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Mar 20, 2010
Autotrace #4 (Fishman’ s Moving and Being; performative) report
posted at 14:47 GMT by M.River in /news/mriver
Autotrace is series of works in which we use software to trace jpegs of paintings. The resulting vector graphics are used to create new artworks. Thursday night at Winkleman Gallery, we presented the 4th piece in the series as a part of #class.
In the heart of the Autotrace #4 performance, we asked the audience to pick one painter. They selected Louise Fishman. Then, from a Google Image search, one jpeg of her work to Autotrace. They selected the painting Moving and Being.
Using customized software to automate Adobe Illustrator, we have distilled the tracing process down to a simple drag-and-drop action. In this one action, the jpeg of Fishman’s “Moving and Being” was dropped onto the Autotrace software. The script launched, the software centered the image, traced each brush stroke and shape in the painting creating vector graphics for each, matched a color to each vector graphic, picked one random shape from the painting, deleted the other shapes and finally scaled-up the selected vector graphic to the size of the projection screen.
To output this new work we picked a stick of chalk that was close in color to it and I traced the outline of the shape onto the chalkboard-painted gallery wall.
Once the image was one the wall, T.Whid deleted all traces of the work from his computer’s hard drive. The artwork, now erased from the gallery wall, exists only in written and photographic documentation.
Thanks to
#class,
Winkleman Gallery,
Jennifer Dalton,
and William Powhida
so, remember kids…
(Note: T.Whid copy-edited this a tad after publication.) permanent link to this post
In the heart of the Autotrace #4 performance, we asked the audience to pick one painter. They selected Louise Fishman. Then, from a Google Image search, one jpeg of her work to Autotrace. They selected the painting Moving and Being.
Using customized software to automate Adobe Illustrator, we have distilled the tracing process down to a simple drag-and-drop action. In this one action, the jpeg of Fishman’s “Moving and Being” was dropped onto the Autotrace software. The script launched, the software centered the image, traced each brush stroke and shape in the painting creating vector graphics for each, matched a color to each vector graphic, picked one random shape from the painting, deleted the other shapes and finally scaled-up the selected vector graphic to the size of the projection screen.
To output this new work we picked a stick of chalk that was close in color to it and I traced the outline of the shape onto the chalkboard-painted gallery wall.
Once the image was one the wall, T.Whid deleted all traces of the work from his computer’s hard drive. The artwork, now erased from the gallery wall, exists only in written and photographic documentation.
Thanks to
#class,
Winkleman Gallery,
Jennifer Dalton,
and William Powhida
so, remember kids…
(Note: T.Whid copy-edited this a tad after publication.) permanent link to this post
random friday 03-19-10 (late edition)
posted at 13:18 GMT by M.River in /news/mriver
a day late but by popular demand (and by that i mean at least tim seems to have noticed it was missing ) here is your random friday mtaa-rr post
although the random friday post are for the most part random, this one points to the reason the random friday post is late.
coming up next week, the random friday post goes on the road to troy, ny permanent link to this post
Guess they are random…
posted at 12:39 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
I guess M.River’s ‘random Friday’ posts really are random as he missed yesterday :-(
M.River’s random Friday… permanent link to this post
M.River’s random Friday… permanent link to this post
links for 2010-03-19
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
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test layouts in different browsers (via Barry Hoggard)
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We'll be doing this in September.
Mar 19, 2010
Autotrace #4 (Fishman’s Moving and Being; performative)
posted at 12:26 GMT by M.River in /news/mriver
photos from last night’s Autotrace #4 at #class
more details later today… permanent link to this post
links for 2010-03-18
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
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Mozilla needs to wise up.
Mar 18, 2010
autotrace #4 tonight
posted at 13:19 GMT by M.River in /news/mriver
mccoys at #class
reminder - mtaa’s autotrace #4 tonight (6:30) at #class
winkleman gallery 621 west 27th street, new york, ny 10001 permanent link to this post
links for 2010-03-17
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
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… according to this article MS promises mp4 and h.264 video support in IE9. We'll see.
Mar 17, 2010
links for 2010-03-16
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
Mar 14, 2010
links for 2010-03-13
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
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"Welcome to AutoTrace - a program for converting bitmap to vector graphics. The aim of the AutoTrace project is the development of a freely available application with a functionality similar to CorelTrace or Adobe Streamline. I hope that it will become better than all commercially available programs. In some aspects it is already better. AutoTrace is free software. AutoTrace is distributed under the term of GNU GPL." [ *** Adobe Streamline*** That is ole skool hahahaha]
Mar 13, 2010
Reminder: Autotrace #4 at #class THIS WEEK!
posted at 17:54 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
Autotrace #4
MTAA will conduct a live demonstration of our art-making technique called “Autotrace.”
The performative variety of the Autotrace takes the form of a live, public demonstration of the technique. The mechanics of the autotrace are performed on the artists’ computer and projected before an audience. Usually the performance concludes after a single vector shape is randomly chosen from the autotraced bitmap and presented as a new aesthetic object i.e. work of art.
More on MTAA’s Autotrace series: Autotrace #2 (Nocturne; performative) and AutoTrace #1 (Full Fathom Five).
The performance will be followed by a Q&A.
When? Thu, March 18, 6:30pm - 7:30pm | add to google calendar
Where? Winkleman Gallery as part of #class (organized by Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida)
621 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
More can be discovered by searching Twitter for #class. permanent link to this post
links for 2010-03-12
posted at 02:03 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
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The NYPOST is a horrible, right-wing rag but this is pretty funny. Every cyclist in NYC noticed that this feature needs lots of work.
Mar 12, 2010
random friday post 03-12-10
posted at 15:20 GMT by M.River in /news/mriver
Mar 11, 2010
links for 2010-03-10
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
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Biking directions added to Google Maps!!!!!!!1!
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"By at least one amusing new metric, Michelangelo’s unofficial 500-year run at the top of the Italian art charts has ended. Caravaggio, who somehow found time to paint when he wasn’t brawling, scandalizing pooh-bahs, chasing women (and men), murdering a tennis opponent with a dagger to the groin, fleeing police assassins or getting his face mutilated by one of his many enemies, has bumped him from his perch."
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Some pretty good icons…
Mar 10, 2010
cory’s new painting
posted at 16:36 GMT by M.River in /news/mriver
links for 2010-03-09
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
Mar 09, 2010
links for 2010-03-08
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
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… happy to announce that we’re releasing an OS X application that does one thing: plays back a playlist of videos randomly until you make it stop. It's not the most user-friendly piece of software, but it gets the job done.
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… Electronic Disturbance Theater/b.a.n.g. lab […], have opted instead to create a poetic gesture and safety device, equipped to identify water caches on the U.S. side of the border.
Random Video App
posted at 01:05 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
I’m happy to announce that we’re releasing an OS X application that does one thing: plays back a playlist of videos randomly until you make it stop.
We call it Random Video App.
If you want to play back a bunch of videos randomly from a Macintosh computer, this will do it for you. It uses the QuickTime framework so any video that QuickTime can play will be played by this app. We’ve used it to play SD and HD video in real-world gallery situations.
Most of the code was originally written by Alex Galloway for MTAA’s “One Year Performance Video (gallery version).” It was then updated for “Karaoke Deathmatch 100.” It’s been updated and used for other pieces over the years.
For this public release, I’ve updated and streamlined the software a bit and done other little adjustments to make it suitable for distribution.
Again, it does one thing: plays back a playlist of videos completely randomly. It’s been well-tested in the real world where it’s run video installations for hours and hours with no crashes, freezes, panics or other nasty things occurring.
Download Random Video App
It’s important that you read the readme.txt distributed with the software or you won’t know how to use it. If you find it useful and you use it, let us know. It would make us happy to know it was useful to you.
more notes
- This version of the software has only been tested on OS X 10.5. If you try it on other versions of the OS and it works. Awesome! Drop us an email and let us know.
- It won’t work on Power PC-based computers. But it may if you re-compile it, which brings me to the next note…
- If you want the source let me know. It’s open source, but I’m just too lazy to clean it all up for distribution unless someone actually wants it.
Mar 07, 2010
links for 2010-03-06
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
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from Rhizome, "Ryder Ripps, of Internet Archaeology, along with Tim Baker (Delicious) and Scott Van Damme (MIT Exhibit), recently launched a beta version of dump.fm, a chat room where participants communicate solely through images. The site combines the creative back and forth of surf clubs, tumblr’s loose and rapid-fire network of image transmission, and the real time spontaneity of an old school chat room."
Mar 06, 2010
links for 2010-03-05
posted at 02:01 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid