Networked Art Forms and Tactical Magick Faerie Circuits
Big day today: it’s the opening of our “Networked Art Forms and Tactical Magick Faerie Circuits (NAF:TMFC)” which is a “…durational event including symposia, exhibition, performances, workshops and social gatherings that will take place in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 31 May – 30 June 2013 at Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania (CAST) and on the Internet.” See the schedule here – of note are Florian Cramer’s keynote, contribs by Josephine Bosma and Matthew Fuller plus workshops by Julian Oliver + Danja Vasiliev [oh + some weird “txtual coding sheete” by someone called netwurker?;)]
Facial Weaponization Communiqué: Fag Face from zach blas on Vimeo.
“The Facial Weaponization Suite develops forms of collective and artistic protest against biometric facial recognition–and the inequalities these technologies propagate–by making masks in community-based workshops that are used for public intervention. One mask, the Fag Face Mask, is a response to scientific studies that link determining sexual orientation through rapid facial recognition. This mask is generated from the biometric facial data of many queer men’s faces, resulting in a mutated, alien facial mask that cannot be read or parsed by biometric facial recognition technologies.”
Fag Face Mask
Instagram Is from technopaul productions on Vimeo.
In a culture immersed in technology, Instagram is reviving adventure, face to face community and real relationships. How can something so digital get people out from behind their devices and into the analog world?
In association with technopaul productions
Directed by Paul Tellefsen
Featuring Kyle Steed, Brenton Little, & Allison Anderson
Cinematography by Paul Tellefsen
Original Score written and performed by Tyler Linahan
Intro Score written and performed by Chase Burnett
Created with the help of the Instagram community.
www.instagramis.com
Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK)
“Random Hacks of Kindness Melbourne (RHoK) is a not for profit local group that is part of a global movement of hackers who are hacking for good around the world. We invite participants to work together to produce practical open source solutions to development problems related to disaster risk, major crisis (like bushfires, floods and earthquakes), and the challenges of climate change.
What is RHoK?
RHoK is a global hackathon that takes part twice a year. It was started in 2009 by Google, NASA, Yahoo!, Microsoft and the World Bank, and since then RHoK has been bringing together thousands of people around the world to create open source solutions that can save lives and alleviate suffering. RHoK Melbourne events encourage participants to develop solutions that can be used, in particular, to help people prepare for and respond to natural disasters. Melbourne is again taking part in the next global RHoK event in June this year.
RHoK Global Hackathon – 1st & 2nd of June
The next RHoK is approaching fast. You can sign up to the event via Eventbrite
See our Press Release here.
RHoK Melbourne will be located at Swinburne University Hawthorn, in the TD building.”
“Unknown Pleasures” using 3D printing[Image Credit: Michael Zoellner via 3ders.org]
