GLOBAL ARTWORK MASH-UP
a worldwide interconnected set of 'art components'
CONCEPT
Although being physically invisible, the API will lead to an omnipresent meta-artwork, reflecting on todays' radically new dynamic between artist, artwork and audience. Visitors of the exhibition will be invited to assembling their own creative art mash-ups consisting of a selection of API enabled artworks. Instead of being the usual "2.0" co-creators of content only, the ISEA2011 audience will become co-creators on the level of the artwork. Which is a very suitable manifestation of a prominent trend of our time: artists providing the tools and context to let everyone become an artist too.
Read about the background of the project
View the current state of the artwork Overview.
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API FOR ART V1.0
the API is a specification of inputs/outputs
API EXPLANATION
The abbreviation "API" comes from the context of the world wide web. It stands for "Application Programmer Interface". It allows websites to integrate and make use of each others' functions. Now this "API" principle is being launched in an art context. Now indicating an "Art Practitioner Interface", the API is about specifying the inputs and outputs of an interactive work. By doing so, artworks can be controlled through their interface. They can be connected, producing outputs as a reaction on each others' inputs.
The abbreviation "API" comes from the context of the world wide web. It stands for "Application Programmer Interface". It allows websites to integrate and make use of each others' functions. Now this "API" principle is being launched in an art context. Now indicating an "Art Practitioner Interface", the API is about specifying the inputs and outputs of an interactive work. By doing so, artworks can be controlled through their interface. They can be connected, producing outputs as a reaction on each others' inputs.
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ART COMPONENTS
JOIN! Connect your art piece to the mash-up too!
HOW?
Follow these steps below to participate in the global art mash-up:
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PREPARE |
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CONNECT |
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CONFIGURE |
HELPDESK
For assistance, check the helpdesk
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PREPARE YOUR ARTWORK |
In this step, you'll prepare your artwork to become a component available for mash-ups. Make your artwork produce an output value which should be available as an online file in CSV (comma seperated value) format. Using php, it could look like this:
output.php:
<? header('Content-type: text/csv'); ?>
<? echo "OUTPUT,1234"; ?>
(Where the value 1234 should ideally be substituted by something generated dynamically, and the text "OUTPUT" being a label for the output data)
For the sake of simplicity, in the 1.0 version of the "API for art" input/output exchange amongst artworks is limited to one single piece of text/value.
Created the output? Ready for step 2