The OSM 2008: A Year of Edits from ItoWorld shown by Richard Cantwell at the OSM re:public workshop on Saturday. The 2009 version is due shortly.

Posted by stunned to mapping at 11:07 AM , February 8, 2010 | Permalink + delicious

As part of the re:public exhibition at Temple Bar Galleries I would like to invite you to an Open Street Map Mapping Workshop and Roundtable discussion I will be leading in the Temple Bar Gallery this Saturday 6th at 2pm.

Open Street Map Workshop and Roundtable

Sat 6th February 2pm, Temple Bar Galleries

The Open Street Map (OSM) was established to create a digital map in which the underlying data would be free to use without restrictions. OSM uses a web based system with mapping tools, instructions and tutorials which lets people equipped with GPS devices, cameras and notebooks map their own neighbourhoods.

With over 200,000 members and growing at a rate of 300 per day the results are hugely impressive and likely to get even more so with the introduction of OSM applications for mobile phones. The unique advantage of OSM is that the maps are made by locals so they are often filled with a degree of detail that is impractical for any commercial organisation, and are continually being updated. Most importantly all the data which underlies the maps is opensource.

The workshop will be an introduction to practical OSM mapping starting with a brief overview and instructions. Groups will take to the streets with a portable GPS, cameras, notebooks and GPS enabled phones to map a section of Dublin. On returning to the gallery the new material will be added in real time to the OSM map of Dublin.

The afternoon will conclude with a roundtable discussion on the OSM and opensource mapping with Blazej Ciepluch and Ricky Jacob from the SratAG Strategic research in Advanced Geotechnologies group at NUI Maynooth, Richard Cantwell a GIS consultant as well as Dublin OSM users.

All are welcome, no prior experience necessary, equipment will be provided. If you have a GPS enabled device bring it along. Iphone owners download the free Mapzen app from the istore.

More about Re:public, organised in conjunction with the GradCAM Arts Research Public and Purposes conference

Posted by stunned to at 12:26 PM , February 4, 2010 | Permalink + delicious

Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard, dives into the ethics and issues surrounding cloud labor in this talk from the Berkman West reception at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

Posted by stunned to culture at 1:00 PM , January 16, 2010 | Permalink + delicious

Evolving from a fascination with things 'known', Paul Murnaghan's projects exist within intersections of the spiritual, scientific and psychological. Ideas are delivered through a multitude of disciplines and forms that teeter between gallery and gimmickry.

In 2008 Murnaghan undertook a utopian quest in an attempt to write a universal hymn. This involved over sixty video recordings in several European countries. For As Foreign as the Same Must Be, he re-made the project in his back garden using the same core concepts and none of the original material.

Roscommon Arts Centre Jan 15th - Feb 17th

Posted by stunned to Art at 7:05 PM , January 15, 2010 | Permalink + delicious

Photo removal request left on m*apotropaico's photostream on flickr

Dear_,
On behalf of Tino Sehgal, we kindly ask you to take down the photographic documentation that you have of Tino Sehgal's work. It is part of his artistic practice, and we respectfully ask you to take down any images you have on your flickr account.
www.flickr.com/photos/21566521@N02/3074288917
Mr Sehgal is very keen upon this point.
Please let us know when the images have been taken down.
Best,)

real or fake? I'm not sure I can tell anymore

More flickr

Posted by stunned to Art at 12:22 AM , January 14, 2010 | Permalink + delicious