Where do you put effort in time of Ai?
That which is not digitized and not known are the highest value in this #ai feeding frenzy. The value of human made art and culture skyrocketing.
Happy Ilya Day
Happy Ilya Day — remembering Ilya Eric Lee (李士傑, 1973–2019). Today we honor a connector who stitched together Taipei’s and the world’s open-culture networks: from Wikimania 2007 to nettime-zh, NDAP, Metalist, and countless exhibitions and p
Mapping the Network: SCALE Publishing Refreshes Its History and Editors Lineup
At Fabricatorz Foundation, our mission has always centered on cultural preservation, open hardware, and sustaining the archives of experimental art and technology. A vital piece of that ecosystem is SCALE Publishing, an imprint dedicated to
The Unreleased Archives of Bassel Khartabil
HBD! Bassel Khartabil would be 45 today. Open‑hardware pioneer, Wikimedia contributor, and co‑founder of New Palmyra — with unreleased letters, drives and notes that could still reshape heritage preservation and open tech. Honor him: edit,
Libre Graphics Meeting 19th Anniversary
Celebrating 20 years 19 years of Libre Graphics Meeting! Fabricatorz was there at the start in 2006 and we’re excited to be part of this milestone. Join us at the 20th 19th anniversary event 🎉 👀 See you there
Artifaq Acquired to Expand Digital Archiving and Creative Documentation Capabilities
BERLIN and ST. LOUIS — A new chapter begins for Artifaq, the digital platform dedicated to the organized archival of artworks, exhibitions, and creative lectures. The platform has officially been acquired, marking a significant milestone in
ArtCrimes Update: 10-Year Project Release
We’re dropping our 10-year project alongside Paint Louis 2025, showcasing four years of Paint Louis flicks that capture the raw energy of the city’s graffiti. The walls tell the story, and the writers bring it to life.
Neural Health Initiative Launched with Weekly 47 Topics Meeting
We are starting a Neural Health Initiative in honor of the late Arlene Rosengarten. This is a major topic for all people living, not just for those who have received a diagnosis of ALS, Parkinsons or Alzheimers. We use the word Neural, as t
The Hong Kong Wall Open Project (#HKWOP)
March 23 – March 30@HKwalls Matt Hope’s art project, originally introduced as “Hong Kong Wall” for the 10th annual HKWalls Festival in 2025, has evolved into a dynamic, week-long initiative titled “The Hong Kong Wall Open Project” (#H
Qi Hardware and Qiware Granted to Phi
Matt Hope, Miner Arch, 2020, Used Bitcoin Miners. The state of world in 2024 is in constant flux, augmented by a rapidly changing technological and cultural ecosystem. Qi Hardware began as an ethos to make the most "Open" Computer. And, tha
Cannupa Hanska Luger, Future Ancestral Technologies: Roaming, Midéegaadi @ Counterpublic 2023
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Scale Sensorium Released
Today Scale Publishing released Scale Sensorium with the title, "New Tools for Organizing the Sensorium." Contributions by: Andrew McLuhanAndy HartzellJon PhillipsLuke RollinsPaul GuzzardoPetra CortrightTyler Chevéz MathewsCover by Makio135
Release Your Release at the #RELEASEPARTY in San Francisco.
Save the date! Friday, November 18 from 7-9 pm in San Francisco at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts which will be open special for viewing of the current art show, Distant Early Warnings. What do you have you are holding onto that you need
The 1st #ArleneLifeDay Announced
Arlene Rosengarten passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 13 of this year. We at the Fabricatorz Foundation are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own. Arlene was a friend, collaborator, volunteer, and contributor to so many
KRS ONE at Paint Louis 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Louis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRS-One
NFT-ART.RADAR
Join us Saturday, May 28 from 4-10 PM CST as Fabricatorz Foundation is co-produces Arte mediático y blockchain NFT, a global event on Blockchain & NFT code and cultural theory. The event is online for the world and live in Buenos Aires, Arg
Viewz #3 with Matt Hope: Artist Inventing From China
Fabricatorz Viewz #3 is an interview with Matt Hope, a British artist living and working in China. He is well known for big sculptures, soundsystems, and connecting his engineering knowledge with local building markets. Prior to the pandemi
Bassel Is Here
Every May 22, we celebrate the life and legacy of Bassel Khartabil. Thank you for your support of #Bassel41. That is right! Bassel Khartabil would have been 41 years old on May 22, 2022. Friends and supporters of Bassel shared of his existe
Viewz #2 with Naut Humon: Organizing Immersive Experimental Media
Fabricatorz Viewz #2 is an interview with Naut Humon, the legendary San Francisco-based composer, curator, performer, and leader in experimental electronic music and audiovisual projects such as Rhythm & Noise, Sound Traffic Control. He is
Viewz #1 with Noura Ghazi: Human Rights, Law & The Disappeared
Fabricatorz Presents Viewz #1, an Interview of International Human Rights Lawyer, Noura Ghazi, by Jon Phillips. Join us for a discussion with Noura about her current work leading Nophotozone, her life, and probably some good Bassel Khartabi
新年快乐! Happy Chinese New Year 2022!
Have a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year. It is the year of the Tiger (虎年). In Chinese culture, Tiger's are often depicted with the symbol 王 on their forehead like this big cat's. This is the year of the Fabricatorz. We look forward to
SCALE Multiplier Book Released as Unlockable NFT
To celebrate the end of 2021, SCALE Publishing released the SCALE Multiplier Book NFT today. The collection introduces the 9 person SCALE Editorial Board featuring Christopher Adams, Paul Guzzardo, Mee Jey, Nicolas Nova, Jon Phillips, Cléme
Have a project that is a Work-In-Progress?
During the pandemic, several people in the startup scene of St. Louis started a virtual community to share weekly about what they are working on and how its going. With the strange nature of the last couple of years, people really enjoyed s
Panel, Work-In-Progress, Art Show
October 28, 4-7 PM CSTNoW Innovation DistrictSaint Louis Jessica Brown, Matías Butelman, Gustavo Cardon, Paul Guzzardo, Mee Jey, Andrew McLuhan, Jey Sushil UNESCO – Media Information Literacy, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Fabricat
Thank You Jamil.
Bassel Khartabil's father passed away on September 20, 2021 in Damascus. The Bassel Khartabil Project released a statement about Jamil and his legacy through Bassel. There are also some charges to pull us together. We miss you Jamil! Read t
#NEWPALMYRA Panel at Creative Commons Summit 2021
Join the #NEWPALMYRA panel featuring Barry Threw from here, #NEWPALMYRA and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts. Also speaking is Dr. Dorotea Gucciardo, professor of history of medicine and director of research at Glia. We get an update from
The Algorithm that Ate the Street: A Recursive Urbanism
first Internet club Cabool in St. Louis Downtown where Paul B. Davis and Joe Beuckman produced music and media as Beige Records towards Raga creation by Imrat Khan. All while onsite were the cyberpunk beginnings of Jim McKelvey and Jack Dor
Paint Louis 2021 is a Living Work-In-Progress
Fabricatorz Foundation not only features our projects but also our actions. And, we have two major ones that are taking place now from, September 2 until September 5, 2021 in St. Louis. Paint Louis 2021 Since we moved our base to St. Louis,
Qiware Releases Wuhan Collection as NFT Book Innovation
Qiware today announced the release of the book, (Un)Locked: Memories of Wuhan, a collection of essays, poetry, fiction, photography, and drawings about life in Wuhan before and during the early days of the Covid19 pandemic.
Glia USA Brings Medical Device Manufacturing Forward from the American Heartland
Saint Louis, MO, USA — March 16, 2021 — The Fabricatorz Foundation, the St. Louis based non-profit supporting creative technologists, along with Glia Canada, the open source medical devices project founded by Canadian doctor and humanitaria
ONG Records Interviews Willpower LifeForce
ONG Records interviews Willpower LifeForce on his new album UnMasking The Illusion and lead video single WE R FREE BEINGS. Will has much to say on the current state of the world, but he is ok with how everyone lives.
#NEWPALMYRA’s Roman Theater Model Upgraded
Contributions come in many forms. Thanks to Vassili Pommier for using #NEWPALMYRA’s previous work to build his course work on and in the meantime, contribute changes back to the project.
The Future of Voting
Welcome to Voting Day, Earth. For our American friends, please vote as your decision effects the entire world. Over at Qiware, our team has been hard at work on the future of voting. Want to place your vote?
Creative Commons Is Now Leading the Open COVID Pledge—Here’s What That Means
https://creativecommons.org/2020/08/27/cc-ocp/
Palmyra Temple of Bel Reconstructed from Tourist’s Photos
Our hosted project #NEWPALMYRA has been collecting photos online and searching flickr for tourist photos for years. UCSD Digital Media Lab used photogrammetry to reconstruct a new model of Palmyra’s Temple of Bel. Check it out. And, if you
Paint Louis 2020 Call for Participation for Artists
Here is a statement sent to Fabricatorz by John Harrington, Paint Louis co-founder and organizer.
O.N.G. Interviews Head Dress Working Musician in Saint Louis
O.N.G. interviews Head Dress, the moniker of Ted James Butler. Hailing from Providence and a long term residency in Los Angeles, Head Dress moved to Saint Louis where he continues his high rate of productive notable projects. From his ongoi
O.N.G. Records ICE
O.N.G. Now Renamed O.N.G. Records Interviews Saint Louis Underground Queen and Legend, ICE. Suggested reading includes at night with cold beer and ICE’s music. Coming Saturday night Live from the ICEBOX!
An interview with Majd Al-shihabi
We caught up with first fellowship winner Majd Al-shihabi about his current projects, future plans, and how the resources at Fabricatorz Foundation are helping creative technologists expand their goals and outreach.
Demystifying Fabricatorz: Frequently Asked Questions Released
Fabricatorz maybe clear to some and mysterious to others. Over the last few months we have been updating our Frequently Asked Questions. Fabricatorz has existed for some time as an oral tradition of storytelling. Our goal is to get you invo
Happy Bassel Birthday Writing Released
Happy Bassel Birthday! And, to Bassel, Happy 39th Birthday. Over at basselkhartabil.org Jon released a writing in honor of his friend as a forging of the fellowship of friends to support Bassel. Have a read now or on your long weekend.
RAW DATA NOW Studies the COVID-19 Outbreak in Singapore
At the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, after surviving two close encounters with C19 in Hong Kong and again in Italy, after arriving to safety in St. Louis, I began chatting with my long-time friend, Gloria Chiang. She too (like you) wa
New device could reduce COVID-19 infection risk and demand for invasive ventilators
https://www.lhsc.on.ca/about-lhsc/new-device-could-reduce-covid-19-infection-risk-and-demand-for-invasive-ventilators
Glia BiPap Device: Non-invasive ventilation mask could reduce aerosolization when treating COVID-19 patients
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200513/Non-invasive-ventilation-mask-could-reduce-aerosolization-when-treating-COVID-19-patients.aspx
How Patent Abuse Could Hurt the Fight Against the Pandemic
https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/patent-abuse-government-research-coronavirus.html
Open Covid IP Pledge
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e199dc33-9310-4a0d-809a-32b946cd5d15
Tech Giants Pledge Their IP to COVID-19 Fight
https://www.law.com/therecorder/2020/04/21/tech-giants-pledge-their-ip-to-covid-19-fight/?slreturn=20210724004009
Open COVID Pledge Rolled Out to Make Patents and Other IP Available for COVID-19 Response
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/open-covid-pledge-rolled-out-to-make-patents-and-other-ip-available-covid-19
Big Tech Signs Rare Open Source Pledge to Boost Supplies During COVID-19
https://www.coindesk.com/big-tech-signs-rare-open-source-pledge-to-boost-supplies-during-covid
Tech Giants Join the CC-Supported Open COVID Pledge
https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/20/tech-giants-join-the-cc-supported-open-covid-pledge/
Intel et Mozilla rejoignent l’Open Covid Pledge
https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-intel-et-mozilla-rejoignent-l-open-covid-pledge-78713.html
People Are Open-Sourcing Their Patents and Research to Fight Coronavirus
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjdqbm/open-covid-pledge-to-fight-coronavirus
Fabricatorz Foundation Makes COVID-19 IP Available Under the Open COVID Pledge
Fabricatorz Foundation is proud to make the Open COVID Pledge, a Creative Commons led initiative where holders of intellectual property make a commitment to share for the purposes of ending and mitigating the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Intel, Mozilla, and others join pledge to make IP freely available to fight coronavirus
https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/07/intel-mozilla-creative-commons-join-pledge-to-make-ip-freely-available-to-fight-coronavirus/
Mozilla Supports the Open COVID Pledge: Making Intellectual Property Freely Available for the Fight Against COVID-19
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-supports-the-open-covid-pledge-making-intellectual-property-freely-available-for-the-fight-against-covid-19/
Open COVID Pledge And How Major Tech Players Are Coming Together To Fight Coronavirus
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davealtavilla/2020/04/08/open-covid-pledge-and-how-major-tech-players-are-coming-together-to-fight-coronavirus/?sh=78a02d6c3c26
Fabricatorz Foundation join Pledge to Sharing IP in the Fight Against COVID-19
https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/07/open-covid-pledge-removing-obstacles-to-sharing-ip-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/
Bassel Khartabil Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Tarek Loubani and Glia to Combat COVID-19
https://www.stltoday.com/pr/news/bassel-khartabil-fellowship-awarded-to-dr-tarek-loubani-and-glia-to-combat-covid-19/article_2674b034-7524-11ea-9f95-8fdbfc3f2aff.html
No strings Covid-19 IP pledge initiative underlines delicate balance biopharma businesses must strike
https://www.iam-media.com/copyright/new-patent-pledge-underlines-delicate-balancing-act-companies-must-strike-in-covid-19
Scientists, Lawyers Create Coronavirus IP Pledge
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/scientists-lawyers-create-coronavirus-ip-pledge
Qi Hardware Now Qiware
As a deep dive into the new world of Crypto and the exploration of the technology industry in Shenzhen, the Qi Hardware project refreshed with two initiatives:
Font Library Donated to the Community
Read the official news: https://fontlibrary.org/news/#donated
Openclipart Gifted to Community, Hosted by Fabricatorz Foundation
🎁Openclipart Gifted to the Community.🎁 #MerryXmas Openclipart is making a grand call for participation of artists and developers towards becoming the new Openclipart Librarians. ♥ http://openclipart.org ♥
Re-Launch of Qi Hardware
First, there was software for fun at MIT and places of study, and then Microsoft and other companies came along and centralized the development with centralized operations. Once some customers who used these closed solutions could not get t
Majd Al-shihabi: Interview on Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship
https://storyengine.io/majd-al-shihabi/
FABRICATING PASSION WITH THE FABRICATORZ FOUNDATION
http://existmagazine.com/2018/05/07/fabricating-passion-fabricatorz-foundation/
Art Hackers Launch Party Celebrates Opening Of BreakerSpaces At Cortex
https://entrepreneurquarterly.com/art-hackers-launch-party-tomorrow-night-cortex/
Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship and Memorial Fund Recipients Announced
https://creativecommons.org/2018/04/15/fellowship-memorial-fund/
Memorial Fund Grants Launched in Memory of Bassel Khartabil
https://jimmywalesfoundation.org/memorial-fund-grants-launched-in-memory-of-bassel-khartabil/
Creative Commons launches Memorial Fund Grants and Fellowship in Memory of Bassel Khartabil
https://creativecommons.org/2018/02/07/bassel-post/
Hold the Fork: No 2x But Everything Else Goes at Scaling Bitcoin Event
https://www.coindesk.com/hold-fork-no-2x-everything-else-goes-scaling-bitcoin-event
The #FreeBassel Effect Proves Online Activism Is Still Powerful
https://www.wired.com/story/free-bassel-essay/
Why Culture Should Eclipse Technology In St Louis
https://entrepreneurquarterly.com/art-hack-day-eclipse-st-louis-2017/
En Syrie, la mort en prison d’un passionné dulogiciel libre
https://www.lemonde.fr/syrie/article/2017/08/04/en-syrie-la-mort-en-prison-d-un-passionne-du-logiciel-libre_5168436_1618247.html
How a 3D-printed piece of Palmyra landed in Toronto
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/3d-printed-tetrapylon-palmyra-syria-creative-commons-1.4090368
