March 2011

Graphics Interchange Format documentation teaser

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Here is my edit of some of the documentation of Paddy Johnson's "Graphics Interchange Format" exhibit at Denison University, from her flickr page. This assortment is mostly centered on my pieces in the show and is by no means an overview--Johnson says a web page with the full exhibit is coming.

goldmachinecosmos2

"Gold Machine Cosmos" (collab. with frankhats and others): animated GIF of installation view / original GIF

goldmachinecosmos_splashzBW

installation view of "Gold Machine Cosmos" and "Splashz BW" (see below) on pedestals. On walls: Saul Chernick did the skeletons; not sure who did the pyramid.

installation

installation view of "Graphics Interchange Format" exhibit

optidisc_beanbag

"OptiDisc" installed in room with beanbag chairs / animated GIF of installation / orig. GIF

optidisc_mid-install

"OptiDisc" in mid-installation, prior to leveling. A clearer shot, and not as severely cropped by the projector

splashzBW

installation view (not sure who did the coffin [update: it is Rising Tensions'])

dump_in_gallery

Depending on the day, I had work in the show as a dumper on Dump.fm. This is how the Dump front page looked on a day I wasn't on it. / animated GIF of Dump in gallery

polar_remainders

"Polar Remainders": animated GIF of installation view / original post of these GIFs

splashzBW_polarremainders

installation view, "Splashz BW" and "Polar Remainders" / original GIF of Splashz BW

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Was somewhat alarmed to learn that the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Creative Commons were violating every principle they stand for by being on Facebook. (Note Facebook link on EFF's "eroding Facebook privacy" page.) Fortunately, the Free Software Foundation, which made the above banner, takes a more principled stand:

TIME Magazine praises Mark Zuckerberg for creating a system that has connected people around the world with each other. Unfortunately, the terms under which he claims to have done this set a terrible precedent for our future — for our control over the software we use to interact with each other, for control over our data, and for our privacy. The damage is not limited to Facebook users. Because so many sites — including TIME — use Facebook's user-tracking "Like" button, Zuckerberg is able to collect information about people who aren't even users of his site. These are precedents which hurt our ability to freely connect with each other. He has created a network that is first and foremost a gold mine for government surveillance and advertisers.

...you can encourage people not to connect with Zuckerberg while thinking that they are connecting with you, by putting this button on your blog or web site, with a link to whatever method you would prefer they use to contact you directly...

I added it to my FAQ page, ha ha. As always you can "connect" with me via email and snail mail.