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Articles by Giles Lane

Giles Lane is founder and co-director of Proboscis. He conceived of and developed the Diffusion eBook format with Paul Farrington and designed the Proboscis StoryCube.

Hard Hearted Hannah: Classics from Nowhere by Cartoon de Salvo
April 23, 2009 – 4:20 pm | Comments Off on Hard Hearted Hannah: Classics from Nowhere by Cartoon de Salvo
Hard Hearted Hannah: Classics from Nowhere by Cartoon de Salvo

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 924Kb About : In 2008 Cartoon de Salvo created Hard Hearted Hannah and Other Stories. Each night […]

Hard Hearted Hannah: the world of the Strange and Bizarre by Cartoon de Salvo
April 23, 2009 – 4:19 pm | Comments Off on Hard Hearted Hannah: the world of the Strange and Bizarre by Cartoon de Salvo
Hard Hearted Hannah: the world of the Strange and Bizarre by Cartoon de Salvo

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 850Kb About : In 2008 Cartoon de Salvo created Hard Hearted Hannah and Other Stories. […]

On The Death Of Julia Callan-Thompson by Stewart Home
March 26, 2009 – 5:22 pm | Comments Off on On The Death Of Julia Callan-Thompson by Stewart Home
On The Death Of Julia Callan-Thompson by Stewart Home

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 390Kb About : A look at the death of 35 year-old Julia Callan-Thompson in west […]

H2O by Alejandra Canales, Anne Ransquin and Juan F. Salazar
March 25, 2009 – 8:50 am | One Comment
H2O by Alejandra Canales, Anne Ransquin and Juan F. Salazar

Download H2O eBook A4 | US Letter PDF 258Kb H2O StoryCubes A4 only PDF 3.83Mb About : H2O looks at the […]

The Anatomy of the Horse by George Stubbs
March 25, 2009 – 12:17 am | 3 Comments
The Anatomy of the Horse by George Stubbs

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 1.52Mb Selected and Introduced for Short Work by Paul Bonaventura, Senior Research Fellow in Fine […]

Measure Once, Cut Twice : a case study of Snout by Frederik Lesage
March 9, 2009 – 8:34 am | 2 Comments
Measure Once, Cut Twice : a case study of Snout by Frederik Lesage

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 1.1Mb About : Measure Once, Cut Twice is an examination of how an arts […]

Bourriaud’s ‘Altermodern’ – an eclectic mix of bullshit and bad taste by Stewart Home
March 6, 2009 – 5:36 pm | Comments Off on Bourriaud’s ‘Altermodern’ – an eclectic mix of bullshit and bad taste by Stewart Home
Bourriaud’s ‘Altermodern’ – an eclectic mix of bullshit and bad taste by Stewart Home

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 412Kb About : A critical look at the Altermodern Tate Triennial 2009 and the incoherent […]

Tweetomes : some epithets on practices of pithy exchange by Giles Lane
March 3, 2009 – 8:36 am | Comments Off on Tweetomes : some epithets on practices of pithy exchange by Giles Lane
Tweetomes : some epithets on practices of pithy exchange by Giles Lane

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 260Kb About : These 30 epithets form a kind of experimental prose poem that […]

The minimal compact by Adam Greenfield
March 2, 2009 – 4:09 pm | 2 Comments
The minimal compact by Adam Greenfield

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 426Kb About : The minimal compact: An “open source” constitutional framework for post-national collectivities (v0.1.1) […]

The Tongue Conceals Time by Shae Davidson
February 21, 2009 – 8:37 am | Comments Off on The Tongue Conceals Time by Shae Davidson
The Tongue Conceals Time by Shae Davidson

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 281Kb About : The Tongue Conceals Time uses randomly grouped words and phrases from print and […]

Click This? MySpace & the Pornography of Corporately Controlled Virtual Life by Stewart Home
February 20, 2009 – 5:22 pm | 2 Comments
Click This? MySpace & the Pornography of Corporately Controlled Virtual Life by Stewart Home

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 444Kb About : An account of eighteen months of activity on MySpace, which led to […]

Kedu? scanned eNotebooks by children of Umologho
February 9, 2009 – 8:21 am | Comments Off on Kedu? scanned eNotebooks by children of Umologho
Kedu? scanned eNotebooks by children of Umologho

Download Kedu – eBook 1 A4 only PDF 644Kb Kedu – eBook 2 A4 only PDF 608Kb Kedu – eBook 3 A4only […]

Diffusion Residents
February 7, 2009 – 2:20 pm | Comments Off on Diffusion Residents

Proboscis is currently hosting three Diffusion residents: Alex Murdoch, founder and director of theatre company Cartoon de Salvo who is developing […]

Charter of Liberties, People’s Charter & Charter 88
February 6, 2009 – 8:47 am | Comments Off on Charter of Liberties, People’s Charter & Charter 88
Charter of Liberties, People’s Charter & Charter 88

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 290Kb About : This eBook contains the texts of three key charters of rights […]

1689 Bills of Rights
February 5, 2009 – 8:39 am | Comments Off on 1689 Bills of Rights
1689 Bills of Rights

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 317Kb About : The 1689 Bill of Rights is an Act of the English […]

Magna Carta
February 4, 2009 – 7:26 pm | Comments Off on Magna Carta
Magna Carta

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 390Kb About : Magna Carta is commonly perceived to be the foundation of English […]

Dominion Dundas by Seth
February 3, 2009 – 12:10 am | One Comment
Dominion Dundas by Seth

   Download A4 | US Letter PDF 1.9Mb About : The Dominion Dundas eBook has been produced to accompany the exhibition […]

1628 Petition of Right
February 2, 2009 – 8:45 am | Comments Off on 1628 Petition of Right
1628 Petition of Right

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 266Kb The Petition of Right was a landmark episode in the history of English, […]

Charter of the Forest
January 30, 2009 – 8:45 am | Comments Off on Charter of the Forest
Charter of the Forest

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 266Kb The Charter of the Forest is the lesser known companion to the Magna […]

3 Cubic Conundrums by Raqs Media Collective
January 29, 2009 – 12:19 pm | Comments Off on 3 Cubic Conundrums by Raqs Media Collective
3 Cubic Conundrums by Raqs Media Collective

Download A4 only PDF 660Kb About : 3 Cubic Conundrums by Raqs Media Collective, 2009  – The Curse of Invariable Good […]

Diffusion Shareable Notebooks
January 21, 2009 – 2:36 pm | Comments Off on Diffusion Shareable Notebooks
Diffusion Shareable Notebooks

Download Portrait Versions Multipurpose classic A4 | US Letter PDF 800Kb | book A4 | US Letter PDF 800Kb Blank classic A4 | US […]

Generator developments
January 16, 2009 – 3:34 pm | Comments Off on Generator developments

In Autumn 2008 Proboscis won a Feasibility Study grant from the Technology Strategy Board to investigate the potential for third party […]

Bring Me Sunshine by Tony White
December 22, 2008 – 8:45 am | Comments Off on Bring Me Sunshine by Tony White
Bring Me Sunshine by Tony White

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 417Kb About : ‘Bring Me Sunshine (after Dubravka Stojanovic)’ continues Tony White’s Balkanising Bloomsbury project. […]

Marseille Mix – along the beach by William Firebrace
December 19, 2008 – 8:45 am | Comments Off on Marseille Mix – along the beach by William Firebrace
Marseille Mix – along the beach by William Firebrace

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 376Kb StoryCube A4 only PDF 752Kb About : along the beach – a disturbing but enlightening […]

Hudson’s Statue by Thomas Carlyle
December 15, 2008 – 8:40 am | Comments Off on Hudson’s Statue by Thomas Carlyle
Hudson’s Statue by Thomas Carlyle

Download Part 1 A4 | US Letter PDF 345Kb Part 2 A4 | US Letter PDF 395Kb Part 3 A4 […]

Marseille Mix – turn down the heat by William Firebrace
December 12, 2008 – 8:45 am | Comments Off on Marseille Mix – turn down the heat by William Firebrace
Marseille Mix – turn down the heat by William Firebrace

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 376Kb StoryCube A4 only PDF 752Kb About : turn down the heat – a gastronomic […]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
December 10, 2008 – 8:45 am | One Comment
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 286Kb December 10th 2008 is the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration […]

An Agreement of the Free People of England by John Lilburne et al
December 8, 2008 – 1:39 pm | One Comment
An Agreement of the Free People of England by John Lilburne et al

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 377Kb About : An Agreement of the Free People of England is a key manifesto […]

Negotiating the Level 2 Project Space at Tate Modern by Stewart Home
December 5, 2008 – 10:19 pm | One Comment
Negotiating the Level 2 Project Space at Tate Modern by Stewart Home

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 463Kb About : In September 2007 Tate Modern announced Stewart Home had begun a year-long […]

Very Naughty English Lady by Stewart Home
December 5, 2008 – 2:30 pm | 2 Comments
Very Naughty English Lady by Stewart Home

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 708Kb About : Transcriptions of prank calls to prostitutes that demonstrate how commodified sex, like everything […]