Superflex
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Superflex is a Danish art collective that, since 1993, has created a series of projects related to economic forces, democracy and self-organisation.
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Flooded McDonald's
Superflex's Flooded McDonald's (2009) is a short film that simulates the flooding of a life-size McDonalds restaurant. The piece can be understood as a critique of the impotence of the West to cope with the mismanagement of its bloated corporations and the related threats of climate change.
According to Superflex:
Flooded McDonald's is a film work by Superflex in which a convincing life-size replica of the interior of a McDonald's burger bar, without any customers or staff present, gradually floods with water. Furniture is lifted up by the water, trays of food and drinks start to float around, electrics short circuit and eventually the space becomes completely submerged.
See also:
- The Independent: Superflex: Flooded McDonald's, South London Gallery, London
- Superflex: Flooded McDonald's
- Telegraph: Superflex: Flooded McDonald's - exhibition review
- Vimeo: Flooded McDonald's
FREE BEER
Superflex's FREE BEER is an open source beer project in which the recipe and branding elements are published under a Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5) license, which means that anyone can use the recipe to brew their own FREE BEER or create a derivative of the recipe. It is inspired by Richard Stallman's description of Free Software: “Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech”, not as in “free beer”.
According to Superflex:
FREE BEER is a beer which is free in the sense of freedom, not in the sense of free beer. The project, originally conceived by Superflex and students at the Copenhagen IT University, applies modern free software / open source methods to a traditional real-world product - namely the alcoholic beverage loved and enjoyed globally, and commonly known as beer. FREE BEER is based on classic ale brewing traditions, but with addded Guaraná for a natural energy boost. The recipe and branding elements of FREE BEER is published under a Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5) license, which means that anyone can use the recipe to brew their own FREE BEER or create a derivative of the recipe. Anyone is free to earn money from FREE BEER, but they must publish the recipe under the same license and credit our work. All design and branding elements are available to beer brewers, and can be modified to suit, provided changes are published under the same license (”Attribution & Share Alike”)
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