As I cut my artistic teeth on a typewriter, that simple tool that
produced so much great and abiding literature, as did the quill before
it, perhaps because of this, since I began using computers, around 1991,
my approach has been to use the simplest tools to make the most complex art.
-Joel
On 7/28/2014 12:43 PM, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
HI Joel
yes - this seems to be behind the draconian new settings which
effectively mean that one can no longer realistically display applets
within a web page. It's a great pity because it means quite a lot of
pioneering art on the net will no longer be accessible and the lovely
work flow that was possible with the Processing language -created
especially for artists - whereby one exported to a applet which could
then be embedded in a web page for all to see will vanish..So the
rather nice little 200 character java pieces from the Rhizome project
goes too..
Of course I'm not in favour of technologies that carry risks for
innocent users andI'm not an expert but I suspect it would be
perfectly possible to make applets secure, it's just not a priority
for those whose interest in the net is business - why should a few
quirky artists matter? A little voice says we had twenty years of
relatively non-corporate fun and everything is now closing off...
( and again I could be wrong but it feels like HTML 5 and the demise
of plug-ins might make the world safer for business but it'll be less
interesting for artists...)Maybe I'm wrong and someone with more
background than me can reassure me...
I have gone with the flow and created standalone applications of the
piece in question but the great thing about the net and net art was
always its immediacy -the fact one didn't *have* to download and run
stuff on one's own computer...
cheers
michael
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*From:* Joel Weishaus <[email protected]>
*To:* michael szpakowski <[email protected]>; Netbehaviour
<[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2014 7:51 PM
*Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] big fuck-off blue grid #2
Hi Michael;
I once got a virus via a java plug-in that brought down my whole hard
drive.
It was years ago, but I haven't installed java since. Perhaps Sun now
has better security?
Best,
Joel
On 7/26/2014 2:25 PM, michael szpakowski wrote:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/14751445932/
>
> this painting is a companion piece to a piece I made for the Rhizome
200 character Processing competition some years back. That exists as
an applet here ( though you might have to tweak your security settings
to see it as apparently applets are history)
>
> http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/4389
>
> I also uploaded applcation versions for windows, mac and linux here:
>
> http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/bfobg/
>
> I thought I was making a little joke when I made it. When I looked
at it again it surprised me how much I actually like it. ( I like the
painting too & I like the idea of them both exisitng)
> cheers
> michael
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