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mervin Jarman


--mervin Jarman have been many things including a Community Art Activist, an Interactive Multimedia Designer, Human Computer Interface expert, a member
of the Mongrel Collective, and founder of IANI Media. mervin is a particular kind of mongrel, a new breed of street interactive art-hactivist. mervin's theory on art is that 'art is life' hence his life is his only claim to being recognised as an artist as his art is a total expression of his life. His engagement with technology as a tool for empowerment and intervention stems from his various experiences as a dreaded yardie alien running loose in the streets of London, the conflicts arising from being a part of a sub-culture that dominated an alien space. "I am a street dogg, I make the street mine in any ghettos, any city any alien space that I am in. These space automatically becomes mongrel space, its like that". Back in Jamaica mervin place of origin he is said to have been frustrated by the lack of opportunities that existed for the ordinary man in the street. Growing up in a culture that was heavily influenced by postcolonial rhetorics. mervin sought to broaden his experiential being which prompted him to migrate to London where he first encountered computers and new media, his collision with Harwood and Richard Pierre-Davis cemented the mongrel collective who are now the avant-garde of digitally engaging street culture world wide. "We have been from here to Timbuktu and back mongrel kick ass, there ain't no other like us and we won't appologise for that. mongrel are original doggs and wi nuh tek nuh check fram nuhbady, believe dat"I am mervin de Mongrel and this is a mongrel interventions.
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--mervin Jarman a fait de multiples choses et est, entre autres, Militant de l'Art Communautaire, Designer de Multimédia Interactif, Expert d'Interface humain-ordinateur, membre du collectif Mongrel (NdT: métis, bâtard, "Zineke") et fondateur de IANI Media. mervin est une espèce particulière de bâtard, multi-hactiviste interactif de rue. Mongrel est une poignée d'un mélange de gens, de machines et l'intelligence qui travaillent en célébrant les méthodes de la culture de rue londonnienne/mondiale (mongrelSTREET RUEmongrel). Nous produisons de la culture engagée socialement, ce qui signifie quelquefois de l'art, mais aussi du logiciel, des ateliers ou aider d'autres mongrels (bâtards) à mettre en place quelquechose. L'art de Mongrels parlent d'eux, de la vie et de la pensée des gens que nous rencontrons. Parfois, nous le faisons pour penser et nous sentir mieux nous-mêmes. Parfois nous créons un espace que les autres investissent cette pensée et ces sentiments. Ce qui signifie que l'on agit raremetn comme groupe central. Nous préférons travailler sur différentes activités, de façon individuelle ou collective. Nous pouvons le faire avec des organisations, ou d'autres Mongrels. La capacité à nous brancher sur différentes cultures, compétences, structures et dfaçons de faire signifie que notre art garde sa fraîcheur.
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Cet article a été écrit par mervin Jarman {4mervin@supanet.com} le 15/11/2002