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Get Platforms: DIY Alarm Kits at “The Audacity of Desperation” Exhibition

« 7 May 2008 | 15:07 | exhibitions, general | No Comments »

The Audacity of Desperation is an art exhibition, political action, and on-going dialogue. This show confronts, expresses and unravels states of desperation. Artworks by activists, artists, enthusiasts, and very concerned people, are made in editions of 100 with the intention of free distribution to audiences. In this way, these artworks will be activated outside of [...]



Platforms in “Threads” show at Jersey City Museum

« 29 January 2008 | 17:03 | exhibitions, general, press | No Comments »

Platforms in “Threads” show at Jersey City Museum, 2/24, 2pm
Check us out on on Art Daily.

JERSEY CITY, NJ.-As part of the museum’s Sunday Sampler series, Jersey City Museum and _gaia are pleased to present “threads” Wearable Art Fashion Show on Sunday, February 24th, 2008. The event, which is free and open to the public, will [...]



Platforms at Gallery Aferro

« 27 August 2007 | 22:57 | exhibitions, press | No Comments »

We’ve already gotten some great PR for our show at Gallery Aferro.
Check out…
Wired
and
Jezebel.
We disagree with many of the commenters, but that’s how it goes.
Come see for yourself.
In Her Shoes Redux at Gallery Aferro
73 Market St.
Newark, NJ
Installation, performance and live demos
part of Desiderium, curated by Evonne M. Davis
www.aferro.org
To download a brochure on our programs during the [...]



Roaming Hookerfest

« 14 July 2007 | 21:51 | exhibitions, general | No Comments »

The Roaming Hookerfest is a traveling outdoor caravan of sex workers bringing the films to the street. This first-ever Roaming Hookerfest [...]



P.S.A. screenings

« 6 July 2007 | 21:52 | exhibitions, general | No Comments »

Friday July 20
We are part of Roaming Hookerfest, the P.S.A. will be projected on buildings in San Francisco for street workers to see.
Saturday July 21, Midnight
The Roxie New College Film Center
3117 16th Street, San Francisco
Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com
The Aphrodite Project P.S.A. is part of “La Putain de compile,” a video-project conducted by the Pink Panthers in [...]



Interview fun

« 28 June 2007 | 2:36 | exhibitions, general, press | No Comments »

OK so clearly we don’t check youtube enough…
Interview with Norene Leddy from artfuture.com at the Maker Faire:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BDgsF69wLLE
Interview with Eyebeam’s Joanna Raczkiewicz from bloggingnext.com at NEXTFest:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZAu4KUGitoM



Where 2.0 May 29-30

« 26 May 2007 | 15:58 | exhibitions, general | No Comments »

Come see Andrew Milmoe (Tech Lead) and Melissa Gira (Web Director, Community Advisor) present the shoe at the Where 2.0 conference May 29-30, The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA.
“There’s no better place to meet the people behind the mash-ups, the people behind the platforms, and the people looking ahead to the future of geospatial. Join [...]



Press from Maker Faire and Sex Hacks

« 25 May 2007 | 15:06 | exhibitions, general, panel discussion, press | No Comments »

Threadbanger
Wired
Geeksugar
Popsugar
Laughingsquid



Maker Faire and Sex Hacks wrapup

« 24 May 2007 | 15:45 | exhibitions, general, sw resources | No Comments »

We had a fabulous time at the Maker Faire, pix will be posted to our flickr site shortly. There was lots of great stuff, esp. Swaparamarama (http://swaporamarama.org) where Melissa and I were able to get “Save the Bees” silkscreened on cool duds. Another one of our favorites was Homebrew Mobile Phones (http://hbmobile.org), we’re hoping to [...]



DIY Platforms at Maker Faire and SEX HACKS at CSC

« 16 May 2007 | 19:46 | exhibitions, general | No Comments »

Get a sneak peek at our new DIY Platforms…
May 19-20

Come see us (and all the other great projects) at the Maker Faire, May 19-20, San Mateo Fairgrounds, 10-6 teaching young and old how to make their own Platforms shoes with video screens and audible alarm systems. Instructions will be published in the fall issue [...]