Empyre Drawings, June 2005

[-empyre-] June on -empyre-: we-blog with abe linkoln, jimpunk, Chris Ashley and Tom Moody

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-empyre- takes pleasure in welcoming four artists whose work engages the medium of the weblog as a new area for artistic practice. As the heritage of the Internet itself can be traced back to its use a text-transmission device, it is unsurprising that textuality can still be explored, re-positioned and re-presented in compelling ways through the medium of the Internet. As one of the most recent memes to infect mainstream culture, the blog is suddenly an essential business tool, an important force in the ongoing development of journalism, and a new conversational network. Mixing the genres of the documentary, the journal, the personal conversation, the usenet discussion board, this month's artists bring the weblog into the realm of artistic practice in the network.

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abe linkoln lives here: www.linkoln.net <http://www.linkoln.net> here's a tattoo he has: http://linkoln.net/neversaydie.jpg and he wrote this funny email once: http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0308/msg00073.html

jimpunk uses the tools of dataculture to create cinematic, yet linguistically-based work that asserts computer control over the browser. jimpunk's work and texts are available through http://www.jimpunk.com/

Chris Ashley is an artist, writer, and educator living and working in Oakland, California. In addition to his work as a painter, he posts an HTML drawing every day, and regularly posts writing about art on his weblog (http://www.chrisashley.net). The weblog, called "Look, See", has a full archive of past HTML drawings, images of paintings and drawings, art writing, and writing by others about the HTML drawings.

Tom Moody is a visual artist based in New York. His low-tech art made with MSPaintbrush, photocopiers, and consumer printers has appeared in solo shows at Derek Eller Gallery and UP&CO. Documentation of his studio practice, as well as his digital animation, music, and writing on a variety of topics, appears regularly on his weblog at http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/ . Launched in February 2001, the blog was recently recommended along with 11 others in the Art in America article "Art in the Blogosphere."

June 30, 2005: Untitled (-empyre- 30)

June 29, 2005: I Always Judge My Pictures (-empyre- 29)

June 28, 2005: Theoretically Motivated Camp (-empyre- 28)

June 27, 2005: Outpouring of the Human Soul (-empyre 27-)

June 26, 2005: Because He Said So (-empyre- 26)

June 25, 2005: Trappings as Ornament (-empyre- 25)

June 24, 2005: Temporal Instability (-empyre- 24)

June 23, 2005: Untitled (-empyre- 23)

June 22, 2005: Angry Bees and Tweaked-out Bats (-empyre- 22)

June 21, 2005: Yawn and Perceive (-empyre- 21)

June 20, 2005: Percolating (-empyre- 20)

June 19, 2005: Bedroom Guitar (-empyre- 19)

June 18, 2005: Natural and Literal (-empyre- 18)

June 17, 2005: A Smile on My Face (-empyre- 17)

June 16, 2005: Elementary Content Alteration (-empyre- 16)

June 15, 2005: Fill the Void (-empyre- 15)

June 14, 2005: Sensory Immersive Option (-empyre- 14)

June 13, 2005: Untitled (-empyre 13)

June 12, 2005: No Drawing (-empyre- 12)

June 11, 2005: No Drawing (-empyre- 11)

June 10, 2005: Because I'm Lazy (-empyre- 10)

June 09, 2005: Shake Things Up (-empyre- 9)

June 08, 2005: Neither Univocal or Monolithic (-empyre- 8)

June 07, 2005: An Exhaustive List of the Potentialities

June 06, 2005: Another Cryptic Move (-empyre- 6)

June 05, 2005: Maybe He Can Illuminate Us (-empyre- 5)

June 04, 2005: Free-Ranging Consequential Node Paradigm (-empyre- 4)

June 03, 2005: Logistical Issues (-empyre- 3)

June 02, 2005: Bottom of the Question (-empyre- 2)

June 01, 2005: Cinematic Dataculture (-empyre- 1)