In September FAT participated at “Meeting Hub“, a hacker’s festival arranged by Platform4. Platform4 is a non-profit art and technology organisation which runs a gigantic open-space in Aalborg, Denmark. Defnetly check it out when visiting Denmark!

The following projects were created with the help of Platform 4:

Geraldine Juárez tinkered a little mobile device – the FAT CRIER – to amplify information gathered from Twitter trough a megaphone so it can be brought it to the streets. The original FAT CRIER is a commissioned piece created for PLATFORM4 and will be installed on their warehouse for everyone to use. A second workshop is coming-up on the 22nd of October!!

Evan Roth created “Multi Finger Touch Paintings” “Paintings created by performing routine tasks on multi-touch hand held computing devices.”

I am very pleased to announce ‘When We Were Kings‘ a solo show of brand new work and updated series by Evan Roth. Back to back with ‘Talk to me’ (his work at MoMA, opening July19) speedshow.net is very proud to present a delicate selection of newpop, high-end minimal and pure Internet based pieces by Evan Roth. For one night only, ‘back home!’ he will bling out the machine park of ’90 Bowery’ with HTML at its best from his famous memepop tool-box!

Aram Bartholl

‘When We Were Kings’ – solo speed show Evan Roth
Curated and hosted by Aram Bartholl.

8:00 – 10:00 PM, July18, 2011
90 Bowery, New York, NY (g-maps)

Artist will be present!

FB event http://on.fb.me/o7Sy7e

All prior shows and archive at speedshow.net

Not to miss!! CU there!!

I am very pleased to announce 'When We Were Kings' a solo show of brand new work and updated series by Evan Roth. Back to back with 'Talk to me' (his work at MoMA, opening July19) speedshow.net is very proud to present a delicate selection of newpop, high-end minimal and pure Internet based pieces by Evan Roth. For one night only, 'back home!' he will bling out the machine park of '90 Bowery' with HTML at its best from his famous memepop tool-box! Aram Bartholl 'When We Were Kings' - solo speed show Evan Roth Curated and hosted by Aram Bartholl. 8:00 - 10:00 PM, July18, 2011 90 Bowery, New York, NY (g-maps)     Artist will be present! FB event http://on.fb.me/o7Sy7e All prior shows and archive at speedshow.net Not to miss!! CU there!!        

Evan, Michele and I are in Barcelona this weekend! Come, and have a drink with us! //tbx

Kitsch Digital – “Three Decades of Interferences on the Web”
Website: http://kitschdigital.wordpress.com/

With Evan Roth (USA), Olia Lialina (Russia), Dragan Espenschied (Germany), Tobias Leingruber (Germany), Antonio R. Montesinos (Spain), Momu&Noes (Spain), Joachim Castañeda (USA) & Takahiro Yamaguchi (Japan).

Curated by Helena Acosta and Selena Rama of Producción Aleatoria.

Opening: Thursday February 17th, 2011
19h DJ Session by Pangramas
Location: (Gmaps Link)
Can Felipa Carrer Pallars 277
08005 Barcelona

(Show is open till April 9th, 2011)

Evan, Michele and I are in Barcelona this weekend! Come, and have a drink with us! //tbx Kitsch Digital - "Three Decades of Interferences on the Web" Website: http://kitschdigital.wordpress.com/ With Evan Roth (USA), Olia Lialina (Russia), Dragan Espenschied (Germany), Tobias Leingruber (Germany), Antonio R. Montesinos (Spain), Momu&Noes (Spain), Joachim Castañeda (USA) & Takahiro Yamaguchi (Japan). Curated by Helena Acosta and Selena Rama of Producción Aleatoria. Opening: Thursday February 17th, 2011 19h DJ Session by Pangramas Location: (Gmaps Link) Can Felipa Carrer Pallars 277 08005 Barcelona (Show is open till April 9th, 2011)

Our FFFFFellows over at FAT Lab Tokyo recently did some FM-broadcasting during the Cultural Typhoon Conference.

Yusuke Sugano, Seiji Ueoka and Chihiro Suga presented the Free Media Research Lab , talked about FATness, and interviewed Evan-San and Tobi-San.

Here are the two broadcasts (mp3):

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Some FFFFFlicks: http://freemedia.researchlab.jp/fuckflickr/cultural-typhoon/page/all/

the original post on http://tokyo.fffff.at/events/fat-fmrr/ (Japanese)

…and the Email Interview with Evan-San:

Could you give us a brief introduction of yourself?

Evan: I am an American artist currently living in Hong Kong. Most of my work be it on the web or on the streets tends to involve the overlap of free culture and popular culture. Three years ago I co-founded the Graffiti Research Lab with James Powderly during a fellowship at the Eyebeam OpenLab, and since then James and I have also co-founded the F.A.T. Lab.

How did F.A.T. lab start?

Evan: F.A.T. lab started almost 2 years ago (more…)

Our FFFFFellows over at FAT Lab Tokyo recently did some FM-broadcasting during the Cultural Typhoon Conference. Yusuke Sugano, Seiji Ueoka and Chihiro Suga presented the Free Media Research Lab , talked about FATness, and interviewed Evan-San and Tobi-San. Here are the two broadcasts (mp3): Cultural Typhoon Day 1 Cultural Typhoon Day 2 Some FFFFFlicks: http://freemedia.researchlab.jp/fuckflickr/cultural-typhoon/page/all/ the original post on http://tokyo.fffff.at/events/fat-fmrr/ (Japanese) ...and the Email Interview with Evan-San: Could you give us a brief introduction of yourself? Evan: I am an American artist currently living in Hong Kong. Most of my work be it on the web or on the streets tends to involve the overlap of free culture and popular culture. Three years ago I co-founded the Graffiti Research Lab with James Powderly during a fellowship at the Eyebeam OpenLab, and since then James and I have also co-founded the F.A.T. Lab. How did F.A.T. lab start? Evan: F.A.T. lab started almost 2 years ago in conversations between James and myself. We saw ways of extending ideas we were testing with GRL to include a wider range of creators, as well as a broader audience. We were interested in “cooling” open source, and saw opportunities that existed beyond the scope of G.R.L. We had a network of friends and collaborators, including Jamie Wilkinson and Theo Watson, that acted as initial core members, and from there we picked up more members along the way. Much of the foundation of F.A.T. was also based off of Jonah Peretti’s concept surrounding the Eyebeam OpenLab. Jonah is currently an active F.A.T. advisor and still plays a big role in the lab. What is the main objective of F.A.T. lab? Evan: In part F.A.T. lab was founded to extend some of the ideas we had tested in the Graffiti Research Lab. From G.R.L. we had had experimented with inserting open source ideals into popular projects via graffiti, and the F.A.T. lab was a way of extending these ideas beyond graffiti and public space projects. The main objective of F.A.T. is to spread free culture and open source ideals into pop culture, primarily via the production of creative web based initiatives. What kind of people does F.A.T. lab consist of? Evan: F.A.T. consists of people that make stuff and have interests in sharing. Skill sets range from programming, crafting, music, graffiti, DIY, activism, electronics, art and the web. Where do F.A.T. members find their inspiration for the artworks? Evan: The group is rather diverse, and spans across multiple continents so the inspirations are quite different. In general, however, I think most members of the group are interested in humor and fun as a means towards communicating broader (and at times subversive) messages. How do you feel about the current relationship between art and technology (or open source and pop culture)? Evan: I’m interested in the relationship of technology and art primarily because: 1) it is cheap, and 2) and it can reach a lot of people. F.A.T. has a yearly operating budget of $120 USD (which I spend on web hosting). From that we are able to reach an audience of over 20,000 people per month (and growing). Why is “rap music” used as a motif? Evan: Rap music is one of the original remix cultures which involved artists sharing (and stealing) content to build upon what came before them. Rap music historically has also been a means of inserting subversive content into main stream culture. Beyond that rap music also just makes all your youtube videos better.

We all know and love Mr. Kanye West and his blog. And while his CAPS LOCK rants are his best online trademark, it is difficult to read his rants. We here at F.A.T. Lab have take the time to clean up Kanye’s blog and repair the damage done by his CAPS LOCK key.

Go forth, and enjoy Kanye’s rants about Twitter, South Park, and Bonnaroo without CAPS LOCK damage (or ads)!!!!!

by Greg Leuch & Evan Roth

download the code at github.com/gleuch/lowercase-kanye.

We all know and love Mr. Kanye West and his blog. And while his CAPS LOCK rants are his best online trademark, it is difficult to read his rants. We here at F.A.T. Lab have take the time to clean up Kanye's blog and repair the damage done by his CAPS LOCK key. » www.lowercasekanye.com « Go forth, and enjoy Kanye's rants about Twitter, South Park, and Bonnaroo without CAPS LOCK damage (or ads)!!!!! by Greg Leuch & Evan Roth download the code at github.com/gleuch/lowercase-kanye.

WE ALL KNOW THAT YEEZY RANTS ARE THE GREATEST, RIGHT????? NOW MAKE EVERY WEB PAGE A KAYNE RANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DRAG THE BUTTON ABOVE TO UR BOOKMARK BAR (OR RIGHT-CLICK AND ‘BOOKMARK/FAVORITE’)…….. THEN CLICK IT TO MAKE YOUR WEB PAGE YEEZY-APPROVED.

AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR FANS……..

FOR WE CARE ABOUT THE SERIOUS KANYE FANS. WE ARE GIVING IT OUR ALL!!! DON’T YOU ALLL AGREEEE???????

CODE & EXAMPLE BY GREG : IMAGE BY EVAN

UPDATE 1 fixed for safari
UPDATE 2 version 2.0 – now with more punctuation!!!
UPDATE 3 get the source code at github.com/gleuch/KANYEFY

WE ALL KNOW THAT YEEZY RANTS ARE THE GREATEST, RIGHT????? NOW MAKE EVERY WEB PAGE A KAYNE RANT!!!!!!!!!!!!! » KANYEFY « DRAG THE BUTTON ABOVE TO UR BOOKMARK BAR (OR RIGHT-CLICK AND 'BOOKMARK/FAVORITE')........ THEN CLICK IT TO MAKE YOUR WEB PAGE YEEZY-APPROVED. AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR FANS........ FOR WE CARE ABOUT THE SERIOUS KANYE FANS. WE ARE GIVING IT OUR ALL!!! DON'T YOU ALLL AGREEEE??????? CODE & EXAMPLE BY GREG : IMAGE BY EVAN UPDATE 1 fixed for safari UPDATE 2 version 2.0 - now with more punctuation!!! UPDATE 3 get the source code at github.com/gleuch/KANYEFY

KANCEPT EVAN ROTH, KODE TOBIAS LEINGRUBER

VIEW THE INTERNET THE WAY KANYE SEES IT.

DRAG ‘N’ DROP THIS BUTTON INTO YOUR TOOL BAR TO GET KANYE VISION!!!!!!!!!!

Kanye Vision

SCREENCAST: HOW-TO ADD KANYE VISION

KANCEPT EVAN ROTH, KODE TOBIAS LEINGRUBER VIEW THE INTERNET THE WAY KANYE SEES IT. DRAG 'N' DROP THIS BUTTON INTO YOUR TOOL BAR TO GET KANYE VISION!!!!!!!!!! Kanye Vision   SCREENCAST: HOW-TO ADD KANYE VISION essay writingWith the assistance of professional documented essay writing , active friends have no challenge at university.

Experience the censored Chinese internet at home!

The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet users outside of China the ability to surf the web as if they were inside mainland China. Take an unforgetable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (supported by western companies). It’s open source, free and easy.

Watch the fffffat screencast:

This project is currently exhibited at the “Videotage” in Hong Kong (6.10.-4.11.2008)
Two computers are connected to a single keyboard and mouse allowing visitors to control both identical machines at the same time while using just a single input device. The only difference between the two internet terminals is their network connection; one machine is connected to the less restricted internet in Hong Kong, while the other is connected to the internet through a connection point in the mainland of China.





China Channel was developed by Aram Bartholl, Evan Roth and Tobias Leingruber (consulted by LM4K and Jamie Wilkinson.)

Download the CCFF add-on on www.chinachannel.hk and experience the Chinese censorship now!

Experience the censored Chinese internet at home! The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet users outside of China the ability to surf the web as if they were inside mainland China. Take an unforgetable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (supported by western companies). It's open source, free and easy. Watch the fffffat screencast: This project is currently exhibited at the "Videotage" in Hong Kong (6.10.-4.11.2008) Two computers are connected to a single keyboard and mouse allowing visitors to control both identical machines at the same time while using just a single input device. The only difference between the two internet terminals is their network connection; one machine is connected to the less restricted internet in Hong Kong, while the other is connected to the internet through a connection point in the mainland of China. China Channel was developed by Aram Bartholl, Evan Roth and Tobias Leingruber (consulted by LM4K and Jamie Wilkinson.) Download the CCFF add-on on www.chinachannel.hk and experience the Chinese censorship now!