British artist Russell Higgs sent me the following pics and links for his Shopdropping Soltice project. A link to his site here: http://conformandobey.co.uk/ and his blog here: http://russellhiggsgreenfingers.blogspot.com/
Tweaks, updates, and images
Published on May 25, 2010
Updates to the site layout and structure in the past few days. Changes include the addition of an extensive images section and the resizing of the site to fit the 980 960 pixel standard. It can take along time to go back and update ALL of your old work to bring it up to speed with your new skills and knowledge. As of now, the shopdropping.net site should be completely iPhone/iPad compatible and mostly mobile compatible as well. Still need to adjust some things for older mobile browsers and there are still some old posts in the blog with Flash-based image galleries.
Goodbye Flash?
Published on May 14, 2010
Updated the homepage gallery with a JQuery plugin that calls photos from a Picasa account. In other words, I can upload photos to Picasa and they automatically show up on the homepage. I’ve also set it up so I can post photos directly to the blog from the Wordpress mobile app. Photos taken in stores at the time of the drop can be geotagged, uploaded to Wordpress and Picasa, and visible on the blog and homepage now within minutes – and without most of the hassle of updating the site the old way using the XML-based Flash gallery I set up. Easy as pie. (Maybe Steve Jobs has a point?)
FCKD Mags #9 & #10
Published on May 10, 2010
FCKD Mag #9 (an altered Aperture) is a direct reference and homage to a photograph taken by my old friend Tod Seelie.
FCKD Mag #8 dropped in NYC
Published on May 10, 2010
Adding the final images from the series of NYC “FCKD Mag” drops via wordpress mobile app. We’ll see how well it works and if it can make posting more immediate.
Shopdropping definition refined.
Published on April 14, 2010
Do you ever notice an oversight so apparent, so unbelievably obvious it is almost embarrassing to correct?
Shopdrop: To covertly place merchandise objects on display in a store. A form of “culture jamming” s. reverse shoplift, droplift*
* “Merchandise” are products of commerce; because shopdropping is capable of being explicitly opposed to commercial aims the change to the more neutral “objects” is self evident and overdue. (RWH – April 14, 2010)
FCKD Mag #5 dropped in NYC
Published on April 13, 2010
FCKD Mag #5, #8, #9, and #10 dropped at McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince St. NYC. Photos of #8-#10 soon.
FCKD Mag #5 – #10 dropped in NYC pt. 2
Published on April 13, 2010
FCKD Mag #7 dropped at Spoonbill & Sugartown, 218 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn. [svgallery name="fckd7"]
FCKD Mag #5 – #10 dropped in NYC pt. 1
Published on April 11, 2010
FCKD Mag #6 dropped at Bedford Magazine and Smokes, 204 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn.
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