February 2012
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WatchLinda Hilfling, A Public Domain, 2011
“A Public Domain is a reflection on and intervention into language as a commons. The project is an open wireless network, also named a public domain, which anybody can log on to access the Internet. All the data that passes through the network will be filtered in such a way that texts that are not in the public domain are substituted by empty spaces,...
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Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship
Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit.
“The first goal is an uncensorable internet in space. Let’s take the internet out of the control of terrestrial entities,” Mr Farr said.
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WatchVLF, Anthem (USA-Irak), 2011
The United States and Iraq never officially played football together. Anthem is a football game opening ceremony simulation where both teams belong to two countries at war against each other.
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“The Achilles Heel of the cloud is its vulnerability to censorship – either by...”
– Metahaven
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“To imagine another system is to extend our participation in the present system...”
– Michel Foucault, Language, Counter memory and Practice
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Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sands
The row over the EU’s plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting escalates as Canada says it ‘will not hesitate to defend its interests’
Canada has threatened a trade war with European Union over the bloc’s plan to label oil from Alberta’s vast tar sands as highly polluting, the Guardian can reveal, before a key vote in Brussels on 23 February.
“Canada...
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“My identity has become that of the speaker, the person who speaks from the...”
– (Guattari, Chaosmosis 17)
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WatchMidterm “graphic design” bachelor’s thesis presentation
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Watchyo-guy:
BRAD TROEMEL
Although I’ve largely came to the same conclusion (and I think it’s great) with regards to “anonymized art,” or “art as a meme”—images/art being deterritorialized through the blogosphere—how does one separate a video work from its author? With the current distribution model for internet art as it is, it’s impossible; this video,...
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WatchBen Rubin, State Boundaries as Audio Waveforms, 2011
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WatchBen Rubin, Afghanistan Stability/Counterinsurgency Dynamics, 2011
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WatchElliott Earls performing at Thoughts on Democracy
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Watchsocialrupture:
Non-violent direct action
Property destruction ≠ violence.
We ain’t hurtin’ nobody!