of Jetset is The contracting party hereby, by sending this DJing. e-mail and attching its name on it, declares its but Jetset guy was not so cool,ironic person and i ownership of the copyright attached to the piece don't like him. he/she contribute at the WHITNEYBIENNIAL. but he gave us t-shirts and their design flyers for COM. you. how is aibo say hello to him and your halem friends. ARTICLE 1 - OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT m THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "MAI UEDA" To: To: [email protected] Subject: Subject: RE,Saturday, September 01, 2001 5:29 AM mike c Message: Message: oh pour one...why??? you have to afford the situation. otherwise you so, you will have to stay in borling nyc all alone!? are a looser. i am very happy here,i love Pole he so cute funy and sweet. >From: "manetas_NY" also they treat us nice,we had wonderful seafood >Reply-To: "manetas_NY" diner last night. >To: "MAI UEDA" and the place i am performing is beautiful it's a >Subject: Re: mike c big white old cherch and >Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 04:09:10 -0700 it's called "BABY". > i am going to float thelapy today, it"s a relaxzation >Dear Mai thing. >Its 4 in the morning here, and I am still awake, and i met this japanese guy thorough Pole he thinking of you and of your "love"for Mike. seems cool and fast,he writes >I already smoked more than 10 cigarettes. for tokion composit. >This is a situation that I cannot afford. after amsterdam i might go to london and mike's >I am not sure that I want to see you anymore. going to geneva. >Maybe you can change your ticket and travel to then paris,tirana. Los Angeles with Mike after Milan. i wish you will be ok with visa... >Now, I will take some minias and sleep. love, >good bye... m > > yeah i go swimm tommorrow.i cut my hair,got a new style;ofcorse pretty like hell. > > THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "SUSHI MATSUDA" To: To: Subject: Subject: URGENT / upcoming Visionaire Party Sophie to Miltos Message: Message: Hello 1. Dear Mil This is Sushi Matsuda, from the ELECTRONICORPHANAGE in Los Angeles . 2. 3. Fred is trying to fix it - we are quite hopefull Mr. Manetas is in town these days and he would as now we have be happy to attend the upcoming Visionaire Party. more time and that everything is quiet compared to last week. You can contact him at his NY office : MM, 34 4. I will let you know when he sorted this all out. EAST 1 ST STR # 3L, NY , NY 10003 5. Otherwise, I did not find the time to let you tel : 212-2287525 and speak with his personal know how weird but assistant regarding his invitation, or call him clear it appreared to me that you and Maï directly at 917 2796372 were happy together: because your new choice in life with her Best Regards implies happiness and so, 'simplicity' though - in a certain way, this Sushi Matsuda helped me understanding my own personal sen- Communications for Electronic Orphanage and timental situation with the Ex and MANETAS.COM the New one.... even though I was not looking amazingly cool, it was nice seeing you, and to dicover you happy this way. 6. 7. Your show looks amazing - I do really mean THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT it. 8. please say hello to the 'crazy pretty girl' for From: me. "rebecca camhi" Subject: Re: panic From: "miltos manetas" To: for question number one I am afraid you are the "mark tranmer Message: for question number 2: I am not sure I will be able to listen but it cannot really hurt to try. hi miltos, i hope you are well. Let me know if you want to listen. i am talking to vanessa and angelo at the ok I will send him an email moment. i am trying to meet vanessa while she is in europe and go to afterneen if i can. if i can get to utrecht, can you organise a hotel room for me for 16th novem- ber? and maybe sunday 17th also? >Great ! Thank you ! best regards, THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "nikola tosic" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: none Tuesday, November 28, 2000 6:43 PM Message: Message: the more i think the more i feel like an idiot work- dear miltos, i was just marveling to myself about ing with you how you always look so neat and your clothes so you keep promissing stuff and you never do any- immaculately pressed. thing i hope you had a nice dinner. love ber- for me it is funny to collect your promisses which nadette you give so easily - maybe that should be your book but now is very simple - do this list or forget the From: whole thing - we have "Welfrido Lehne" > QBN loves you THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "Panos Evangelopoulos To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Your Pictures Re: angels Message: Message: send them absolutely! > > >Vampires : it's not a matter of like or not. Otherwise I am going to kill you... After you read Anne Rice, After so many years to meet you I really claim to >you see you in photographs at least... > > >just feel like one. It's very strange. Your very disappointed friend, you will have to explain > > > From: > "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT >other vampires : its a matter of war and love > between them. >is this then the inevitable, to be only disap- >When/if they fall in love with mortals, either they pointed destroy them or they what can be of the idea that it is pure discovery in >turn them into vampires because nobody is the mirror, that really an artist and in the same >can never be known before any approaching >time anyone can be one if another artist will idea or taken path is started. crash his identity and show left and right, who is to say what they are, when >him the way to approach the fake that we call they endlessly become each reality. other and are not, at every moment, becoming > one and then not the other again. that is perfectly explained with out this there is no now in the fate of existence that can be tried to >if there is never the constant opposition in every escape, but never can be thought and i have fled from this when it is always there >movement,there is no newness, no beauty of so will no longer feeling, no knowledge, which is complete challenge- as much as running doubt and not, in the moment then not and i always wish still for more left, to balance do u think when people meet their mirrors?, or right, not for dark and light to be together, at the same time, >Sometimes... Relationships are never entirely to understand/accept them as same satisfying with knowing it is all there or the same >people/mirrors: you will soon discover that the mirror is showing a wrong >version of yourself and that your left side is in do you not include yourself in your theories, i was fact the right one and told years ago in an >that what you thought that is the right side is interview, that eventually one does not look at your left. After you their work through them self >observe all that at the mirrorperson, there is any longer nothing else to do but leave just the world at large >him/her because you have no power left, because there is no way to change thank u for your writing >the distribution of the elements. THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: “mai ueda” To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: fourfortyfour Re: URGENT Message: Message: mil ok, now is perfect ! www.eminemtheory.com i saw again 11:11am today may 30 Subject: password Message: Hello. I want a password for jesusswimming.com THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: starr To: To: Subject: Subject: Neen Renewal URGENT FROM MILTOS MANETAS Message: Message: Dear Miltos, Dear Kim and Lee Neen.org is going to expire in August. Do you What's up ? want to renew? Where you in Paris for the EF show ? If so, we are happy to renew it and pay for it, I was sick and couldn't come but I am in NY and however, MUST be on the 31 May (next Wednesday) I am presenting credited on your site as sponsors. I noticed that at Gagosian Chelsea a very special project while we were mentioned in "About Neen" (which we thank you (http://www.name4art.com). What's your address for) we were not given to send invite ? Also, there will be a dinner after credit for paying for the hosting last year. In addi- at Lot 61. tion, in "About Shall I put you in the list ? Neen" Art Production Fund, looks like ArtProduction Fund. Yours Let me know. Miltos Thanks. Starr THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "Shane Hope" [email protected] Sean To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: UCSD, Lev, visiting artist invitation jesus? Message: Message: I am writing you on behalf of the visitors program Will I ever be able to see Jesus swimming again? in the graduate art department at UCSD. Several students in our program are very interested in your work, you were also strongly recommended From: by Lev, and we would like to [email protected] invite you to come to our program as a visiting artist. We are hoping you could come during the winter quarter (January- To: March). "miltos manetas" Generally we ask our visiting artists to give a talk Subject: and to do studio Re: (no subject) critiques with the graduate students. This could be done over the course of one day if you liked, or if you wanted to stay over- Message: night, the talk could be you made romanticus very nicely you have such in the evening, and the studio visits the next day. good taste? !i am not sure about photo of me... Please let us know if i am coming back to nyc today,i willcall you when you are interested as soon as possible, as we i am back,i don't have fast connection here,i can't would like to set up a send youfla i don't know where they are,also har- schedule for winter visitors before the holidays. ris the theater guy wants the fla.anyway talk to We are looking forward to hearing from you. you later tonight or tomorrow morning. xx-m THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT answers to our here From: and now. It's also mostly practiced by people who "roya.jakoby" Unfortunately Telic rules and many people think Telic is cool, that the Telic stuff is the real insider deal. I think Telic is actually extremely unreal. Telic is fear based, it has no THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT > something that is From: > offered. Motivation is for civil servants. "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT > vation : there are > sounds very exclusive and snobish ( my father > many and sometimes they are also contradic- is an electrician ) tory. Take over the > > attention of the public, is certainly one of them, > re = Motivation is something you have by your- because we are self, it is not > all artists and because we feel alive in a terri- > something that is offered. Motivation is for civil tory of zombies: servants. > from my side yes : I want to see Neen and > Neensters become at > anyway what is your motivation to write these > least as successful and famous as the Dadaists emails and consider were. Another > yourself part of miltos' idea Ueda wrote: bad > reason to be a Neenster, is to learn , by observ- scenario for ing ourselves and > Neensters life:tobias = victim of contemporary > listening to the critique of others, how to be as art less Telic as > joel = school teacher > possible.Telic is really a problem, because it is powered by our Manetas wrote: If negativity would be a > sophisticated banality as well by our ""original- > mountain, Nikola Tosic would be its climber. ity"" and our Neen, is not a ""Miltos idea"". In July 2000, I pur- > ""creativity"". Telic, is a treasure that we have to chased this name from Lexicon learn how to > company. From that point, Neen ( that in old > spend : a million dollars of artistic freedom that Greek means exactly the new > now) started to exist as a term of the English > technologies had offered us. What we will actu- language and ally do with this > hopefully as a movement. The fact that most of > money, can be a Neen choise . To reply also us, (and usually the perplexity of > most of the outsiders who we happen speek > Tobias, regarding the self nomination of the dif- about neen) agree ferent Neensters, > about what aesthetic expression or style or set > please note that all people invited in this move- of ideas are Neen, ment are choosen > proves its existence and its "level" of reality : its > by others and not self proposed . And ultimate- certainly ly, brainstorming > not a joke or a PR tentative. There is not one > and putting together the Neen moment, is single practical important for the our > point in be a Neenster and not one single moti- > projection of what comes after : the Afterneen: THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "joie polaroid" [email protected] "Paul Geller" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: perfect. ANTI-COPYRIGHT LOGO Message: Message: i love the peopleagainstthings.com. something Miltos: The big content creators, that is, the big like that is perfect. Luxury Warning!! is going to media and software be a compilation i'm doing that is what i consider producers, will not listen to your rhetoric. The "cocaine disco"... punk attitude with disco edge. small creators are more i'm going to try to make the packaging for the cd delicate: on the one hand, they need creative like a heart shaped packet like a Heinz ketchup freedom; on the other, they packet and it will say "tear here" so you have can be more deeply hurt by rip-offs. But they to rip open the heart to listen to my selection of generally only realize it music. what else can i tell you? after they have been hit. Take a look at this book: _Words for the Taking: The Hunt for a Plagiarist_ by Neal Bowers. -- Cordially, Paul On Sun, 25 May 2003, miltos manetas wrote: > You are right Paul: Artists have smoke in the place of their brains. > What I do is directed to the few creators of con- tent and I simply want to > get their attention with my poor rhetoric. > But this somehow works and that's why I am doing it. > What do you think? > THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: To: To: "Mark Tranmer" Subject: Subject: URGENT THE VOID Message: Message: Date: 2000/05/05 03:16 Layotsee was seen to write the void is full of infi- nite pillossibilitits. the death of copyright puts an Dear Mark end to the war of words keeping the mind open Idea: Would you like to write a piece that I will real free is health. play in the presentation ross kalenderidis of the newname for the art ? Did we ever spoke Lostralia about this project ? This is a major project that I am actually working. Here is all the info : http://www.name4art.com From: If you'll do the music I will put you on the invita- "Soo Yeun Ahn" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: "zahm" Subject: Subject: Amanda Night neenstars & co. Message: Message: Tonight: I spend a beautiful evening with the most amazing trans in the city ! r u in ny? Amanda Lepore, Sophia Lamar , Joy Polaroid! neendays We became good friends: I love them ! neen I may an Abstract SuperMario performance with neen Amanda. neen? Here are some pictures from tonight : http://www.manetas.com/life/amandanight/ i saw paola last night. And some pictures from Amanda and Sonia she was wearing a beige t-shirt with NeeN written Lamar who I also met tonight ! on it. http://www.manetas.com/life/amanda/ such a coincidence, wearing neen t-shirt in neen- But in real they are more beautiful ! days. ;) hope 2 see u and mai soon. i miss both of you. it was great the day & 1/2 i spent with mai. y THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: "katie pants" Subject: Subject: NewCities> Message: Message: Lev, you are back ? Listen: don't take me wrong but its really impor- I am in NY. tant for me see how you Cold but nice. I am in a strange mood. Taking look like: send me your picture. Then I will explain Zoloft again. Miltos-Mai:is over . Changes. more. I have a hard time communicate with peo- Psycoanalysis is changing me . Or at least that's ple who's face I don't know. Mm what I imagine. Will you come here anytime soon? I am very broken : I try to collect some $ . From: Working on a plan for a Neen book. "Marina Fokidis" To: "miltos manetas" Subject: COMEDY Message: yes you were! I am exactly as you say very very very confused and together with some friends I am trying to find ways out of it.... i thought you were one of them... THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: "Kaori Tanabe" Subject: Subject: Re: from Petit10/3 Connections Message: Message: Dear Kaori Dear Experimental, meet Vanessa, Vanessa, I know that it is expensive, infact I proposed to meet Experimental Jetset. (Danny, Erwin and Takaya this solution ( of Marieke.) making the painting there). To do that I will need : Vanessa asked me to suggest to her designers 8 days in Tokyo ( hotel+ breakfast) for a new book: Here they are : the best 2 assistants ( can be students or from Murakami's Experimental Jetset . studio) Love to all Miltos The canvas ready and installed in the location with a space with at least 10 m infront of it so I can project the image (I work From: with a computer "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT - You're against the very concept of job. You also From: said that NEEN will serve nobody and that the "[email protected]" From: Message: [email protected] Hello, Here... To: "miltos manetas" But you, whom did you learn? And which kind of trouble do you have envies to create? Message: - Are you also hostage of your own prejudices ? Miltos Hi- Could you explain ? It's Marijana your once upon a time neighbor on the 3rd fl. Recently received an e-mail from - You wrote " Websites are today's most radical a friend RAVING about you. I am so happy and important art objects ", and concerning the to know you are doing so well. Berry St. has world changed, Vanessa moved, Don and his family of contemporary art, " there is nothing to me to as well as Sven and Louisa, oh and Mannes too. discover… ". Do you consider yourself as a resis- How do you like LA? I too hope to move to LA in tant the next year. As you know I make documentary in the world of art ? an activist ? If yes or no, films, it is not the idea environment. Although I could you explain ? What's your definition of will be in LA end of Oct. the director I work with is resistance directing a narrative there. Be in touch when you or activism ? have time Best, Marijana Wotton THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "[email protected]" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Re: french journalist in LA Arriving on Sunday Message: Message: Miltos, M, Here are new questions. Thanks again. I just realized that I was supposed to be a model 1- Previously, you said that you "hate 99% of for a fashion show on Saturday. I will be arriv- Internet art." Can you describe this Internet art ? ing in NYC on Sunday afternoon. I will call u on And Sunday. what's the difference with your Internet work and yoshie contribution ? 2- Independently of the possibilities of digital pro- cessing of sound and image, which is the specific From: contribution of the grid from an artistic point of "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT actively. This investment, should be of the amount From: of 200.000$ I know that the above sounds too much for you Message: but I really hope not : it doesn't sound too much Dear Almine to me anymore because my monthly expenses This time , in the Armory show, I ve been very are 9.000 to 11.000 $ . much embarrassed by the behavior of the per- son who directs your gallery. I need to work with people with a vision: I need this assurance con- stantly , if its missing, I lose my interest and my art becomes a compromise. Here is what happens : if a gallery makes visible From: the money issue, I just forget that we are doing Francesco Bonami what we do for glory and beauty, I see you as my employees and I lose any romantic attitude . I just should ignore, that its difficult for you to afford a To: beautiful screen . I should just produce concepts "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: "evelyn krasnow" Subject: Subject: Re: ArtHeals event Your comment Message: Message: Annika with PC : it is available ! But not for long Hi , because many people want it. I had to paint it I am actually working in a book about my web- two times ( the one available is the new version, sites, called "The Book of Comments" which is slightly bigger). I would appreciate your comment about Miltos JESUSSWIMMING.COM . If possible, please, include your profession. Best From: Miltos Manetas Francesco Bonami From: To: "james silverman" To: Subject: "miltos manetas" Subject: Message: Re: PM caro miltos , stai citando Cingolani con le tue ultime pitture??? Non ho idee in mente per questi quadri al Message: momento if you find the buddha on the road you must kill him THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "David Robbins" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: none NEEN / PURPLE Message: Message: Dear friend Miltos, Dear Miltos, i was very happy to see you and What in the world are you talking about? your delicious amie in Milan, thank you for spend- ing this time with me. I have schedule an article Your friend David : 4 or 6 pages on NEEN in the next Purple (new style). Benett will certainely get in touch with you to see what would be the best way to From: introduce NEEN in Purple. Let's talk about it. ALl "miltos manetas" To: From: francis_arackel Maria Papadimitriou Subject: To: password "miltos manetas" Message: Subject: Sir, Re: THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "Olivier Zahm" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Re: URGENT neen Message: Message: Dear Miltos. neen is located between the end of what you Fantastic!!! Do you have Bjork Mail or adress know and the start of what you to send her information onthe show. I will ask don't. Tuesday for Ticket and Hotel. We have problem with the budget but BJORK : they may be exited. things which are neen seem very empty do to the I have to go through BernardBlistène. I keep you fact much of it is unknown inform. Kiss. Olivier to us (not that we care) people that are not neensters can make neen as From: people can be neensters "Richard G. Severn" -mc To: "miltos manetas" Subject: please Message: can i see your sight!!!!!??????? THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT >> I'm coming to nyc on the 4th, arriving at 13:05 From: at JFK "yi zhou" Subject: Subject: Re: MILTOS Message: Time stops when we are together. Among the different choices and possibilities we might experience, we combine you+yi option. From: Maria Papadimitriou On 22/04/03 10:37, "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: Gilda_Williams Undisclosed-Recipient:;@cadet.propagation.net;;; Subject: Subject: Re: congratulations Francesco THE NEEN DOGMA OF PAINTING. Message: Message: Dear Gilda We are proud to present: FRANCESCOBONAMI. This is not the email of Francesco. That's a web- COM site I did, kind of scam because I was not in Venice and I had to do "there was a time when paintings were pretty and something : ) fresh things to create, in the same way that Flash The e-mail of Francesco is [email protected] animations and Websites are today". How are you these days ? Are you coming at the USA at all? Read the "Neen Dogma of Painting", written by Miltos Manetas, in the occasion of the 50th From: Venice Biennial. Maria Papadimitriou To: WWW.FRANCESCOBONAMI.COM "miltos manetas" Subject: Re: Message: mil you are a genius!!!!! i like very much the idea THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: Leo Villareal "miltos manetas" To: To: "bonami" Subject: Subject: Re: get involved with neen (resume) Re: get involved with neen (resume) Message: Message: thanks, francesco. only problem is that your site Hi crashes netscape 7 on the mac... explorer works great. thanks for recognizing miltos as the great Find included some information about Neen. and important artist he is. good luck with every- If you are interested to work with us, the first thing in venice. "test" for you would be to edit the Molly Von Hacker text about Neen and Telic . She is leo. German and her English, as well as my English, are not great. That's the best way to introduce yourself . We are looking for people that have interest to be involved with the concepts of Neen. The jobs to do are : 1. Planning 2. Propaganda 3. Founding 4. Operations 1. Planning : Brainstorm on situations and methods of expan- sion. THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT Participation in the development of the Neen will not understand what I mean by the above ideas and testing these ideas. and they will not have the patience to get involved 2. Propaganda : with such an uncertain enterprise: this is good , because we are interested only in people who Contacting people and media by many different can do something out of nothing. ways . E-mail, press office, phones, interviews. Think of the propagan- 4. Operations : da as a videogame. We need people who enjoy playing it and who That's the fun part. It doesn't pay any money , but are " different " enough, in order it changes you life. More details, once/if you get to act with originality. involved. 3. Founding : What is Neen. NEEN, is a name created from Lexicon Branding Most Neenstars are already famous or well after a commission by Miltos Manetas and known in their fields. ( Art, music, Yvonne Force from Art Production Fund. architecture, design, fashion ). They all know rich people who would be happy to give Neen, has been presented in June of 2000, money to Neen , just to see it happen. Neen, is at a special conference/performance at the also a perfect tool to get GAGOSIAN gallery in NY. grants, awards etc. But the Neenstars are lazy and they will never do the Here is what the press wrote : the new york effort that a founding job requires. Their brains times, feedmag ,wired artnet,time out and medi- are made by clouds and they don't know how to enkultur. ask for money. Therefore, we are looking for people who may Mai Ueda, suggested that if you do good NEEN, envision a way to collect money for NEEN and then are a NEENSTAR. who will get a generous %. Do not confuse this job with the sale of products: All Neenstars, 2 years and a half later, Neen has been devel- already sell their work in galleries, Museums, oped in a real art movement, actually, the only record companies etc. Founding , is mostly keep- art movement in our days. But it's still under con- ing an eye open to the many opportunities of struction: that'S what we are doing now. capitalizing that exist in the art world , or envision alternatives that nobody thought about yet. Probably, most people who apply for this position, THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: "Joshua Rosner" Subject: Subject: Re: Inquiry Message: Message: nice. It's interesting what is happening with certain i should integrate it.didn't know u were so good people in this country. They become in some way at creating lyrics. u should do a duo too. love, & , videogame characters. Newsweek and Time, good n ight. function as "stages" in that video game. After a Y while, the public gets "done" with that particular level and nobody plays with these characters any more . I think it's a situation that painters should From: represent. But nobody seams to agree though : denis levaux the comments of the art world for these particular works is that I don't know what to paint now that I painted all the cables and computers ! They think To: that my subject is really computers: I couldn't "miltos manetas" Available but unfinished ( maybe. I am still think- Message: ing about it ) . Happy you like it. Nobody paid can I please get a password to see the web site attention to this work yet ... thank you THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "zhou yi" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Re: AboutGreekSong Re: TONE_03 // date change Message: Message: [i love this song. Just curious, do you make art in NY? run a gal- write more lyrics. lery? design? send me some music to my place. (if I'm being too nosy just ignore me...) I would invite more people to play (had to actually turn down 2 artists) but From: I don't think more than 5 performers a night would [email protected] be good. and I don't think I have the energy to do 2 nights in September. However, TONE_ is amonthly event, To: and it might move to a friend of mine's huge loft / "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "zahm" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Re: URGENT Re: CONNECTIONS Message: Message: dear Miltos Dear Miltos, Back from Milano how are you? WOuld you be interested to write exausted a purple column next year,with each time a (fashion week) Neenster portrait, that could be a good idea, ifyou did you get PURPLE with the Neen interview? writeon them and on the neen ongoing concept. i'm not sure we have your adress I'm coming to ny end of august,we'll you bethere? love Hope to see you let's keep in touch for the biennal oz i have a proposition : a site on the chinese Mafia : "United Bamboo", just From: a black screen, what do you think "Zachariah Miner" Subject: RE: Message: did you see super madrigal brothers? super neen. THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: Subject: Subject: URGENT FROM MILTOS RE: NOOFLAT Message: Message: Dear Olivier fantastic interview! you had his mind spinning. I wrote to Bjork: she may come for the perfor- when can i come and be an orphan? i am per- mance! Can you e-mail me some material for the fect, i don't make programs or flash or anything, show ?Also: when is the opening ? Do we offer completely nontelic. i could just surf and email her ticket? What else can we cover for her ?Hotel and think, maybe talk a little. neensweeper, like ? M you as cleaning lady. Zach From: [email protected] From: Migraine"[email protected] To: "miltos manetas" Message: can i have a passs word to jesusswimming.com Message: pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee- hello, may i please have a password. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas- thanks ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss- GM THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: "yvonne Force" Subject: Subject: VERY URGENT FROM MILTOS www.whitneybiennial.com Message: Message: Dear Yvonne Dear Yvonne So nice to dance with you the other night !! You Don't be a wimp !!!!! Please, subscribe to the entered my dreams .. www.whitneybiennial.com and help me make a press hell out of it. I am finalizing the Whitneybiennial.com : it will be It's such a YF project : I cannot think of anyone presented on March 05 , in contemporary with else that would be a beautiful General and a the opening Gala. I will tell you the details later Strategist. tonight . But I really need some little money to There is nothing to lose anyway: the art world is cover the expenses. full of Claus and Larry : . You make one enemy I need to collect at least 10.000 $ and his enemy becomes your friend : they are Do you think that somebody may be interested in just interexangable human functions : instead the following offer ? we must be Force. And anyway, they will love the show too. Help me invite every curator and Please, let me know . ( 917 279 6372) writer you know to participate : this is a chance to introduce the (entirely) new art that we are doing, Love to the big public with an impact. People with Miltos work like Leo's, need such an attitude. What fun is it without a large gesture ? Making "one man shows" and wait to be invited to participate in the "big events" of the season is like waiting for hours the elevator that will bring you to some of the top floors of the basement .Instead we need to attract the pubic interest, touch its imagination and make THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT a difference. From: Here is the list of the people who invite artists. "MILTOS MANETAS" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT bring you to a new document, which is always blank: you will have to decide From: how to fill it. You may for example,choose to see "Vanessa Beecroft" Subject: password Message: can i have the password for jesus swimming? THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: [email protected] john kelsey To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: stress text for Made in USA Message: Message: There where? Dear MM, Nice to see you 2 last night. I just wanted to remind you of some funny con- From: cepts you came up with in the street, in case you Jill JAMESON are thinking of things to write about:wet dyna- mite. laser surgery is like burning a cd, or getting scanned (can't remember exactly). To: best, JK "miltos manetas" Subject: From: password Maria Papadimitriou Message: To: Dear Mr Manetas, "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: "Yvonne Force" Subject: Subject: Re: Receives and real Invoice nr. 3 Re: Message: Message: I am in San Diego at an Embassy hotel. I just Neen stands for Neensters: a still undefined gen- gave a lecture at the University. I recorded it eration of visual artists. and I really need to improve my English. Maybe I Some of them may belong to "Contemporary Art", should go to a school for actors here in LA. others are software creators, Lets meet on Saturday ? Mil web designers and videogame directors or ani- mators. Computing is to neen what fantasy to Surrealism and freedom to From: Communism. It creates the context "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT hip-hop)and of course - GNAC! From: I would see the project working quite organically "Yuen Fong Ling" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: Yoshie To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Re: hi Re: Message: Message: Miltos, Oh shit...I forgat to give invoice to gallery man... Here is to our little secret! I think we should do it! then what should I do? It will be fun. I Sorry for being useless... agree that this should be kept between us. It will anyway be more exciting that lalalala way! love --mai Here is my schedule. I am supposed to come to From: new york city around the 18th "Miltos Manetas" m THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: Subject: Subject: none Re: AboutGreekSong Message: Message: jolie are you awake? today-or never Can't sleep : want to listen your voice. its damaging Spend the night with Xavier + Pierre + Neenstars. kiss me in Alaska on a cold day-today. I like Pierre : so sweet! He is smarter now from when I knew him. Or maybe I was more stupid then. From: Anyway.. Abby Clark Call me : wake me up at any time. I was to listen your Italian. To: "miltos manetas" Message: hey there. i don't know if i need to know you per- sonally, or if you have to send me an invitation or whatever, but i would really like to see the jesuss- wimming.com, so if i could get a password, that would be great! thanks. THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: Subject: Subject: Re: AboutGreekSong none Message: Message: i just think about that. it's difficult to write songs : Dear Victoria you have to keep out any music from your brain. anyway, here is something I just wrote : "if jesus Here are my ideas for the teaching opportunity was our friend, we would be already dead" you proposed to me. Initially I thought of actually keeping a class for a semester as you suggested and I made a plan From: around the creation of a conceptual videogame Alicia Arch which would use myself as the Engine and the students as the Players. The course would be called NOTHING. To: "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT the individual's website will be subject to discus- sion and analysis by the entire class, much like From: a traditional art class critique, but with a game "jonathan maghen" During the course Points (as are won in video- Subject: games) will be awarded by the instructor based Textfield Sponsors on the students' presentations of intent (i.e. what they hope to do with their website), their individ- ual self-presentations, etc. They will be assigned Message: Points which positions them in the rank of the Hello Miltos, "game". Ultimately, you will be able to create your own taste, only if you rise high enough in rank How are you? I was writing to see if there was within the game so you have all the rights to con- still a possibility of having trol the content of your webpage. The machine Motorola of course ( Myself ) will have veto over any deci- sponsor a NEEN CD for issue 02 of Textfield? sions. The Principal at BUILD ( former Designers These were my initial thoughts driven by my Repubic partner ) contacted me enthusiasm. I realized instead, that it should yesterday about doing a be a SEMINAR and not a COURSE, because Tshirt for the next issue. There is not money for a SEMINAR will capture the Neen spark of the extra projects like this, moment. In a longer term the whole concept of I thought NOTHING gets polluted because people cannot if Motorola or another company sponsors the hold themselves empty for so long. magazine, we can do cool stuff like this in addition. Therefore, I would propose Best, A MARATHON SEMINAR. Jonathan 2 days in a row starting from Noon to Midnight. Let me know how you feel about that. THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: Jan Åman Vanessa Beecroft To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: film screening tomorrow at East Village Re: Message: Message: I will have student from our class in architecture mm: (new city planning office) there. it would be fan- Would you have preferred to be mentioned as tastic to show the manetas world, just have them Greg was - every men in the article is destroyed. to meet you. would you consider? they are very I did not write the article myself and of course I kind, and not that many (around 10). did talk about you and told you several times you best, Jan should have met Judith. I am sorry, I have no fault on that and I do hate the article. Vb From: David Goldschmidt From: "Jim Hood" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT and the prepetual feeling that everytime i say From: something "emotional" you get [email protected] bored or see it as some form of entertainment to brush past...well, that is what made me snap at you. To: it is 11:11 now. "miltos manetas" Message: Message: i am sorry if i snapped at you, miltos. i just really [email protected] feel like being alone. the last time i slept over (on saturday night) i was To: really upset. i couldnt "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT and yes i shined it on your face for an hour and you didnt notice. you were From: very pleased with us that night. "Miltos Manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT vibracolour prints after videogames, a power- book-format book, and an ElectronicOrphanage From: and all that for nothing ? You are such a bad son! miltos manetas Subject: special e-mail bonus love From: "marie jager" Not mad... I like the use of blank style for e-mail To: communication. "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: [email protected] To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Re: (no subject) prices/israel Message: Message: you also make it very easy for me not to get i am not sure i know where you are but with the attached and i dont know whether i like that or e-mail you are definately i hate it. you should talk to your psychoanalyst here.(HERE)! about why you dont care if people dont know Irit (Sommers) the girl who has the gallery in you. about why you cradle women. Isrtael would like me to ship her two paintings for her group show. Unfortunately she cannot pay for your ticket another artist who is participating in From: the show (Martin Maloney) is going and his ticket "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT Almine in NY and I think she agreed with me. Please lets wait till those paintings sell first and From: then we take it from there. John Tremblay To: "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Bjork/abstract Supermario. Message: Message: mil, i met this new girl. this is trouble.... she's married. she's korean and beautiful. she said Dear Bjork she would leave her husband for me but i don't know if i want this. what should i do? nice top How are you ? Scott Rogers told me that you are ten in art forum. we need to educate these dead- preparing an important event in France: congratu- beat art hags. art is so fucking boring it's so lations! predictable and dead. miss you, JWC Here is a project that may interest you: Purple Magazine, is doing a show called Elysian From: Fields in Pompidou . It will be a major show, with Matt very good artists from our generation but also designers, and movie directors. ( I can ask them to send you some material). They are building To: a nice environment inside Pompidou : it will be "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT I think that it will be great, if for the night of the opening, the girl which plays ASM at Pompidou, From: is you! Think about it: you are superfamous and "takaya goto" Message: I'm interested in getting a password to view this site. Thanks, Sharon Who am I? I'm not telling... THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: Subject: Subject: Re: Message: Message: Yes, sorry for silence... too crazy these days.. 21-04 I was in Europe for Showsand then I stayed in Stockholm because of Chron's attack . I am fly- CHELSEA IS NOT THERE AGAIN. I WAS ing to LA today, with new-new girl. She is a Jap, SUPPOSED TO PRESENT IT TO A LA MUSEUM adorable...I have so many things to tell you... AND ITS NOT THERE. ENOUGH: IF YOU When we will meet again ???? Love Mil WILL NOT TELL ME IMMEDIATELY ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MOVE IT TO A From: "j e" Subject: password MILTOS Message: I came across your website while surfing thru some jesus web rings, and was cruious as to what's inside. May I enter? THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: Jan Åman To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: jet Re: Message: Message: Dear Miltos, The new name for the Art (such as Dada, Cubism etc) that I am buying from got a message from Anne about the flights. Lexicon (they coin Powerbook, Pentium etc). I Thomas and Pernilla will thought that I told you return in a couple of days with exact info. It would about...All the story is in the www (www. be nice to bring name4art.com)Check it out and tell me impres- everybody on a private jet, but I am afraid that we sions. I am flying to Paris tonight for my do not have the show at Almine Rech Love Mil fundings for that so far... as it seems it is a nice, normal flight with Delta and then a nice hotel in the very down- From: town. We'll take good de care of the people coming! best, To: "miltos manetas" Message: Looking for the love of Christ, may I join? THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "Yvonne Force" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: URGENT Paris- san francisco Message: Message: Dear Yvonne Dear Miltos, Can you send info here : Hi Mr. Manetas, I have to thank you ;-) My name is Abi and I work with eyestorm.com. I was really happy to have spend with you time Elizabeth forwarded me thedetails of your in Paris.I enjoyed very much your show in almine upcoming name4art.com project and it sounds rech gallery, your vibracolorare really amazing .. like itwould be interesting to check out and get And your diner in Bernard Picasso appartment involved with in some way. Canyou forward me was really impressive ;-)Oh I guess that now you more details and I can pass them on to the right arrived in San Francisco, say hello to my friend people(editorial, marketing etc.)? Whats going on Casey ...Will you able to send me the login with the press conference at Gagosian? Also...are password and any informations I need you involved in Teleport Diner at the ColorFactory to change my studio in active world ?I thank you in Stockholm? I am trying to see a way that we so much, can host this online aswell. Have checked out See you soon, all my best, Active Worlds (very cool) and have been N.B: May you received 2 or 3 same emails brainstorming with Elizabeth with ideas of how to regarding my videos. If it'shappened I'm really link eyestorm in someway. All this stuff buzzing sorry, I called my provider hotline because I got around at the moment. So yes, pass on any troubles with their smtp server. information to me (or Elizabeth and she can Some people of my list treceived just 1 email and inform me) and I can talk topeople and see what others 5 !!! it wasreally crazy and I didn't know we can arrange. Thanks and I look forward to whats was going on, because from my hearing your news. computer only one quited !computer have some- Best, times bad habit ;-) Abigail Ramsey Valery THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Re: LA Re: printed Message: Message: Oh cool and cool. I am in SF now. I'll be there in Dear Jan the 15th. Nice. I'll bring you around. I am so so tired.... My stomach hurts.But I will They gave me a hard time in the boarder this check the prices from LA. Ireally cannot travel time: they kept me for 1 hour !Talking and talking. any other way than business this time: it will be a I start to scream them: Look ! You must be proud suicide. I"ll check and tell you. that I am in the USA. But Ihave to find a solution Happy that everything is going OK!! also... MM From: "maiueda" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "nikola tosic" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: NIKOLA NO nikolas Re: box Message: Message: my name is nikola tosic not nikolas tosic Giancarlo non e’ stato maleducato. Forse ha solo and im not famous nor i will ever be detto la verita’... i want to be a man in the shadow that makes the things work and takes money On 5/20/03 3:06 PM, "miltos manetas" Ho avuto 10.10 e 16.16 moment last tuesday se non lo poi fare- naturalmente, capisco... mil From: Giancarlo Politi THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: ly explore the realm of computers > "Magadalini AKTYPI" Subject: °In your text "Websites is the art of our times", Re: THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "nikola tosic" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: Re: You are the Person Of the Month !! Re: Versatile Message: Message: do i get any money? I am in San Francisco. Trying to find 50K for the electronicorhanage.You"ll love SF.People are so At 01:34 PM 6/17/03 -0400, you wrote: positive Do not forget to program the DVD's for >You are the : loop Which ones you already made ? >http://www.personofthemonth.com m From: From: "Lisa Orban" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: password password Message: Message: Hi, I really miss the jesusswimming website. Is it I'm writing to request a password to access your gone or can I get to it by webpage. I saw your work at the Armory password? What a wonderful idea, btw. Quite a show. Thanks in advance,Lisa Orban work of art. Thanks, THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: Andreas Angelidakis Andreas Angelidakis To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: ATTENZIONE ALLARME VIRUS "I LOVE YOU" Cant move Message: Message: the space is like the uhalls. something that peo- hey Mil ple like to imagine but would never exist Cant move, I'm on coke-down completely If we actually did the show in a museum / art cen- exhausted.... come and take the camera any- ter etc it would be like time, the panoramic is very easy I'll show you competing with the whitney I can also stitch them together afterwards like this people will imagine that it was a real xxA show somewhere. like the uhalls they will be impressed by their own projec- tion of what the show is. and anyway, rafael said From: that he is sad not to be in the official whitney Andreas Angelidakis (from a jung point of view)! To: > What do you think ?? "miltos manetas" THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "Lisette Smits" To: To: "miltos manetas" Subject: Subject: crash, Tuesday, December 03, 2002 3:26 AM Angelo Plessas Show at the ElectronicOrphanage Message: Message: Hi Miltos I write you to tell you that Afterneen in CASCO is 'VERY UPSET WITH YOU' By Angelo over for the moment last weekend we had a huge Plessas, (http://www.angeloplessas.com) at the crash inside the gallery ElectronicOrphanage, on Saturday, July 5th. A car has been catapulted from the street into Angelo Plessas started his career with a self por- the space (which is almost impossible, ask the trait. He painted - or rather flash animated him- Neensters that were here!) and flown inside all self as the center of a circular Internet Explorer the way towards the back which is 17 meters and window, for a website called www.aroundmyself. destroyed everything: the Afterneen installation, com. He continued by making websites for other the office with our computers and networks and, people, capturing every time their essence and worst of all, my colleague Evelien has been seri- sometimes - when it was possible - their future ously injured. essence. I know this is a very bizarre story and i cannot tell you too many details; i was in London when The important and glamorous citizens of the past all this happened and called by the police - the century had their portraits done by the likes of firebrigade has closed off the building so we can- Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz and Timothy not enter for now. Greenfield-Sanders. But today, if you are some- I'll let you know how things are going on from body of note, the artist to "paint" your vanity, is here, it's crazy and quite spooky Angelo Plessas. Do not miss this show! speak later Lisette http://www.electronicorphanage.com THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: From: "miltos manetas" To: To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;@cadet.propagation.net;;; Undisclosed-Recipient:;@cadet.propagation.net;;; Subject: Subject: MAI UEDA, at the ElectronicOrphanage YI ZHOU AT The EledtronicOrphanage los angeles Message: Message: Mai Ueda, is having her "retrospective" at the The new international star, Yi Zhou, Chinese born ElectronicOrphanage, on Friday, May 16th. and Italian by Ueda is more than an artist: she is a Neenstar, adaptation, who currently lives between Paris and which is the next step. She started her carrier the London, is making her first appearance in the day we bought Neen from Lexicon and she did USA at the ElectronicOrphanage on April,8 2003 astonishing "works" in collaboration with Angelo from 6pm to 10 pm. Plessas (http://www.philosophyinthedroom.com) and Mike Calvert (a performance were she plays Yi, a very smart neenstar, rapidly developed with a cartoon character while the cartoon is a diverse body of work - flash animations and awake and then she sleeps when the creature songs, that have already established her in both falls asleep. She also did www.Romanticus.com the art and music worlds. She had already a Ueda, declared from the beginning that she wants to be busy with Neen, only until she will turn 25 THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT From: Info: "miltos manetas" To: From: In May 2000, during a packed press conference at [email protected] Message: i use to just leave your site on for hours. and lis- ten to the music. and watch jesus swim. more at www.manetas.com/bio THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT Miltos Manetas Selected emails