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It's always a surprise when I check the visitor stats on RANTAPOD
<http://spaghetti.nujus.net/rantapod>. For July 4th & 5th there were
visitors from, Oman, Hong Kong, USA, Turkey, Austria, Canada, UK,
Denmark, Spain, Italy, India and Finland. For some of the visitors, I
can ascertain the reason for their visit. For instance, my rant about
the Turkish denial of the Armenian Genocide is the most likely reason
for the visit from Turkey. Indeed, there is a global subculture of
political commentary that ranges from terrorist recruitment sites to
street art collectives.
<http://www.woostercollective.com/> I had posited such an idea in my
first net art project in 1993 called Terrorist Advertising <http://
artnetweb.com/gh/terror/>

Speaking of global art sites, [PAM] <http://perpetualartmachine.com>
has launched a new video blog section and they have included my
earliest rant video from 1978 titled Rich Sucker Rap. <http://
www.perpetualartmachine.com/index.php?option=com\_wrapper&Itemidh>



I've just installed RANTAPOD at Sara Tecchia's Gallery (529 W. 20th
St., NYC) for the Summer group show. The piece has rantapod 001-028
running on a shuffle loop installed on a 30 gig video iPod. It's my
first physical installation of the work. It's in an edition of
three. It's priced modestly. Have a look.

Wednesday I go out to SCOPE Hamptons <http://www.scope-art.com/
main.php> to install the HD flat screen and videos for the
exhibition. I'll be at the Scope art fair July 13th & 14th. Maybe
I'll see you there.