tHis tHanksgiviN'

hUngry..... and and...iNvoCatioN

one two...one two.

i mEt this giRl wHen i was ten years oLd...


in it to win it.

yOu know them staKes is hiGh.

viBe... viBaratioN

Readings for Avalon's presentation 11/15

Sorry to not get these out sooner. Look at the pieces in the pdfs below. I'll be sharing even yet another pdf as well. Sticking to my tendency to be contrary (this time to myself) I won't be giving much in depth "context" to San Keller's work. Instead I'll be presenting him to you through my research and from my direct experiences of his work and from anecdotes he shared with me when he visited Portland. There is some overlap in these pdfs but that's ok.

www.likeyou.com/brigitteweiss/San_Keller_DOK_e.pdf

http://www.martinrudolf.com/SanKellerCatalogue.pdf

Also the music page we created:

http://myspace.com/actionsofsan

And San's Memosan game:

http://www.zimmerfrei.li/memosan/index.php

Readings for Thursday 11/15

I e-mailed the articles that I'd like you to read for Thursday's class. If you didn't receive them and would like me to resend them, please let me know. In addition to the readings, please familiarize yourselves with the content of the two shows we'll be discussing: Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution and Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art via the web-sites linked here.

Thanks,
B

Links for Next Thursday

Hope everyone is enjoying the reading on memes. The middle article is kinda dense, but lays a lot of good groundwork. Feel free to skim that one if you want.

Here are some examples of internet memes and viral marketng. Enjoy.

all your base
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4AuN6pN1kY

super mario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZpD0btOZx8

amateur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rlc2XTbPA8

flying toasters
http://www.screensavers.com/afterdark/

dancing hamster
http://www.hampsterdance.com/classorig.html

blingee
http://blingee.com/

wassup?
http://www.aeonity.com/ab/soundboards/television/wassup-commercial.php

lol cat
http://lolcat.com/

kikomon
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kikkoman-e

spinning leek
http://dojo.fi/~rancid/loituma__.swf

birdy nam nam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PqvDwBOp9Y

cartoon network bomb scare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_Scare
http://zebbler.com/friends/ATHF/ATHFZebblerMission1websm.mov
http://www.adultswim.com/tools/img/cards/home/012907/012907_covers_04.jpg

ok go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI


dancing baby
http://www.burningpixel.com/Baby/BabyMus1.htm

christmas ringtones!
http://www.monstertones.com/ringtones/artists/christmas-ringtones.html

Thursday Readings

Read this:
TRUTH IS A VIRUS: Meme Warfare and the Billionaires for Bush (or Gore) by Andrew Boyd

and this:

Affirmative Action; Tom Vanderbilt on The Yes Men

and this for a definition and history of Culture Jamming:

Culture Jamming on Wiki

If you want to find out more on The Yes Men and The Billionaires For Bush, peruse the list "Culture Jamming Organizations or People."

Extra if interested:
This Wikipedia article explains Internet Memes

Some other stuff of possible interest, not mandatory:
Activism in the Information Age, The Yes Men on Bill Moyer
Tactical Media (both tactical and media are links)
Google Bomb
Flash Mobs
Thing.net
Dow v. Thing A Free-Speech Infringement That's Worse Than Censorship
Hactivism

Thursday Readings

We'd like you to read the following article on the conservation of new media. Then check out the bamfa and variable media sites to get an idea of what and how this issue is being handled...

http://artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=1170

http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/about/avantgarde

http://www.variablemedia.net/

Browse some of the following sites...just play around and look at how artists are using new media in different ways...

http://www.deborahoropallo.com/

http://yoonlee.info/wst_page5.php?idx=12&file=images/untitled6web.jpg&&ID2=E5UoTs

http://010101.sfmoma.org/

http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/category/new-media-art/

www.camilleutterback.com

http://www.uwec.edu/newsreleases/06/oct/1002SUPERvision.htm

http://rhizome.org/editorial/fp/blog.php/184 / http://artonline.jp/07.html

http://rhizome.org/object.php?47180

Your meeting today 11/1

Dear MFA group,

If you need a computer and projection for your meeting tonight, I will be in the lecture room at 5:30 where you can gather and show any relevant visuals.

I hope you all received the email I sent out last week outlining the expectations for your oral presentation, written materials and final questions. Your final grade will depend on completion of these projects.

Please let me know what resources or specifics you need as you prepare for the end of the term, or if you have any questions.

-Molly