Graffiti Art @ 11 Spring Street in NYC
11 Spring Street Its final days… The building is about to go.
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Datestamp: December 18th, 2006
Archive for December, 2006
Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World
Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World
Interesting map of privacy ranking by country.
Datestamp: December 14th, 2006
Ghost Plane
Important explanation: | Ghost Plane
The following are historic flight plans that, according to a variety of aviation sources, were filed by aircraft understood to belong to companies identified in the New York Times in May, 2005 , as operated by the CIA. Please note that all flight plans were not executed, so some of these journeys may not have taken place and the actual route of the planes may have deviated from the flight plans. Further, these planes have been used for a wide variety of purposes and a great number have no connection at all with “rendition” or other prisoner operations; the planes may also have been chartered at times for use by other agencies. The Gulfstream registered N85VM and then N227SV was identified by the Chicago Tribune as regularly chartered by the CIA. The plane was however in private ownership and many of its journeys relate to private purposes. Although I have tried to make this information as accurate as possible, it may contain errors and you should not rely on it without further checks. It is published as an aid to further research, in particular to allow others to continue to establish the whereabouts of a great number of prisoners who have gone missing. Any information on the purpose of flights indicated here would be gratefully received - Stephen Grey.
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Datestamp: December 9th, 2006
Holiday Hacks
December 9, 2006
5:00 PM - 3:00 PM
540 W. 21st St.
Just in time for holiday gift-giving season, Saturday, Dec. 9 Eyebeam will be transformed Santa’s tech-workshop with a day full of artist-led workshops and DIY activities for people of all ages for the third annual Holiday Hackshop. Eyebeam’s elves go “enviro-friendly” this year with projects focused on recycling and renewable energies. Create your own fun, affordable, custom DIY gifts including recycled Altoid tin battery chargers, structures created from recycled materials, paperless video greeting cards and more. Workshops range in price from $5-25 but admission to the event is free of charge.
This year the Holiday Hackshop is joined by La Superette, an annual art market showcasing artists’ original, handmade gifts (ranging from $1-$100) including recycled accessories, multifunctional stuffed animals, artist publications, funky house wares and homemade clothes. This year La Superette has special focus on “hacks,” the custom configuration of pre-existing hardware or software. La Superette will also feature an installation by Jake Borndal and Kate Scherer, live video, music and puppet performances, organized by Kyle Lapidus, by a range of artists utilizing unique moving image techniques and a low-tech hacking methodology. For more information visit http://www.lasuperette.org/.
Datestamp: December 8th, 2006
GAM3R 7H30RY
GAM3R 7H30RY drafting online with your help
Together with the Institute for the Future of the Book, I created this website as a way to think to about games. Games, as in computer games, are the subject of my next book, GAM3R 7H30RY. I am interested in two questions.
1. can we explore games as allegories for the world we live in?
2. can there be a critical theory of games?
I thought it would be interesting to share the book in its draft state to see if these questions are something other people might have ideas on or might want to pursue. more …
Datestamp: December 6th, 2006
The Big Backyard in an Oakland Store Front
Temescal Amity Works is a two-year project by Susanne Cockrell and Ted Purves, sited in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, where we also live. We maintain a storefront, a series of free publications, a website and a crop-sharing program called the Big Backyard. The Big Backyard is formed around a pushcart that we use to collect surplus fruit from neighborhood yards, which we give away at our storefront or re-distribute in the form of collective preserves and marmalades.
Our events and programs, such as neighborhood walks, movie screenings and thematic public meetings build on this contact. We publish a series of free postcards and maps that are made available at our storefront, local bookstores, cafes and libraries. One of our central concerns is to construct an aesthetic sense of communication that carries through these varied forms in a resonant and poetic manner.
We consider the project to be a social sculpture that specifically draws on models such as mutual-aid societies, barn-raisings, DIY collectives and urban communism. We are interested in how a specific community builds relationships through its personal and transactional economies, as well as how our project might overlay itself onto those relationships and brings them into a new focus.
Datestamp: December 5th, 2006
