| Project | Description | Involvement | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Paranoid Machines |
Performances and Media Objects |
Information Technology has always been paranoid | Instatiation by Jason Brown |
Swap Meet |
Event SeriesPiracy, 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 fightRobot Fight! Robot Fight! Fight to Win! Win to Fight! Kill the Robot! |
produced by the Saint George Focus Group | SuperDuper |
Giant Ouija |
Installation/ArchitectureA 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 SeriesFree 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 |
PublicationThe search queries of AOL user 23187425 from May 2006. |
User 23187425 | Published 2006.09 |
BlebNet |
Research Unit – socioculturalThe Cultural Output Leader |
produced by BlebNet | Dormant, awaiting the Final Bubble |
Trepan 5 |
PublicationJournal of experimental and hybrid literature. |
co-edited by Mathew Timmons | Published 2006.10 |
Betalevel |
VenuePart 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/cyberneticDynamic political philosopher, dedicated coffee drinker, emergent meta-organism. |
t3h rBecky bOt ArRaY | Active |
Fantastic Freedom Institute |
Research Unit – political philosophyNonpartisan membership organization and research center investigating Freedom. “Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted.” |
produced by the Freedom Fellows | Active |
Machine Poetics |
Research Unit – linguisticResources, 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/socioeconomicInvestigating 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 – historiographyProgression 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 – paranoiaHistoriography, symptomology and mnemotechnics. |
??? | Active |
SCISSCI |
Research UnitSouthern California Institute for the Study of Southern California Institutes |
Wiki, maintained by Jason Brown | Active, but sleepy |
LA-Lit |
Event Series and ArchiveInterviews with poets and writers in Los Angeles. |
presented at Betalevel, produced by Mathew Timmons and Stephanie Rioux | Hiatus Extreme |
Thought Bunker |
Event – literary battleFight with words! Live nude brain! |
presented at Betalevel | Event 2007.06.09 / 2006.12.02 |
DorkBake |
Event – culinary battleCook 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 |
