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'because text is boring'
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
The dark side of the cell
The dark side of the cell is an audio-visual event treating one of the most interesting recent discoveries in nano-biotechnology: cellular sounds.
The tool with which the cell sounds are extracted – the atomic force microscope (AFM) – can be regarded as a new type of musical instrument. Unlike microscopes that use optical imaging, the AFM 'touches' a cell with its small tip, comparable to a record needle 'feeling' the bumps in a groove on a record.
Listen to mp3s here
Thanks Sascha
Saturday, June 05, 2004
Extreme fullscreen
Fullscreen QTVRs from 'Inside the Mouth of Dr. John Riley' to 'On Top of Mount Everest'
Ambigrams
words that can be written upside down, mirrored or from behind.
Also see here
via sensible erection
Friday, June 04, 2004
Japanese toy turns CDs into record
"it also says that you can record onto CD-ROMs or 'the lids off of cups of ramen'!"
via boingboing
you will find an english translation of the page there
Wizard People - NOT Harry Potter - by Brad Neely:
"Wizard People, Dear Reader is an unauthorized re-envisioning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by Brad Neely. To experience it, viewers need to get a copy of the first Harr"
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Paul Smith's Typewriter Art
His pictures are based on these characters:
@ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _
via milk and cookies
mermaids, merman, and sea nymphs
A collection of vintage postcards featuring mermaids and mermen, with a few advertisements, posters, photographs, and illios thrown in for good measure
Nicosphere 3000 / The discreet smoking system from Chemistry
"With the Nicosphere 3000 you can enjoy the smoking freedom of yesterday with the smoking technology of tomorrow"
via 3bruces
June 2, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Beatriz da Costa
ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE
Feds STILL unable to distinguish art from bioterrorism
Grand jury to convene June 15
HELP URGENTLY NEEDED - SEE BELOW
Three artists have been served subpoenas to appear before a federal
grand jury that will consider bioterrorism charges against a
university professor whose art involves the use of simple biology
equipment.
The subpoenas are the latest installment in a bizarre investigation
in which members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force have mistaken an
art project for a biological weapons laboratory (see end for
background). While most observers have assumed that the Task Force
would realize the absurd error of its initial investigation of Steve
Kurtz, the subpoenas indicate that the feds have instead chosen to
press their "case" against the baffled professor.
Two of the subpoenaed artists--Beatriz da Costa and Steve Barnes--are,
like Kurtz, members of the internationally-acclaimed Critical Art
Ensemble (CAE), an artists' collective that produces artwork to
educate the public about the politics of biotechnology. They were
served the subpoenas by federal agents who tailed them to an art show
at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The third artist,
Paul Vanouse, is, like Kurtz, an art professor at the University at
Buffalo. He has worked with CAE in the past.
The artists involved are at a loss to explain the increasingly bizarre
case. "I have no idea why they're continuing (to investigate)," said
Beatriz da Costa, one of those subpoenaed. "It was shocking that this
investigation was ever launched. That it is continuing is positively
frightening, and shows how vulnerable the PATRIOT Act has made freedom
of speech in this country." Da Costa is an art professor at the
University of California at Irvine.
According to the subpoenas, the FBI is seeking charges under Section
175 of the US Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, which has
been expanded by the USA PATRIOT Act. As expanded, this law prohibits
the possession of "any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system"
without the justification of "prophylactic, protective, bona fide
research, or other peaceful purpose."
(See for the 1989 law and for its USA PATRIOT Act expansion.)
Even under the expanded powers of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is difficult
to understand how anyone could view CAE's art as anything other than a
"peaceful purpose." The equipment seized by the FBI consisted mainly of
CAE's most recent project, a mobile DNA extraction laboratory to test
store-bought food for possible contamination by genetically modified
grains and organisms; such equipment can be found in any university's
basic biology lab and even in many high schools
(see "Lab Tour" at critical-art.net for more details).
The grand jury in the case is scheduled to convene June 15 in Buffalo,
New York. Here, the jury will decide whether or not to indict Steve
Kurtz on the charges brought by the FBI. A protest is being planned at
9 a.m. on June 15 outside the courthouse at 138 Delaware Ave. in
Buffalo.
HELP NEEDED
Financial donations:
The CAE Defense Fund has so far received over 200 donations in amounts
ranging from $5 to $400. This is a wonderful outpouring of sympathy,
but a drop in the bucket compared to the potential costs of the case.
To make a donation, please visit caedefensefund.org
Letters of support:
Letters and petitions of support from biologists, artists, and others,
especially those in positions of responsibility at prominent
institutions or companies, could be very useful. See
caedefensefund.org for a sample letter of support.
Legal offers and letters of support:
If you are a lawyer, offers of pro bono support or offers to write
amicus briefs would be very helpful.
BACKGROUND
Early morning of May 11, Steve Kurtz awoke to find his wife, Hope,
dead of a cardiac arrest. Kurtz called 911. The police arrived and,
after stumbling across test tubes and petri dishes Kurtz was using
in a current artwork, called in the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Soon agents from the Task Force and FBI detained Kurtz, cordoned off
the entire block around his house, and later impounded Kurtz's
computers, manuscripts, books, equipment, and even his wife's body for
further analysis. The Buffalo Health Department condemned the house as
a health risk.
Only after the Commissioner of Public Health for New York State had
tested samples from the home and announced there was no public safety
threat was Kurtz able to return home and recover his wife's body. Yet
the FBI would not release the impounded materials, which included
artwork for an upcoming exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of
Contemporary Art.
While most observers assumed the Task Force would realize that its
initial investigation of Steve Kurtz was a terrible mistake, the
subpoenas indicate that the feds have instead chosen to press their
"case" against Kurtz and possibly others.
To donate to the CAE Defense Fund, and for up-to-date information on
the case, please visit caedefensefund.org
For more information on the Critical Art Ensemble, please visit
critical-art.net
To join a list about the case, please visit
CAE_Defense Yahoo Group
Articles and television stories about the case:
appliedautonomy
washingtonpost
newsday.com
buffalonews
On advice of counsel, Steve Kurtz is unable to answer questions
regarding his case. Please direct questions or comments to
media@caedefensefund.org.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Beatriz da Costa
ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE
Feds STILL unable to distinguish art from bioterrorism
Grand jury to convene June 15
HELP URGENTLY NEEDED - SEE BELOW
Three artists have been served subpoenas to appear before a federal
grand jury that will consider bioterrorism charges against a
university professor whose art involves the use of simple biology
equipment.
The subpoenas are the latest installment in a bizarre investigation
in which members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force have mistaken an
art project for a biological weapons laboratory (see end for
background). While most observers have assumed that the Task Force
would realize the absurd error of its initial investigation of Steve
Kurtz, the subpoenas indicate that the feds have instead chosen to
press their "case" against the baffled professor.
Two of the subpoenaed artists--Beatriz da Costa and Steve Barnes--are,
like Kurtz, members of the internationally-acclaimed Critical Art
Ensemble (CAE), an artists' collective that produces artwork to
educate the public about the politics of biotechnology. They were
served the subpoenas by federal agents who tailed them to an art show
at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The third artist,
Paul Vanouse, is, like Kurtz, an art professor at the University at
Buffalo. He has worked with CAE in the past.
The artists involved are at a loss to explain the increasingly bizarre
case. "I have no idea why they're continuing (to investigate)," said
Beatriz da Costa, one of those subpoenaed. "It was shocking that this
investigation was ever launched. That it is continuing is positively
frightening, and shows how vulnerable the PATRIOT Act has made freedom
of speech in this country." Da Costa is an art professor at the
University of California at Irvine.
According to the subpoenas, the FBI is seeking charges under Section
175 of the US Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, which has
been expanded by the USA PATRIOT Act. As expanded, this law prohibits
the possession of "any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system"
without the justification of "prophylactic, protective, bona fide
research, or other peaceful purpose."
(See for the 1989 law and for its USA PATRIOT Act expansion.)
Even under the expanded powers of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is difficult
to understand how anyone could view CAE's art as anything other than a
"peaceful purpose." The equipment seized by the FBI consisted mainly of
CAE's most recent project, a mobile DNA extraction laboratory to test
store-bought food for possible contamination by genetically modified
grains and organisms; such equipment can be found in any university's
basic biology lab and even in many high schools
(see "Lab Tour" at critical-art.net for more details).
The grand jury in the case is scheduled to convene June 15 in Buffalo,
New York. Here, the jury will decide whether or not to indict Steve
Kurtz on the charges brought by the FBI. A protest is being planned at
9 a.m. on June 15 outside the courthouse at 138 Delaware Ave. in
Buffalo.
HELP NEEDED
Financial donations:
The CAE Defense Fund has so far received over 200 donations in amounts
ranging from $5 to $400. This is a wonderful outpouring of sympathy,
but a drop in the bucket compared to the potential costs of the case.
To make a donation, please visit caedefensefund.org
Letters of support:
Letters and petitions of support from biologists, artists, and others,
especially those in positions of responsibility at prominent
institutions or companies, could be very useful. See
caedefensefund.org for a sample letter of support.
Legal offers and letters of support:
If you are a lawyer, offers of pro bono support or offers to write
amicus briefs would be very helpful.
BACKGROUND
Early morning of May 11, Steve Kurtz awoke to find his wife, Hope,
dead of a cardiac arrest. Kurtz called 911. The police arrived and,
after stumbling across test tubes and petri dishes Kurtz was using
in a current artwork, called in the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Soon agents from the Task Force and FBI detained Kurtz, cordoned off
the entire block around his house, and later impounded Kurtz's
computers, manuscripts, books, equipment, and even his wife's body for
further analysis. The Buffalo Health Department condemned the house as
a health risk.
Only after the Commissioner of Public Health for New York State had
tested samples from the home and announced there was no public safety
threat was Kurtz able to return home and recover his wife's body. Yet
the FBI would not release the impounded materials, which included
artwork for an upcoming exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of
Contemporary Art.
While most observers assumed the Task Force would realize that its
initial investigation of Steve Kurtz was a terrible mistake, the
subpoenas indicate that the feds have instead chosen to press their
"case" against Kurtz and possibly others.
To donate to the CAE Defense Fund, and for up-to-date information on
the case, please visit caedefensefund.org
For more information on the Critical Art Ensemble, please visit
critical-art.net
To join a list about the case, please visit
CAE_Defense Yahoo Group
Articles and television stories about the case:
appliedautonomy
washingtonpost
newsday.com
buffalonews
On advice of counsel, Steve Kurtz is unable to answer questions
regarding his case. Please direct questions or comments to
media@caedefensefund.org.
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Propeller Island City Lodge Space-Cube
"Shall we sleep together or in separate beds? You can decide at the last moment and crank the illuminated barrier between the bed halves up or down."
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Monday, May 31, 2004
COME TOGETHER
A flash movie about The Beatles' song.
Click the screen for karaoke mode.
And here is another one tomorrow never knows
And the 3rd I feel fine
via Twist & Turns
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The original radio broadcasts [RealPlayer]
The MP3s, read by Douglas Adams himself.
via The Cartoonist
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Tales of Future Past
Enter a world where engineers have no budgets. A world where gigantic machines promise mankind a future of unlimited romance, adventure, and really big robots. It's Tales of Future Past!
via bifurcated rivets
Friday, May 28, 2004
Boycott Gillette
Hidden cameras in GILLETTE spy shelves take mug shots of people who pick up their products!
Consumers have asked Gillette to stop putting RFID "spy chips" in their products, but Gillette has ignored our concerns.
via The Presurfer
drawing chat
Great art chat orgy!
Update: Link is currently down, but you can go here or there to have the same experience !
While logging in you can change your avatar and your drawing colour by clicking on it!
Thursday, May 27, 2004
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