Theo: A short introduction: KATSU, a long time collaborator with FAT and GRL has joined FAT as an Artist in Residence. KATSU has had long had a unique approach to graffiti and hacking urban environments. This post is a short introduction to some of his existing work. Expect to see a bunch of new hybrid work during this A.I.R that extends in all directions.
How many have left a mark that can be seen from space?

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Begin Katsu:
I’m a graffiti writer/vandal/slimer working in New York City. I’ve been involved in graffiti for over 15 years.  I love graffiti and feel that it’s time to really change shit up. Traditional graffiti methods are powerful but the combination of graff and tech can be absolutely LETHAL.

My goals as KATSU are to motivate vandals and accumulate FT’s.

I have turned graffiti into a game for myself where the objective is to gain “FT’s” or “FameTokens tm.” in the most effective ways possible. Any and all FT’s are good for business so placing my name in people’s lives, and in unique ways is the main objective.

Because I’m new to F.A.T. I figured I should show off some of the things I’ve made. I’m very excited to meet the crew and get grinding on some sick ideas.

Powers video – homage to eames powers of 10 film.  shortlisted for guggenheim show

Mochaccino – “world’s largest graffiti exhibition”?  sounds perfect to me.

Picasso – barely made it out of this one.

Obama’s crib – had my friend waiting on a suzuki gsxr to get me the fuck out of there

Fire Safety – kids need new toys

Fire Hazard – my new toy

Theo: A short introduction: KATSU, a long time collaborator with FAT and GRL has joined FAT as an Artist in Residence. KATSU has had long had a unique approach to graffiti and hacking urban environments. This post is a short introduction to some of his existing work. Expect to see a bunch of new hybrid work during this A.I.R that extends in all directions. How many have left a mark that can be seen from space? - - - - - - - - - - - - - Begin Katsu: I'm a graffiti writer/vandal/slimer working in New York City. I've been involved in graffiti for over 15 years.  I love graffiti and feel that it's time to really change shit up. Traditional graffiti methods are powerful but the combination of graff and tech can be absolutely LETHAL. My goals as KATSU are to motivate vandals and accumulate FT's. I have turned graffiti into a game for myself where the objective is to gain "FT's" or "FameTokens tm." in the most effective ways possible. Any and all FT's are good for business so placing my name in people's lives, and in unique ways is the main objective. Because I'm new to F.A.T. I figured I should show off some of the things I've made. I'm very excited to meet the crew and get grinding on some sick ideas. Powers video - homage to eames powers of 10 film.  shortlisted for guggenheim show Mochaccino - "world's largest graffiti exhibition"?  sounds perfect to me. Picasso - barely made it out of this one. Obama's crib - had my friend waiting on a suzuki gsxr to get me the fuck out of there Fire Safety - kids need new toys Fire Hazard - my new toy

On October 16th we welcome all to the open clinic of our newly installed Object-Oriented Therapy Center at the Jaca Art Center in Belo Horizonte,Brazil.

Object Oriented Theraphy Center is a place for maladjusted objects. We identify the real potential of orphaned objects, often called trash. Instead of repairing discarded objects in order to integrate them functionally into society, we have designed a treatment to understand and realize their full potential beyond their use as commodity given by human intentionality.

We encourage you to bring along some of your troubled objects and deposit them at the clinic for further treatment. We guarantee them to emerge from there as re-vitalized and independent beings, that maybe you want to take back home, after the successful treatment.

We receive any type of object a functional or disfunctional state.

On October 16th we welcome all to the open clinic of our newly installed Object-Oriented Therapy Center at the Jaca Art Center in Belo Horizonte,Brazil. Object Oriented Theraphy Center is a place for maladjusted objects. We identify the real potential of orphaned objects, often called trash. Instead of repairing discarded objects in order to integrate them functionally into society, we have designed a treatment to understand and realize their full potential beyond their use as commodity given by human intentionality. We encourage you to bring along some of your troubled objects and deposit them at the clinic for further treatment. We guarantee them to emerge from there as re-vitalized and independent beings, that maybe you want to take back home, after the successful treatment. We receive any type of object a functional or disfunctional state.

Evan’s White Glove Tracking project and a selection of FAT projects are currently on display along with some heroes and friends at the Netherlands Media Art Institute’s Versions exhibition.

Versions
Opening Friday, 27 November, 5:00 p.m.
From 28-11-2009 until 06-02-2010
Harm van den Dorpel, Constant Dullaart, F.A.T.Lab, Martijn Hendriks, JODI, Oliver Laric, NastyNets, Evan Roth, Theodore Watson, a.o.

The install consists of five linux machines running three videos and two Fuckflickr powered slideshows.

Mad props to Jamie for the last minute addition of a slideshow module into Fuckflickr.

Check the two FF slideshows with a midi inspired soundtrack ( requires firefox – make take 10-20 seconds to load )
http://fffff.at/nimk_pres/KopyFamoSlides/sort/name/#slideshow
http://fffff.at/nimk_pres/KanyeWebst/sort/name/#slideshow

Projects shown:

White Glove Tracking – Evan Roth and Ben Engebreth
http://whiteglovetracking.com

EyeWriter & GML – FAT, OF, GRL
http://eyewriter.org
http://000000book.com

Firefox Addons – FAT & Co.
http://fffff.at/tag/firefox/
Grab the video here: http://fffff.at/nimk/nimk-fat-firefox-loop-6-SM.mp4

RollTube – Theodore Watson
China Channel – Aram Bartholl, Evan Roth & Tobias Leingruber
Pirates of the Amazon – Timo Klok & Tobias Leingruber
Add-Art – Steve Lambert
Tourettes Machine – Theodore Watson
Ctrl F’d – Greg Leuch
Internot – Zachary Lieberman
Artzilla.org – Tobias Leingruber

KopyFamo’ – FAT ( Geraldine Juarez )
http://fffff.at/kopyfamo-free-copyright/
Watch slideshow – requires firefox

Kanye Webst Week – FAT & Co.
http://fffff.at/tag/kanye-west/
Watch slideshow – requires firefox

Evan's White Glove Tracking project and a selection of FAT projects are currently on display along with some heroes and friends at the Netherlands Media Art Institute's Versions exhibition. Versions Opening Friday, 27 November, 5:00 p.m. From 28-11-2009 until 06-02-2010 Harm van den Dorpel, Constant Dullaart, F.A.T.Lab, Martijn Hendriks, JODI, Oliver Laric, NastyNets, Evan Roth, Theodore Watson, a.o. The install consists of five linux machines running three videos and two Fuckflickr powered slideshows. Mad props to Jamie for the last minute addition of a slideshow module into Fuckflickr. Check the two FF slideshows with a midi inspired soundtrack ( requires firefox - make take 10-20 seconds to load ) http://fffff.at/nimk_pres/KopyFamoSlides/sort/name/#slideshow http://fffff.at/nimk_pres/KanyeWebst/sort/name/#slideshow Projects shown: White Glove Tracking - Evan Roth and Ben Engebreth http://whiteglovetracking.com EyeWriter & GML - FAT, OF, GRL http://eyewriter.org http://000000book.com Firefox Addons - FAT & Co. http://fffff.at/tag/firefox/ Grab the video here: http://fffff.at/nimk/nimk-fat-firefox-loop-6-SM.mp4 RollTube – Theodore Watson China Channel – Aram Bartholl, Evan Roth & Tobias Leingruber Pirates of the Amazon - Timo Klok & Tobias Leingruber Add-Art – Steve Lambert Tourettes Machine – Theodore Watson Ctrl F’d – Greg Leuch Internot – Zachary Lieberman Artzilla.org - Tobias Leingruber KopyFamo' - FAT ( Geraldine Juarez ) http://fffff.at/kopyfamo-free-copyright/ Watch slideshow - requires firefox Kanye Webst Week - FAT & Co. http://fffff.at/tag/kanye-west/ Watch slideshow - requires firefox