Practicum:

Experiment with SMS-based apps and art.

November 4

Including the Dumbstore and other interactive text projects.

Check out some of the following projects and resources.

the Dumbstore, for reluctant smartphone adopters. Now only available on the wayback machine and this github repo
a list of other SMS-based apps and services

Cellpoems
Tamar Zohara Ettun, How to Trap a Demon. Uses the simpletexting.com app. More on the project here.
Send Me SFMOMA, unfortunately no longer active!
- “Text 572-51 with the words “send me” followed by a keyword, a color, or even an emoji and you’ll receive a related artwork image and caption via text message. For example “send me the ocean” might get you Pirkle Jones’ Breaking Wave, Golden Gate; “send me something blue” could result in Éponge (SE180) by Yves Klein; and “send me ?” might return Yasumasa Morimura’s An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo (Collar of Thorns). Each text message triggers a query to the SFMOMA collection API, which then responds with an artwork matching your request.”