brandon barr
Since the beginning
Works in Rochester, New York United States of America

BIO
Brandon Barr just finished his graduate work at the University of Rochester, where he taught classes on digital technology, poetry, and composition. His work attempts to use the limitations of media and writing technologies as a formal practice. He is the founder of http://bannerart.org, which he co-administrates with UK artist Garrett Lynch. He works as an advertising copywriter in Rochester, NY, and maintains a weblog and portfolio of his work at http://texturl.net/.
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DISCUSSION

Banner Art Collective - Spring 2003 News Update


Hey everyone,

A lot has been happening over at bannerart.org:

The BAC is currently featured in mediaHEXA's Phase 18 exhibition until
February 13, 2003.

We are finishing up an exhibition at the Edith-Russ Site for Media Art in
Oldenburg, Germany. The BAC was included in the show "Total
Uberzogen," which finishes up on February 9, 2003.

Fatima Lasay included banner art as a portion of a class on digital media
at the University of the Philippines's College of Fine Arts. The class
responded with a large number of entries, some general and some focused on
human right's violations. There is, I think, tremendous pedogical value
in the practice of banner art, which forces students of new media to hone
their Direcotr and image editing skills within strictly defined
forms. All good poets start by mastering scrict forms; why shouldn't all
digital artists?

Since its redesign, the Banner Art Collective has added 81 works. We want
to thank the following artists for their recent contributions: Garrett
Lynch, Michael Sellam, Frederique Santune, Dante Smirnoff, michael
szpakowski, Fatima Lasay, KRN, Stuffit, david hayden schwarz, Richard
Arnold, pope, Antoine Schmitt, Nick Barker, Christophe Bruno, Christina
McPhee, Ji Bet, Zebra3, CartonMan, yoke and zoom, Tess, John Enrico
I. Mortel, Camilla Tabagan, paulo r. vinluan, lala, monica laurel
delgado, Jeffrey Acdal, Maysa Arabit, Gem Alexandria Dy Tuano, leonardo
d. pabroquez jr., carlito c. amalla, Hasmyn T. Homeres, winchell
d. saludares, Tadej VOBOVNIK, Mary Grace M. Tenorio, eleanor c. alfante,
Cathy Lasam, hansel ivan cruz, Melissa Garcia, Abigael Frias, Kat
Atendido, Bernice de Leon, kathrina atendido, genesis jinggoy
l. buensuceso, Aisa C. Clemente, jimi diga, manuel abrera, Terence Jordan
Ileto, ro27 *, Debbie Singson, Julia Arenas, and jimpunk.

We also want to thank those that have hosted banner art on their
websites. Banner art succeeds best when viewed in the margins, and these
hosts have made that possible. Many bloggers have placed banner art on
their pages, most notably Free Space Comix (the blog of Brian Kim
Stefans), squish (the blog of Katherine Parrish), and demokratica: the
werglog (Gabriel Pickard). Two literary magazines have added banner art
to their pages: gotcannedgoods?com and hellorhighwater.org. We welcome any
new hosts who would like to host banner art to download our randomizer
scripts to place banners on your pages.

We are currently trying to procure funding to distribute banner art in
actual advertising space on commercial sites--as sort of banner art
happenings. We are applying for grant aid, but will also accept
individual donations through paypal.

Thanks for your continued support of the project. It truly is a
collective effort that could not happen without you.

Best,
Brandon Barr & Garrett Lynch
Banner Art Collective
http://bannerart.org

DISCUSSION

FW: BeeHive 5:2 now online!


BeeHive Hypertext / Hypermedia Literary Journal
Volume 5 | Issue 2
ISSN: 1528-8102
http://beehive.temporalimage.com
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IN THIS ISSUE:

Landscapes / Bill Marsh
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/content_apps52/app_a.html

Viractualism / Joseph Nechvatal
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/content_apps52/app_b.html

Hyperbody/ Juliet Ann Martin
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/content_apps52/app_c.html

Restless / Miranda F. Mellis
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/content_apps52/app_d.html

Ornithology of War / Marianne Shaneen
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/content_apps52/app_e.html

Outline of a Novel / Millie Niss
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/content_apps52/app_f.html

Definitions / Jon Fried
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/content_apps52/app_g.html

Your Book Came / Alan Sondheim
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/content_apps52/app_h.html

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Don't forget the
BeeHive ArcHive:
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/archive/index.html

ALL THE CONTENT FROM PAST ISSUES OF BEEHIVE

Highlights include:

Panhandle : Jason Nelson
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/archive/51arc.html

Toward Electracy : Gregory Ulmer / Talan Memmott [intro by Mark
Amerika] http://beehive.temporalimage.com/archive/34arc.html

NY/SF Poetry Collection : 30 Poets from San Francisco and New York
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/archive/23arc.html

Squaring the Word : Siegfried Holzbauer
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/archive/25arc.html

Newsreel 12.11.77.xox : Toby Boudreaux
http://beehive.temporalimage.com/archive/14arc.html

_________________________________

BeeHive has been online since 1998.

Talan Memmott -- BeeHive Creative Director / Editor in Chief Alan
Sondheim -- Associate Editor

DISCUSSION

FW:_Ausstellungseroffnung_'Total_Uberzogen'


-----Original Message-----
From: Frau von Sydow [mailto:info@edith-russ-haus.de]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:16 AM
To: info@edith-russ-haus.de
Subject: Ausstellungseroffnung 'Total Uberzogen'

[scroll down for english]

Total Uberzogen
30. November 2002 - 9. Februar 2003

Eroffnung: Freitag, 29. November 2002, 20 Uhr

Grussworte: Dr. Hans-Jorg Siewert, Niedersachsisches Ministerium fur
Wissenschaft und Kultur
Einfuhrung: Rosanne Altstatt, Leiterin

Adbusters (CAN), Banner Art Collective (USA /IRL), Urs Breitenstein (CH),
Candice Breitz (ZA), Deportation Class (D), Johan Grimonprez (B), Lise
Harlev (DK), Swetlana Heger (CZ), Jenny Holzer (USA), Inventory (GB), Adria
Julia (E), Dagmar Keller/Martin Wittwer (D/CH), Michael Mandiberg (USA),
Julian Opie (GB), Peter Roehr (D), Daniel Pflumm (D), Johannes
Wohnseifer (D) und Florian Zeyfang (D)

Das Edith-Russ-Haus fur Medienkunst ist von aussen mit Werbebannern und
Fenstertransparenten "Total Uberzogen", auf denen Entwurfe von Kunstlern
neben Logos von Geldgebern zu sehen sind. Im Inneren des Ausstellungshauses
werden Internetbanner und Websites, Video, Zeitschriften, Poster und Flyer
sowie Jingles prasentiert.
weitere Informationen siehe unter www.edith-russ-haus.de

Edith-Russ-Haus fur Medienkunst
Edith Russ Site for Media Art
Katharinenstrasse 23
26121 Oldenburg
Germany
+49 (0)441 235 32 08
+49 (0)441 235 21 61
info@edith-russ-haus.de

*********

Total Uberzogen (Completely Covered/Totally Overdone)
30. November 2002 - 9. February 2003

Opening Reception: Friday, 29. November 2002, 8 pm

Speakers:
Dr. Hans-Jorg Siewert, Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony
Rosanne Altstatt, Director

Adbusters (CAN), Banner Art Collective (USA/IRL), Urs Breitenstein (CH),
Candice Breitz (ZA), Deporatation Class (D), Johan Grimonprez (B), Lise
Harlev (DK), Swetlana Heger (CZ), Jenny Holzer (USA), Inventory (GB), Adria
Julia (E), Dagmar Keller/Martin Wittwer (D/CH), Michael Mandiberg (USA),
Julian Opie (GB), Peter Roehr (D), Daniel Pflumm (D), Johannes
Wohnseifer (D), Florian Zeyfang (D)

For this exhibition, the outside of the Edith Russ Site for Media Art's
building is covered with designs by artists as well as the funders' logos:
in the form of banners and window transparencies. Inside, the exhibition
hall also features works that employ a variety of the forms of advertising
as it is used by the media such as Internet banners, video, magazines,
posters and flyers, and audio jingles: The media art space will be
completely covered inside and out: "Total Uberzogen".
For more information have a look at www.edith-russ-haus.de

Edith-Russ-Haus fur Medienkunst
Edith Russ Site for Media Art
Katharinenstrasse 23
26121 Oldenburg
Germany
+49 (0)441 235 32 08
+49 (0)441 235 21 61
info@edith-russ-haus.de

DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Buy Nothing Day


Ivan Pope wrote:
>> Rhizome.org: Net Art News> Buy Nothing Day
>>What better way to celebrate the day after Thanksgiving, which
>>is both Buy
>>Nothing Day and the biggest shopping day in the Western World,
>>than by enjoying some rebellious tactical media? -- Rachel Greene
>
> It is not the 'day after Thanksgiving' to most of the worlds
> populace. While
> Europe is certainly in the Western World, yesterday was not 'the biggest
> shopping day' in Europe. Most of the world doesn't have a clue when
> Thanksgiving falls. Nor do they care. Is Net Art News and
> American service?
> Remember, strange as it may seem, most of us don't know when Thanksgiving
> day or Labor day is. We don't know what a nickel or a dime is.
> And we don't
> care very much.
> Cheers,
> Ivan
>

Buy Nothing Day orginated in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and
is organized each year by Adbusters, a Vancouver publication and activist
group. While it is a global event, its origins are in North America
precisely because it is examining/critiquing Western capitalism and its
buying habits.

Buy Nothing Day has events staged all over the world, but the date(s) were
orginally picked to coincide with consumer buying habits in the US (the
biggest/worst offender in the eyes of BND organizers). Thanksgiving is a
important US holiday which has oddly incorporated the biggest holiday
shopping day as a part of its tradition. In other words, I think BND is
US-centric because the US is its main target. Does that make sense?

At any rate, I understand your feelings. We did not organize the annual BND
event; we simply are running this contest to coincide with the dates. At
any rate, if you want to participate in Buy Nothing Day, the date
(regardless of whether you know when Thanksgiving is) is November 29th in
the US and Canada, November 30th in Europe and elsewhere. Note that the
Banner Art Collective's announcment of the contest (which I have attached
below), doesn't mention "Thanksgiving"--it only mentions the dates.

All the best,
Brandon Barr
Banner Art Collective

---
The Banner Art Collective (http://www.bannerart.org/) creates, collects, and
distributes net.art and poetry within the limitations and context of web
advertisements.

+-----------------------------------------------------------+

Hello everyone

In connection with Buy Nothing Day (November 29th in the US and Canada,
November 30th in Europe), an annual international event held to protest the
unoffical opening day of holiday shopping, the Banner Art Collective is
holding a contest for the best presentation of net.art and subvertisements
in online advertising space.

Entries will be accepted up until November 28th (the day before Buy Nothing
Day state side). The winner will be announced on Buy Nothing Day (November
the 29th), both on the site and to the press. A Grand Prize of $0 (USD)
will be distributed to the winner, and the winning banner will be featured
on the front page of the Banner Art Collective's website for one month. All
entries will be added to bannerart.org's permanent collection of net.art in
advertising space.

To submit work, go to www.bannerart.org, review the requirements and
limitations detailed on the site, and use the submission form upload your
work for review. Please mark in the "special requirements" field on the
upload form that your submission is for the contest and not just for normal
entry on the site's continuing bannerart exhibition, submissions for which
are continuing as usual.

Best,
Brandon Barr & Garrett Lynch
Banner Art Collective

+-----------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------+

Salut tous

Au cause de "Buy Nothing Day" - achete rien jour (Novembre le 29 en Etais
Unis et Canada, Novembre 30 en Europe), un fete international contre cette
saison de Noel qui est de plus en plus un vacances commercialise, le Banner
Art Collective annonce un concours pour le meilleur oeuvre de net.art et
subvertisement (un travaille contre publicite) dans un espace de publicite
internet.

Soumissions sont accepte jusque a le 28 de Novembre (le jour avant "Buy
Nothing day" en Etais Unis). Le gagnant va ete annonce le 29 de Novembre,
sur le site et le internet. Un grand prix de $0 (USD) (soit 0

DISCUSSION

FW: TIR Web//New Issue (Nov. 2002) Available


-----Original Message-----
From: UB Poetics discussion group
[mailto:POETICS@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU]On Behalf Of swiss@uiowa
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 1:33 AM
To: POETICS@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: TIR Web//New Issue (Nov. 2002) Available

TIR WEB

A journal of New Media and experimental writing and art, The Iowa Review Web
is published at the University of Iowa with support from the Department of
English and in collaboration with The International Writing Program and the
Iowa Review.

Volume 4, Number 8 (November 2002)

<http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/>

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ALL NEW!

Scanner: New Sound Art and an Interview

+ "Listening at the Pictures"

Scanner's diverse body of work includes soundtracks for films,
performances, radio, and site-specific intermedia installations. He has
performed in and created works for many art spaces, including San Francisco
MOMA (USA), Hayward Gallery (London), Pompidou Centre (Paris), Tate Modern
(London) and the Modern Museum (Stockholm).

<http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/scanner/index.html>

+ Read "Experimental Literature Was Really The First Kick:" An Interview
with Scanner BY Rebekah Farrugia.

<http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/scanner/index.html>

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

+ "A loss is less and death is not so easy"

Katheryn Rantala has work appearing in Notre Dame Review, South Dakota
Review, Crowd and others print journals as well as in a number of online
publications.

<http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/rantala/index.html>

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+ Pedagogy. Cultural Studies. Jerry Springer!

Davis Schneiderman is Chair of American Studies and an Assistant Professor
of English at Lake Forest College in Illinois.

Read "Our Day with Jerry Springer"

<http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/schneiderman/index.html>

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FROM 91 MERIDIAN

+ Guillermo Martinez , who teaches in the Mathematics Department at the
University of Buenos Aires, is one of Argentina's best known young writers.
He has published three novels and a book of stories.

Read: STATEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 11: On cynicism, indifference, and naivete.

<http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/91/nov/index.html>

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Coming up:
Interviews, criticism and New Media work by Stuart Moulthrop, Diana
Slattery, Joseph Tabbi, Jody Zelen, Talan Memmott, Brian Kim Stefans, and
others.

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The Iowa Review Web: <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/>