January 30, 2004
New blog: new sandwiches
Welcoming Tahnda's blog, new sandwiches, to the stonesoup homepage. Yay!
(Yes, the homepage is getting crowded again. Workin' on it. :-)
HTML in comments
I've noticed when I try to put links and formatting into comments they just seem to get ignored and all that displays is straight text.
I take it there's no way to do anything about this?
Friday Theme: Pieces of me
Woops! I forgot to set the Friday theme.....OK, here goes: Pieces of me.
From the Tori song "Tear in your hand"
Maybe she's just pieces of me,
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen.
January 24, 2004
Tongariro
Just to show that meeting real people on the internet can be done
Dave + Fionnaigh at Tongariro, Sunday 18th January 2004
January 23, 2004
how to delete?
I posted a short entry yesterday ('short notice gig') on Schrodinger's Cat and as it's no longer relevant went to delete it. On my movable type menu it's gone but on the main page it's still there... I don't want it there. What now?
January 21, 2004
Stonesoup goes IRL?
Random thoughts
I received the notice below in email and wondered whether some of us stonesoupers could/would want to participate as a group, somehow. Like live blogging or something? We could sit in cafe windows and blog what we see, or we could print out favourite entries and turn them into posters, or... other ideas, anyone? (Today doesn't seem like the best day to suggest it, because frankly, if the weather was like this, I'd want to stay home, but if it was sunny...)
The email
An invitation to participate in:
INTERVENTIONS
city reclamation public art project
01/03/2004 - 14/03/2004
“A distributed intervention project supporting transparent access to data through a network-wide communication system.”
The project
From March 1 2004, to March 14 2004, Interventions will take place in Wellington city.
The project will feature freely viewable public artworks made by participating artists. A1 poster and flyer-sized maps will be posted around the city to advertise the locations of individual works, and a website will publicise the project in the digital/international
domain.
Artists and artworks
Artists are invited to participate by selecting a site within the mapped area (roughly bounded by Salamanca and Brooklyn Rds, the Basin Reserve, Mt Victoria, and the Wellington Railway Station - see attached map) and making artwork of their choice at their chosen site.
Artists may select as many sites and produce as many artworks at their sites as they wish. There is no limit.
Artists may operate singly, or collectively under a group title. Work may be of any nature, in any medium. Work may be placed or occur anywhere within the mapped area, so long as it is viewable by anyone, free of charge.
Artists are free to operate their individual projects as they see fit. You can make as much or as little of this as you wish. Contact/collaboration with others is encouraged. Parties in the street are solidly endorsed. Experimentation, danger, and fun are strongly recommended.
The maps
The maps will feature an aerial photograph of the central city, with the locations and dates/times of artworks displayed at the appropriate points, as well as artists' names (optional). The maps will be reproduced in 3 formats:
• A1 format single colour posters, which will be posted around the city for the duration of the show. Postering will be done by volunteers/artists and contracted workers.
• Folded pocket sized maps, distributed around bars, cafes, shops, libraries, institutional
learning facilities, etc.
• A digital map with more comprehensive information about each project (if artists wish) featured on the show's website.
The theme
"The city is the organisation of silence and isolation, humanity paralyzed as a perpetual motion machine."
The theme of 'Territory' has been chosen for the project. It is atheme that is capable of both providing a ballpark starting point for people who wish to use it, and also of uniting other disparate works created outside this idea by the fact that, by the project's nature, all share a common territory regardless of intention.
The theme points to the project's interest in actions that reaffirm the power of the individual to create meaning in his or her environment:
art that is a defiant gesture in a bought and divided urban landscape, where very little freedom is left to be had.
The rules
Work must fall inside the exhibition time (March 1 – March 14, 2004). Work that is viewable for as much time as possible within this period is ideal. However, all work, no matter how transitory, is welcome – as long as it happens at the time and place advertised on the maps.
Work may be of any nature, in any medium. Work may be placed or occur anywhere within the mapped area, so long as it is viewable by anyone, free of charge.
All sites and works must be registered by the 1st of February, 2004, to be included on the maps.
Artists are responsible for the costs of their own work. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide financial support for individual projects.
Remember, this is a chance to do anything you want in a space that we all share. You are responsible for the nature and legality/illegality of your own work.
The more people involved, the more successful the project will be. If you know anyone who you think may be interested in getting involved, pass on this email and tell them to get in touch.
Thanks for your time, hope to hear from you soon. Please get in touch with any questions, ideas, etc.
Bobby Peru project coordinator.
interventions@artbruit.com
021 108 3610
New: mirror-side rumours
Welcome to Eithne's new blog, mirror-side rumours, just added to the homepage. Yay!
January 19, 2004
January 13, 2004
Friday theme: substitutions
Inspired by this substitution chart (via Open Brackets).
January 12, 2004
Weblog Awards
The 2004 Weblog Awards have categories for:
best australian or new zealand weblog
best glbt weblog, and
best-kept-secret weblog
amongst others. :-)
January 05, 2004
De-spamming and backups
Hi everyone,
I've had a go at de-spamming the site. If you still have spam comments on your blog, please let me know.
And if you get a comment that is spammy, there's a link labelled "De-spam using MT-Blacklist" in the email notification: click it and follow the instructions to add the new URL to the blacklist.
Also a reminder to back up your blog now and then:
- click the Import/Export button on the lefthand menu bar
- click the Export link
- save the output to a file.