[add-art dev] Fwd: Add-art cooperation

[Steve Lambert]

I'm not really interested in spending my time on this.  Anyone  
interested?

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> From: Thomas Krotkiewski <thomas at othersource.com>
> Date: April 21, 2009 9:29:14 AM EDT
> To: steve at visitsteve.com
> Subject: Add-art cooperation
>
> Hi Steve.
> I run this interactive company called Othersource in Warsaw, Poland.
> We're involved in an art project called the Monohrom Projekt  
> (English version at http://www.monohromprojekt.net/eng/ ).
> The project is about street culture, graffiti, and, in a way, civil  
> disobedience in the form of guerilla light show activities in public  
> places.
> As a part of this project, we began to develop something very  
> similar to Add-art (although we didn't know about Add-art at the  
> time). Basically, in the first version of our plug-in (which is  
> based on Adblock+), users will see graffiti (well not only graffiti)  
> art created by the guys of Monohrom Projekt in cooperation with us,  
> covering ads with messages like "don't believe what they say", and  
> "turn off your computer and go outside", and other more subtle  
> messages.
> However, the developer we partnered with to make this happen has  
> gone to ground. He got the product almost done, but it seems he took  
> on too much to swallow and is simply unavailable to finish what he  
> started.
> We had pretty big plans for this. In the first phase, functionality  
> much like the Add-art plugin. In the second phase, we wanted to  
> create the ability for all Monohrom subscribers to create their own  
> art and messaging, to be randomly displayed to all users of the  
> plugin, and create a bit of a community around that.
> There is of course a sponsor in the background, a fairly young  
> Polish streetwear clothing brand, that has paid us some money to  
> cover the costs. They have no interest in the plugin per se, except  
> as the main sponsor of the Monohrom Projekt group.
> We're in a bit of a fix, as we have taken some $$ from them to  
> develop our own plugin. It works, but seems quite buggy, and it is  
> definitely not ready for prime time. We want it to succeed. Already,  
> Monohrom Projekt has gained some fame in Poland after their guerilla  
> light shows on the presidential palace ("the President's dirty  
> laundry") and in the parliament (playing Pong on the wall above the  
> politicians).
>
> I am wondering whether you could help us get in touch with someone  
> involved in the Add-Art project that could help us finish our plug  
> in, or just create a version of Add-art that we could use, that  
> would be a stand-alone version for Poland?
>
> There is not a lot but a little money available for whomever would  
> be able to give us a hand.
>
> Please let me know who we can turn to.
> All the best,
> Thomas
>
>  --
> Thomas Krotkiewski
> Othersource Sp. z o. o.
> m: +48-601-145398
> thomas at othersource.com

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