3 days left to help make “Capitalism Works for Me!”
Kickstarter rewards go away Saturday
Fundraising for “Capitalism Works For Me” ends Saturday. This means to receive rewards for pledging support, you have to commit in the coming 3 days.
My birthday is Saturday.
Yes, it’s true. I figured ending this fundraising process on my birthday would make for a great celebration. You know what I want for my birthday? To do this capitalism sign project in as many cities as possible! (Pat yourself on the back if you knew I was going to say that.)
Here’s 5 reasons to support it:
- At this point, all funds are going toward taking the sign to cities without institutional support.
- It only costs $1 to join this party! Then you are connected to the project, and receive exclusive exciting updates as it progresses. Don’t be in the dark.
- It’s one of the 10 best art projects in the history of Kickstarter!
- New rewards will be posted in the final days – signs, prints, and more. Today I added an “IT’S ABOUT POWER” sign.
- And drumroll… Paul F. Tompkins is writing the catalog essay! As you may know, most exhibition catalog essays are written by art critics and art historians. But I’m in charge! And I couldn’t be more excited about having one of my favorite comedians, Paul F. Tompkins, writing for the catalog.
Paul F. Tompkins!
The famous comedian. You may know him from television (The Daily Show, Comedy Central specials, Mr. Show, Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins, appearances on Community, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and many more), from his popular podcast The Pod F. Tompkast, from the Best Show on WFMU, and from being a comedian.
Pledge your support and get the essay! The essay appears in the SPACES exhibition catalog (starts at the $25 level) and in the book (starts at $65).
If you’ve already pledged your support, you can manage your pledge level and select new rewards anytime within the next few days!
Don’t wait, do it now!
What will he write?
I’m not sure what form this essay will take or where Paul stands. On the one hand he had this experience buying a house.
| Paul F. Tompkins – Buying a House | |
On the other hand, he has made clear how rich he is on stage
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf8uDAM5W_I[/youtube]
And in this music video, he is wearing a tuxedo and financing musicals!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w248uwpAX14[/youtube]
The most awkward “404 Not Found” page on the internet
It’s 4:30 am and I just finished making the most awkward 404 Not Found page on the internet.
This is a speed project: 3.5 hours. This kind of idea only comes to you at 12:30am. And you gotta do it then or you’re never gonna do it. (The missing 30 minutes in the timeline was a bike ride). Made at SPACES in Cleveland, OH!
WPFolio v1.72 is live
WPFolio is a free and open source WordPress theme for artists portfolios (see previous post). The latest version is now live on WordPress.
WPFolio is ready for your hacks. The latest version includes a sample child theme to keep your changes independent of the parent WPFolio code. If you want to change it further fork the project on github and we may use your changes in a future release.
HOW TO: Solve cross browser compatibility issues
Internet Explorer 6 – the bane of web developers everywhere. How do you create modern, standards compliant web sites for a browser that never met standards?
- Fix your issues for all the modern browsers.
- go have a sandwich.
WPFolio 1.6 beta release
We’re working on a new improved version of WPFolio, and could use your help! WPFolio gives artists a free and open source tool to create their portfolios. With thousands of downloads, it’s likely to be many artists first encounter with free and open source tools!
While the project started a couple years ago, WordPress has developed several features that make it easier to create this kind of site and WPFolio is keeping up. The 1.6 version includes:
- custom menus w/ jQuery
- custom backgrounds
- better fonts
- better styling and improvements on the code
- a sample child theme so you can keep your tweaks separate from the core code
All this for the fabulous price of zero dollars!
1.6 is a beta release and there’s some bugs and improvements we need to get done before we can submit it to WordPress. Some are super simple things like improving php code, updating deprecated tags, and enabling custom headers, so if you want to take ‘em on, we’d appreciate it. You can fork WPFolio on GitHub and all the issues are listed on the GitHub issues page most with links leading to solutions. If you want to check out WPFolio more generally, see the WPFolio Owner’s Manual. If you have any questions, get in touch!
Once WPFolio is in primo shape, we may update the FFFFFat theme….
Out of Ideas
See stills and more info at visitsteve.com
As part of my Lower East Side Printshop Special Editions Residency, I created this series of silkscreen (and hand altered) prints called, Out of Ideas. This video shows some of the process of how each were made.
If you’re unfamiliar with the world of fine art prints, it’s not a good idea to touch them with your bare hands, wrinkle or kink them in anyway… you get the idea.
Video shot at the Lower East Side Printshop. Doug Bennett was the Master Printer, James Miller did the silkscreening. Video edited while on a residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Music except is “Can’t Get Satisfied” by Jack McDuff.
Top Secret Greenpeace Project Part 2
See Part 1. The Greenpeace “equipment” (no spoilers!) will be put into use for the first time in a few hours. Keep an eye on the news…
Top Secret Greenpeace Project Part 1
In March of 2010 I caught wind of a project at Greenpeace that sounded incredible. Victoria Estok and I headed down a couple weeks later with a camera and a mic to talk to people about it.
The Greenpeace project will go public on the 17th, but in the meantime I’ll be posting the piece I put together. This is Part 1. Part 2 I am currently editing and will have up asap.
Side note: Seeing what Greenpeace does from the inside… they are amazing. When you see canvassers on the street, really consider becoming a member.
Thanks to greenpeace.org/usa/ for sharing everything. Eyebeam.org for general support.
huffingtonpost.com/kert-davies – more from Kert Davies
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