This is a great idea - courtesy of Don Relyea:

Reductionizer converts bitmap images to html table layouts and provides for easy scaling of cells using sliders and text entry fields. It has a very reductionist lean to it, in that it is easy to reduce a photograph down to a more abstract lower resolution image. It exports to both graphic and html formats. It has editing functions like a pencil, eraser, paint bucket and hand tools to allow for more creative freedom

http://www.donrelyea.com/reductionizer_project.htm

Here’s an example of a vdeo converted:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/diwo2009/sondheim/

I’ve just made this short satirical graphic micro-novel, based on events last week involving Mr Mandelson on holiday in Greece and the introduction of internet piracy punishments. It’s pretty fictional as well I have to say.



Open the PDF here

Inspired by the Truth about Markets, and the discussion of how the western economies are on effectively a ‘Sugar High’ after so much bailout money (which explains all the talk of green shoots) and how this ‘high’ is going to wear off very soon, with dramatic consequences for the US (and probably UK as well).

Inspired by recent events at British Airways, Google, LinkedIn… more and more workers are expected to do stuff for free. BA reckon they’re in dire straits financially (probably through bad management), Google just made $1.5 billion profit, and are simply exploiting creative people - who too often are expected to work for free.

I came across his work while reading a book “Panic Attack” that my wife recently bought me. I’d never heard of him before, and really like this image:

This is interesting as well - as it’s something I instinctively find myself doing:
“Juxtaposing images with text was a favoured artistic technique of the time” (in art from the Punk era). So maybe I’m just a typical product of my time? Probably!

GA2009 will be held in Italy, at Politecnico di Milano University, 15-16-17 December 2009.

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Michael Szpakowski won the Jury Prize for ‘Incident’ at the Pocket Films Festival (for movies made with mobile phones) in Paris.

Lovely film, reminds me of French new wave.

Workshop is a detour through the city of Ghent guided by environmental data. Fit up with a self-made antenna, city walkers are dwelling through the electro magnetic fields of Ghent.

Reminds me lots of my “Tense Nervous Headaches” project. Would be good to share our ideas.

The latest salon competition looks great, and I’d love to enter a piece of work.

And I love this picture:

Trouble is they’re asking artists to pay for the privilege: “In order to apply to Salon 09 you will have to be registered as a member of Matt Roberts Arts. Membership lasts for a calendar year, and costs £8 for British based practitioners … ”

Why charge? Seems unfair considering most artists are skint.

Came across this site, which covers interesting interactive work from a mainstream entertainment angle: “The goal of SubmarineChannel is to create new, interactive, cross media formats that use the qualities of the Internet and that can also migrate to other media, like television, mobile devices and film. SubmarineChannel is both a distribution and a production platform for filmmakers and interactive artists who are exploring the potential of the web” …

“SubmarineChannel gathers the most stylish, offbeat, original and arresting artworks for the net into one place. You’ll find linear and interactive works, because the bottom line is using new media to create new experience”…
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