# 2006.05.08...

# 2006.05.08: jake elliott, Tamas Kemenczy + Siobhan Renfroe, students of jonCates' OnEvent class, curate + organize threadcloud, a collaborative web-based exhibition + artware system linked to [FRAY]

// EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

threadcloud is social artware for collective curatorial activity in distributed space. the project is developed by 03 skripty kittenz: jake elliott + tamas kemenczy + siobhan renfroe. it is part of the [FRAY] series of events.

the threadcloud software is split into 02 components:

01: artcloud (web application front-end)
anyone can access the artcloud at threadcloud.info and anonymously submit links to digital artworks. the artcloud enables users to describe artworks that have been submitted + descriptively connect them with one another.

02: threadcrab (grid gallery)
in the language of computer network architecture, a 'grid' refers to a network of computing resources that share a load in a distributed fashion, essentially behaving like a resource-sharing rhizome or a hive mind. the grid gallery is the presentation layer for threadcloud. it is operated by an automatic software preparator named threadcrab, who accesses sites with forum or comment functionality (aka blogs, livejournals and online message boards), and install references to the artwork along with tags, descriptions and relationships drawn from the artcloud's database.

http://threadcloud.info