Sat Nov 30, 2013 18:35

Maintenance is still a drag, and it still takes all the fucking time.* It's still important and as each developer closes in our public space and each state employee is furloughed or fired, or made to fill in for every other worker that has been furloughed or fired, we're reminded that this is something we can do ourselves. Further, it's something we must do ourselves. A gesture, and much more than a gesture to say in each still standing object that we care about this space that is still ours.
This is a call for participation and documentation. In what will ultimately become an ever-changing, semi-intelligent, automated video stream that will highlight DIY repairs - public maintenance.
Videos should be in the form of a one shot, unedited high resolution (720) submission ideally less than five minutes. Translate maintenance + repair + public however you see fit.
Submit to: http://rightnowyoureinthesafestofhands.tumblr.com/submit
or email your submission to:
thesafestofhands@gmail.com

Updates on the project will be emailed frequently with a proposed launch date early 2014.


*Mierle Laderman Ukeles in the Manifesto for Maintenance Art 1969.

Sat May 18, 2013 12:05

Right Now You're in the Safest of Hands is a multi phase crowdsourced project exploring maintenance, public property, and online collectivity.

Sat Nov 03, 2012 14:20

Vancouver, Canada

This is a call for original MIDI compositions that will be translated into cycle, triangle, and square waves to be a part of a participatory installation. You will be credited as the composer, shown+heard along with other MIDI contributors. This is a trial run of the installation for documentation purposes to be reinstalled and resubmitted in the future.

PLEASE: Original MIDI compositions only.

16 Channels. Any MIDI file type.
Sine Waves: 1,4,5,10,11,16
Cycle Waves: 2,6,8,12,14
Triangle Waves: 3,7,9,13,15

A prototype of the installation can be found here:


Email compositions to: clintsleeper@gmail.com with a short description of the work.