Everyone’s a Curator
August 16, 2008 at 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
This evening will feature a screening of YouTube videos curated by its audience. All are invited to select their favorite YouTube clip and submit the corresponding URL address to reserve a timeslot. Entries can be reserved ahead of time via Telic’s website (see below) or in person on the night of the event. There is no limit to the number of selections any one person can make and are strictly on a first come, first served basis to the first 50 entries. (Due to the large number of videos, please try and keep your selections around 3 minutes or less!)
$5 will reserve your timeslot and automatically enters you into a raffle of prizes donated by local businesses. Winners will be announced at the end of the evening. (After you do the Google Checkout thing below, send an email to everyonesacurator -at - telic -dot- info with your selected YouTube URL).
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Exhibitionism and Architecture
The New York Times ran an interesting article (”Yours for the Peeping” by Penelope Green) about a cultural shift from voyeurism to exhibitionism, a theme that was at the focus of the Showing exhibition with Jordan Crandall last month. The article connects social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook to the use of glass in contemporary urban architecture. Sherry Turkle makes a fantastic point about our anxiety over being alone, amidst all our technological connectedness, and how this compels us to open the window so that others will see us (with all the confirmation that provides). This question didn’t really come up during Jordan’s project, a substantive look at why we’re increasingly putting ourselves on display.
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Human Jukebox
July 16, 2007
Human Jukebox
Monday, July 16, 2007
1-4pm and 6-9pm PST
The Royal Academy of Nuts + Bolts performs karaoke on demand, in person at the gallery or streamed live over the internet.
How it works:
1. Look at the song list.
2. Donate $5 per request via the PayPal link below.
3. Songs will be performed in the order of receipt of request/ donation confirmation.
4. Watch performance here, on the Human Jukebox webpage, or at ustream.tv.
Please note:
* It can take up to 20 minutes for requests to be processed by PayPal.
* Songs requested before live broadcast will be performed when broadcast begins.
* Not all song files work: If the file you choose is corrupt, you will be asked to pick another song (no refunds)
* This is karaoke, not professional: The song will be performed with gusto, but possibly very little skill
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NASTY NETS EVENT
March 24, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Nasty Nets internet surfing club come out from behind their
computers to perform LIVE IN PERSON!!!
in person!!: Guthrie Lonergan, Joel Holmberg, Petra Cortright, Travis Hallenbeck
also: John Michael Boling, Marisa Olson
This event is made possible in part by the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
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Peter Cho - Money Plus
February 14, 2004 at 6:00 pm
Money Plus looks for money on the Internet by querying the Google search engine in real time. This project revisualizes and recontexualizes a simple web search. Viewers can ask for money + another term, ie “money and the meaning of life.” See video
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