[Noisebridge-discuss] SFAI MA Collaborative installing Dead Drops in SF

[Sean Cusack]

I would agree that this is also a cool idea (although I think the only giant
question is if this would hose us on the lease?)

Assuming that there isn't a big lease issue, then I would say...drill baby
drill (into a wall).

Sean

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Transit Stasis <transit.stasis at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Noisebridge,
>
>
>
> I am writing on behalf of the students of the *San Francisco Art Institute
> 2011 Master of Arts Collaborative*. We are seeking to establish a
> partnership with Noisebridge to help make our project, *Transit/Stasis:
> Negotiating Movement in the City*, a success. Toward this goal, we would
> like to enact German artist, *Aram Bartholl*'s* *project, *'Dead Drops'*in various participating sites inSan Francisco in early April 2011.
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> We respectfully request support from Noisebridge by allowing us to install
> a *'Dead Drop'* in an exterior wall of the building. We would like to
> install between April 8 and 20, 2011. We would be most honored to
> acknowledge Noisebridge as a partner on promotional materials related to
> this project.
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> *Transit/Stasis* addresses how the movement of individuals through the
> urban environment is informed by cultural, economic and political systems
> (e.g. ability, borders, topography, psycho-geography, and social identity.).
> *Aram Bartholl*’s work creates a platform for both human movement in urban
> space and flows of information. His current project, *‘Dead Drops’*creates a physical representation of information mobility and human mobility
> in urban space playing with the central question of TRANSIT///STASIS: *“How
> do we navigate systems of movement and how do systems of movement navigate
> us?”*
>
>
> *'Dead Drops'* involves the installation of flash hard drives into public
> spaces allowing the public to share files with one another outside of the
> Internet infrastructure. Somewhere in between interventionist art practices
> and fluxus art boxes, his project has been picked up by artists around the
> globe and has become decentralized in its execution. This project, along
> with his others, both engage popular trends in technology and culture while
> maintaining a salient critical force. More information on ‘Dead Drops’ is
> available at http://deaddrops.com/.
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> I have already been in contact with Leif Ryge and received a positive
> response to the project. He suggested that I contact the whole group on the
> discussion board.
>
>
> I would be pleased to provide additional information and details about the
> project.  Please contact me at 979-966-2603 or kimlynncook at gmail.com at
> your convenience.  Thank you very much for your time and consideration of
> this request. I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Kim Cook
> 2011 SFAI MA Collaborative
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