In more than five years of activity, the Free Art and Technology Lab (F.A.T. Lab) produced an impressive series of projects, all developed w...
In more than five years of activity, the Free Art and Technology Lab (F.A.T. Lab) produced an impressive series of projects, all developed with open source software, shared online and documented in a way that allows everybody to copy, improve, abuse or simply use them. This approach situates F.A.T. Lab in a long tradition of DIY, processual, sharable artistic practices based on instructionals, and reveals a democratic idea of art where Fluxus scores meet hacker culture (and rap music). nnFeaturing texts by Régine Debatty, Evan Roth, Domenico Quaranta, Geraldine Juárez and Randy Sarafan, The F.A.T. Manual is a selection of more that 100 projects, done in the belief that printing these bits on paper will allow them to spread in a different way, infiltrate other contexts, and germinate. An archive, a catalogue, a user manual and a software handbook documenting five years of thug life, pop culture and research and development.nnPublished by Link Editions on the occasion of the exhibition "F.A.T. GOLD Europe" curated by Lindsay Howard at MU, Eindhoven (November 15, 2013 - January 26, 2014), the book is co-produced with F.A.T. Lab and MU.nEdited by Domencio Quaranta and Geraldine Juárez.nn*Available on-line for free.n*On demand: editions.linkartcenter.eun*Printed Limited edition: MU.nl Less