With billions of images stitched together in the street-view matrix, it is highly unlikely two artists operating independently of one another would happen upon nine identical scenes. On the other hand, in the huge dataset that is GSV, it’s understandable that artists would gravitate towards scenes that appeal to human emotion once they are identified and permalinked.

Navigating the Puzzle of Google Street View ‘Authorship’ ~ Pete Brook – Raw Files – Wired Magazine

“In Tumblr and blog culture, authorship tends to get lost as interesting texts get blogged and reblogged without even the expectation of citation,” says Rafman. “I’ve had my entire blog stripped and reposted on someone else’s blog without attribution. In fact, you know you have ’succeeded’ on the internet when your work is circulated so much that you lose authorship. The notion of an internet ‘commons’ can be a two-edged sword.”

Rafman’s Nine Eyes and Wolf’s A Series of Unfortunate Events are the two most well-known and most circulated projects of the Google Street View (GSV) ilk. Rafman continues to add images to Nine Eyes, while Wolf has since ventured into newer sets with a geographical focus on Paris and New York.

Telefoneando al plomero, BsAs 28-04-09  De la serie “Mantenimiento”

Martín Castillo Morales on Flickr

I ‘met’ Martín Castillo Morales a few years back through Flickr, as I was intrigued by his pictures of women and interiors, and the casual ‘day in the life feel for his subject matter. His photography reminded me of the writing of Henry Miller, and I could not stop looking at his life through his photo stream. Martín Castillo Morales lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and he seems to be publishing his work and getting into shows these days.  His work is compelling on several levels and I figured, since I revisited his Flickr site this morning, I might as well make an homage post on the relaunch of Rave + Remix.

“5 Million Dollars 1 Terrabyte” (2011) is a sculpture consisting of a 1 TB Black External Hard Drive containing $5,000,000 worth of illegally downloaded files.”

Found via TechDirt + The Next Web

Gallery 404: Art 404 is an online portal and exhibition space interested in the contemporary technological art movement.

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STAR CATCHER
my true adverntures with the stars
and the songs they sing
part two

Don’t miss this return engagement of last year’s Standing Room Only hit!
Maurice Peterson tells more juicy stories of his personal encounters with the superstars
including Cher, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Lionel Hampton, Lisa Left Eye, Eartha Kitt, Joan Collins, Beyoncé and more A-list celebrities,
and sings the songs they made famous.
featuring special guest stars: Berkshire Idol winner, Catie Damon & Michael Lowe

SATURDAY, May 3 2008
two shows: 8:00 & 10:00
Rumpy’s
(the cabaret of The Village Inn)
16 Church Street
Lenox, MA 01232

HIRO Celebrate Thanksgiving Day at La Bottega Music by Suss One and DJ Sematic at The Maritime Hotel

371 West 16th Street at 9th Ave Weds. Nov 21, 2007

VHS or Beta, Moving Units & 33Hz Live
Free Live Show in Atlantic City!!!

Here’s a great excuse to get out to Atlantic City… Unbelievably, we are able to offer our loyal GBH customers free admission to this top notch bill….
VHS or Beta (who have never sounded better), Moving Units (who have been away for toooo long) and 33Hz (who are set to take off any minute now) will be playing live at House of Blues…
and it is free to everyone on the GBH list…

For free admission for you and your friends, just RSVP with your name and number of guests to info@gbh.tv
Remember to say you are on the GBH Guest List when you arrive at the door.

It’s all taking place at:
Club Harlem in the House of Blues
at the Showboat Hotel,
Atlantic City.
Doors 8.30pm. 18+ w/I.D.

Thomas Ruff studied photography from 1977 to 1985 with Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Art Academy). Ruff names Walker Evans, Eugene Atget, Karl Bloßfeld, Stephen Shore and William Eggleston as his main influences. From 2000 to 2005 Ruff taught Photography at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (the previous “Becher-Class”).

During his studies in Düsseldorf, Ruff developed his method of conceptual serial photography. His initial main topic was the interior of German living quarters, with typical features of the 1950s to 1970s (room portraits and design details). This was followed by similar views of buildings and portraits of friends and acquaintances. These are typically shown with emotionless expressions, in very large, passport-style portraits of great detail and high resolution. In a discussion with Philip Pocock (Journal for Contemporary Art, 1993), Ruff mentions a connection between these portraits and the police observation methods in Germany in the 1970s during the German Autumn.

Ruff gave up shooting his own images in a recent series, Nudes, using porn-stills pulled from the Internet. Ruff continues to address photography in the age of the Internet in his latest work, jpeg, an ongoing series of massively enlarged versions of downloaded compressed files, a process that maxes out the resolution to near abstraction. Link Show Link