User:Albert Jongstra/duplicators/THEMATIC

EVERYONE CAN MAKE A BOOK

A fanzine is created from user generated pages through a computer installation at Wolfart projectspaces.

The participant had to make a decision to participate because of the height of the webcam.
When the webcam in the installation detected motion a picture is printed out on paper and
saved as a digital copy. The printing process is used as a visible feedback for the actions
of the participants. Each participant created a realtime single page for this fanzine.

The analog & digital fanzine contains a collection of pictures from visitors during
the ‘Rotterdam Is Hard’ expo at the WLfrt Projectspaces on the19th of March 2010.

DIGITAL OUTPUT

Epub file

Download here

ANALOG OUPUT

Printed booklet

CODE USED FOR MOTION & PRINTING

import time, os
#from os import system

folder = "/home/eee"
keeps_folder = "/home/eee/Desktop/keep"

lastprint = None

while True:
    # check the folder for files
    files = os.listdir(folder)
    # sort them by time
    sortlist = []
    for f in files:
        fp = os.path.join(folder, f)
        if os.path.isfile(fp): # no folders!
            tstamp = os.stat(fp).st_mtime
            sortlist.append((tstamp, fp))
    sortlist.sort()
    
    if len(sortlist) >= 2: # only when it's not empty
        (tstamp, lastfile) = sortlist[-2]
        # if diff(time of most recent file - last print) > SOME_MIN_TIME:
        if lastprint == None or ((tstamp - lastprint) > 30):
            # print the most recent
            #cmd = 'lpr ' + lastfile
            os.system("lpr " + lastfile)
            # os.system(cmd)
            # move it to a "keeps" folder
            cmd = 'mv \"'+ lastfile +'\" \"'+keeps_folder+'\"'
            os.system(cmd)
            # record lastprint as the timestamp of what we just printed
            lastprint = tstamp

            # erase all the files
            pat = os.path.join(folder, "*.jpg")
            cmd = "rm "+pat
            print cmd
            os.system(cmd)

    # record the current time
    time.sleep(1)

#for i in images:
#    # print i
#    tstamp = time.localtime(os.stat(i).st_atime)
#    di.append((tstamp, i))
#    # tstamp = time.asctime(tstamp)
#    # break

#di.sort()

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