About The Work
Published by Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Edition, Berlin. Each edition is 8 sets (64 letters) with different background colors; red, pink, yellow, turquoise, brown, grey and violet.
Free Beer is a beer which is free as in free speech, not in the sense of free beer. The name plays on a well-known quote by free software activist Richard Stallman: “’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’.” Originally named Vores Øl (Our Beer), the beer was conceived in 2004 by SUPERFLEX and students from the Copenhagen IT University. The project applies modern free software/open source methods to a traditional real-world product. 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. Free Beer is based on classic ale brewing traditions, but with added guaraná for a natural energy boost. Free Beer is based on Vores Øl v. 1. Free Beer has been brewed worldwide with and without SUPERFLEX participation in Taipei, Sao Paolo, Los Angeles, Munich, Knoxville, Lausanne, Cornwall, Bolzano and Auckland to name a few.
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Photogravure
Each edition is 8 sets (64 letters) with different background colors; red, pink, yellow, turquoise, brown, grey and violet.
42.13 x 84.25 in
107.0 x 214.0 cm
Certificate of Authenticity.
About The Work
Published by Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Edition, Berlin. Each edition is 8 sets (64 letters) with different background colors; red, pink, yellow, turquoise, brown, grey and violet.
Free Beer is a beer which is free as in free speech, not in the sense of free beer. The name plays on a well-known quote by free software activist Richard Stallman: “’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’.” Originally named Vores Øl (Our Beer), the beer was conceived in 2004 by SUPERFLEX and students from the Copenhagen IT University. The project applies modern free software/open source methods to a traditional real-world product. 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. Free Beer is based on classic ale brewing traditions, but with added guaraná for a natural energy boost. Free Beer is based on Vores Øl v. 1. Free Beer has been brewed worldwide with and without SUPERFLEX participation in Taipei, Sao Paolo, Los Angeles, Munich, Knoxville, Lausanne, Cornwall, Bolzano and Auckland to name a few.
Courtesy of Galeria OMR
From The Magazine
Published by Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Edition, Berlin.
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