FYI
Election ‘08: How the Internet is Re-shaping National Politics
I can’t remember who was doing this as a topic and if it was for the second or third travelogue, but it should be an interesting event regardless and is very relevant to our coursework. Reposted:
Grassroots organizations like MoveOn.org and Meetup.com played a significant role in the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election. Campaign ‘08 has thus far been a very different project, with some of its most crucial points playing out across YouTube.com, viral marketing, and blogs. For Election ‘08, leading critics, artists, and media strategists will address the increasing role the Internet and digital technologies have come to play in national politics and focus specifically on the ways new media have been used for advocacy in the run-up to the election.
The panel will be moderated by Jason Pontin, Chief Editor of the MIT Technology Review; Panelists include Farai Chideya, host of NPR’s News and Notes, and founder of PopandPolitics.com; Jonathan Askin, a strategist on Barack Obama’s Technology Advisory Board and Professor at Brooklyn Law School; Beka Economopoulos, artist and founder of The Change You Want To See; and Liza Sabater, founder and publisher of Culture Kitchen and Daily Gotham.
The event takes place April 11th at the New Museum and is $8 for non-members.
ShiftSpace @ Dorkbot Wed 7pm
It’s all here:
something silly. nothing academic here
have you ever thought of trying to rip off insurance companies? check this out. just remember that next time you smoke, you could be sued for arson. to read it, just click on the article until it gets big enough to actually read
For today’s class: Wikiality
It was mentioned before, but should be discussed in class today:
March 20: Dead-in-iraq: Performance by Joseph DeLappe
Location: Eyebeam
540 W. 21st Street, New York, NY 10011
www.eyebeam.org
Cost: Free
Eyebeam artist Joseph DeLappe will enact his ongoing protest and memorial work set within the U.S. Defense Department’s online military recruiting and marketing video game, America’s Army. Using the login name “dead-in-Iraq”, DeLappe enters the multiplayer game as a player and, forgoing fighting, uses the game’s features to memorialize US military members killed in Iraq.
Live performance followed by discussion with Joseph DeLappe and Mark Tribe.
The Iraqimemorial.org project site features a growing online exhibition of artist proposals in media ranging from traditional sculptural monuments and installations to experimental works utilizing performance, digital technologies and sound.
HELP! This is a weird request
Hi all
Sometime on tuesday I lost my pencil tin, it looks like this minus the watercolors
only more beat up and with the rubber band around it. Its just a dumb case for my pens and pencils, however I did have a real nice pen that my father gave me, and it kinda has a lot of sentimental value. So if you saw it abandoned after I bolted out of class on tuesday and picked it up/saw it sitting there, it would be awesome it if you could let me know.
Sorry for spamming the blog like this, im just panicked.
thanks,
Max
Shake it like a Polaroid!
I just saw that Polaroid will be shutting down its stores and it made me sad. Just wanted to share the story with you guys.
This seems wrong to me, not only because I love Polaroid, but because Polaroid pictures provide a raw quality that seems to be taken away from digital cameras…
