Michael Mandiberg

As I get ready to take part in the Transmediale/FLOSSmanuals book sprint for the “Collaborative Futures” book, I thought it was relevant to drop this blog post about an older interview about FLOSS and art.
A bit ago Dominic Smith of CRUMB interviewed me about my practice in relationship to Open Source and Free Culture. This [...]

A short interview video with Michael Mandiberg shot and Edited by Dan Eckstein (daneckstein.com) in March 2009, with Music from Au Revoir Simone at Eyebeam and Postmasters Gallery NYC.
From the dialog:
I’m Michael Mandiberg. I am an artist, designer, and educator, and I am a Senior Fellow at Eyebeam, which is an Art and Technology Center [...]

Graham Parker stopped by for a studio visit, and we had a great conversation. The highlight was when he told me to “choose my words less carefully.” In the description he writes:

First in a series of studio and show visits with contemporary artists. I’ve known Michael for some years – probably since a friend directed [...]

Tiffany Holmes asked me some questions recently about The Real Costs, in preparation to write about it in her dissertation.
How many website hits to date for Real Costs?
How many downloads of the software (.xpi)?
To be honest I hate counting hits and downloads. It inevitably reminds me of popularity contests and other things that are [...]