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The catalog is published by Blurb, and is available here.

“Ghosts” is comprised of found images of ghosts with descriptive text provided by the photographer (or someone with knowledge of the photo). In an attempt to remove image noise, the photographs were repeatedly blurred by a Gaussian function until their most basic elements were left, revealing the visual essences of the ghosts.

Two of my works will be exhibited at the SIGHT.SOUND [INTERACTION] 6 exhibition at the MICA (The Ghost of Vannevar Bush Hacked My Server and Date Paintings [You Tube]). The show opens November 12, 2011.

From the exhibition curator, Jason Sloan:

“This annual exhibition brings together a broad selection of local and international artists exploring the language of interaction, new media technologies, sound and video all within within the framework of self-expression.”

The exhibition includes work by Aram Bartholl, Steve Bradley, Gonzalo Fernandez, Aaron Oldenburg and Chang Park.

Today is the final day of the 2011 Designs on E-learning - Future Learning Spaces conference taking place in Helsinki, Finland. I was unable to attend, but do have work being shown in conjunction with the conference — The Sky is Falling (A Day in the Life…) Terminal Grant Edition. You can read about the conference here, read about my project here, and view it online here.

From the conference website:

The notion of space regains fresh momentum every time we interact with the world around us. As mobile devices weave into the fabric of everyday life, we are no longer confined to a specific location, time and place in accessing and interacting with communications technologies. Interfaces become more adaptable and fluid according to the user’s needs; capable of switching seamlessly between augmented, real and virtual information and communication techniques and practices.

Part New Media Artwork, Part New Media Art Funding Source
As a way for the new media arts community to fund itself, and using Google AdSense to generate ads based upon the terms grants, new media and art, revenue created by ad click-throughs will be collected into grants of $1000 and used to fund web-based new media art projects. Grant application details will be available here as soon as the first $1000 has been collected.

Grant 1 Juror: Constant Dullaart (new media artist)
Grant 2 Juror: Michael Mandiberg (interdisciplinary artist and scholar)
Grant 3 Juror: xtine burrough (media artist, educator and author)

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I’m a contributing author for a new text from Routledge, Net Works: Case Studies in Web Art and Design. My chapter is focused on the project Color Field Paintings (Browser). The book is available from Amazon here.

From the publisher:

Net Works offers an inside look into the process of successfully developing thoughtful, innovative digital media. In many practice-based art texts and classrooms, technology is divorced from the socio-political concerns of those using it. Although there are many resources for media theorists, practice-based students sometimes find it difficult to engage with a text that fails to relate theoretical concerns to the act of creating. Net Works strives to fill that gap.Using websites as case studies, each chapter introduces a different style of web project–from formalist play to social activism to data visualization–and then includes the artists’ or entrepreneurs’ reflections on the particular challenges and outcomes of developing that web project. Scholarly introductions to each section apply a theoretical frame for the projects. A companion website offers further resources for hands-on learning.

Combining practical skills for web authoring with critical perspectives on the web, Net Works is ideal for courses in new media design, art, communication, critical studies, media and technology, or popular digital/internet culture.