After presented in Hongkong, etoy is hanging its 144 pictures of the etoy.SHARED-HISTORY 2 in Wien, at the METAmART, Kunst und Kapital, in the Künstlerhaus.

Good to meet old etoy.FRIENDS and SUPPORTERS: and to hand over BIG THANKS YOUs for work during the TOYWAR period. Thanks to monochrom, and Andrea Mayr and Sirikit Amann.

And good to make new friends: thanks to Christine Lahr for her inspiration and Lorenz Seidel for the organisation.

etoy brought Kapital to Vienna - and took a lot back.

hello hojun and crew,
dear sylvie, agents, partners, researchers,
sweet shareholders and collectors,

i'm verry happy and proud to announce another important step for the etoy.ART-COLLECTION:
our open source satellite initiative (OSSI) groundstation arrived in zurich!

thanks for the fantastic setup video hojun

thanks sylvie and HG for transfer from seoul.

we look forward to receive (and one day send) signals!

the deal is made / the take-off ramp in russia is getting prepared:
->novanano.com/services_ls.php (the carrier)
->the agreement:

SCIENCE IS FANTASY! as hojun said
AND FANTASY IS AN IMPORANT VERSION OF REALITY

ahoi
zai


more info: http://opensat.cc/blog/uncategorized/science-is-fantasy-2010/


Am 05.12.11 07:07, schrieb hojun song:

here is the link for setting up OSSI GS-1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsOhd91Btw

it's HD 720p quality.

if you want to use the video in exhibition i'll send you the original.

thank you,

hojun



2011/11/7 etoy.HG ******@etoy.com>:

Hi Hojun,

Hope this message finds you well, it's been a long time!

I have good news for you: Sylvie Reinhard (CCed) is going to be in
Seoul  Nov 25 - Dec 3, scouting for exciting projects for a next LIFT
event in Korea - and she volunteered to  bring the etoy.OSSI receiver
backpack to its new home in Switzerland!

You'll certainly agree with me that this is a good opportunity to
finalize a step in the `cultural value exchange` we initiated back in
Gwangju. If you're around or can make sure Sylvie gets the piece:
please do get in touch with her!

And do let us know what you're up to, too! :)

Sending kind regards,
etoy.HG


--
http://etoy.com // twisting values since 1994

Das volle Programm findet Ihr auf der BASISMARKT Website.

etoy.EMBROIDERY-WORKSHOP
Needlework for X-MAS.
Eigene Vorlagen digitalisieren und sticken mit etoy.

Opening:  METAmART

Join us at Künstlerhaus Vienna for the opening  November 24, at 7 p.m.
-> attending agents: etoy.ZAI, etoy.TABEA, etoy.HAEFLIGER

The curators of eSeL created an experimental market for art building on auctions, selective participation, gift economies, fixed price art, and play around original and authentic expressions for sale. In a second part of the show, art positions with a corporate background, such as etoy, and artists playing with economic everyday realities and identities build an environment that sets art and capital in contrast.
http://metamart.at/metamart-ausstellungsparcours/

Twelve new stowaway pilots embarked MISSION ETERNITY during the workshop at microwavefestival past week. The newly formed M∞ ARCANUM CAPSULES are now checked into the M∞ ANGEL APPLICATION, ready to circulate forever in the global info sphere. Special action: computer embroidery on funeral robes, MISSION ETERNITY DRESS and personal items of PILOTS.

Thank you for flying etoy.

Microwave international media arts festival

8 Mission Eternity Tamatar, etoy.SHARED-HISTORY and our brand new embroidey machine,
are on the way to Hong KONG Microwavefest

Stitches: 5407
Height: 170.4 mm
Width: 89.9 mm
Color: 1 Orange
Total Bobbin: 7.80m

Main Exhibition  主題展覽
Date 日期 05.11 {Sat六} - 13.11 {Sun日}
Time 時間 12:00 - 20:00
Venue 地點
Exhibition Hall, Low Block,
Hong Kong City Hall 香港大會堂低座展覽廳

At the opening of the new Modestrom shop.

usman haque, founder of pachube, architect, influential interaction designer, media artist AND(!) businessman gave a brilliant presentation at the architekturforum oberoesterreich today (part of ars electronica festival in linz, austria).

i met usman haque for the first time in 2010 in san sebastian, spain where he was in a show with etoy: sillicon dreams. he presented natural fuse. i was not 100% convinced back then...  even one of our TAMATAR was very much attracted to usmans plants: TAMATAR NO 8 left our installation (that had a +200m2 space) just to hang out with natural fuse! 

after his show today i have to say: this guy is an excellent example for design on the highest level: intelligent, networked (technically and on a cultural base) to the maximum extent, cool, stylish, critical and very much aware of what he is doing. but more than that: he is a geek who can perfectly communicate his passion for complexity. he SUPER SERIOUSLY considers his audience, failures and challenges in our filed. in his work and research INTERACTION DESIGN is more than another tag. wow. i'm impressed. 

after usmans presentation i know better than ever before why i had to leave ecal (university of art and design in lausanne) even i had a super good position (official professor and head of unit of interaction design) in one of the most respected design schools of the world (shows at moma ny, design museum london etc): ecal's understanding of design is funny, funky, trendy and easy to love -> yes... the ecal-quality-level is very high (things are very well done = respect! many universities can learn a lot from this small school), ecal products are super aggressively promoted (which is embarrassing if you have a sense for the limits) and the system is based on a hardcore hierarchy (none, not even the dictator would disagree: it's a dictatorship ... that burns and terrifies people every day). and this is all reflected in its understanding of design: it rejects the complexity of our times. it rejects interaction, openness, tolerance, sharing (everybody was paranoid about stealing ideas)...

the things usman was talking about today are exactly the opposite. and that's the future of smart design. otherwise we will all go down the drain. and it will not even be fun.

i'm 100% sure usman is on the right way! -> strong buy!

FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE IN LINZ: tomorrow the Sensing Place / Placing Sense – Symposium will start at 10AM. featuring two of my media culture heros: Joi Ito (former ceo of creative commons and the new director of MIT media lab who will present Safecast.org) and Natalie Jeremijenko.