Apr 17, 2009

onKawaraUpdate (v2) by MTAA

This art work updates and automates (via software) the process-oriented nature of On Kawara's "date paintings" (the Today series). The artist's labor is essential to process-oriented art. What happens when that labor is removed?

instruction
If this web site is visited by anyone on a particular day, a date page is created. If no one visits on a particular day, no date page is created. Click the large date for news clips from that day. Click the 'more' link for archives.

This work is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL. Download the source code.

Stop motion animation: Wolf and Pig
Boing Boing
Here is a really nice piece of stop motion animation using photo prints displayed in a room and then re-photographed. (Thanks, Kirsten Anderson!)...

Master multitouch technologies and more — on iTunes U
Apple Hot News
For two weeks now, Evan Doll and Alan Cannistraro have enjoyed the rapt attention of their students. Eager to learn how they can write apps for iPhone and iPod touch, they’ve signed up for “iPhone Application Programming,” a ten-week course offered by Stanford University’s School of Engineering. Like to sit in? No need to matriculate; simply subscribe to the free course on iTunes U.

Mad Men star 'set for Brand film'
BBC News | Entertainment | World Edition
Elizabeth Moss, star of US drama serial Mad Men, is among the actors joining Russell Brand's new Hollywood film.