Projects tagged
Science & Technology
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Ostrich
Read more: OstrichThis interactive, site-specific project is a comment on how we – constantly attached to mobile devices – neglect to observe the environment around us. Like ostriches, we willingly trap our heads, minds, and imagination in a fantasy world that is…
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Edward Snowden Hologram
Read more: Edward Snowden HologramNEW YORK — Hours after police removed an illicit bust of Edward Snowden from its perch in a Brooklyn park on Monday, artists replaced it with a hologram. The group of artists — who collectively call themselves “The Illuminator” and…
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Edward Snowden bust
Read more: Edward Snowden bustWhile most people slept, a trio of artists and some helpers installed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Brooklyn on Monday April 6. They fused it to part of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, a memorial to Revolutionary…
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The Realist
Read more: The RealistAsaf Hanuka is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Tel Aviv, Israel. His illustrations span the themes of technology, revolution, war, Judaism, and depictions of family life and the individual in modern day society. While also employed for commercial illustrations…
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The Oatmeal Protests SOPA and PIPA
Read more: The Oatmeal Protests SOPA and PIPAOn January 18, 2012, numerous website across the internet called for an internet blackout in protest of SOPA and PIPA. SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect IP Act, were a series of bills promoted by…
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The Ferengi Plan (AKA How to Throttle the FCC to Dial Up Modem Speeds)
Read more: The Ferengi Plan (AKA How to Throttle the FCC to Dial Up Modem Speeds)On May 9th, 2014, NeoCities.org, installed measures designed to slow the bandwidth of the FCC’s IP addresses on Neocities’ homepage, throttling their bandwidth down to 28.8kbps modem speeds (the same speed as dial up). NeoCities has demanded a $1000 “ransom”…
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cheLA
Read more: cheLAMost cheLA activities are organized around a series of workshops, which may act in combination, are designed as areas of aesthetic, technological and theoretical concentration, and structured to promote their development. Its core activities are research and experimentation residences. As…
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The Drone Project – A Participatory Memorial
Read more: The Drone Project – A Participatory MemorialMedia artist Joseph DeLappe announces the completion of “The Drone Project: A Participatory Memorial” on the campus of Fresno State University in California. DeLappe worked for 2+ weeks on campus with over 100 students, interns and local volunteers to construct…
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Dark Side of the Prism
Read more: Dark Side of the Prism“Dark Side of the Prism” is a Firefox Add-on that provides a soundtrack for our surveilled internet meanderings. The public recently learned that the US National Security Agency’s on-going internet surveillance program, Prism, collects data from users of major websites.…
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Bug Splat
Read more: Bug SplatA giant art installation targets predator drone operators In military slang, Predator drone operators often refer to kills as ‘bug splats’, since viewing the body through a grainy video image gives the sense of an insect being crushed. To challenge…