Ze Frank spoke at Webstock ’09. His talk, entitled: The Explicit is described as being about the value of contribution to the challenges of feeling a virtual audience.
Listen to the man.
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Cheers.
Tags: contribution, explicit, the show, virtual, Webstock, ze frank
I’m a True Fan of yours and I gladly give you all my wages for today and… er… um… actually, I spent a heck of a lot more than what I made today… so… uh… you owe me… let’s see… carry the two… $189.98… but let’s round that up to an even $200, shall we?
Oh, and cash… no personal checks… after all, you ARE a self employed artist.
F
Awwwwww – gee, thanks Fred.
I think.
In lieu of cash, will you take reimbursements in beer?
Since we’re now dealing in a the new “Free Economy” – free, as in beer – it only makes sense to satisfy sales with suds. And if the bottle is empty you can be rest assured it’s all part of a larger art project and your contribution of liquid assets has become part of a larger economic model destined to fulfill and sustain the life blood of your selected True Fan Artiste.
Many thanks.
Pass the nachos.
Cheers.
P.S. – get this true-life Zen Catcha:
creative back
oooooooooooooo!
[...] I posted earlier about a concept proposed by Kevin Kelly in his Technium bog, wherein the 1,000 True Fans economic model was proposed; the idea being an artist could support themselves independently online if they had 1,000 True Fans – each of whom would be willing to part with a day’s salary over the course of a year to support the artist. [...]