Robert Spahr Sketchbook http://www.robertspahr.com/sketchbook Recent thoughts where art, technology and politics intersect. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Refrigerators are like Haikus http://www.robertspahr.com/sketchbook/2012/03/31/refrigerators-are-like-haikus/ http://www.robertspahr.com/sketchbook/2012/03/31/refrigerators-are-like-haikus/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:00:17 +0000 Rob http://www.robertspahr.com/sketchbook/?p=641 Refrigerators are like Haikus
Easy the Winter shifts to Summer
Cold words melt
It makes sense to speak in the Sun

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Anonymous takes down FBI, DoJ and music industry websites

Hacktivists with the collective Anonymous are waging an attack on the website for the White House after successfully breaking the sites for the FBI, Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America.

]]> http://www.robertspahr.com/sketchbook/2012/01/19/war-2-0/feed/ 0 Mandala (occam’s razor) Cruft http://www.robertspahr.com/sketchbook/2012/01/03/mandala-occams-razor-cruft/ http://www.robertspahr.com/sketchbook/2012/01/03/mandala-occams-razor-cruft/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:25:46 +0000 Rob http://www.robertspahr.com/sketchbook/?p=635 mandala1201030539

Mandala Cruft
This cruft algorithm extracts an image from the CNN home page once every eight hours. The image is then processed into a mandala, with the addition of the original source image and caption. CNN presents a constant stream of images of violence, potential terrorism, and the imminent hurricane or earthquake, as well as the daily dose of political polarization. As an artist I want to take these powerful source images and convert them into equally powerful images of peace. I hope you enjoy them, while also being reminded of the transformation from which they were created.

http://www.robertspahr.com/work/mandala/

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