Fist of Kindness will play at the Burning Man Decompression party in Brooklyn.

http://events.nydailynews.com/brooklyn-ny/events/show/88838962-nyc-burni...

"The Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival (CCAF4) features Chicago-based artists collaborating with artists living in other locations—both here in the U.S. and abroad. These collaborations involve a range of art forms—including music, dance, film, literature, and intermedia—and they are prepared or improvised."
http://www.chicagocalling.org/

The poetry video I did with Carol Novack for her poem, "In The Beginning Is," has been published online in the literary journal Drunken Boat #10.

Here is the credits page:
http://drunkenboat.com/db10/10vis/novack.html

Here is the video:
http://drunkenboat.com/db10/10vis/novack/beginning.html

The video was made by entering the poem, phrase by phrase, in Google Images to find images that somehow relate to each phrase. Each phrase is onscreen for three seconds, during which seven images found in the Google search are displayed behind the words.

This year Bauhaus celebrates its 90th Anniversary. “Bauhaus: 90 Years / 90 Days” is a new project which commemorates the Bauhaus movement. http://bauhaus9090.org/ Every day during this 90-day project (from July till October 2009), at least one project/event will happen which creatively plays around with and pays homage to an aspect of the Bauhaus movement.

So far I have contributed on day 17:
17: "Point Symmetry: Geometric Mystery Via Alber's Explorations" by Orin Buck (Wednesday, July 22)
http://bauhaus9090.org/node/26

This is the sixth entry in the series of algorithmic computer art. The artwork will open in a new browser window.

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier won't display this work correctly because it doesn't support transparent PNGs.

I just set up a friend with a free artist site on MosaicGlobe.com and it was as pleasant as I thought it might be just from looking at their website and a couple of sample artist sites. The new site can be found at frankcraven.mosaicglobe.com.

New York Landscapes with Cranes

Recent photographs

Showing photos from New York and maybe Venice that include construction cranes. The crane that fell in Turtle Bay (the Middle East Side) landed a block from my apartment, pointing in my direction. I took photos on the spot and later realized that I have lots of pictures of that type of crane.

Opening Reception Friday, Oct. 3, 6–8pm

This uses transparent PNGs so it can't be viewed properly on an older browser like Internet Explorer 6. Third in the new series of PHP/CSS/HTML alogorithmic art, this piece is recreated for your browser every few seconds according to the 'time per composition.' The new home page at buckart.com uses these dots. The dots come in just a few sizes and colors, but the background color is completely random.

Each browser is served individually, so each viewer gets a unique series of images.