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How about a video wall?

You have convinced me to give it a go. The only thing is that I have a few frends who are interested in using linux and are ot that technical. My main interest is in these type of peopel using Linux. Interestingly loTech in shefield run a totaly recycled free to use internet cafe. They chose Mandrake because it was the easiest to get people to take home and install themselves. Also the sheer amount of time it takes to compile (or even update) everything puts me off a bit.

Not forgetting the Lowtech: Redundant Technology Initiative in Sheffield UK. Doing a very similar thing with recycled older hardware, making cool tech-art, and donathing machines to charities and disadvantaged people.

Really cool stuff - all brought to you with the help of Open Source Software!

if you sail on over to lowtech.org you can see a group in the UK using redundant technology both in art and in society.

the group a2rt (www.a2rt.org) are also starting up something similar as well.

The reasoning behind using lowtech computers in art and social projects was given by James Walbank the founder of the lowtech project in this speech to an arts conference with the theme of revolution. James correctly pointed out that you can't have a revolution with a price tag of over £1000.

favourite pieces include redundant array, and the video wall that was reprised in even better fashion here at fort lux

Art is what you make it, found art is what you find and what you make it, lowtech art is finding art in skips.

sparkes

if you sail on over to lowtech.org you can see a group in the UK using redundant technology both in art and in society.

the group a2rt (www.a2rt.org) are also starting up something similar as well.

The reasoning behind using lowtech computers in art and social projects was given by James Walbank the founder of the lowtech project in this speech to an arts conference with the theme of revolution. James correctly pointed out that you can't have a revolution with a price tag of over £1000.

favourite pieces include redundant array, and the video wall that was reprised in even better fashion here at fort lux

Art is what you make it, found art is what you find and what you make it, lowtech art is finding art in skips.

sparkes

if you sail on over to lowtech.org you can see a group in the UK using redundant technology both in art and in society.

the group a2rt (www.a2rt.org) are also starting up something similar as well.

The reasoning behind using lowtech computers in art and social projects was given by James Walbank the founder of the lowtech project in this speech to an arts conference with the theme of revolution. James correctly pointed out that you can't have a revolution with a price tag of over £1000.

favourite pieces include redundant array, and the video wall that was reprised in even better fashion here at fort lux

Art is what you make it, found art is what you find and what you make it, lowtech art is finding art in skips.

sparkes

if you sail on over to lowtech.org you can see a group in the UK using redundant technology both in art and in society.

the group a2rt (www.a2rt.org) are also starting up something similar as well.

The reasoning behind using lowtech computers in art and social projects was given by James Walbank the founder of the lowtech project in this speech to an arts conference with the theme of revolution. James correctly pointed out that you can't have a revolution with a price tag of over £1000.

favourite pieces include redundant array, and the video wall that was reprised in even better fashion here at fort lux

Art is what you make it, found art is what you find and what you make it, lowtech art is finding art in skips.

sparkes

if you sail on over to lowtech.org you can see a group in the UK using redundant technology both in art and in society.

the group a2rt (www.a2rt.org) are also starting up something similar as well.

The reasoning behind using lowtech computers in art and social projects was given by James Walbank the founder of the lowtech project in this speech to an arts conference with the theme of revolution. James correctly pointed out that you can't have a revolution with a price tag of over £1000.

favourite pieces include redundant array, and the video wall that was reprised in even better fashion here at fort lux

Art is what you make it, found art is what you find and what you make it, lowtech art is finding art in skips.

sparkes

The Redundant Technology Initiative have been doing this sort of thing in my hometown of Sheffield, UK for a number of years now.

RTI is an arts group based in Sheffield, England. It started in 1997 with a group of artists who wanted to get involved with information technology, but didn't have the resources to buy computers. So instead they went about getting their hands on trash computers, finding new ways to be creative with old technology, then exhibiting the results.

Now RTI has accumulated hundreds of machines and has raised money to open a media lab, called Access Space where people can learn, create and communicate using trailing-edge technology. At last, after a series of frustrating delays, Access Space finally opened on April 6th 2000.

We had a fairly groovy Wireless Internet Workshop too at Access Space last November.

The Redundant Technology Initiative have been doing this sort of thing in my hometown of Sheffield, UK for a number of years now.

RTI is an arts group based in Sheffield, England. It started in 1997 with a group of artists who wanted to get involved with information technology, but didn't have the resources to buy computers. So instead they went about getting their hands on trash computers, finding new ways to be creative with old technology, then exhibiting the results.

Now RTI has accumulated hundreds of machines and has raised money to open a media lab, called Access Space where people can learn, create and communicate using trailing-edge technology. At last, after a series of frustrating delays, Access Space finally opened on April 6th 2000.

We had a fairly groovy Wireless Internet Workshop too at Access Space last November.

The Redundant Technology Initiative have been doing this sort of thing in my hometown of Sheffield, UK for a number of years now.

RTI is an arts group based in Sheffield, England. It started in 1997 with a group of artists who wanted to get involved with information technology, but didn't have the resources to buy computers. So instead they went about getting their hands on trash computers, finding new ways to be creative with old technology, then exhibiting the results.

Now RTI has accumulated hundreds of machines and has raised money to open a media lab, called Access Space where people can learn, create and communicate using trailing-edge technology. At last, after a series of frustrating delays, Access Space finally opened on April 6th 2000.

We had a fairly groovy Wireless Internet Workshop too at Access Space last November.

The Redundant Technology Initiative have been doing this sort of thing in my hometown of Sheffield, UK for a number of years now.

RTI is an arts group based in Sheffield, England. It started in 1997 with a group of artists who wanted to get involved with information technology, but didn't have the resources to buy computers. So instead they went about getting their hands on trash computers, finding new ways to be creative with old technology, then exhibiting the results.

Now RTI has accumulated hundreds of machines and has raised money to open a media lab, called Access Space where people can learn, create and communicate using trailing-edge technology. At last, after a series of frustrating delays, Access Space finally opened on April 6th 2000.

We had a fairly groovy Wireless Internet Workshop too at Access Space last November.

somewhat tangentially, see also the efforts of the Redundant Technology Initiative at:

http://www.lowtech.org/

they have all kinds of uses for old hardware...