activist


bor • anj | ‘bôrənj; ‘bär- |
adjective

1. having the qualities of an inelegant iterative step that works
    but will eventually be replaced by something better.
2. of or like an evolutionary step.
3. having both functional and awkward qualities.

‘boranj’ is a study in the spread of ideas; an experiment in cultural evolution and idea (or meme) penetration.
We want to see if and how a word can spread from nothing into ubiquitous acceptance, so we created ‘boranj.’

superstar


“In the realm of digital poetics, the technological ability to dismiss identity is a direct articulation of class privilege.”
Aporias: The ‘I’ of New Media Poetics

With a Little Help


“Free e-books work for me.”



viva la utopia



“The Ghana ThinkTank is a worldwide network of think tanks creating strategies to resolve local problems in the “developed” world. The network began with think tanks from Ghana, Cuba and El Salvador, and has since expanded to include Serbia, Mexico and Ethiopia. In our most recent project, we sent problems collected in Wales to think tanks in Ghana, Mexico, Serbia, Iran, and a group of incarcerated girls in the U.S. Prison system.”

The Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) is a small group of artivists engaged in developing the theory and practice of
Electronic Civil Disobedience (ECD)

“The EyeWriter project is on ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people, who are suffering from ALS, with creative technologies.”

illuzia.net

art ad
evolution integration
unity infusion
recursion control

her website


“The Artvertiser is an urban, hand-held, augmented-reality project exploring on-site substitution of advertising content for the purposes of exhibiting art. The project was initiated by Julian Oliver in February 2008 and is being developed in collaboration with artists Clara Boj and Diego Diaz.”

“Poetry is what elevates the banal and neglected object to a realm of art.” — Aimee Mullins

“In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. ”

Loaded Pictures Presents ‘H2OIL’ Written & Directed by Shannon Walsh

“Moving between a local microcosm and the global oil crisis, H2Oil weaves together a collection of compelling stories of people who are at the front lines of the biggest industrial project in human history: Canada’s tar sands.”


W3C

W3C: Maintaining a Web of Humanity | CSAIL


“The Web was built upon principles of universality,” says Berners-Lee. “So any person on any device should be able to make use of any kind of data and access any kind of information. Our stated goal is to lead the Web to its full potential – that’s not a place but a direction, and our work is focused on trying to find the right direction.”

“I hope we’ll be in this business for generations to come.”


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banksy budget
activates chunky chicken micro-controllers
for an animist stir-fry of our conceptual parameters

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“I’ve discovered that the best way to protect your privacy is to give it away”


network perforations
protect remote
places from isolation




“…by participatory means, for whoever wants to start right now”

Why let all of your ideas die with you? Current Copyright law prevents anyone from building upon your creativity for 70 years after your death. Live on in collaboration with others. Make an intellectual property donation. By donating your IP into the public domain you will “promote the progress of science and useful arts” (U.S. Constitution). Ensure that your creativity will live on after you are gone, make a donation today.



1971; Committee to Help Unsell the War (New York); offset; 40 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches

maybememe


clothesuwear



“On the June 17th 2007 our group invaded media and television territory intruded and impeached its trueness as well as its credibility….”

Image of a nuclear explosion broadcast on tv by hactivists.

Regen Projects

Neurophilosophy


“…to collect human scent for future use to track a specified target”.

Preemptive Media




“Area’s Immediate Reading (AIR)…

portable air quality measurement kits”

James Nachtwey on TED Talks

“I was driven by an inherent sense that a picture that revealed the true face of war,
would almost by definition be an anti-war photograph.”

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my tangential thoughts: Abstract art is not abstract: an argument for activism

Share My World: A Photographic Study on Race and Perception

Wayne Dunkley

Dissent Magazine

Words Without Borders


Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular



Spamtrap



“Spamtrap” – watch the video



I-Witness Video



“…uses video to protect civil liberties.”


Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software – The MIT Press


Download the entire book


Magnum Photos – In Motion


essay archive


Guantanamo — Paolo Pellegrin

Critical Art Ensemble