Tokyo F.A.T
Today is the last chance to vote for Graffiti Analysis and Graffiti Markup Language for the Transmediale 2011 Open Web Award. The margin is still very close (within 50 votes), so every vote really counts at this point.
Q. Is the voting process annoying?
A. Yes.
Q. Is it ridiculous to pit three very strong open initiatives against each other for a relatively small amount of funding?
A. Maybe.
Q. If you win, will you use the opportunity to further alienate yourself from the new media arts festival scene?
A. Probably.
For instructions on how to vote and to see the current vote tally go to:
http://www.drumbeat.org/open-web-award-finalists-voting
Even if you’re not a fan of graffiti, a vote for GA/GML is a vote for bringing new audiences into the free culture movement and expanding the influence of open source and open data further into popular culture.
For other reasons to vote for GA and GML look no further than community development from just the last few months….
Muharrem Yildirim and Aytac Kanaci’s on going developments with their GML Recording Machine:
Graffiti Research Lab Germany’s SVG2BVG (currently on display in Transmediale’s Open Zone):
An exciting new hardware design and use of Laser Tag to protest censorship issues in the arts at the MOCA in Los Angeles (to read more about the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Deitch’s and MOCA’s decision to remove a mural by BLU see: LA Times, Huffington Post and Boing Boing):
Justin Wilson’s video for Max Tannone’s mashup classic JaydioHead:
Thanks in advance for your support.
1. Download your pass here.
2. Print it on heavy paper, both sides.
3. Insert your name with a pen.
4. Visit MOMA a whole year for free!
You are only eligible to obtain an MOMA artist annual pass (25,-$) (regular entrance fee 20,- $ !!!) if you can proof that you had ‘OFF-LINE’ !!! art shows. Can you believe that? Online art doesn’t count in?!? We need to change that.
The making of the Free MOMA pass:
Let’s scan this!
It seems I am artist number #7156 who got an artist pass. (This year? Since the system was implemented? Doesn t matter in fact.) The entrance guard will just scan the code and look at the read out if the pass is valid. Code format is CODE_39. Ok nice!
Let’s scan the whole thing in high res!
We better generate that magic code A000000000007156 again at Online Barcode Generator for better print quality :-) You might wanna also just become the artist pass owner #7155 in case they kick Aram Bartholl out of the DB for some reason. ;-)
Done! I recommend the Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures show on 5th floor. Awesome! Let’s meet for a make out flashmob in that ‘exhibtion’ cinema ;-)
[You might also just go to Free Friday Nights, held every Friday evening from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m :-)]
PS: See also James’ https://fffff.at/how-to-sneak-into-the-venice-guggenheim/ :-)
Lack talent? At least you gear can be FFFFFAT!
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OH SHIT! 3FRAMES!!!!
The talk I gave at Vimeo Festival in NYC (16 minutes — available here). Lessons learned from creating & publishing projects with FAT Lab, studying viral media with Know Your Meme and winning an Emmy with Star Wars Uncut.
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