DIGITAL GLORY HOLE
the newest trend in digital communications. people are starting to randomly place dead drops wherever they like for anonymous file sharing with others, in this case art.
i am excited to announce that antebellum hollywood has the first ever dead drop in los angeles.
created by antebellum artist~ ASA FOX, entitled~ DIGITAL GLORY HOLE,
this will be a permanent instillation @ antebellum.
come check it out and download art. for now it's free, but in the near future there will be a fee.
YOU CAN FIND ANTEBELLUM'S DIGITAL GLORY HOLE
the brief history of dead drops thus far~
‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, buildings and curbs accessible to anybody in public space. Everyone is invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the project. ‘Dead Drops’ is open to participation. If you want to install a dead drop in your city/neighborhood follow the ‘how to’ instructions and submit the location and pictures.
a Berlin based media artist aram bartholl started the ‘Dead Drops’ project during my stay in NYC at EYEBEAM as artist in residence, October 2010. Dead Drops was part of the show “Talk to Me” at the MoMA July-Nov 2011.