September 2011 Archives

Libre.fm update for September 2011

Exciting times are ahead for Libre.fm. Work has increased on the site and Matt, Rob and the developers (Elleo, jurg, Clint, kabniel, warp and the others) are committed to delivering some truly fantastic features on the site over the coming year.

To kick things off, we have a promotion with Flattr where you’ll be able to get an account and donate some money to your favorite Libre artist (or to the site itself), and Flattr will pick up the payment.

We have plenty more things to share with you, and for this we need to email you. For this, you need to be registered on Libre.fm, so if you didn’t get this message, go register now.

During the coming months, we hope to have some new exclusive Libre artists, news on local Libre.fm events in your area and some new features for the site, as well as a return to the monthly Libre.fm podcast (we just need to collectively harass Mike for that one!) — all together, this could be our best year yet!

We also have good work coming in the design of the site. After the previous round of excellent work by Pablo Lizardo, we’re working with another local (Boston) artist, Brendan Mruk. Brendan is working closely with me to get some concept art together, and we’ll soon be digitizing the work and sharing it with you all.

Until then, you can see an example of Brendan’s work, here.

Remember, you can support our work directly by making a donation: we accept PayPal, bitcoins, Flattr and more!

Collaboration and Freedom - The World of Free and Open Source Art

A collection of artworks, texts and resources about freedom and openness in the arts, in the age of the Internet. Freedom to collaborate - to use, modify and redistribute ideas, artworks, experiences, media and tools. Openness to the ideas and contributions of others, and new ways of organising and making decisions together.

This non exhaustive collection is intended to inspire, inform and enable people to apply peer-to-peer principles for making things and getting organised together. We hope that all art lovers, makers, thinkers, organisers and strategists will find something for them from this set of imaginative, communitarian and dynamic contemporary practices.

Curated by Furtherfield: Ruth Catlow and Marc Garrett with additional texts by Charlotte Frost and Rob Myers.

1 What You will Find in this Collection
2 Essays & Interviews
3 Radio Interviews
4 Artist Projects
5 Open Source Resources
- Open source services
- Organisational models and strategies
- Guides and how-tos
- Licensing
- Glossary for Beginners in FOSS Art

Can be found at the the Foundation for P2P Alternatives http://p2pfoundation.net/World_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Art

And at ACE/Thinking Digital http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/about-us/digital-innovation-development/thinking-digital/collaboration-and-freedom/

Commissioned by Arts Council England for Thinking Digital. http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/about-us/digital-innovation-development/thinking-digital/

It will also be presented at the FLOSSIE (Women in FLOSS) conference in November 15th. London. http://www.flossie.org/?page_id=189

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Furtherfield commission 'Balloon Dog' by Rob Myers.

A downloadable freely licensed 3D model of an artwork to print and remix. 2011 Furtherfield commission.

Balloon Dog forms part of a series of shareable DIY 'readymades' for an era of digital copying and sharing. Iconic objects from the history of appropriation and remixing art are recreated as 3D-digital models. Users can then download and send the digital model to 3D printers via the Internet to receive their own physical artwork through the post at a scale of their choosing.

http://www.furtherfield.org/projects/balloon-dog-rob-myers

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