[syndicate] FREE BEER @ CodeChat

[Pall Thayer]

http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/codechat/freebeer/freebeer.php

This was done in response to Kate Southworth's recent post announcing  
her talk to be given on September 1st at Tate St. Ives in connection  
with the Social Systems exhibition.

I'd like to announce that a CodeChat page has been set up to discuss  
SUPERFLEX's FREE BEER recipe. As is stated on the http:// 
www.freebeer.org website:

"FREE BEER
is a beer which is free in the sense of freedom, not in the sense of  
free beer.

The project, originally conceived by Copenhagen-based artist  
collective Superflex and students at the Copenhagen IT University,  
applies modern free software / open source methods to a traditional  
real-world product - namely the alcoholic beverage loved and enjoyed  
globally, and commonly known as beer."

I thought it would in turn be interesting to apply the system I  
developed for the purpose of discussing free and open code to  
SUPERFLEX's recipe. Doing so also points out the close relationship  
between instruction based, conceptual art and computer-programmed  
art. SUPERFLEX's recipe is essentially a set of instructions that,  
when followed, produce a product that is quite different in nature  
than the instructions themselves. This also applies to computer- 
programmed art. This also provides a handy bridge between computer- 
programmed art and the historically significant instruction based  
work of artists such as Lawrence Weiner and Sol Lewitt. Setting up  
this CodeChat page also points out the implications of open licensing  
as this was done without acquiring SUPERFLEX's permission and relies  
solely on the work's licensing.

Kate and I have started off the discussion with a couple of comments  
and questions (see lines 16 and 39. Now I would like to invite others  
to join in.

http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/codechat/freebeer/freebeer.php


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Pall Thayer
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