prosthetic knowledge

manwitha.mov

My submission for the ‘Run Computer Run’ AR show exhibition ‘Economics + The Immaterial’: avant-guard film classic ‘Man With A Movie Camera’ meets 8-Bit aesthetics of computers which had an impact in Russia.

Apologies for gratuitous self-promotion - video and synopsis below:

manwitha.mov from Rich Oglesby on Vimeo.

Created for the ‘Economics + The Immaterial’ exhibition, part of the ‘Run Computer Run’ show at the Rua Red Gallery from May 25 to 13 July.
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A visual experiment of curiosity and theoretical connections, of culture and technology (in particular, Russia), information transference and reproduction through media, analogue and digital.

The project aims to be a combination of two Russian cultural artifacts, a visualization of the results. First, “Man With A Movie Camera”, an avant-guard film directed by Dziga Vertov, demonstrated the creative use of filming, employing techniques developed and practiced for years by the director. In the context of this piece, the original film could be considered a “demoscene production”, exploring and pushing the creative possibilities of a technology. Second, the growth of ZX Spectrum clones in Russia during the 1980′s, in which colour and cheap digital computing grew from reverse-engineering and redevelopment. The availability of these various computer clones evolved a homebrew creative scene around the former Soviet bloc. There is still a strong creative demoscene around these machines in Russia today.

The whole of the ‘Man With A Movie Camera’ film has been converted into a representational format within the ZX Spectrum graphics protocol, reduced to 256 by 192 pixels, with each 8 by 8 pixel area represented by just two colours available from the system. The original file was downloaded from the internet (in .mov format) – it is worth bearing in mind that this file of information itself has travelled to and from various technological formats itself: without even taking into consideration the editing and filming or the original film, the information has been transferred to video tape, then a digital video file, and then on a video hosting site, each stage which has it’s own technical protocols which would effect the fidelity of visual representation.
The film has been converted to ZX Spectrum visual protocol manually on a shot by shot basis to produce the best representation of the film as much as possible.

Other People Also Bought

Simple net art project using Amazon data to create an ongoing portfolio of product association, sometimes with interesting connections (and soothing shopping muzak).

Put together by Jonas Lund and Sebastian Schmieg:

Starting with adding the first product ever sold on Amazon, Douglas Hofstadter’s Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought, to our shopping cart, we created a script that automatically adds the next recommended item through Amazon’s “Other People Also Bought” algorithm to the same cart. The script starts as soon as someone is watching otherpeoplealsobought.com

You can check it out here

25 Internet Artists You Need to Know

Complex has produced a list of 25 online artists worth checking out - a good primer for newcomers:

Whether you believe that art imitates life or that life imitates art (or both), there’s one thing we can all agree on—the advent of the Internet has changed the process of art-making and art’s reception forever. In many cases, artists use their work to critique the aesthetic and impact of the digital age, using screenshots, collage, and an extreme combination of mediums to comment on the way we relate to the Internet. While many are skeptical about the place of this art beyond the world wide web, it’s undoubtedly an important new lane in art history. Make sure you remember these 25 Internet Artists You Need to Know and their work next time you’re thinking about your own Internet consumption.

See the whole list here

Daniel Sannwald’s directs a short film for Delfina Delettrez’s Fall 2013 line

Cool 3D animation short employs smooth zeitgeist visuals for jewellery range. Video embedded below:

More at Management Artists here

GANGSTA RIDDIM 

Great short music video combines motion graphics, 3D, net art and glitch aesthetics brilliantly:

░ GANGSTA RIDDIM ░ music video by ▌about:blank™ ░ track by Roel Funcken from about blank on Vimeo.

audio: excerpt of “Gangsta Riddim” remix by Roel Funcken. Gangsta Riddim (Original) by SCANONE. OUTSIDE RECORDINGS
video by about:blank aboutblnk.befacebook.com/aboutblnk

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GIF Wrapping 

Project connects various Net Art GIF artists randomly paired to create a unique present for each other:

GIF Wrapping is a secret-Santa style GIF exchange.

A few dozen artists are taking part; each artist has been randomly assigned another artist for whom they will create a GIF. 

On December 21 each artist will receive a unique URL to their GIF, once the URL has been accessed the GIF will become publicly available for others to see on http://gifwrapping.net.

Transfer3D - Speed Show WROCŁAW 

The first Speedshow to hit Poland arrives tomorrow (17th November) - for the uninitiated, a Speedshow is an exhibition of Net Art that takes place within an internet cafe.

Transfer3D SPEED SHOW will explore the episodic ideological background as well as trends of art that refer to the issues of three-dimensionality and interactivity. We are reviewing trends that are emerging now, and explore the evolution of three-dimensional object creation. Currently, we are at a pivotal moment where a new world of art is closer to the foundations set by virtual reality. The invited artists dissect these issues and experiment in various techniques with new technological possibilities offered to us by the Internet we have today.

Many of the featured artists are on Tumblr: Anthony Antonellis, Kim Asendorf, LaTurbo Avendon, Max Capacity, Aaron Chan, Manuel Fernandez, Isaac Hicks, V5MT, Dominik Podsiadly and more. Somehow, I’m submitting to the show as well …

You can find out more about the show and where it is located here

Illustrated people autumn winter 2012 

More proof the internet is inspiring more fashion, with this promo for Illustrated People combining lo-fi polygon computer art and GIF models with contemporary hip-hop:

Illustrated people autumn winter 2012 from PABLO & JOSH on Vimeo.

The promo was put together by Pablo Jones-soler, Joshgreet, and Bradley Bell - this is what Pablo has to say about it:

The idea for the video is based on the quote from Jello Biafra  “For every prohibition you create you also create an underground. “

It tells the story of these paradoxical super commercialised, luxury, underground sects rising up against an oppressive overlord. it looks at the way big brands try to portray themselves as underground and at the language of commercial spaces and point of sale stands.

Down and Out by Matthew Williamson 

Latest exhibit from the online Net-Art Fach & Asendorf gallery.

There is no statement or description for the work, so all I can offer is a description without (hopefully) ruining it, and I have to say, it’s a very different yet satisfying experience from a Net Art piece for as long as I remember …

It can be described as a collection of 25 works, all short videos featuring an example of 3D forms or virtual sculptures, as you can see in the above GIFs. Accompanying the visuals are off-the-cuff commentary by the artist, which are both pondering and laid-back, brief odd tangents related to culture and technology, such as ‘What is it like to go through a dead celebrity’s hard drive’, ‘cellphone love’, ‘The size of televisions for poor TV show characters have become widescreen’, and ‘They should make a Cocaine app for iPhone’ amongst the Douglas Coupland-esque oddities.

You can check out the work at F&G here

The Cecilia Prize

Genius online competition lets you ‘restore’ your own Ecce Homo with online Paint-like tools.

The Cecilia Prize for amateur restoration has been created in honour of all the fixers out there.

Tweet your entry with #ceciliaprize for your chance to win a poster of the restored Ecce Homo, the painting by the now world famous Cecilia Gimenez.

More Here

Discovered via paintedetc

Screenshots 2012 by Feréstec 

Collection of compositions created using images and windows in the Mac OS environment - More Here

The artist is also currently featured at the online net-art gallery Fach & Asendorf Gallery.

Street Views Patchwork (2009) by Julien Levesque 

Intelligent net-art combines four embedded Google StreetView scenes from different places together to create a coherent landscape scene.

It works like a slideshow, but each piece section is as functional as you would expect Streetview to be - try it out here

Qvest Magazine Fashion Shoot by Neven Allgeier 

Inspired heavily by Photoshop Net Art.

More at Nevan’s website here, and more artworks by the artist at their Tumblr blog here

Neticones 

Online net art project can turn a webcam photo into a mosaic made from Facebook icons.

Try it out here