Eyebeam

Eyebeam, based in New York City, is the leading art and technology center in the USA. Eyebeam provides a fertile context and state-of-the-art tools for digital research and experimentation. It is a lively incubator of creativity and thought, where resident artists and technologists actively engage with culture in addressing the issues and concerns of our time. Eyebeam challenges convention, celebrates the hack, educates the next generation, encourages collaboration, freely offers its contributions to the community, and invites the public to share in a spirit of openness: open source, open content, open distribution.

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GML, or Graffiti Markup Language, is an open file format designed to store graffiti motion data.  It's been used in projects like the EyeWriter, Graffiti Analysis, DustTag, and Laser Tag, all of which have been uploading GML tags to000000book.com, a site/database where graffiti writers are encouraged to share tags and computer programmers are invited to create new visualizations based on the resulting data.  The project aims to bring together two seemingly disparate communities that share an interest hacking systems, whether through code or in the city.

Currently, there are over 40,000 tags in the #000000book database.  For the F.A.T. GOLD exhibition currently on display at Eyebeam, artist Theo Watson redrew these tags back into physical space.  The cascading display showcases tags in chronological order, from the very first ones drawn by Tempt1, to the most recent captured by a variety of GML-powered apps.

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Updated Description of Ninja Shadow Warrior

Ninja Shadow Warrior will be a stand alone photo booth arcade game using the Kinect camera, computer and eventually a touch screen. As the ninja, the player must use ninja magic to hide, by "becoming" objects. The objects become progressively difficult to "become," as each level is cleared. The highest score achieved during a game will be posted on ninjashadowwarrior.tumblr.com and there will also be a leader board incorporated into the game.  The game promotes face-to-face cooperative interaction through strategy, as multiple ninjas can fill out object silhouettes more accurately. This project is currently a work in progress in X-lab. If I am not working on it, it will be available for testing. Try it out and visit us at ninjashadowwarrior.tumblr.com!

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I Just Launched The Hip-Hop Word Count Kickstarter Campaign

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tahero:

Moshiri

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tahero:

Crown Heights (w/Wite-Out)

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tahero:

Only 12 Trying To Tell Me That He Liked My Style

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tahero:

Moshiri

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tahero:

Virginia Is For Lavers

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Coupersètique

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tahero:

Williamsburg

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tahero:

Queensbridge

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tahero:

Dom Kennedy Locals Only

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tahero:

Susie! Throw It Out The Window! SUSAY! Don’t Play With Me MotherF… Sue!

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bastardswordsman:

I am thoroughly confused by the present day as a whole. Why lie? The lines have completely blurred and I have trouble determining reality from parody in today’s music and entertainment industries. Things that people use to joke about as extremes are often happening and being passed off on us…

Rap Research Group #3: Hip-Hop As International Export / December 29 / http://bit.ly/rapresearch

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tahero:

Peace, GOD.

Rap Research Group #2: Religion / December 15 ~> http://bit.ly/rapresearch

Is Hip-Hop just A euphemism for a new religion? The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missing?  -Kanye West on 'Gorgeous'