Exhibiting Software

Hunter CrossHuntercross.com/content/es.zip

Business: ponticlaro.comArt: huntercross.com/art

Hypothesis

• OSCon attendees will not know the sculptors. They will know some of the painters and possibly one artist who uses nintendo games in his work.

• Painting != Art

Vincent Van Gogh

Pablo Picasso

Christo & Jeanne-Claude

Robert Smithson

Cory Arcangel

‘Super Mario Clouds’2004 Whitney Biennial

Stairway (2007) - Dallas Contemporary

• cement, welded steel, donated/collected trophy statuettes, recycled trophy hardware, various steel hardware, black enamel on perforated steel panels, site’s pre-existing wall, ADA-approved steel steps and floor sheeting

6,000 - 7,000 trophies

All collected through the internet and Texas Thriftstores

flickr.com/trophycollection

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Multiple Formats and Experiences

• All Art will be experienced in-gallery AND online/in-browser/in-phone

• How should artists use that to create new experiences?

• How can GNU/Linux and Free Software be a part of this new cultural reality?

Smithson’s ‘Non-Site’

• A two-part artwork• One part in-gallery, another on the site

from where the works materials came• Both can be experienced separately

and completely. Together they form a larger experience.

Mutually Contributive Experiences

Any experiences of an artwork that broaden the meaning of that

work through multiple sites, formats and time.

High Five

Huntercross.com/art/highfive/

What is it?

• Software-based proposal• A physical work that creates a digital

work by being photographed by satellites

• GoogleMaps Mashup• Single “page” web app

Exhibiting Software Kiosk

• Old Recycled PC• Internet Connection - Ethernet/Wifi• Ubuntu Linux• Firefox• R-kiosk Firefox Plugin• Web-based software for in-gallery and

in-browser mutually contributive experience

Old Recycled PC

• Build an exterior box• Hide cords - use channels• Consider noise• Add a lock to insure that the PC is not

tampered with during run-time• Power - Ecostrip or Power-strip with

Timer

Internet Connection

• WIFI, if not, hide cords if possible• Encrypt with WPA2• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported• Belikin Wifi Card - F5D7000 v3• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500• D-Link Router - Update to latest firmware

Ubuntu (1 of 3)

• Wipe hard drive• Start with fresh install• Update everything to latest• Turn off update notification• Set to auto-login your user• Set the screensaver either to off or to a non

intrusive setting

Ubuntu (2 of 3)

• Change keychain to auto-load (so no pass is needed on re-boot) https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5643• install libpam-keyring• modify your keyring to have the same

password as your account

• sudo gedit gdm

Ubuntu (3 of 3)

cd /etc/pam.dsudo gedit gdm

## http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=187874

## ADD THESE LINES TO MAKE SURE YOU

## DON’T HAVE TO TYPE IN A PASSWORD ON REBOOT

auth optional pam_keyring.so try_first_passsession

optional pam_keyring.so

Ubuntu (Optional)

• Setup crontab or use gnome-schedule (sudo apt-get install gnome-schedule)

• Setup a restart interval…my suggestion is every 30 minutes.

• This allows for the kiosk to refresh and insure that it is in a fresh state for new visitors

• Google “auto reboot ubuntu”

Firefox (1 of 2)

• Make sure all things that might disrupt the session or pop-up an error are removed…so…

• Disable Firefox Auto-Updates• Set your homepage to your artwork’s

address

Firefox (2 of 2)

• Setup Ubuntu so that it Auto-starts Firefox on boot (Be SURE YOU ARE READY !)

• System > Sessions > Startup Programs

R-kiosk Firefox Plugin

• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1659• It will take effect as soon as you install it• You will have to access Firefox safe-

mode to turn it off• There are a few options…i.e. enabling

or disabling print commands, etc.

One Page Web Apps

• Almost anything can be incorporated with the right plugin

• Allows for additional information / background• Allows for Visitor to view again at home and

show friends…Opening up Mutually Contributive Experience

• Use standard XHTML/CSS and quality web-hosting

• Use Jquery Tabs to enable multiple “pages” or artworks on the same kiosk

• Use touchscreen or mouse

Challenge

• One box per gallery / museum developed by us and donated

• Creates a physical infrastructure on which artists can base projects

• Loosely coupled so that the only exhibition requirement is to enter a new default homepage into Firefox

• GO OUT THERE AND DO IT

Future Development

• Create an appliance of this stack with convenient config app

• Call for entries for the ‘platform’• Allows complete re-distribution and

isolation…i.e local install– Attractive to Artists because it allows for

potential sale and collecting of complete work

Software Art Links

• rhizome.org• runme.org• turbulence.org• processing.org• file.org.br• thesheepmarket.com

Hunter Cross

• Huntercross.com - art, music, blog• Ponticlaro.com - web development, web

apps• 512-970-9763• Hunter@ponticlaro.com