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                               hrg30 :: reflection


          : we celebrate 30th anniversary of hrg artpacking..
            it was the time of challenging. it was the time of competition.
            it was the time of glory. it was the time of death, even..
            now it's time to look at the MIRROR..

          : thanx to our guests:
            mysterious anonymous, madasscow, enigma, darky and smith..


   ......................>

   I had no time to finish artwork for this pack, so I'm going to express
   my reflection through words. When I first joined this group, in #20, I
   did so because for once I saw an art group that was different from the
   others. Instead of just having a bunch of people that happen to create
   artwork on the computer putting their art together randomly in an 
   archive and calling themselves a group, HRG actually seemed like it had
   a *reason* for existing. This is known to us as the HRG spirit. 

   I'm sure that different people in the group have had different ideas
   about what the HRG spirit is. It's not something that is concrete and
   stable, but it's the equivalent of an owl flying through the forest-- 
   each person sees it from a different angle, and one might say they saw 
   a hawk, while another might say a dove.  

   For me personally, the spirit is an exploration of the relationship
   between us as humans and the environment that we have created around
   us. We all create artwork on the computer, and we know each other
   through the computer. In a sense, we all live in the computer, we all
   live in this environment that we as humans have designed. I think the
   artwork of HRG deals with these ideas in many different ways. Yoyo
   draws a man trapped in a prison, climbing a ladder to look out the 
   window, but he is content to stay where he is and watch from the
   inside. Sprocket invents the son of typography, who is happy to play
   alone with his characters. Remission creates eyelids like copper,
   which seem to be inseparable from the canvas and its digital 
   brushstrokes. The solitary individual is constantly depicted by HRG 
   artists, with a multitude of expressions involved. Sometimes the 
   individual is at peace with the synthetic world of the canvas, 
   sometimes he is utterly alone even when there is excitement all around 
   him.

   Now, more than ever, we are interested in finding out what other 
   people see when they are walking through the forest and look up at the
   bird flying overhead. Maybe it isn't an owl after all.

   To do this, we are letting anyone release artwork with us who wants 
   to. We only ask that you do so by following your own vision of the HRG 
   spirit. Any control over "quality" will be the responsibility of the
   artists themselves. Look at older HRG packs and decide for yourself
   what the HRG spirit is, then let us know through your artwork. We also
   encourage everyone to collaborate with HRG artists. Find someone whose
   art you appreciate and suggest an idea or offer an incompleted piece 
   art to be reinterpreted. 

   When we all talk with each other and find out where each person was 
   when they saw the bird flying overhead, then we end up learning not 
   only what kind of bird it was, but also what kind of people saw the 
   bird.

   -GOD AMONG LICE  4/14/2000  lice@discreate.org


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   first of all, i am so glad to see such love for HRG from many
   people in our small scene.  i, among several others, was very concerned
   about the future of HRG.  hrg 29 was an amazing awakening from the
   long hibernation.  not only was hrg29 a comeback, it was a rejuvenation
   in creativity for me, and hopefully several others in our sometimes
   lazy scene.  maybe hrg29 was a spark, to start a great fire of violent
   creativity.  lets hope so.

   as for my pics in this pack:  they are definitely a miniseries.
   man into beast.  man-trans-insect...transect, if you will. the process
   used heavily and mostly without modification, was photocopy transfers.
   that is to say that i would use photocopies and use a solvent to
   melt/transfer then to other surfaces. most of the computer modification
   dealt with color and composition.   hence the process and the idea behind
   the pictures both dealt with a transformation of some kind.

   greets to madASScow, liceboy, atom128, and EVERYONE in HRG and also
   all those who care deeply about keeping it alive.

   REMISSION


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   "Aenima" is tool, "Kissmegoodbye" is cure and both joints with remi are hole
   Yes, you see, I'm kinda inspired by music this time..
   "Room" picture are the results of my continuous exploration of
   digital art media as I see it...
   During last HRG and Milk packs I've tried to understand what single pixel
   can stand for, how it acts and forms the texture of the image..
   Can the digital authoring tool produce the graphics itself?
   I was inspired much by Liceboy, Incognito, Remission and Shart
   and should thank them..

   HRG-30 pic is a pain pic. I'm afraid only 10-20 people can understand that,
   if you are not among them, just enjoy russian faces..
   If you are... Just know, I wish to return to this time and change it.

   SPROCKET


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   "Suck on this"
   I did this photomanip for an sado-masochist even called "suck on this".
   keep it up with HRG yahall.
   30 packs is a lot, I'm sure you will catch up with acid someday :>

   MADASSCOW


   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   the major form of performing scene art is to release it in zip files..
   we want to keep this tradition alive. the web is cool, as television..
   but packs are perfect as exhibitions..
   we declare our exhibition open. that means no quality control.
   everyone can send pictures and they surely will be exhibited.
   submit your images to spro@gazeta.ru

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   MADE IN HRG, Raised Hell 2000
   http://hrg.dhtp.kiae.ru
   http://www.hrgforce.org
