http://www.flight404.com/version8/index.html
Not something I was expecting to see in the "community" section with all the experimental audio/visual (live action or animation) projects, but interesting nonetheless. Each individual study comes with several images, a project description, reference links, and if its available, an animation built into the page. The site itself is easily navigable through the use of an expandable column of differing colors, each corresponding to their own project. It also keeps the content and means of navigation seperate via a subtle difference in background color, which isn't necessary but helps the site in developing its gridded and structural atmosphere throughout the page(s).
Question of the Week 3/13
The site I found in regards to the Stefan Wray article, "On Electronic Civil Disobedience", is not so much an article but rather a journal documenting accounts of ecd by the political group Why War?.
http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/10/diebold.html. It is the record of the groups actions targeting Diebold Election Systems. "[Their company], which counts the votes in 37 states, knowingly created an electronic system which allows anyone with access to the machines to add and delete votes without detection."
Question of the Week 3/6
Appropriation, especially that contained within "wider popular culture" cannot be discussed without mentioning some of the first contemporary artists to do such like Warhol and Duchamp. While they are considered innovative today, back when they practiced they made the public question whether or not their work could still be considered art or not. I also consider a lot of shows on Adult Swim as appropriation, as they tend to use characters or even complete shows out of context. Like fenslerfilms.com showed us PSAs with Sealab 2021, the show is actually a spoof of the 70s original, but with an incompetent staff and hilarious situations. And Space Ghost Ghost: Coast to Coast also uses Hanna-Barbera's 60s creation in a completely new setting.
netflag.guggenheim.org
Another overwhelmingly simple site. There are only a handful of links away from the first, as well as central, page which offer a little information on what is going on. And while it may not be the most aesthetically pleasing, given the background and flat typography, it is goal-oriented as far as getting visitors to "explore the flag as an emblem of territorial identity by appropriating the visual language of international flags." I found this interesting after our discussion of appropriation on Wednesday. Flags were not something that initially came to mind as a possible medium. However, the creators of netflag have made it possible for people to arrange aspects of countless flags from shapes/colors to symbolic objects and design their own appropriated flag to reflect their own views. It even keeps stats of how many times a certian country's flag or meaning was used in the creation of each and every submission. Simple and interesting.
