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May 31, 2005
the History of Sampling....
Jesse Kriss has created an amazing "interactive visualization of the history of sampling." Check it out here. (Above is the sampled content of Straight Outta Compton.)
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May 23, 2005
Graffiti Analysis on display....
The Graffiti Analysis application will be on display in the Parsons gallery starting this Wednesday, May 25th, from 6-8pm at 66 5th Ave. (NYC). There will be a lot of other fun new media projects on display as well, so it should be a good show. More specific info is pasted below.
The day of the opening I will also be officially done with graduate school, so after the show I will attempt to drink myself into a coma.
Parsons Design + Technology Annual Thesis Exhibition
May 26 - June 10
Opening Reception: Wednesday May 25, 6 - 8pm
Aronson Galleries
66 Fifth Avenue
and Gallery at 2 West 13
Mon-Fri 9-9, Sat-Sun 9-6
http://dt.parsons.edu/events.html
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May 21, 2005
Graffiti Analysis: 05/15/05 footage...
Video documentation of last weekends projections in the West Village and Washington Square Park.
Click here to view.
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new cory arcangel site....
Cory Arcangel is pretty much my favorite person making art with code. Check out his new web log. I have also started to digitally stalk him at http://del.icio.us/fi5e/cory
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May 20, 2005
When the President Talks to God....
I might be a little late to the party on this one, but I heard this Bright Eyes song called "When the President Talks to God" today while listening to KEXP. You can download it for free if you have iTunes here. He also performed the song live on the Leno show which can be viewed here.
"When the president talks to God
Are the consonants all hard or soft?
Is he resolute all down the line?
Is every issue black or white?
Does what God say ever change his mind
When the president talks to God?"
On the same show they also played a track called "Memorial Day" by the Perceptionists which can be heard here.
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May 18, 2005
Graffiti Analysis: Village....
Graffiti Analysis photos from last weekends projections in Washington Square Park and the West Village. Big thanks thanks to KATSU for adding his tag into the mix. Also thanks to ALEJANDRO, GARB, PHONG, and LADY FI5E for all the help with projections and documentation. Video footage coming in the next few days.
click here for more photos
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May 16, 2005
JESUS SAVES on the XBOX?...
Today WoosterCollective had a post about a video game called Steel Monkeys for the XBOX 360. They were excited about the use of a BAST poster in the gaming environment, but I'm pretty sure that if you look closely you will see the last few letters of a JESUS SAVES tag. You be the judge.
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fi5e interview...
I did an invterview with nerve magazine about the N.W.A. Explicit Content Only project. Check it out here.
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May 14, 2005
KATSU: Graffiti Analysis...
I'm really excited to have KATSU involved with the Graffiti Analysis sessions. He is definitely one of my NYC favorites. Big thanks to him for taking part, and stay tuned for more projections coming soon.
Below are screen captures of his tag as processed by the Graffiti Analysis application.
Click here for larger images
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Digital Creative Arts....
I recently did an illustration for the typography issue of Digital Creative Arts magazine which is currently on the stands. The issue is pictured above, and my contribution was an illustration of a city scape rendered in text as pictured below. Benjamin Wachenhe did the illustration of the figure.
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May 12, 2005
JESUS SAVES sketch book....
Images from Jesus Saves's sketch book:
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May 10, 2005
Graffiti Analysis mobile unit...
Footage from last Sat. nights Graffiti Analysis projections in DUMBO and Williamsburg. Thanks as always to HELL, JESUS SAVES, and AVONE, as well as Alejandro, Illegal Observer, and Lady fi5e who assisted in the projections and documentation.
click here to view video
click here to view photos
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323 on 17th...
I know I recently posted some 323 stuff, but I just came across this one today. Each character is on a different side of one mailbox. Now tell me that is not the most beautiful '3' you have ever seen. I really need to meet this person, if anyone has any clues please pass them onto me.
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May 08, 2005
BANKSY books...
A while back lady fi5e ordered me a bunch of BANKSY books for my birthday which are amazing. A hint if you want to buy them for yourself, try amazon.co.uk instead of amazon.com. BANKSY is one of my favorite people who makes stuff. When people talk about how graffiti shouldn't be on the Internet or in books and should only exist in the city I always site BANKSY as an example of why that isn't true. If I had to choose between keeping graffiti "pure" and having never seen a BANKY piece I would take BANKSY any day. Below I typed up some of my favorite quotes and passages from Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall, Cut It Out, and Existencilism:
"Brandalism
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall building and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you. You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights, and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like and with total impunity. Fuck that. Any advert in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have rearranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs."
"People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don't actually have to behave like one."
"You could say that graffiti is ugly, selfish and that it's just the action of people who want some pathetic kind of fame. But if that's true it's only because graffiti writers are just like everyone else in this fucking country. There is this idea that people who write Graffiti are just frustrated scribblers who couldn't make it in the art world, but that's not really the point. It's better being outside anyway. Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something or changing stuff than anything indoors. Graffiti has been used to start revolutions, stop wars and generally is the voice of people who aren't listened to. Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss. Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it's a tool; "I'll meet you in that pub, you know, the one opposite that wall with a picture of a monkey holding a chainsaw". I mean, how much more useful can a painting be than that?"
"There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place."
"Dissent pays the rent."
"The Human Race
The human race is an unfair and stupid competition. A lot of the runners don't even get decent sneakers or clean drinking water. Some people are born with a massive head start, every possible help along the way and still the referees seem to be on their side. It's not surprising some people have given up competing altogether and gone to sit in the grandstand, eat junk food and shout abuse. What we need in this race is a lot more streakers."
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May 04, 2005
Graffiti Analysis Photos...
Below are photos from last Fridays Graffiti Analysis projections. Huge thanks to ALEJANDRO for shooting these images. They can also be viewed at a larger resolution here.
Also, it was great seeing Kilgore at the thesis presentation of this work yesterday, thanks for coming out.
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Muppets Sing NWA...
Peter sent me this link to the Muppets singing NWA's Fuck Tha Police
Click here to view
(not good for at work viewing...)
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May 01, 2005
Graffiti Analysis: mobile...
I finally got the projection system running through the car battery. These are projections I did Friday night with the help of FONG and ALEJANDRO, in parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Click here to view
I will be presenting this video along with the Graffiti Analysis application in my thesis review this Tuesday. If anyone would like to come my studio starts presenting at 8:30am, and mine will be from 2-2:30pm in Parsons Auditorium (66 Fifth Avenue ).
Other thesis reviews are listed here. They are supposed to be open to the public but not many people take advantage this. Come sneak into a few, it is normal to come and go. And if sitting through 35 minute presentations doesn't sound like your idea of fun than be sure to come to the Design + Technology Annual Thesis Exhibition, May 26 - June 10
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, May 25, 6 - 8pm
Aronson Galleries
66 Fifth Avenue
and Gallery at 2 West 13
Mon-Fri 9-9, Sat-Sun 9-6
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AVONE...
I was really excited to have the opportunity to meet with another of my favorite NYC graffiti writers this weekend. When I first moved to New York AVONE was one of the first tags I really started paying attention to. He had tags running from my front door to just about anywhere I found myself walking. It is a real honor to have him involved in the Graffiti Analysis sessions.
This is a screen capture of AVONE's tag as read by my application.
I didn't know this until he told me, but his tag still spells AVONE when flipped upside down. I did a quick video study of this, click here to view. Huge thanks to AVONE.
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