hello, this seems great ! I'll enjoy reading it for sure... (and maybe contribute to some french trans. in the future)
If I can make just one little remark : the piratebay link is kind of dirty with all those adds for "girls in your neighbourhood searching for partners"... hum ... don't you have another clean non-machist tracker ? I doubt this one is the taste of some friends that have kind of feminist agenda. (actualy its also not my taste, I try to avoid that site for that... ) thanks for all, Olm-e [email protected] wrote: > echo -n "sorry for ><," > while true; do > echo -n " please >>" > done > > -- > > WHAT: > > What does Free and Open Source software (FLOSS) provide to artists and > designers - beyond just free alternatives to established tools from > Photoshop to Final Cut? > > "FLOSS+Art" is the first book to answer this question. It shows how the > value of Free Software lies in its differences and creative challenges, > as opposed to out-of-the-box and off-the-shelf solutions; how it allows > to work and collaborate differently with computers, and therefore enable > different kinds of art and design. > > The Internet - whose infrastructure is based on free software and open > standards - is an obvious example of such an adaptable, collaborative > artistic medium. "FLOSS+Art" also covers more traditional artistic > domains such as graphic and audiovisual design, and how they shift from > customer-centric to community-driven work. > > FLOSS+Art critically reflects on the growing relationship between Free > Software philosophy, open content and digital art. It provides > first-hand insight into its social, political and economic myths and > realities. > > With contributions by: Fabianne Balvedi, Florian Cramer, Sher Doruff, > Nancy Mauro Flude, Olga Goriunova, Dave Griffiths, Ross Harley, Martin > Howse, Shahee Ilyas, Ricardo Lafuente, Ivan Monroy Lopez, Thor > Magnusson, Alex McLean, Rob Myers, Alejandra Maria Perez Nuñez, Eleonora > Oreggia, oRx-qX, Julien Ottavi, Michael van Schaik, Femke Snelting, > Pedro Soler, Hans Christoph Steiner, Prodromos Tsiavos, Simon Yuill. > > Compiled and edited by Aymeric Mansoux and Marloes de Valk. > With the support of the University of Huddersfield and the Willem de > Kooning Academy Rotterdam University. > > http://goto10.org/flossart > > -- > > ORDER YOUR COPY NOW: > http://www.metamute.org/en/shop/floss_art > http://www.moreismore.net/en/floss+art > http://www.amazon.co.uk/FLOSS-Art-Aymeric-Mansoux/dp/1906496188/ > > -- > > FLOSS+Art is triple licensed GNU GPL, GNU FDL and Free Art License. > Rather than just providing a "free" PDF, FLOSS+Art.v1.1.eBook-GOTO10 > is also available and contains all the Fonts, Images, PDF and Scribus > source files that were used to make the book. > > http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4671426/FLOSS_Art_v1.1 > > Feel free to branch a translation or fork the chapters! ;) > > -- > > JOIN US: > > On the 11th of February, 19:30-21:30 the book will officially be > launched with a public presentation in the Willem de Kooning Academy > Rotterdam, one of the sponsors of the publication. This event is > featured in the framework of the new research program "Communication in > a Digital Age" of the Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy > Rotterdam University. > > The editors Aymeric Mansoux and Marloes de Valk will give an overall > presentation of the book, along with several of the contributing authors > who will briefly introduce into its more specific subjects and chapters. > > Full program and details to be announced later, stay tuned! > > -- > > BONUS TRACK: > Subscribe to Mute and get a FREE copy of FLOSS+Art - limited offer > > Subscribe to Mute and guarantee to be first in line for our quarterly > collection of provocative articles on culture, politics, and technology. > What's even better, for a limited time receive a free copy of GOTO10's > new book FLOSS+Art with your subscription. > > Quarterly, critical, and cheap, Mute is a concrete jumble of all that's > still grunting in the inter-finessing hyper-barrios of culture, > politics, and technology 2.0. As capitalism yawns towards the apocalypse > we match it issue by issue with a sustained critique of everything > existing, from exo prole-bashing and shanty chic to academic aut-onanist > marxistry. > > http://www.metamute.org/mute_magazine_subscription_individual > or phone the Mute office: +44 (0)20 7377 6949 > > -- > > echo ":*" > > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
