#000000book is an open repository for sharing and archiving motion captured graffiti tags. Tags are saved as digital text files known as GML (Graffiti Markup Language), which can be captured through freely available software such as Graffiti Analyisis (marker), DustTag (iPhone), EyeWriter (eye movement) and Laser Tag (laser). Graffiti writers are invited to capture and share their own tags, and computer programmers are invited to create new applications and visualizations of the resulting data. The project aims to bring together two seemingly disparate communities that share an interest hacking systems, whether found in code or in the city.
The GML & #000000book development team consists of Jamie Wilkinson, Evan Roth, Theodore Watson, Chris Sugrue and Todd Vanderlin; all members of the copyleft F.A.T. Lab. Additional Flash development assistance from Manolis Perrakis.
We’re doing a small EN MASSE presentation onTuesday, 09 March 2010, from 11:30-1 in the PM. Should be an afternoon worth checkin’ out, including a performance from Vision Diversité : Queen Ka, a presentation from the editor of Ratsdeville, Éric Bolduc, and the presentation of works by Isabelle Choinière and Stéphan Ballard, Jose Luis Torres, Olivier Lefebvre et Marjolaine Samson.
This lunch time brain-enhancement will take place in the bowels of Eaton’s center, with our EM workshop being hosted at the Cafe Depot, 705 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
The schedule as follows…
ratsdeville, the visual arts’ diversity webzine, presents the “mise en lumière” of the Eaton Centre in two segments:
lunch time
11:30-12:15 : performance of En Masse
12:30-01:00 : presentation of En Masse*
after work
05:00-05:30 : musical performance of Vision Diversité : Queen Ka, slam
05:30-07:30 : artistic itinerary with Éric Bolduc, editor of ratsdeville
A 5 to 7 and a half visit to present the artists of the Eaton Centre : Isabelle Choinière et Stéphan Ballard, Jose Luis Torres, Olivier Lefebvre and Marjolaine Samson
* The presentation of En Masse will take place at Café Dépôt
The first six pictures were taken by FIVEEIGHT of Funkill Collaborations, primarily of the staircase installation and portions of the canvas wall setup…see the post bellow for more details.
Wow! Just wrapped up the EN MASSE’s participation in the 2010 edition of Montreal’s Nuit blanche festivities, realized in association with Art Souterrain, and the Festival Montreal en Lumieres. And what a ride!!
Launched on 27 February 2010, Art Souterrain is the biggest 15 day underground exhibition of contemporary art ever seen in town, bringing together a huge diversity of artists for a production spanning the 3.5 km of underground tunnels from Complexes les Ailes to Complexe Guy Favreau.
This EN MASSE creation took place in the tunnel level of Eaton Center, live from 6pm till 3am, with the participation of nearly 30 artists working on a string of canvases spanning 150ft, by 3ft high
The completed works will be soon mounted high above the walkway on the overhead bulkheads until the 13th of March, 2010, remaining highly visible throughout the commercial center…if you didn’t get a chance to check it out last night, be sure to hustle to the mall to catch it in person…the photos just don’t do justice!
As well, we received permission to pre-install an enormous 30 panel series of drawings on paper into light-boxes (each 3′x5′) , wrapping round a central spiraling staircase. This key installation will remain in the space indefinitely.
The following are a few shots of work on the staircase panels as they progressed in my studio…
The above images were a result of a couple hours work between myself (jason botkin) and a dozen or so students attending a Concordia ARTX studio class class instructed by Joanne Hui and Gisele Amantea (Associate Professor).
The class involves the collective authoring of a black and white graphic novel/narrative based on the play ‘White Mice’ by Darren O’Donnell. Pretty cool project…will be sure to post it as and when it sees completion
For 3 days, the Scottish suits have allowed 6 local artists to repaint an entire abandoned 1970’s village on their coast, they’ve called it the Ghostvillage Project. Here’s a short documentary and some pictures from the event; http://vimeo.com/8207410
Imagine what the En Masse crew would do if the city of Montreal was willing to give us access to just one abandoned building for 3 days…..
The Ghostvillage Project was created over 3 days on the west coast of Scotland. 6 artists – Timid, Remi/Rough, System, Stormie Mills, Juice 126, Derm – were given free reign to paint in an abandoned 1970s village. Working together on huge collaborative walls and individually in hidden nooks and crannies all over the site the artists realised long held dreams and were inspired by the bleakness and remoteness of the site. Drawing on the history of the village the artists’ stated intent on completion of the project was to populate the ghostvillage with the art and characters that it deserved.
On my last En Masse session, I did a wierd sharpie sketch that i then took home. Crux Mag, that is distributed for free in action sports stores all over Quebec, wa sover doing an article on my art n me and they liked teh En Masse black n white piece (which is unusual for me) that they put it on the cover. So pick up a copy or see the mag online at Crux Magazine
Posted by Chris Dyer
very much an EM style project