Meet the Renegades is a snapshot of individuals who live their life slightly differently
Mikki D > PULL THE CATCH BOOTLEG / Fat Freddys Drop /
Pull The Catch Bootleg
- Fat Freddys Drop vs Jay-Z with Mikki Dee.
Sweet Soundz. Check out the video on www.fatfreddysdrop.tv
who's afraid of Ai Weiwei? /
For decades, Ai Weiwei has been taking on the Chinese state with the apparent protection afforded by his stature in the global art world. Yesterday, he was detained by authorities at the Beijing airport as he was leaving for Hong Kong, and he hasn’t been heard from in over a day.
According to his Twitter feed (English), police visited his studio last week to carry out ambiguous inspections; yesterday, they arrived with a search warrant, detained and questioned a number of his large staff of Chinese and foreign assistants, and shut off internet access in the neighborhood. A number of computers and hard drives were seized, and with them, likely a mountain of the video footage and other material that Ai has used to document both his epic artworks (most recently: 1 million hand-painted sunflower seeds in the Tate’s turbine hall) and his Kafka-esque experiences lobbying the government for justice (see his documentary about a few days in Chengdu, when he got punched by the cops and spent four hours filling out complaint forms at the police station).
Since calls for a Middle East-style ‘Jasmine Revolution’ emerged on a US-based website last month, Chinese authorities have been rounding up scores of dissidents and human rights lawyers. With roots in the firmament of Chinese society and abroad, Ai – arguably the most important living Chinese artist – is the highest profile target of the government’s detentions so far. At some point, nothing can protect you from the Communist Party, especially when you have 70,000 Twitter followers and dissent is in the air.
“We don’t know where he is,” an assistant of Ai’s told Reuters. “We hope that he can be released as soon as possible.”
Below, see an 18 minute teaser of Alison Klayman’s documentary, “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,” as featured last week on PBS’s Frontline:
who is Anonymous?! /
Africa Addio /
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=4540134202583442015
From the release text
Africa Addio / Farewell Africa (English Subtitles)
'Africa Addio' / 'Farewell Africa' (shot in 1964; released in 1966) is a documentary film about the decolonization of Africa, made by the Italian film directors Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco E. Prosperi.
Music, composed by the Italian composer Riz Ortolani.
In the USA a censored version called 'Africa Blood and Guts' was released, which was deliberately stripped of the original music and the powerful message of 'Africa Addio' - so the censors were able to portray the destruction, cruelty, savagery and genocide performed by the Africans as a 'struggle for independence'. The directors Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco E. Prosperi dissociated themselves from this Hollywood (per)version of their film.
Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching /
Date: 1993
This book is dedicated to:
Edward Abbey 1927-1989
John Zaelit (Mr. Goodwrench) 1954-1986
Bill Turk (The Mad Engineer) 1953-1992
Wilderness needs no defense, only more defenders
WWW turns 18 << /
Eighteen years ago today, CERN released the source code of WorldWideWeb - the first Web browser and editor - into the public domain.
"CERN's decision to make the Web foundations and protocols available on a royalty free basis, and without additional impediments, was crucial to the Web's existence. Without this commitment, the enormous individual and corporate investment in Web technology simply would never have happened, and we wouldn't have the Web today." - Tim Berners-Lee, Director, WWW Consortium
The WorldWideWeb browser
The first web browser - or browser-editor rather - was called WorldWideWeb as, after all, when it was written in 1990 it was the only way to see the web. Much later it was renamed Nexus in order to save confusion between the program and the abstract information space (which is now spelled World Wide Web with spaces).
I wrote the program using a NeXT computer. This had the advantage that there were some great tools available -it was a great computing environment in general. In fact, I could do in a couple of months what would take more like a year on other platforms, because on the NeXT, a lot of it was done for me already. There was an application builder to make all the menus as quickly as you could dream them up. there were all the software parts to make a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get - in other words direct manipulation of text on screen as on the printed - or browsed page) word processor. I just had to add hypertext, (by subclassing the Text object)
This is a (242kB) screen shot of the browser, taken when things had got to the point that Communications of the ACM was interested in an article, in 1993. The differences between this and the first edition (Christmas 1990) were:
- The whole thing would have been grey scale as NeXTs were at the time just grey scale;
- The inline images such as the world/book icon and the CERN icon, would have been displayed in separate windows, as it didn't at first do inline images.
screen shots of the first browser
[ from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb ]
History
Berners-Lee wrote WorldWideWeb on a NeXT Computer[4] during the second half of 1990, while working for CERN. The first successful build was completed on December 25, 1990, after only two months of development.[5] Successive builds circulated among Berners-Lee's colleagues at CERN before being released to the public, by way of Internet newsgroups, in August 1991.[5] By this time, several others, including Bernd Pollermann, Robert Cailliau, Jean-François Groff,[6] and graduate student Nicola Pellow – who wrote the Line Mode Browser – were involved in the project.[5]
The team created so called "passive browsers" which don't have the editing prospects because it was hard to port the ability editing pages like on the NeXT system to other operating systems.[2] The port to the X Window System (X) wasn't possible as nobody on the team had experience with X.[2]
Berners-Lee and Groff later adapted many of WorldWideWeb's components into a C programming language version, creating the libwww API.[7]
A number of early browsers appeared, notably ViolaWWW. They were all eclipsed by Mosaic in terms of popularity, which by 1993, had replaced the WorldWideWeb program. Those involved in its creation had moved on to other tasks, such as defining standards and guidelines for the further development of the World Wide Web – e.g. HTML, various communication protocols, etc.
On April 30, 1993, the CERN directorate released the source code of WorldWideWeb into the public domain, making it free software. Several versions of the software are still available to download from evolt.org's browser archive. Berners-Lee initially considered releasing it under the GNU General Public License, but eventually opted for public domain to maximize corporate support.[8][9]
message from Tim Berners-Lee at the 10 years WWW in the public domain
FREE REVOK <<< /
recently ARTIVIST posted on various social networks >> LA graff artist REVOK arrested at LAX...
read the lead story HERE << REVOK ARRESTED / LOS ANGELES TIMES
ASKEW, Known Gallery, and 1xRUN have teamed up to raise money for REVOK’s Legal Defense Fund
Today we’re releasing a print by ASKEW, and 100% of the proceeds will go to REVOK’s legal defense fund. In light of the recent arrest of REVOK, we’re releasing this print to help the cause. REVOK has been a big supporter of past 1xRUN releases and we’re down to do what we can to help.
"A few weeks ago I completed this painting for my good friend Revok. At the time it was purely a symbol of appreciation for the support and friendship he has shown me over the time I've known him. At the time I put this image up on the Internet I said that it's one thing to meet an artist that you admire so much and they give you the time of day but for them to become such a loyal friend, so staunchly in your corner -that's something I'm grateful for beyond words. It saddens me that today I know my friend has been dragged into the system - a system that fears what he represents to others and as a result he is subject to being made an example of to deter others. In the midst of Los Angeles' current climate, with a war waged on art in public space that is excessive to say the least I also feel that Revok has become a symbol for the city and law enforcements anger. The danger of this is the way it can skew the course of true justice and the basic right to a fair and objective treatment within the system. Those that know the entire story know what I am talking about. The lengths that law enforcement, particularly the LA County Sheriffs Department have gone to harass Revok over the past 3 years. The amount of energy and resources that have gone into pursuing and convicting him could only be justified if what I am saying is correct. Revok has transcended beyond being just another person doing graffiti to become a leader and a major influence on writers the world over. There is significant power in that - he has become a symbol and the powers that be seek to destroy that. My fears for my friend is that although he has been sentenced that it's not over. Now that he is trapped within the system they could potentially seek to charge him with more - a fact alluded to in yesterday's news reports. This is a tactic often employed by law enforcement - to make defending yourself a financially exhaustive scenario, not to mention with significant restrictions of communication being that he is already incarcerated. It is not cheap to defend yourself in the US legal system and with no means to earn money while locked up this a very real concern. This is why today I'm appealing to Revok's fans, friends and supporters to do what they can to help him out. The good people at 1XRun have offered to run an edition of this wall I painted as a quality Giclee print to help raise money for any costs related to supporting Revok in this crazy situation. I thank you all in advance for your time and support. Let us as a community set a positive precedent and stand up for a person that has given so much influence to this art form." - ASKEWhttp://1xrun.com/runs/freeREVOK
About Askew
Askew One: Born 1979, Palmerston North, New Zealand Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand
Askew One is a multi-disciplinary artist mostly renown for his graffiti art paintings. Widely regarded as one of the New Zealand graffiti scene’s driving forces he has managed to remain at the forefront of the movement whilst working tirelessly behind the scenes in a diverse array of projects. A restless personality, a touch of ADD mixed with a childhood amidst the 80’s sugary-diets, TV parenting and general explosion of mass pop-culture shaped Askew during his formative years. His work draws greatly from New Zealand’s geographical isolation and it’s subsequent desire to feel inclusion through pop-cultural appropriation. He is particularly intrigued in how trends mutate and break beyond being a caricature of their source. He is currently focussed on helping re-define the New Zealand graffiti aesthetic along with his main contemporaries, members of TMD, RTR and GBAK crews. Steeped in the foundation and tradition of ‘NYC Subway’ influenced graffiti, Askew wishes to see writing thrive in New Zealand, evolve past mere imitation or what he terms ‘Karaoke Painting’. Although working primarily in aerosol paint, Askew is versed in graphic design, illustration, photography, publishing, music and moving image. He also collated and co-authored a book about New Zealand graffiti, ‘In-Form’ which was a Montana Book Awards finalist in 2008Find out more @ http://www.askew1.com/
Mac vs. PC: A Hunch Rematch /
The latest data project at HUNCH was to analyze how self-described Mac and PC people are different. The infographic below, designed by the talented folks at Column Five Media, breaks it down.
HUNCH Blog <<< for more background and analysis, including some comparisons to findings from 18 months ago when HUNCH first looked at this issue.
Oh, and once you’ve checked out the infographic, head back over to Hunch.com to create an account and get personalized recommendations that are customized to your tastes.
Drawing The Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring /
Drawing The Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
This 1989 documentary by Elisabeth Aubert contains some great footage including Jeffrey Deitch with a hair helmet.