Project | Description | Involvement | Status |
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Paranoid Machines | Performances and Media Objects | Information Technology has always been paranoid | Instatiation by Jason Brown |
Swap Meet | Event Series Piracy, Karaoke, Conviviality. A semi-monthly celebration of face-to-face cultural exchange. | presented at Betalevel by Superbunker and the Royal Academy of Nuts and Bolts. | Active |
5th of Saint Robot | Event – robot fight Robot Fight! Robot Fight! Fight to Win! Win to Fight! Kill the Robot! | produced by the Saint George Focus Group | SuperDuper |
Giant Ouija | Installation/Architecture A for reals Giant Ouja Board embedded into the infrastructure of Betalevel | produced by Giant Ouija Implementation Sub-Committee, under janitorial direction | Occasional |
Ambient Haircut
| Event Series Free haircuts by top notch stylists with live ambient music | produced by Ambient Force 3000 and “top notch stylists” (rotating) in various venues | Occasional |
i feel better when i type to you | Publication The search queries of AOL user 23187425 from May 2006. | User 23187425 | Published 2006.09 |
BlebNet | Research Unit – sociocultural The Cultural Output Leader | produced by BlebNet | Dormant, awaiting the Final Bubble |
Trepan 5 | Publication Journal of experimental and hybrid literature. | co-edited by Mathew Timmons | Published 2006.10 |
Betalevel | Venue Part studio, part clubhouse, part stage, and part screen; Betalevel is located in a basement in Chinatown, Los Angeles. | independently curated by the Council, loosely managed by the Janitor | Active |
rBecky | Research Unit – philosophical/cybernetic Dynamic political philosopher, dedicated coffee drinker, emergent meta-organism. | t3h rBecky bOt ArRaY | Active |
Fantastic Freedom Institute | Research Unit – political philosophy Nonpartisan membership organization and research center investigating Freedom. “Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted.” | produced by the Freedom Fellows | Active |
Machine Poetics | Research Unit – linguistic Resources, project hub and archive, investigating the poetics of electro-mechanical systems. | co-curated by Braxton Soderman | Quietly decaying, as all text does. |
LubberNet | Research Unit – linguistic/socioeconomic Investigating mutifarious combinations of love, piracy and fine literature | Wiki, maintained by Jason Brown. Original content stolen from DinnerNet (RIP) | Active, somewhat |
Donkey Timeline | Research Project – historiography Progression of the official Donkey Kong high score, prompted by conflicting narratives around the documentary King of Kong. | Jason Brown | Active, but resting |
Obscurantist | Research Unit – paranoia Historiography, symptomology and mnemotechnics. | ??? | Active |
SCISSCI | Research Unit Southern California Institute for the Study of Southern California Institutes | Wiki, maintained by Jason Brown | Active, but sleepy |
LA-Lit | Event Series and Archive Interviews with poets and writers in Los Angeles. | presented at Betalevel, produced by Mathew Timmons and Stephanie Rioux | Hiatus Extreme |
Thought Bunker | Event – literary battle Fight with words! Live nude brain! | presented at Betalevel | Event 2007.06.09 / 2006.12.02 |
DorkBake | Event – culinary battle Cook delicious food with a single 100 watt light bulb | presented at Machine Project, with Make Magazine | Event 2007.02.03 |
Tribulation! | Media SeminarCybernetic cinema series | produced by d. g. eng and Heather Miles. | Hiatus Extreme – you couldn’t handle the truth |
Wasp and Orchid | Media SeminarMartial arts cinema choreography seminar | presented at Betalevel, curated by d. g. eng. | Hiatus |
Zombie vs Vampire | Event – literary battleRhetorical Undead Smackdown! | presented at Betalevel | Event 2005.05.13 |
page_space | Events / Exhibitions / ArchiveTextual machine collaborations, art exhibit, symposium | presented at Machine Project and the CalArts Critical Studies Cube | Events 2004.03 |