*FurtherStudio Critical Forum : Live online interview with Replic**t Ltd*
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*ART BORE OR CORPORATE WHORE?*

Replic**t will be interviewed by *Charlotte Frost *of Furthertxt and
*Helen Sloan* of SCAN
Live online in the FurtherStudio Critical Forum
Wednesday at 7.30pm BST 21/07/04

*URL: http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/online/index_replic.htm*

at 8.15pm you are invited to join an open discussion with Replic**t,
Charlotte and Helen and other visitors at the same URL.

Discussions chaired by Marc Garrett

see you there,
Furtherfield crew

Critical Forum:
http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/online/index_replic.htm
More about FurtherStudio realtime online artists residency:
http://www.furtherstudio.org
FurtherStudio is a Furtherfield proiect: http://www.furtherfield.org

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*Charlotte Frost* is the Editor for Furthertxt, a sister-site to
Furtherfield. This online platform for text based discussion, critique
and creativity continues the eternal search for the many ways of
achieving great text. Charlotte is also a PhD student at The School of
History of Art, Film and Visual Media, Birkbeck, University of London
with Charlie Gere. She is looking at the methods that might be used to
critique Net Art and establish its relationship with the practice of Art
History

*Helen Sloan* is currently Director of SCAN, the new media arts agency
and network in the South of England. She has worked on interdisciplinary
projects using new and emergent media over the last 15 years as a
curator, writer and researcher working with organisations such as ICA,
Site Gallery, FACT, Mute and V2. She has lectured and written
extensively in the field of new media in culture. http://www.scansite.org

*About Replic**t Ltd *
In today's art world the role of the artist has become indistinguishable
from that of the corporation. Late capitalism has fully integrated
artistic criticism and in turn artists have become capitalism's ground
troops. Todays art is one of integration not resistance. In recognition
of the extraordinary possibilities and potentials of such a coupling the
artist Replic**t has taken the marriage of business and art to its
logical end and registered herself as a private company limited by shares.
Replic**t Ltd is an attempt by the artist to use the corporate
environment for the dissemination of her artwork and her self, side
stepping the gallery distribution system and art market altogether by
turning to the corporation as the ultimate vehicle for the dissemination
of the artist and her work.
Replic**t Ltd's primary interest lies in exploring the potential of the
artist as an entity dominated by global business interests. She uses
pre-existing corporate structures and strategies and locates herself
within the already produced discourses of commodity culture, looking at
replication as a potential and effective form of global hegemony.
Replic**t Ltd @ Furtherstudio

*http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/online/index_replic.htm*
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In the past few months Furtherfield's online real-time studio facility,
FurtherStudio has been taken over by the artist Replic**t Ltd and
seamlessly transformed into a telematic boardroom . Chat room, tele
conferencing facility and real time snapshot of the company desktop have
collectively transpired to allow shareholders to penetrate product
development in an unparallel manner.

During this time Replic**t Ltd has continued her exploration of the
artist as a brand, merging her signature styles and themes with a brand
names values and attitude. Confessional work is merged with company
gifts and projected onto merchandise available for purchase on the
Replic**t Ltd website.

*for more information visit ::::::::::::::: http://www.furtherstudio.org*