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Interview about upcoming solo exhibition in Detroit…

evan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:15:04 +0000

The following excerpt is from an article in the most recent Issue (#30) of huck magazine and talks about my upcoming solo exhibition ‘Welcome To Detroit’ at Eastern Michigan University:

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Re: SXSW Calling / Featured Speaker Invite

evan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:11:35 +0000

Hi XXXX,
Although the offer of a discounted hotel room is very tempting, I’m going to have to respectfully decline. I know this isn’t your policy personally, but could you pass the message up the ladder that this is a really disrespectful invitation that shows how little SXSW as an organization values artists. I’ve attached logos of your corporate sponsors below. I hope at future versions of SXSW you find a way funnel any of that money (or the money from your $1195 tickets) to the artists.

For more of my thoughts on this matter you can see my response to SXSW’s 2009 keynote invitation (it’s sad to see not much has changed since then):
http://www.blog.ni9e.com/why-i-wont-be-at-sxsw/

And this brilliant video I found on youtube (via Steve):

Thanks for your invitation, I know it comes from a sincere place. However, I respect my own work (and that of fellow artists) too much to consider an invitation like this.

All the best,
Evan

On 1/12/2012 11:09 PM, XXXXXX wrote:
> Hey Evan,
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> Great, glad you’ll be stateside around that time. In the midwest I believe?
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> As for a speakers fee, we do not offer one to anyone who comes to present. That’s been our policy from keynotes and featured speakers on down to general panel sessions since our inception.
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> But all speakers do receive a comp’d Gold badge (about $1k value) which gets you into all Interactive and Film events as well as a discounted hotel room. You would also be presenting in a 2400 capacity room.
>
> Other speakers of note coming this year: Ray Kurzweil, XXXXXX, XXXXXX, XXXXXX, Tim O’Reilly, XXXXXX, Dennis Crowley amongst others…
>
> Hopefully this is a possibility for you.
>
> XXXXXX

WWW LOVE Badge

evan — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:35:30 +0000

A .gif for those that love the web. Please use as you see fit.

Cache Composition: Archived Oct. 2, 2011

evan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:47:58 +0000

(Full size image here)

SOPA / GoDaddy: Big Mistake

evan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:09:43 +0000

This is how I feel when registering domain names post GoDaddy SOPA meltdown.

1:1 Scale Tom Selleck

evan — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:27:37 +0000

http://1.1-scale.com/tom-selleck/

Gingers In Paris (X-MIX 2011)

evan — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:02:55 +0000

Welcome to the 8th annual X-MIX, an end of the year mixtape celebration. As always, these aren’t necessarily songs released this year, but just a collection of things I’ve listened to in 2011. Thanks to Bobby, LM4K and DJ Prepare for floating many of these tunes my way. Merry X-MIX Internet!
Gingers In Paris: X-MIX 2011 (34:26)
mp3:xmix2011-GINGERS-IN-PARIS.mp3
Download: GINGERS-IN-PARIS.zip
Tracking listing:
- Shake Your Tree, Tracky Birthday
- how to Warp a song in Ableton 8 (new), YouTube user innerstatejt
- 48 Laws of Power audio book, by Robert Greene
- Hard In the Paint, Waka Flocka Flame (remix by MartyParty)
- Gucci Gucci, Kreayshawn
- Turnt Down, Hodgy beats
- Nightcall, Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx
- Feather, Little Dragon
- Swerve, Shabazz Palaces
- H.O.V.A., S. Carter
- Michael Knight, Currensy ft. Raekwon
- Dinner Guest, Styles P
- 15th And The 1st, Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame
- Limit To Your Love, James Blake
- Niggas In Paris, Jay-Z & Kanye West
Ghosts of X-MIX past: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

All HTML Color Names In Alphabetical Order

evan — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:50:14 +0000

http://all-html.net/color-names/alphabetical/

Detroit Architecture

evan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:42:33 +0000

Some photos from my most recent trip to the D.

Occupy the Internet Exhibition

evan — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:02:10 +0000

(Full flyer here)
I am curating an exhibition in association with F.A.T.‘s Occupy the Internet initiative. This Tuesday at 9am EST new animated gifs from a group of leading net artists, internet activists, street artists and comedians will appear simultaneously on the over 700 websites running the Occupy the Internet script. More information here.
When:
November 1 to November 4
Where:
On fffff.at, evan-roth.com and all of the 754 websites (and counting) currently running the Occupy the Internet script.
Participating artists:
Aram Bartholl
Brad Downey
Constant Dullaart
Olia Lialina & Dragan Espenschied
Mark Jenkins
La Quadrature Du Net
Jonah Peretti & Chelsea Peretti
Ryder Ripps
Rafael Rozendaal
Telecomix
Charlie Todd
UBERMORGEN