Process/yon Artists' Book and Dialogue Series I: Surfers or Serfs?

SURFERS OR SERFS: DIGITAL FREEDOM OR DIGITAL FEUDALISM?

Within the context of issues addressed within the free, open-source, and open-standards community, "Surfers or Serfs" seeks to investigate realities of Freedom within the Culture of Ignorance: Are humans being turned into machines so others can exploit them without them questioning their own slavery? Why do we consider somebody "computer literate" when they can only operate the controls of a commercial computer system?

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"PROCESS/YON" is a multi-location, interactive, experimental and collaborative, Social-software Performance Art project by Fatima Lasay and Trevor Batten. It is concerned with creating, exploring and developing new attitudes and creative strategies regarding the technology of the artist's medium.