abandoned technology
Save Polaroid - Save Instant FilmOn February 8, 2008 Polaroid Corporation announced that it will discontinue production of the instant film that made the company a household name. This site will document the aftermath of this announcement and will serve as a home-base for the effort to convince another company to take over and begin producing the cherished technology that Polaroid has abandoned.
'interactive type tool'
CSS Type Set – "a hands-on typography tool allowing designers and developers to interactively test and learn how to style their web content" [SimplePixels]many faces
Daily Mugshot – "a free service which helps you chronicle and share how you look every day" [eHub]'forcibly censored' by Swiss bank
Whistle-blower site taken offlineNote: The site is still available here.
from Bowie to Blondie
sleeveface – "one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion" [SimplePixels]staging common objects
Eyal Pinkas[i heart photograph]As an artist I want to create a world inhabited by objects captured in a state of conflict between their inner and the exterior realities. Performing a playful behavior can fill the existential gap that is created as a result of this conflict. On a visual level this behavior leads to forms of disguise. Even chairs, mattresses or wallpapers can be seen as costumes. As always, costumes represent the realm of the imaginary.
