Monday February 05, 2007
The next step in the ent series (entInt.1) is being shown at Gallery 416.
As with entDFP, it is an application that creates “art work” based on its interpretation of whether an image holds “consent”. As it finds images, it converts them into a string of text that can be searched for the word “yes”. The more occurrences of this word which are found, the more “artistic license” the application takes in generating a visual response. If “consent” is not found, it creates no derivative work.
For the current exhibit the application is running on a wall-mounted monitor next to two large scale prints (each print is 44” x 33”).
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Friday January 19, 2007
This is a photo my mom took of one of her birds “sunbathing” under a lamp.
[Photo courtesy of V. Andrla]
Wednesday January 17, 2007
My mom found a cool bat downtown today (well, a really cold bat).
Friday December 01, 2006
No Jedi knight mind trick ones tho… “this is not the data you are looking for”
Mimoco has a variety of unique USB drives – including a Darth Vader and a green 4-eyed monster.
Most importantly – they come in 2gb versions.
[link via e.c.]
Friday December 01, 2006
Learn how to make a Mini Movie and see a screening of them.
Friday, December 8, 2006
4:00-6:00 pm workshop, 8:00-10:00 pm festival
Mini Movie Workshop:
This workshop will show you how to create Mini Movies using a digital still camera, download them to a computer, display them for a live audience and publish them on the web. Some cameras will be available, but please bring your own if you have one (and its data cord).
Mini Movie Festival:
Each Fest presents submissions gathered for specific locations (i.e. submissions to Mess Hall will be screened at Mess Hall). It is not necessary to contribute a Mini Movie to attend a screening.
Mess Hall: 6932 N Glenwood, Chicago, (773) 465-4033
See the Mess Hall calendar for more information.
Saturday November 18, 2006
Moving servers… there might be some bumps. Hopefully it will all be fixed soon.
Thursday November 02, 2006
For travelers – much cooler than a single map or guide book.
For me – a person who loves maps, sketchbooks, and translucent overlays – a new obsession?
Moleskine has a new type of book – the City Notebook which I can’t wait to get a copy of. It comes with maps, tabs, and (best of all?) translucent sticky sheets.
An exhibition of artist city sketchbooks just ended in London (Detour: The Moleskine City Notebook Experience)
Tuesday October 31, 2006
The fire is finally out and the building is coming down.
Thursday October 26, 2006
Two days after the George Diamond building fire, there is still smoke pouring out.
More on the fire:
Chicago Sun-Times
ABC
Chicago Tribune
Thursday October 26, 2006
Cyberconflict—Representations of War in New Media and Electronic Games
In this year’s Chicago Humanities Festival there will be an interesting and provocative exploration of peace and war representations in new media and games.
Today’s lay "experience" of war often comes courtesy of soldier-bloggers, once-censored photographs available online, and "first-person shooter" video games. Columbia College professors of new media Dave Gerding, Annette Barbier and Brendan Riley consider the impact of these new images on our perceptions of war.
Saturday, Nov 4, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Contemporary Art, Theater (220 E. Chicago Ave.)
Register for your tickets at the MCA’s site
Thursday October 26, 2006
Blueprinting Workshop Saturday Oct 28th, 2006
This Saturday from Noon to 5PM, Mat Jinks will be presenting a workshop on blueprint technology and how to make cool blueprints.
Don Lambert & Mathew Jinks are currently exhbiting their installation "Civil Twilight: 6 degrees below horizon." at Deadtech.
Deadtech: 3321 W. Fullerton Ave. Top Doorbell (Chicago) 773 426-2828
Tuesday October 24, 2006
Luckily the building was empty and it doesn’t look like anyone was injured. Right now it is classified as a "4-alarm" fire and it looks like it will be awhile before they can put it out.
About half of Columbia’s academic buildings in the area are closed tonight due to the fire (623 S. Wabash, 624 S. Michigan, 600 S. Michigan and 33 E. Congress) .
Monday October 23, 2006
The author of Technophobia will be speaking in Chicago (at Loyola University) 11/04/06
Upcoming presentation by Dan Dinello (filmaker, writer, director)
"Dr. Frankenstein’s Footsteps" traces the significance of the amoral mad scientist who often serves as a lighting rod for contemporary anxieties about irresponsible scientists, military-funded science, and the abuses of modern technology. Dinello is the author of "Technophobia!: Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology." Rubloff Auditorium, Loyola University, Saturday, November 4, 4-5 p.m.
Friday October 20, 2006
I love sketchbooks. I keep several active ones for my own personal thought processes, the joy of spontaneous creative flow, and for the capture and and containment of fleeting ideas.
But I really love when people share theirs online.
Here are some you should check out:
Featherbed (Sketchbook) and Featherbed (Moleskine) [link via E.C. Brown]
Bearskinrug
Jacques-Louis David
Lotte Klaver
Tuesday October 03, 2006
Pioneering digital-art duo JODI in a rare public demo of their latest video-game hack “MAX PAYNE CHEATS ONLY” 10/5/2006 at the Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago)
Pioneering digital-art duo JODI in a rare public demo of their latest video-game hack “MAX PAYNE CHEATS ONLY”
Thursday, October 5 at 6:00 pm at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State / 312-846-2600 /Chicago)
Digital provocateurs JODI (Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans) pioneered Web art in the mid-’90s, upending the conventions of the emerging medium to create anarchic programs that simulated computer crashes, viruses, and error messages. The duo has wrought similar havoc on computer programs and video games, radically disrupting the language of these systems-including interfaces, commands, errors, and code-to subvert the relationship between computer technology and its users. In a rare public appearance, JODI will demonstrate their latest game modifications, MAX PAYNE CHEATS ONLY (2005), a series of “cheats” the duo compiled from the ultra-violent New York vigilante game Max Payne, along with their ground-breaking modifications of the game Quake 1, UNTITLED GAME (199602001), id Software’s game Wolfenstein 3D, SOD (1999), and the early 80s game Jet Set Willy, JET SET WILLY VARIATIONS ©1984 (2002). Co-presented by CATE, the Visiting Artist Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Department of Interactive Arts and Media at Columbia College Chicago. (1996-2005, Netherlands, ca. 60 min., various formats).
Tickets are $9 ($5 for Film Center members), $7 for all students
