[NetBehaviour] Penguin Memories (Michael Szpakowski)
Helen Varley Jamieson
helen at creative-catalyst.com
Tue Sep 1 18:39:51 CEST 2020
ruth, marc - are the VS performance files languishing on some forgotten
hard drive??
i feel very relieved that we got the funding for releasing UpStage from
flash just in the nick of time!
h : )
On 28.08.20 13:09, Graziano Milano via NetBehaviour wrote:
> Hi Helen.
>
> I did try to download my artwork Flash files from VS when we were
> alerted last year, but it was not possible to do so. If they could
> have been downloaded as Flash files then I would have converted them
> to HTML5 files using Adobe Animate so they could have been shown
> online again on any modern browser.
>
> If we can get access again online to our VS artwork Flash files then
> we can see if we can convert them as MP4 files using CloudCovert.
> However we need to try this asap as in December 2020, Adobe will no
> longer support the flash player plug-in. Google and Microsoft have
> also announced that they will disable the plug-in by default in their
> browsers by the end of 2020 as well. More info here:
> https://turbofuture.com/computers/The-End-of-Flash-in-2020-Converting-From-Flash-to-HTML5
>
> Just found out that the Visitors Studio enter webpage is also
> archived:
> https://web.archive.org/web/20071126071534/http://www.visitorsstudio.org/?diff=0
>
> Mark and Ruth can also contact Internet Archive and ask if they can
> technically and financially helped Furthefield to download, convert
> and archived all VS online artwork files as HTML5.
>
> Graziano
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 19:27, Helen Varley Jamieson
> <helen at creative-catalyst.com <mailto:helen at creative-catalyst.com>> wrote:
>
> thanks for this graziano - very useful!
>
> & yes - it would be great if it's possible to get the visitors
> studio files - altho i fear they must be already gone ... ?? i
> never managed to get round to downloading things when we were last
> alerted to do so :/
>
> On 18.08.20 12:12, Graziano Milano via NetBehaviour wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Here are more ways how to convert FLV files to MP4 on Windows,
>> Macs and Online:
>> https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-convert-flv-to-mp4/
>>
>> The CloudCovert is an online file converter by selecting FLV
>> files from our computers, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and by
>> URL: https://cloudconvert.com
>>
>> I used the Flash based Furthefield’s VisitorsStudio platform as a
>> VJ artist for live events (UpStage with Ethernet Orchestra, Radio
>> You Can Watch with Roger and Neil at Bristol FM, young people
>> live VS workshops and events with Michael, Roger and Neil in New
>> York, Bristol and London) and producing my own Flash based A/V
>> Mixes which are archived
>> here: https://web.archive.org/web/20180216121633/http://blog.visitorsstudio.org:80/?q=node/53
>>
>> However when you click any of them, the Flash files don't work,
>> as they never did, on smartphones. They used to work till last
>> year on my iMac as I installed the Flash player, but they don’t
>> work any longer probably because the Visitors Studio Flash files
>> mixes are no longer available online due the costs to keep them
>> online by Furtherfiled.
>>
>> Hi Ruth and Mark, if it’s possible to make the Visitors Studio
>> Flash files available again online so we can see if we can
>> convert them as MP4 files by using the online file converter
>> CloudCovert and then we can show and archive them on the
>> Furtherfiled’s website. I tried to download my VJ Flash files
>> artwork from VisitorsStudio last year but it was not possible to
>> do so plus I didn't know about CloudConvert at that time either.
>>
>> Graziano
>>
>> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 14:47, Mateus Domingos via NetBehaviour
>> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> Apologies if this has been circulated here before,
>>
>> BlueMaxima Flashpoint is a project that seeks to preserve and
>> archive Flash-based works (along with a bunch of other web
>> plugins and standards). I believe you can add projects to the
>> database, which then become accessible through the standalone
>> launcher.
>>
>> I've only used it a couple of times, but found it to work
>> quite nicely.
>>
>> Might be an option for preserving and making your work
>> accessible!
>>
>> https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/
>>
>> Best,
>> Mateus
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* NetBehaviour
>> <netbehaviour-bounces at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour-bounces at lists.netbehaviour.org>> on
>> behalf of netbehaviour-request at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour-request at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>> <netbehaviour-request at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour-request at lists.netbehaviour.org>>
>> *Sent:* Monday, 17 August 2020 11:00 AM
>> *To:* netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>>
>> *Subject:* NetBehaviour Digest, Vol 993, Issue 1
>>
>> Send NetBehaviour mailing list submissions to
>> netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>>
>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>>
>> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>> netbehaviour-request at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour-request at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>>
>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>> netbehaviour-owner at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour-owner at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>>
>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more
>> specific
>> than "Re: Contents of NetBehaviour digest..."
>>
>>
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Penguin Memories (Edward Picot)
>> 2. Re: Penguin Memories (Michael Szpakowski)
>> 3. city symphony, sounds of providence (Alan Sondheim)
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 18:27:02 +0100
>> From: Edward Picot <julian.lesaux at gmail.com
>> <mailto:julian.lesaux at gmail.com>>
>> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
>> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>>
>> Subject: [NetBehaviour] Penguin Memories
>> Message-ID:
>> <d8863c91-6cfb-efa6-9e73-8f04afc130a3 at edwardpicot.com
>> <mailto:d8863c91-6cfb-efa6-9e73-8f04afc130a3 at edwardpicot.com>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"
>>
>> I've just started transferring some of my Flash work from
>> about 15-20
>> years ago onto video. 'Penguin Memories' is the dramatic and
>> tragic tale
>> of a penguin who steals a sardine sandwich from the penguin
>> queen.
>> https://youtu.be/LKQH_rGOVP4 <https://t.co/5WUyzvi2Mf?amp=1>
>>
>> Edward
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>> URL:
>> <https://lists.netbehaviour.org/pipermail/netbehaviour/attachments/20200816/cdacc354/attachment-0001.htm>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 17:34:29 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Michael Szpakowski <m at michaelszpakowski.org
>> <mailto:m at michaelszpakowski.org>>
>> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
>> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>>
>> Cc: Edward Picot <julian.lesaux at gmail.com
>> <mailto:julian.lesaux at gmail.com>>
>> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Penguin Memories
>> Message-ID: <84868958.2788334.1597599269967 at mail.yahoo.com
>> <mailto:84868958.2788334.1597599269967 at mail.yahoo.com>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>> I am glad you are doing this Edward. I can?t rescue most of
>> the shockwave work because it was generative or interactive.
>> A mass of work from many people, almost a generation rendered
>> invisible, as if it had never been, by the demands of
>> commerce...?
>>
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, August 16, 2020, 6:27 pm, Edward Picot via
>> NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>> wrote:
>>
>> I've just started transferring some of my Flash work from
>> about 15-20 years ago onto video. 'Penguin Memories' is the
>> dramatic and tragic tale of a penguin who steals a sardine
>> sandwich from the penguin queen. https://youtu.be/LKQH_rGOVP4
>> Edward
>> _______________________________________________
>> NetBehaviour mailing list
>> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>> URL:
>> <https://lists.netbehaviour.org/pipermail/netbehaviour/attachments/20200816/8c69c8f2/attachment-0001.htm>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:46:21 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com
>> <mailto:sondheim at panix.com>>
>> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
>> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>>
>> Subject: [NetBehaviour] city symphony, sounds of providence
>> Message-ID:
>> <alpine.NEB.2.23.451.2008161946050.27302 at panix3.panix.com
>> <mailto:alpine.NEB.2.23.451.2008161946050.27302 at panix3.panix.com>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>>
>>
>>
>> city symphony, sounds of providence
>>
>> http://www.alansondheim.org/citysymphony.jpg
>> https://youtu.be/SAicCVh8JLI video best w/ headphones
>>
>> our circumambulations around the concrete and asphalt
>> neighborhood, listening carefully on an anxious evening
>> away from scurrilous wags searching for comrades
>> in angry weather beneath an angry sky, listening loosely
>> to anxious comrades in an asphalt sky, whole revolutions
>> of skies and neighborhoods, all fall down, the knells of
>> knells, the scurrilous concrete, anxious asphalt,
>> concrete circumambulations, of wags
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> NetBehaviour mailing list
>> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> End of NetBehaviour Digest, Vol 993, Issue 1
>> ********************************************
>> _______________________________________________
>> NetBehaviour mailing list
>> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>> <mailto:NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> NetBehaviour mailing list
>> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
> --
>
> helen varley jamieson
>
> helen at creative-catalyst.com <mailto:helen at creative-catalyst.com>
> http://www.creative-catalyst.com
> http://www.upstage.org.nz
>
> _______________________________________________
> NetBehaviour mailing list
> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
> <mailto:NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NetBehaviour mailing list
> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
--
helen varley jamieson
helen at creative-catalyst.com <mailto:helen at creative-catalyst.com>
http://www.creative-catalyst.com
http://www.upstage.org.nz
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.netbehaviour.org/pipermail/netbehaviour/attachments/20200901/0d4a8fda/attachment.htm>
More information about the NetBehaviour
mailing list