http://www.cybergrain.com/ Jon Meyer's exploration of art, technology, and new media theory. en-us 2006-03-19T10:23:05-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/migrating_from.html On the request of my web hoster, I am migrating from MovableType to another CMS. That means comments will be off for a while until I finish the move. Visit http://www.cybergrain.com/info/feedback.php if you want to send me a comment.... jonmeyer 2006-03-19T10:23:05-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/0c0_a_new_blog.html Personal Life jonmeyer 2006-03-18T13:17:43-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/copyright_for_f.html For fine artists working in digital media (e.g. coders, Flash animators etc), what do you do if you want to participate in the remix culture (publish on the web, open source, make things free to other creators, etc.) and you also want to sell work in the art gallery context?... Art:Visual Art:Digital Art jonmeyer 2006-03-18T04:52:51-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/if_you_are_a_di.html Being a fine artist working in digital media is problematic: 1) How does your art exist as something that can be bought and sold in the fine art market - in other words, what exactly do you sell in a gallery context? Do you sell a CD-ROM (or DVD) with... Art:Visual Art:Digital Art jonmeyer 2006-03-17T14:22:46-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/is_alpha_the_ne.html 1.0 alpha In 2004 I wrote about Google's state of permanent Beta. Now that concept is enshrined in a museum: The Museum of Modern Betas. As their About page succintly says: The MoMB is a site dedicated to listing webbased applications on a beta trip. This site is in early... Technology:Software:Web jonmeyer 2006-03-16T08:19:53-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/natalie_jeremij_1.html Kate and I were wondering what it is about Natalie Jeremijenko that makes both of us think she is so great. "Simple," said Kate, "Natalie is the kind of person who turns up to a computer science department on the 12th floor wearing rollerblades." Congratulations, Natalie, on being part of... Art:Visual Art:Digital Art jonmeyer 2006-03-14T14:40:23-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/404.html I've uploaded a new web art piece, #404. It is still in its trial stages... See jonmeyer.com for other artworks.... Art:Personal jonmeyer 2006-03-13T16:28:23-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/http_gallery_an.html Check out http://www.http.uk.net/. "HTTP is London's first dedicated gallery for networked and new media art. Working with artists from around the world HTTP provides a public venue for experimental approaches to exhibiting artworks simultaneously in physical and virtual space, and for online projects that explore participative and collaborative art... Art:Visual Art:Digital Art jonmeyer 2006-03-10T08:51:50-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/lessigs_laws.html Lawrence Lessig made a passionate case at FlashForward this year that every child should be taught Flash (not an exact quote, I didn't write notes). Lessig's talk back in 2002 on transparent creativity shows him extolling the benefits of open source software and denouncing patents. [It also gives you... Theory:New Media jonmeyer 2006-03-07T13:53:49-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/boing_boing_vs.html A bit of nudity for you, in solidarity with BoingBoing and the latest bit of Internet censorship stupidity.... Politics:Media jonmeyer 2006-03-07T11:58:30-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/flashforward_pr_1.html I just finished my two presentations at FF. Wow. I had a blast. Its the first time I've talked to the Flash community, the first time I've talked on these topics, and I was pretty nervous, but I managed to talk for 3 hours without running out of words! Ajax... Personal Life jonmeyer 2006-03-02T16:59:17-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/flashforward_ke.html There is a new feeling at the FlashForward conference this year. For starters, the swag bag covered a sizeable portion of my hotel bed (above). I was most impressed by the FlashFoward/Adobe beer mat and napkin. Then there was the keynote...... Companies:Flashforward jonmeyer 2006-02-28T23:59:21-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/mxdu_on_flash_a.html pretty funny if a bit geeky and predictable.... Fun Things jonmeyer 2006-02-28T23:33:31-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/who_would_have.html I recently moved to New Cross, near Peckham in London. Its not exactly a cultural hotspot (its mostly a long row of butchers shops), so I was quite surprised when Kate forwarded me a link to Area 10, whose space is pictured above. Check out their calendar. They say... Art:Performance jonmeyer 2006-02-28T00:27:34-05:00 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/permanent.html I sometimes do Google image searches on random words just to see what comes back. Its like throwing stones into a pond and watching the ripples. Some words have peculiar and surprising ripples, where the images don't seem to match the meaning of the word. permanent is one of those.... Fun Things jonmeyer 2006-02-26T17:12:16-05:00