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F.A.T. friend and GML collaborator Golan Levin has released the latest addition to the world of Graffiti Markup Language……. GML Stenciler: Laser Cut Patterns from Graffiti Markup Language. He writes:
“We announce the release of GMLStenciler, an open-source software project for converting Graffiti Markup Language (GML) drawings into vector-art stencils suitable for laser cutting. This free tool solves the problem of transforming GML’s widthless linear strokes into adjustably-thickened stencil patterns with automatically bridged islands. GMLStenciler is built in openFrameworks, an open-source C++ toolkit 
for creative coding; it can be downloaded here (with complete source code) for Windows and Mac OSX.”
For more information, downloads and source code, view Golan’s project post.
UDATE: documentation of the show here!
SPEED SHOW vol.2: who the fuck do you think you are talking to?
One night group show. The second show of an ongoing series: SPEED SHOW
Opening!
Thursday, 8th of July 2010, 19:00 – 22:00 h
Kaukas Handy Shop, Äussere Mariahilferstr. 178, Vienna (G-maps)
Participating artists: (more info and links after the show here)
– Margarete Jahrmann & Renate Christian
– JODI
– JK Keller
– Greg Leuch
– Michael Marcovici
– Will Moffat & Peter Burns
– monochrom
– Evan Roth
– Sakrowski
– Gordan Savicic
– Michael Schieben
– Georg Schütz
– Chris Sugrue
– Philipp Teister & Kim Asendorf
– UBERMORGEN.COM
– Jamie Wilkinson
curated by Aram Bartholl 2010
Curatorial Statement:
SPEED SHOW vol.2: who the fuck do you think you are talking to?
The 2nd edition of the SPEED SHOW presents again a wide selection of pop.net.art pieces and addresses various developments of performance related but still screen based art works. Most interaction and communication on the web bears it’s very own performance character. One could say Facebook is a huge mass performance piece. net.art in it’s classic form could be considered a performance by interactivity as well. In recent years artists from different fields work increasingly in a mix of performances and digital interventions. In some cases the screen itself, the beholder of the pixel is subject to fluctuations. In other works the performance is acted out by a hysterical mass or just by the code.
Austrian art especially from the 60/70ies is very well known for their provocative performances and inexorable public interventions. With a regional focus on Vienna based artists mixed with international coders and net renegades the SPEED SHOW vol.2:who the fuck do you think you are talking to? presents a wide range of works from political activist, body interaction and net-performance related art.
‘Show Me What You Got!’
Aram Bartholl 2010
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Credits: Thx to Georg Schütz for Vienna support!
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Kaukas Handy Shop,
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F.A.T. members, collaborators and friends will be all up in wine country this week. Street artist Mark Jenkins is guest curating an interactive design festival, Les Grandes Traversees, taking place this week and next in three cities on the west coast of France. The festival highlights work from designers, street artists and new media artists that directly interacts with the city. Chris Sugrue and I will be premiering the new Graffiti Analysis 3.0 (coming soon to a browser near you) and collaborating with DJ Rupture on GA3.0’s new audio input functionality. I will also be showing a new 3D printed sculpture of a tag by L’Atlas and Chris will be showing Delicate Boundaries. Theo Watson will be showing a new project, as well as working with Chris and me on merging Laser Tag into Graffiti Analysis, creating the ultimate software for graffiti writers (more on that soon). Theo, Chris and I will also demo the EyeWriter. Other friends of F.A.T. in attendance include Mark Jenkins (who will be showing new work), Improv Everywhere, Paul Notzold (who will be premiering a new project) and Benjamin Gaulon (who will be blasting TEMPT1 tags in paint balls). See below for a complete list of artists.
If you are in France this week come join us….we’ll be in Royan (July 2-4), Soulac (July 6-7) and Bordeaux (July 8-10).
For more information on the Les Grandes Traversees: Interactive Design Festival, go to lesgrandestraversees.com.
Here is a sneak peak at the new Graffiti Analysis 3.0 from a test last night in Royan:
Artists:
Mark Jenkins, Sandra Fernandez, Chris Sugrue, Aakash Nihalani, Paul Notzold, Theo Watson, Evan Roth, Charlie Todd (Improv Everywhere), Jared Gradinger, Masagon, Sydney Ogidan, Truthtag, DJ Rupture, Erell, Ruskig, Benjamin Gaulon
and Tim Conlon.
Aakash Nihalani:
Improv Everywhere:
Mark Jenkins:
Chris Sugure:
Benjamin Gaulon:
Theo Watson & Evan Roth:
Paul Notzold:
Tim Conlon:
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