Art aware hackers!! Your code can be art! Yes, no kidding!! Just follow the super easy tutorial below and make art today!!

Recent events have shown again that computer code and its power is still underestimated by the public and governments. The way software is written, it s quality, openess, closedness etc. has a very high impact on which way society is taking.  Some small changes or features in code can result in an enormous loss of democratic values or lead to a hidden surveillance state.  Because comparably only few people can read and understand code it is so important we communicate it, discuss it in public and make it art! :)

Congrats to the CCC for revealing and revers engeneering this incredible piece of software and to FAZ (a leading german news paper, circulation of 360.000) which went of the charts by printing 5 full pages assembler code. Awesome!

BOINGBOING: Chaos Computer Club cracks Germany’s illegal government malware, a trojan that spies on your PC and lets anyone off the street hijack it

Germany’s Chaos Computer Club published the sourcecode for a piece of malware used by the German government to spy on citizens. The software was discovered in the wild and reverse engineered. It can be used to spy on or control remote PCs. Because of flaws in the software, anyone who was infected with this by German police was vulnerable to spying by “anyone on the street.” The German supreme court banned the use of trojans to spy on German citizens in 2008. ….

’0zapftis’
solo show – Aram Bartholl
Oct. 12 – Dec. 11 2011
at MÖRDER Borsigstr. 1, 10115 Berlin

Art aware hackers!! Your code can be art! Yes, no kidding!! Just follow the super easy tutorial below and make art today!! Recent events have shown again that computer code and its power is still underestimated by the public and governments. The way software is written, it s quality, openess, closedness etc. has a very high impact on which way society is taking.  Some small changes or features in code can result in an enormous loss of democratic values or lead to a hidden surveillance state.  Because comparably only few people can read and understand code it is so important we communicate it, discuss it in public and make it art! :) Congrats to the CCC for revealing and revers engeneering this incredible piece of software and to FAZ (a leading german news paper, circulation of 360.000) which went of the charts by printing 5 full pages assembler code. Awesome! BOINGBOING: Chaos Computer Club cracks Germany's illegal government malware, a trojan that spies on your PC and lets anyone off the street hijack it Germany's Chaos Computer Club published the sourcecode for a piece of malware used by the German government to spy on citizens. The software was discovered in the wild and reverse engineered. It can be used to spy on or control remote PCs. Because of flaws in the software, anyone who was infected with this by German police was vulnerable to spying by "anyone on the street." The German supreme court banned the use of trojans to spy on German citizens in 2008. .... '0zapftis' solo show - Aram Bartholl Oct. 12 - Dec. 11 2011 at MÖRDER Borsigstr. 1, 10115 Berlin

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.

More info at wpfolio.visitsteve.com

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. More info at wpfolio.visitsteve.com

For the March 2010 issue of Boards Magazine, Emily Gobeille and I worked with Nexus Productions to develop an interactive cover experience called Rise and Fall. The software uses the amazing opensource Ferns tracking library together and openFrameworks, an opensource creative coding library written in C++.

Here is a little preview of the experience.

Software and cover:
Download the software and the cover as a pdf to try it out for your self:
http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall

Source code:
Grab the source code here: http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall
Post questions about it on the openFrameworks forum.

For the March 2010 issue of Boards Magazine, Emily Gobeille and I worked with Nexus Productions to develop an interactive cover experience called Rise and Fall. The software uses the amazing opensource Ferns tracking library together and openFrameworks, an opensource creative coding library written in C++. Here is a little preview of the experience. Software and cover: Download the software and the cover as a pdf to try it out for your self: http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall Source code: Grab the source code here: http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall Post questions about it on the openFrameworks forum.

Of course, the entire hoax needs a little software to track the movement. Detailed instructions on creating the map* can be found at github.com/gleuch/gcar-tracker.

(*Some computer skillz required.)

Get inside a Google Street View Car. Open your favorite Twitter app on GPS enabled smartphone. Tweet sporadically to plot geographic points on the map. Relax as the blogosphere and media outlets go into a frenzy. Of course, the entire hoax needs a little software to track the movement. Detailed instructions on creating the map* can be found at github.com/gleuch/gcar-tracker. (*Some computer skillz required.)

000000book.com (“Blackbook”) is a new website for archiving and sharing motion-captured graffiti tags. Tags are saved as Graffiti Markup Language (GML) files, which can be created with freely available software like Graffiti Analysis, Laser Tag, and with our two new iPhone apps, DustTag and FatTag Deluxe: Katsu Edition.

Anyone can easily upload GML to #000000book through our open API, and the aforementioned iPhone apps have 000000book.com upload built-in — download the app, start tagging, tap ‘upload’, and see your work immediately featured on the frontpage.

By registering on #000000book you can link your iPhone (or any other device) and your uploads will be automatically added to your account. While browsing the site you can also mark tags as ‘favorites,’ and leave comments/talk shit. And each user has a profile page that shows off their bling:

For example: Tempt1 uploads tags from his EyeWriter in LA, and Katsu and AVONE have been uploading some dope tags from their phones:

Katsu vs. James Cameron, created with FatTag Deluxe

Programmers & artists can then download your GML data and render the tags in any conceivable way, shape, or form. Since our launch last week we’ve already seen a number of amazing GML-based projects:

* Robotagger draws graffiti tags with an 8-foot robotic arm (seriously)
* Baybayin Motion Analysis uses GML to capture & study a pre-Filipino writing system
* Experimental Flash 3D Renderer (Flash) by Ben Hopkins (Kode80)
* GML particle system rendering (Flash) by DIZGID

Developers: we’re compiling API documentation to get you started pulling in GML and/or uploading your own data, as well as sample drawing code for Flash, C++, Javascript and more. Discussion & brainstorming is happening on our mailing list and in #fatlab IRC

Make sure to submit any applications you create — if it runs inside a web browser (e.g. Flash, Javascript or Processing) it can even be used by #000000book visitors to preview tags!

000000book.com ("Blackbook") is a new website for archiving and sharing motion-captured graffiti tags. Tags are saved as Graffiti Markup Language (GML) files, which can be created with freely available software like Graffiti Analysis, Laser Tag, and with our two new iPhone apps, DustTag and FatTag Deluxe: Katsu Edition. Anyone can easily upload GML to #000000book through our open API, and the aforementioned iPhone apps have 000000book.com upload built-in -- download the app, start tagging, tap 'upload', and see your work immediately featured on the frontpage. By registering on #000000book you can link your iPhone (or any other device) and your uploads will be automatically added to your account. While browsing the site you can also mark tags as 'favorites,' and leave comments/talk shit. And each user has a profile page that shows off their bling: For example: Tempt1 uploads tags from his EyeWriter in LA, and Katsu and AVONE have been uploading some dope tags from their phones: Katsu vs. James Cameron, created with FatTag Deluxe Programmers & artists can then download your GML data and render the tags in any conceivable way, shape, or form. Since our launch last week we've already seen a number of amazing GML-based projects: * Robotagger draws graffiti tags with an 8-foot robotic arm (seriously) * Baybayin Motion Analysis uses GML to capture & study a pre-Filipino writing system * Experimental Flash 3D Renderer (Flash) by Ben Hopkins (Kode80) * GML particle system rendering (Flash) by DIZGID Developers: we're compiling API documentation to get you started pulling in GML and/or uploading your own data, as well as sample drawing code for Flash, C++, Javascript and more. Discussion & brainstorming is happening on our mailing list and in #fatlab IRC Make sure to submit any applications you create -- if it runs inside a web browser (e.g. Flash, Javascript or Processing) it can even be used by #000000book visitors to preview tags!

Canvasplayer is a lightweight Javascript-based Graffiti Markup Language (GML) player built with Processing.js, HTML5 canvas, and JSON callbacks. A simple example of pimping “GSON” data from the #000000book GML database — no fancy XML parsers required.

Demo: jamiedubs.com/canvasplayer

Code: github.com/jamiew/canvasplayer

Interested in working with GML? We’re coordinating via #fatlab IRC and a newly created GML mailing list.

GML Webring: intro / recent projects / GML spec / data (#000000book)

Canvasplayer is a lightweight Javascript-based Graffiti Markup Language (GML) player built with Processing.js, HTML5 canvas, and JSON callbacks. A simple example of pimping "GSON" data from the #000000book GML database -- no fancy XML parsers required. Demo: jamiedubs.com/canvasplayer Code: github.com/jamiew/canvasplayer Interested in working with GML? We're coordinating via #fatlab IRC and a newly created GML mailing list. GML Webring: intro / recent projects / GML spec / data (#000000book)

A custom version of Fat Tag Deluxe – Katsu Edition hacked for projection bombing goodness!

Grab the original app here.

First 10 comments get a custom Fat Tag Deluxe – Katsu Editon with projector output sent to them. [ ps it requires dropping a bit of cash on a fancy white apple cable for it to be any use ]. Drop your email and uuid in the comments and once I have all ten I’ll send it over.

How To:
Using the awesome code posted here and by adding the Media Player Framework to your xcode project – all you need to do is add one file to your project ( UIApplication_TVOut.m ) and paste one line of code into the file that is managing your iPhone app:

So for us that was at this point in ofxiPhoneAppDelegate.mm ( from the OF iPhone 006 release ).

//Add this line to start outputting to TV / Projector
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] startTVOut];

Once you have done this your app will automatically output through the av cable to a projector or TV. You might see some weird artifacts on the iPhone screen but the output on the projector will be clear.

Here’s hoping that Apple will make this framework public soon – as soon as it is it will be added to the official Fat Tag Deluxe (iTunes link) version.

A custom version of Fat Tag Deluxe - Katsu Edition hacked for projection bombing goodness! Grab the original app here. First 10 comments get a custom Fat Tag Deluxe - Katsu Editon with projector output sent to them. [ ps it requires dropping a bit of cash on a fancy white apple cable for it to be any use ]. Drop your email and uuid in the comments and once I have all ten I'll send it over. How To: Using the awesome code posted here and by adding the Media Player Framework to your xcode project - all you need to do is add one file to your project ( UIApplication_TVOut.m ) and paste one line of code into the file that is managing your iPhone app: So for us that was at this point in ofxiPhoneAppDelegate.mm ( from the OF iPhone 006 release ). //Add this line to start outputting to TV / Projector [[UIApplication sharedApplication] startTVOut]; Once you have done this your app will automatically output through the av cable to a projector or TV. You might see some weird artifacts on the iPhone screen but the output on the projector will be clear. Here's hoping that Apple will make this framework public soon - as soon as it is it will be added to the official Fat Tag Deluxe (iTunes link) version.

FatTag Deluxe
Katsu Edition!

The long awaited update to the original Fat Tag – The Deluxe Edition co-created with NYC graffiti artist Katsu is now available in the App Store.

Features include:
* Multiple default backgrounds
* Additional background selection from camera, photo library
* Scale, rotate, angle, opacity options for realistically overlaying tag onto camera image.
* Multiple pen/brush tips and colors
* Full accelerometer based drips
* Speed based thickness
* Upload gml and screenshot to FAT’s 000000book.com
* Save tags to photo library

—- Grab it here ( iTunes link ) —–

Update: Fresh from Katsu

Videos:
Check this quick video overview ( found on youtube )

Made with openFrameworks

FatTag Deluxe Katsu Edition!   The long awaited update to the original Fat Tag - The Deluxe Edition co-created with NYC graffiti artist Katsu is now available in the App Store. Features include: * Multiple default backgrounds * Additional background selection from camera, photo library * Scale, rotate, angle, opacity options for realistically overlaying tag onto camera image. * Multiple pen/brush tips and colors * Full accelerometer based drips * Speed based thickness * Upload gml and screenshot to FAT's 000000book.com * Save tags to photo library ---- Grab it here ( iTunes link ) ----- Update: Fresh from Katsu Videos: Check this quick video overview ( found on youtube ) Made with openFrameworks