Sans Neutrality

 
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Sans Neutrality is a set of two fonts, NetNeu Sans & NetNeu Serif. They are fairly standard except that the letters A, E, I, K, L, N, O, R, T, U, W, and Y—those used to spell “Network Neutrality”—have been removed.

Sans Neutrality was produced by an anonymous font-world friend, and the respective versions are based on Adobe Source Sans Pro, designed by Paul D. Hunt, and Source Serif Pro, designed by Frank Grießhammer. The text up top is by poet and NEA fellow Danniel Schoonebeek.

Click here to download NetNeu Sans

Click here to download NetNeu Serif

Like the free font? Consider making a donation in any amount to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.


 

O.K.

O.K., Solo Show, Graduate School Gallery, Brooklyn, 2009

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The show consisted of works I’d made while in Boston, most of which were informed by ideas around Creative Commons, the copy-left, hacking and word games. If I recall, I moved to NYC in 2008 and this show happened shortly after in 2009.

 

Above: Screwed Time, produced with Matt Boch. LCD display, Arduino board, cassette tape case. This was a clock that ran at half speed and every now and then ticked back one second. Made in tribute to DJ Screw.

 

Above: 20 One Copies. Spray-painted USB drives, ball-chain necklaces, mp3 files. I made twenty copies of the song One by Metallica and loaded them on to USB-drive necklaces and let people take them away.

 
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Above: Take Two (versions). Take Two is a game I’d invented to produced novel two-word phrases / concepts based on lists of the most frequently occurring words in contemporary film and television. There have been a bunch of versions over the years but this was the first public showing.

 

^ Posters:Yearbook (2004), Typing Game (2004), Neutrality Sans (early version); photocopy prints on bond at 24” x 36”. Yearbook is a collection of signatures found in the first few years of Google Images / Image search; Typing Game is a game where you type “I typed this with my [body part of your choice];” Neutrality Sans is an alphabet set and font that’s standard except that it lacks the letters A, E, I, K, L, N, O, R, T, U, W and Y.

 
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I also had some digital works running on a monitor including an early demo of 1x1x216.

 

N.E.S.T.

 
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N.E.S.T. (The North East Sticks Together)
By TD Sidell, EXiMiOUS Productions, Bodies of Water Arts & Crafts, Honeypump

We booked a “non-festival” of sorts, a week across a few venues to highlight all the different stuff going on in Boston. Some shows were at DIY venues, some at proper clubs. The idea was simply that if we put a whole lot of shows together under one name, we could get some of these artists more coverage and attention.

The N.E.S.T. logo was drawn by Ron Regé, Jr.

 

2005 Lineup:

Abhorred, About, Age Rings, Alek K Redfern, Alex Onslaught, Anderson Comedy, Animental, Aquanet, B.E.A.R.D., Bad Jaime, Badman, Bakula, Beauty Pill, Bent!, Big Digits, Black Forrest Black Sea, Black Helicopter, Blanks, Boston League of Women Wrestlers, Brenden Wesley, Bury the Needle, Certainly Sir, Cheer Accident, Christians and Lions, Clawjob, Colin of USAISAMONSTER, Conquistador, Conversions, Crystal Understanding, Cul de Sac, Dania Shapes, David Day, Diamonds in the Back, Dilly Dilly, Dirty on Purpose, DJ Casey, DJ David Dancer, DJ D'hana, DJ Frank White, DJ Joseph Colbourne, DJ Juan Maclean, DJ Ken, DJ Knife, DJ Morgan, DJ Paul Foley, DJ Sir Loins, DJ Tommee, DJ Yard, Donna Parker, Dust Galaxy, Eggplont, Eli Reed and the True Loves, Ernesto Gianola, Ettrick, Ex Models, Extinction Agenda, Faces on Film, Full Grown Spiders, Future Classics, Geoff Farina, Hallelujah the Hills, Harris, Harry and the Potters, Hats and Glasses, Headband, Heathen Shame, Hekersi, Helms, Hirudinea, Ho-Ag, Hot Lunch, In Black and White, Jana Hunter, Jason Forrest, Judah Johnson, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Kids on T.V., Kites, Lazy Magnet, Legends of Style, Lip Service, Lorna Doom, Mahi Mahi, Major Stars, Make a Rising, Mark E. Moon, Mark Robinson, Matters and Dunaway, Meanings, Mike Joy, Mittens, MMM's Live Archive, Mo Juice Mike Costa, Musk, Neptune, Nicky Click, Noosebomb, Oliver North, Our Lady of Bells, Pants Yell!, Polaris Mine, Ponies in the Surf, Punk Rock Flea Market, Rahim, Reports, Reverand Glasseye and His Wooden Leg, Revocation, Rose Melberg, San Serac, Sheperdess, Shrinking Islands, Snakes Say Hiss, Square Productions, Squids, Steve Brodsky, Sweet Theives, Thalia Zedek, The Abraham Lincoln Brigade, The Beat Awfuls, The Body, The Chinese Stars, The Desert Sea, The Elephants, The Hidden, The In Out, The Konks, The Pill, The Student Council, Tiny Hawks, Tony Gong, Traniwreck, Tristan da Cunha, Truth Serum, U.V. Protection, USAISAMONSTER, Varietae, Victory at Sea, Villains, VJ Matt Boch, Volatile , Watchmaker, Well I Never and the I (Do) Declares, Why Twist the Hair, Yoni Gordon

Media Sponsor: The Boston Phoenix

 

As part of NEST 2005, we produced a CD sampler of 20 local bands: Ringers, Toxic Narcotic, Night Rally, Mad Man Films, U.V. Protection, Ho-Ag, Tunnel of Love, Plunge Into Death, Mittens, Wildlife, Chinese Stars, Black Helicopter, Shanghai Valentine, Roh Delikat, Magic People, Devil Music, Certainly Sir, Purity’s Failure, Reports, and The Mules. I believe 1,000 or so were pressed by The Boston Phoenix and distributed around the city leading up to, and during the week’s events. You can listen to it right here.

 

2006 Lineup:

40 Watts, Achillies, Alek K Redfern and the Eyesoars, Animal Hospital, As Long as We're All Living We're All Dying, B.E.A.R.D., Badman, Big Bear, Black Helicopter, Blacktail, Bones Brigade, Bread and Roses, Brown Bird, Cassette, Certainly Sir, Cornucopia, Crank Sturgeon, Crystal Cocks Over Canada, Devil Music, Disappearer, DJ Caulder, Juan Maclean, DJ Ken, DJ P , DJ PTVN, Donna and Kate, Ed Gein, Electrosocial, Fat Worm of Error, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Fiasco, Fruit Salad, Get Killed, Get Smart, Ghetto Fighters, Goat of Arms, Hats and Glasses, Hivemind, Ho-Ag, Isolee, Jacob Berendes, Jason Anderson, Karlheinz, Kayo Dot, Khanate, Landing, Luasa Raelon, Mad Man Films, Made in Mexico, Magic People, Mahi Mahi, Major Stars, Mark Robinson, Meli, Minamata, Mittens, Night Rally, No Idols, Nurse and Soldier, Octave Museum, Organelles, Pants Yell!, Parts and Labor, Piles, Plunge into Death, PosiXforce, Pragnus Grey, Presley, Protokoll, Punk Rock Flea Market, Purity's Failure, Rainbow Bright, Ramona Cordova, Raw Radar War, Regeneration Records, Reports, Ringers, Roh Delikat, Shanghai Valentine, Shore Leave, Sinaloa, Soul-le-lu-jah, The 9 Billion Names of God, The Butcherings, The Carslile Sound, The Chinese Stars, The Gossip, The Hound, The Invisibles, The LUVs, The Mules, Oxford Collapse, The Pill, The Reputation, The Sanguine, The Teeth, The Westward Trail, They and the Children, Throne of Blood, Tigersaw, Tiny Hawks, Titty Cakes, Toxic Narcotic, Travers, Tunnel of Love, U.V. Protection, Victory at Sea, We Are Wolves, Where Are You From? Are You in School?, Wilderness, Wildlife, x-04, Yoni Gordon

Media Sponsor: The Weekly Dig

 
This CD was put out by our sponsors, The Weekly Dig, in advance of the series.

This CD was put out by our sponsors, The Weekly Dig, in advance of the series.

 

Venues

  • Great Scott (2005, 2006)

  • O'Brien's Pub (2005, 2006)

  • P.A.'s Lounge (2006)

  • The Middle East (Corner)

  • T.T. The Bears (2006)

  • The Middlesex Lounge (2005, 2006)

  • The Cyclorama (2006)

  • ZuZu (2005) The Midway Cafe (2006)

  • The Milky Way Lounge (2006)

  • YWCA (Central Square) (2006)

  • Massachusetts Art (2005, 2006)

  • Northeastern University (2005)

  • Regeneration Records (2005)

  • Chez Vous (Skate Rink) (2006),

  • The Brattle Theatre (2006)

  • Jacque's Cabaret (2006)

Partners

  • Mass Art Eventworks (2005, 2006)

  • Alex Onslaught (2006)

  • Truth Serum (2006)

  • EXiMiOUS Productions (2005, 2006)

  • Bodies of Water Arts & Crafts (2005, 2006)

  • Hot Lunch (2006)

  • The Student Council (2006)

  • The Pill (2005, 2006)

  • The Plan (2005, 2006),

  • The Dear John Letter Lounge (2006)

  • Bent! (2006)

  • Ernesto Gianola (2006)

  • MUSK (2006)

  • Honeypump (2005)

  • Varietae (2006)

  • Corleone Records (2005, 2006),

  • Square Productions (2005, 2006)

  • Aquanet (Jamaica Plain) (2006)

  • Clawjob (2006)

 

Microfortnight

March 30, 2011 at PACS Gallery

A fortnight spans 14 days.
The word “microfortnight” contains 14 characters.

This exhibition showcased the work of 14 artists who’s names are 14 characters.

The exhibition was on display for three-hours and twenty six minutes (14x14/60)

  • Leah Beeferman

  • Kevin Driscoll

  • Kerry Gaertner

  • Joshua Weibley

  • Daniel Lopatin

  • Benjamin Sisto

  • James Corrigan

  • Twos and Fours

  • Jeanette Mundt

  • S.E. Schoemann

  • A.K.A. SR PALM

  • Pierre Le Hors

  • Bennett4senate

  • Bryce Hackford

Linger On

Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, Room 1006
929 South Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90015
Tuesday January 20, 2015


Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken on February 14, 1990. One night while staying at Ace Hotel in LA for work, I was thinking about it and decided to turn my room into a small one-day only exhibition in honor of the photo. I did so using only materials found in-room, with two exceptions. One, the leaf was actually found outside my room on the window ledge of the 10th floor. Second, I borrowed a projector from the hotel to shoot onto the window curtain. Two aspects of the installation are not documented here: a sound recording of the hotel room’s key-lock “beep” slowed down 400% and the room temperature, which was set to be very cold.

 
 

Works in this show:

Leaf
Ribbon
Can in the Mirror
Epoch of Recombination
Interior Lighght
Sarsen PDX
Gemini is in the House
Helmy in Panama

And a few untitled things

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Second Life Screenshots, roughly 2004

 

Not Really Confident

Looking at Abstract Art with Microsoft CaptionBot, April 17-28 2016
An excerpt appears in CLOG (2018)

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For Not Really Confident, I've run 267 images of abstract art through CaptionBot (© Microsoft 2015), an image caption-generating AI that came online late March 2016. In CaptionBot's "own" words,  "[I] was created to showcase some of the new capabilities of Microsoft Cognitive Services. These new capabilities are the result of years of research advancements ... Specifically, I use Computer Vision and Natural Language to describe contents of images. I am still learning, so sometimes I get things wrong."

My starting place was this list of abstract painters on Wikipedia; most images of the artworks themselves were found using Google's image search.  I was familiar with maybe 15% of the artists in advance, and selected images by looking at several works by each and trying to find a decent example that summed up a main body of work, or style. Images were downloaded, then uploaded to CaptionBot for processing. You can also provide CaptionBot with an image's URL, but I opted for the upload route on the off chance the AI might search the contents of related pages for context-clues. I then took screen shots of the resulting captioned-images and organized all the before / afters into some shared folders.

As the process went on, I thought of some related works (poems, exhibition strategies, etc) which you can see under the Ideas section above. If you have any corrections, questions, or ideas shoot me an email.

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